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(1868-08-11 ) August 11, 1868
London, England
February 6, 1953
(1953-02-06) (aged
84 )
Los Angeles, California, United States
Actor
1916–1948
Phoebe Carlo as Alice, Edgar Norton as Hare, Dorothy D'Alcourt as Dormouse and Sydney Harcourt as Hatter in Alice in Wonderland Edgar Norton, Boris Karloff , Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi in Son of Frankenstein
Edgar Norton (born Harry Edgar Mills; August 11, 1868 – February 6, 1953) was an English-born American character actor.
Early years [ edit ]
Norton was born in Islington in London, England, on August 11, 1868, as Harry Edgar Mills , one of eight children of Jane Anne née Fleming and Frederic Mills, a clerk in the Home Office department of the Civil Service .[1] [2]
Norton was active on both stage and screen, his theater performances were on both the London and Broadway stages,[3] silent and "talkie" eras in Hollywood. Aged 18, he appeared as the Hare in the original production of Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll , who saw the musical five times.[4]
During his thirty-year film career, he appeared in at least ninety films.[5] Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Richard Mansfield as Jekyll.[6]
Personal life and death [ edit ]
Norton moved permanently to the United States in 1889, and was naturalised as an American citizen in 1927. He married his Detroit-born wife Lillian Mable née Hubbard in Ontario in Canada in 1890, and with her had a son, Edgar Norton Mills.[7]
He died in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles in February 1953.
Filmography [ edit ]
(Per AFI database)[5]
The Ocean Waif (1916) - Valentine Borroyer
The Beautiful Adventure
The Amazons
A Pair of Cupids
The New York Idea
The Light in the Dark
Woman-Proof
Broadway After Dark (1924) - The Old Actor
The Fast Set
The Female
Men
Tiger Love
The Wolf Man
Enticement
The King on Main Street
Learning To Love (1925) - Butler
Lost: A Wife
The Marriage Whirl
A Regular Fellow
The Boy Friend
Diplomacy
The Lady from Hell
Marriage License?
Fast and Furious
Singed
My Friend from India
The Man Who Laughs
Oh, Kay!
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
The Love Parade
The Girl Said No
The Man From Blankley's
One Romantic Night
The Runaway Bride
The Lady of Scandal
Monte Carlo
A Lady Surrenders
Charley's Aunt
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
East Is West
The Bachelor Father
The Lady Refuses
Meet the Wife
Compromised
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Man Called Back
Love Me Tonight
A Lady's Profession
Sing, Sinner, Sing
The Big Brain
The Worst Woman in Paris?
Only Yesterday
Imitation of Life
We Live Again
The Richest Girl in the World
Sons of Steel
Thirty Day Princess
Million Dollar Ransom
Stingaree
The Girl from 10th Avenue
When a Man's a Man
Vagabond Lady (1935) - Chauffeur
East of Java (1935) - Resident
Give Me Your Heart
August Weekend
Dracula's Daughter
The Bohemian Girl
45 Fathers (1937) - Van Brunt
You Can't Buy Luck (1937) - Rivers
Maytime
Stage Door
Bill Cracks Down
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Son of Frankenstein
Captain Fury
Rulers of the Sea
The Mad Empress (1939) - (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford
Brother Orchid
The House of the Seven Gables
Rings on Her Fingers
Happy Go Lucky
Practically Yours
Are These Our Parents
The Suspect
Captain Kidd
Doll Face
Kitty
Devotion
Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946) - Butler
Bob, Son of Battle
The Woman in White
References [ edit ]
^ "Edgar Norton Biography" . Fandango. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014 .
^ Cohen, Morton N. (ed.)The Selected Letters of Lewis Carroll
^ a b "Edgar Norton" . American Film Institute. Retrieved October 22, 2014 .
^ "Edgar Norton" . AllMovie.com. Archived from the original on May 4, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2014 .
^ Harry Edgar Mills in the U.S., Naturalization Records, 1840-1957 (1927): Ancestry.com {{subscription{{
External links [ edit ]
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