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Jack Norton is a Actor American born on 1 september 1889 at Brooklyn (USA)

Jack Norton

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Birth name Mortimer J. Naughton
Nationality USA
Birth 1 september 1889 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 15 october 1958 (at 69 years) at Saranac Lake (USA)

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.

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Filmography of Jack Norton (87 films)

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Malice in the Palace
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent, George J. Lewis
Roles Emir of Schmoe (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.630163.630163.630163.630163.63016
The Stooges, while running the Cafe Casbah Bah (a Middle Eastern restaurant) and attempting to prepare a meal for customers Hassan Ben Sober (Vernon Dent) and Ginna Rumma (George J. Lewis), discover a plan that their hungry customers are hatching. These two thieves are attempting to rob the tomb of King Rootintootin, which contains a priceless diamond, but they discover that the emir of Schmow (Johnny Kascier) has already gotten his hands on the diamond. The two plotters start wailing and are thrown out of the restaurant. The Stooges then attempt to retrieve the diamond themselves, as there is a $50,000 reward at stake.
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, 1h29
Directed by Lewis Milestone, Preston Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Circus films
Actors Harold Lloyd, Jimmy Conlin, Rudy Vallée, Pat O'Brien, Raymond Walburn, Edgar Kennedy
Roles James R. Smoke
Rating63% 3.197123.197123.197123.197123.19712
In 1945, twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team (as told in The Freshman), mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock (Harold Lloyd), who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Waggleberry (Raymond Walburn), with nothing but a tiny pension of $1,000. He bids farewell to the girl at the desk down the aisle, Miss Otis (Frances Ramsden), whom he had hoped to marry – just as he had hoped to marry five of her older sisters before that – and wanders aimlessly through the streets, his life's savings in hand.
Shadows Over Chinatown
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Mantan Moreland, Al Bridge, John Gallaudet, Mary Gordon
Roles Cosgrove
Rating64% 3.243783.243783.243783.243783.24378
Chan investigates a murder for profit racket in San Francisco. Toller was in poor health during the filming of this, and so much of the film is carried by the comedic interplay between #2 Son (Victor Sen Yung) and chauffeur, Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland).
Nocturne
Nocturne (1946)
, 1h27
Directed by Edwin L. Marin, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston, Joseph Pevney, Myrna Dell, Mabel Paige
Roles Charlie
Rating64% 3.2431253.2431253.2431253.2431253.243125
A Hollywood film composer is found dead. The police think it is suicide but a cop, Joe Warne (Raft), suspects murder. Warne begins looking for "Dolores," a name in a song by the dead man. While investigating, Warne finds out the dead man has had a list of models as girlfriends and that ten of them have a motive for the suspected murder.
Rhythm and Weep
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Nita Bieber, Ruth Godfrey, Ruth White
Roles Mr. Walsh
Rating68% 3.432893.432893.432893.432893.43289
The Stooges play the roles of unsuccessful actors who have decided to end it all by jumping off a skyscraper. On top of the building, they discover three girls with an unsuccessful dancing act who have also decided to jump. The Stooges immediately fall in love with the girls. The six distraught lovers are still planning to jump when they suddenly hear piano music playing. They leave the ledge to go find the source of the music. On a lower floor they discover a piano-playing millionaire who is looking for a talented act. He promises them a significant amount of money if they are good. Their act is a success with the millionaire, who doubles their salaries and says, "The way I throw my money around, I bet you think I'm crazy!" As if on cue, two men in white coats come to take him back to an asylum. He wants to go "by train," and one of them gives him a toy locomotive; as they escort him away he says, "Choo choo choo..." Realizing that the millionaire truly is crazy, the boys themselves lose it completely.
Captain Tugboat Annie, 1h10
Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Jane Darwell, Edgar Kennedy, Mantan Moreland, Jack Norton, Cyril Delevanti, Pamela Blake
Roles Shiftless
Rating62% 3.1483053.1483053.1483053.1483053.148305
Right after the war has ended, tugboats are allowed to freely operate again in the US coastal waters. The owner of Secoma Towing & Salvage, Alec Severn (Joseph Crehan), starts searching for the famous Tugboat Annie Brennan (Jane Darwell), to incorporate her back as the captain of his fleet of tugboats.
Flame of Barbary Coast, 1h31
Directed by William Frawley, Joseph Schildkraut, John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Kane, Borden Chase
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut, William Frawley, Virginia Grey, Russell Hicks
Roles Byline Conners, Reporter San Francisco Star
Rating61% 3.097643.097643.097643.097643.09764
Naive Montana cowboy Duke Fergus (John Wayne) arrives in San Francisco and visits the notorious Barbary Coast. He becomes smitten with the lovely star attraction of the fanciest gambling hall, "Flaxen" Tarry (Ann Dvorak), the "Flame of the Barbary Coast". He gets talked into gambling against the owner (and Flaxen's lover), card shark Tito Morell (Joseph Schildkraut). Predictably, Fergus gets cheated and loses all his money.
The Scarlet Clue, 1h5
Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Sidney Toler, Benson Fong, Mantan Moreland, Virginia Brissac, Robert Homans, I. Stanford Jolley
Roles Willie Rand
Rating62% 3.1470253.1470253.1470253.1470253.147025
Charlie Chan and his son Tommy and their block-head driver Birmingham Brown investigate the shenanigans and suspects that results from a furtive gang trying to steal radar secrets from a radio station.
Strange Confession, 1h2
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Brenda Joyce, J. Carrol Naish, Milburn Stone, Lloyd Bridges, Addison Richards
Roles Jack
Rating64% 3.248293.248293.248293.248293.24829
Jeff Carter (Lon Chaney, Jr.) is testing a vaccine for influenza. He is working for tycoon, Roger Graham (J. Carrol Naish), who takes the credit and the profit for Jeff's discovery. Roger cares more about profits than safety. Jeff resigns and is blacklisted by his boss. He heads to South America to perfect the formula. Graham has used this opportunity to release the drug and romance Jeff's attractive wife, Mary (Brenda Joyce). When Jeff hears that his son has died, he takes revenge.
Two O'Clock Courage, 1h8
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles
Actors Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Jane Greer, Richard Lane, Lester Matthews, Roland Drew
Roles Drunk at Blue Room Bar (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.245793.245793.245793.245793.24579
An amnesiac, "Step" Allison (Tom Conway), accused of murder searches for the truth with the help of a cabbie, Patty Mitchell (Ann Rutherford). The story is essentially a remake of Two in the Dark (1936).
The Naughty Nineties, 1h16
Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson, Lois Collier, Henry Travers
Roles Drunk at the Gilded Cage (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4953653.4953653.4953653.4953653.495365
The time is the 1890s. Captain Sam (Henry Travers), owner of the showboat River Queen, travels along the Mississippi River bringing honest entertainment to each town. At a stop in Ironville, he meets Crawford (Alan Curtis), Bonita (Rita Johnson), and Bailey (Joe Sawyer), who are wanted by the local sheriff. Against the advice of his daughter Caroline (Lois Collier), his lead actor Dexter Broadhurst (Bud Abbott), and his chief roustabout Sebastian Dinwiddle (Lou Costello), the Captain joins them for a card game at a local gambling house.
A Guy, a Gal and a Pal, 1h2
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Ross Hunter, Lynn Merrick, Ted Donaldson, George Meeker, Jack Norton, Will Stanton
Roles Norton
Rating65% 3.252853.252853.252853.252853.25285
Helen hésite entre la sécurité financière que lui offre Granville Breckinridge et l'amour qu'elle ressent pour Jimmy Jones.