Jack Norton

Acting •1889-09-01 • Brooklyn, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jack Norton (September 2, 1882 – October 15, 1958) was an American stage and film character actor who appeared in 184 films between 1934 and 1948, often playing drunks, although in real life he was a teetotaler. Career Jack Norton was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 2, 1882. In his early career he had a vaudeville comedy act with his wife Lillian Healy. Norton made his Broadway debut in 1925 in that year's edition of Earl Carroll's Vanities, and also appeared in Florida Girl, which was produced and staged by Carroll. Norton's first film work was for a musical short, School for Romance, in 1934, in which a young Betty Grable appeared, but his scenes were deleted. His work survived to reach the screen in his next assignment, The Super Snooper, a comedy short, and in his third film, his first full-length movie, Finishing School, which featured Frances Dee, Billie Burke, Ginger Rogers and Bruce Cabot, Norton played a drunk, setting the pattern for many of his future performances. Although he also played stone sober characters as well, he was best known for his inebriated characterizations, and he improved his work by following genuine drunks around, picking up behavioral tips. Norton worked continuously and consistently, sometimes appearing in as many as 20 films in one year, although many of his performances went uncredited. One of the few times he was credited as part of the main cast was in 1945 for the film A Guy, a Gal and a Pal In the 1940s, Norton was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in five films written and directed by Sturges. He is perhaps best known to modern audiences as A. Pismo Clam, the drunken film director whom W.C. Fields is hired to replace in The Bank Dick (1940). In 1947, Norton retired from films due to illness, his last appearance being in Alias a Gentlemen, which was released in 1948, although he did make some live television appearances in the early 1950s. Jack Norton's final appearance would have been in the 1956 episode of The Honeymooners entitled "Unconventional Behavior", but age and infirmity had so overwhelmed him that he was literally written out of the show as it was being filmed, though Jackie Gleason saw to it that Norton was paid fully for the performance he was ready, willing, but unable to give. Norton died on October 15, 1958 in Saranac Lake, New York at the age of 76. He is buried in Sacred Hearts Cemetery in Southampton, New York on Long Island.

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代表作

私枭血

1939 · Drunk at Henderson Club (uncredited)

战时丈夫

1944 · Second Bandleader (uncredited)

红衫泪痕

1938 · Drunk (uncredited)

The Fleet's In

1942 · Kellogg

棕榈滩的故事

1942 · Second Member Ale and Quail Club

摩根河的奇迹

1944 · Country Club Man Ordering Champagne (uncredited)

奇怪的自白

1945 · Jack

与我同行

1944 · Mr. Lilly (uncredited)

Louisiana Purchase

1941 · Jester

孤狼追捕

1939 · Charlie Fenton - the Party Drunk (uncredited)

淘气两兄弟

1945 · Drunk at the Gilded Cage (uncredited)

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Actor in 'The Girl from Missouri' (archive footage) (uncredited)

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全部作品

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 •Actor in 'The Girl from Missouri' (archive footage) (uncredited)

I Was a Burlesque Queen

1953 •Jim Benson

Malice in the Palace

1949 •Emir of Schmoe (uncredited)

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

1947 •James R. Smoke

Variety Girl

1947 •Busboy at Brown Derby

Linda, Be Good

1947 •Jim Benson

Hired Husband

1947 •Mr. Drinkwater

陈查理之唐人街上的阴影

1946 •Cosgrove

Rhythm and Weep

1946 •Mr. Walsh

Nocturne

1946 •Charlie (uncredited)

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巴巴利海岸的火焰

1945 •Byline Conners, Reporter San Francisco Star

陈查理之猩红的线索

1945 •Willie Rand

Fashion Model

1945 •Herbert

Man Alive

1945 •William T. Lafferty

Captain Tugboat Annie

1945 •Shiftless

失忆谜案

1945 •Drunk at Blue Room Bar (uncredited)

奇怪的自白

1945 •Jack

淘气两兄弟

1945 •Drunk at the Gilded Cage (uncredited)

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal

1945 •Norton

Hold That Blonde!

1945 •Drunk (uncredited)

陈查理之中国猫

1944 •Hotel Desk Clerk

与我同行

1944 •Mr. Lilly (uncredited)

Once Upon a Time

1944 •Man In Barber Chair (uncredited)

摩根河的奇迹

1944 •Country Club Man Ordering Champagne (uncredited)

Make Your Own Bed

1944 •Drunk

专家日记

1944 •'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)

战时丈夫

1944 •Second Bandleader (uncredited)

荒唐侦探

1944 •Drunk on Train

Taxi, Mister

1943 •Reginald Van Nostrum - the Drunk

Prairie Chickens

1943 •Henry Lewis-Clark III

幸运之星

1943 •Customer in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)

堪萨斯州人

1943 •Saloon Drunk

So's Your Uncle

1943 •Drunk

Crazy House

1943 •Drunk

The Falcon Strikes Back

1943 •Second Hobo (uncredited)

两傻偷宝马

1943 •Drunk (uncredited)

棕榈滩的故事

1942 •Second Member Ale and Quail Club

The Fleet's In

1942 •Kellogg

Moonlight in Havana

1942 •George

Dr. Broadway

1942 •Drunk (uncredited)

破坏者

1942 •Mr. Skinner

Brooklyn Orchid

1942 •Jonathan McFeeder

My Favorite Spy

1942 •Orchid Room Drunk

Dr. Renault's Secret

1942 •Mr. Austin

No Hands on the Clock

1941 •Bartender at The Nugget Room

Let's Make Music

1941 •Drunk

Ride on Vaquero

1941

Pacific Blackout

1941 •Drunk

Louisiana Purchase

1941 •Jester

The Villain Still Pursued Her

1940 •Drunk

银行妙探

1940 •A. Pismo Clam

古堡捉妖记

1940 •Drunk (uncredited)

The Way of All Flesh

1940 •Barber

City of Chance

1940 •Mr. Murphy

The Farmer's Daughter

1940 •Shimmy Conway

Opened by Mistake

1940 •Al, the Bartender

A Night at Earl Carroll's

1940 •Alonzo Smith

孤狼追捕

1939 •Charlie Fenton - the Party Drunk (uncredited)

News Is Made at Night

1939 •Drunk

私枭血

1939 •Drunk at Henderson Club (uncredited)

Grand Jury Secrets

1939 •Doyle

Society Smugglers

1939 •Prentis

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

1939 •Parker

旧情难断

1938 •Bert Monroe

The Awful Tooth

1938 •Dr. Schultz

Hold That Kiss

1938 •Mallory

Meet the Girls

1938 •Fletcher

Love Is a Headache

1938 •Bartender (uncredited)

Everybody's Doing It

1938 •Harry The Drunk

亚森·罗平回归

1938 •Hotel Manager (uncredited)

红衫泪痕

1938 •Drunk (uncredited)

Meet the Missus

1937 •Mr. Norton

The Women Men Marry

1937 •Wilhelm Peebles (uncredited)

My Dear Miss Aldrich

1937 •First Drunk at Red Apple Inn (uncredited)

Time Out for Romance

1937 •Crapshooter

艳窟泪痕

1937 •Drunk

Who's Looney Now

1936 •Herbert Brown

The Preview Murder Mystery

1936 •Comedy Director (Uncredited)

Down the Ribber

1936

Forgotten Faces

1936 •Drunk

Sweet Music

1935 •Drunk (uncredited)

Foolish Hearts

1935 •Jimmy

Dr. Socrates

1935 •Drunk in Park

His Night Out

1935 •Dr. Singer

Calling All Cars

1935 •Duke Costello

Going Highbrow

1935 •Sinclair

One More Spring

1935 •Drunk

河上春声

1935 •Man on Ship with Pipe

Stolen Harmony

1935 •Phillips (uncredited)

Page Miss Glory

1935 •Reporter (uncredited)

Ship Cafe

1935 •Mr. Randall (uncredited)

别为女人冒险

1935 •J. Mortimer 'Mousy' Slade

金莲花

1935 •Photographer (uncredited)

Fixing a Stew

1934 •Pete

The Super Snooper

1934

女子精修学校

1934 •Drunk (uncredited)

Counsel on De Fence

1934

Cockeyed Cavaliers

1934 •King's Physician

One Too Many

1934

Woman Haters

1934 •Justice of the Peace (uncredited)