Jack Norton
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
The Big Parade of Comedy
Film • 1964
jako Actor in 'The Girl from Missouri' (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Was a Burlesque Queen
Film • 1953
jako Jim Benson
Malice in the Palace
Film • 1949
jako Emir of Schmoe (uncredited)
Linda, Be Good
Film • 1947
jako Jim Benson
Variety Girl
Film • 1947
jako Busboy at Brown Derby
Hired Husband
Film • 1947
jako Mr. Drinkwater
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Film • 1947
jako James R. Smoke
Nocturne
Film • 1946
jako Charlie (uncredited)
Rhythm and Weep
Film • 1946
jako Mr. Walsh
Shadows Over Chinatown
Film • 1946
jako Cosgrove
Hold That Blonde!
Film • 1945
jako Drunk (uncredited)
Captain Tugboat Annie
Film • 1945
jako Shiftless
Man Alive
Film • 1945
jako William T. Lafferty
Strange Confession
Film • 1945
jako Jack
Abbott i Costello Szulerzy na Pokładzie
Film • 1945
jako Drunk at the Gilded Cage (uncredited)
Flame of Barbary Coast
Film • 1945
jako Byline Conners, Reporter San Francisco Star
The Scarlet Clue
Film • 1945
jako Willie Rand
Two O'Clock Courage
Film • 1945
jako Drunk at Blue Room Bar (uncredited)
A Guy, a Gal and a Pal
Film • 1945
jako Norton
Fashion Model
Film • 1945
jako Herbert
Dwaj detektywi
Film • 1944
jako Drunk on Train
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Film • 1944
jako Country Club Man Ordering Champagne (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
Film • 1944
jako Second Bandleader (uncredited)
Historia doktora Wassella
Film • 1944
jako 'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time
Film • 1944
jako Man In Barber Chair (uncredited)
Make Your Own Bed
Film • 1944
jako Drunk
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Film • 1944
jako Hotel Desk Clerk
Idąc moją drogą
Film • 1944
jako Mr. Lilly (uncredited)
Crazy House
Film • 1943
jako Drunk
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Film • 1943
jako Customer in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)
Człowiek z Kansas
Film • 1943
jako Saloon Drunk
So's Your Uncle
Film • 1943
jako Drunk
Prairie Chickens
Film • 1943
jako Henry Lewis-Clark III
Taxi, Mister
Film • 1943
jako Reginald Van Nostrum - the Drunk
The Falcon Strikes Back
Film • 1943
jako Second Hobo (uncredited)
It Ain't Hay
Film • 1943
jako Drunk (uncredited)
Dr. Renault's Secret
Film • 1942
jako Mr. Austin
Moonlight in Havana
Film • 1942
jako George
Opowieść o Palm Beach
Film • 1942
jako Second Member Ale and Quail Club
My Favorite Spy
Film • 1942
jako Orchid Room Drunk
Zdobywcy
Film • 1942
jako Mr. Skinner
Dr. Broadway
Film • 1942
jako Drunk (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
Film • 1942
jako Jonathan McFeeder
The Fleet's In
Film • 1942
jako Kellogg
Pacific Blackout
Film • 1941
jako Drunk
Louisiana Purchase
Film • 1941
jako Jester
No Hands on the Clock
Film • 1941
jako Bartender at The Nugget Room
Ride on Vaquero
Film • 1941
Let's Make Music
Film • 1941
jako Drunk
A Night at Earl Carroll's
Film • 1940
jako Alonzo Smith
The Bank Dick
Film • 1940
jako A. Pismo Clam
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Film • 1940
jako Drunk
The Way of All Flesh
Film • 1940
jako Barber
The Ghost Breakers
Film • 1940
jako Drunk (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
Film • 1940
jako Al, the Bartender
The Farmer's Daughter
Film • 1940
jako Shimmy Conway
City of Chance
Film • 1940
jako Mr. Murphy
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Film • 1939
jako Parker
Burzliwe lata dwudzieste
Film • 1939
jako Drunk at Henderson Club (uncredited)
News Is Made at Night
Film • 1939
jako Drunk
Grand Jury Secrets
Film • 1939
jako Doyle
Society Smugglers
Film • 1939
jako Prentis
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Film • 1939
jako Charlie Fenton - the Party Drunk (uncredited)
Thanks for the Memory
Film • 1938
jako Bert Monroe
Meet the Girls
Film • 1938
jako Fletcher
The Awful Tooth
Film • 1938
jako Dr. Schultz
Hold That Kiss
Film • 1938
jako Mallory
Jezebel - Dzieje grzesznicy
Film • 1938
jako Drunk (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
Film • 1938
jako Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
Film • 1938
jako Bartender (uncredited)
Everybody's Doing It
Film • 1938
jako Harry The Drunk
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Film • 1937
jako First Drunk at Red Apple Inn (uncredited)
The Women Men Marry
Film • 1937
jako Wilhelm Peebles (uncredited)
Meet the Missus
Film • 1937
jako Mr. Norton
Marked Woman
Film • 1937
jako Drunk
Time Out for Romance
Film • 1937
jako Crapshooter
Who's Looney Now
Film • 1936
jako Herbert Brown
Forgotten Faces
Film • 1936
jako Drunk
Down the Ribber
Film • 1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
Film • 1936
jako Comedy Director (Uncredited)
Foolish Hearts
Film • 1935
jako Jimmy
Ship Cafe
Film • 1935
jako Mr. Randall (uncredited)
Dr. Socrates
Film • 1935
jako Drunk in Park
His Night Out
Film • 1935
jako Dr. Singer
Page Miss Glory
Film • 1935
jako Reporter (uncredited)
Broadway Gondolier
Film • 1935
jako Man on Ship with Pipe
Don't Bet on Blondes
Film • 1935
jako J. Mortimer 'Mousy' Slade
Going Highbrow
Film • 1935
jako Sinclair
Stolen Harmony
Film • 1935
jako Phillips (uncredited)
Sweet Music
Film • 1935
jako Drunk (uncredited)
One More Spring
Film • 1935
jako Drunk
Calling All Cars
Film • 1935
jako Duke Costello
The Gilded Lily
Film • 1935
jako Photographer (uncredited)
One Too Many
Film • 1934
Fixing a Stew
Film • 1934
jako Pete
Counsel on De Fence
Film • 1934
Cockeyed Cavaliers
Film • 1934
jako King's Physician
Woman Haters
Film • 1934
jako Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Finishing School
Film • 1934
jako Drunk (uncredited)
The Super Snooper
Film • 1934