Edgar Norton

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Edgar Norton August 11 1868 February 6 1953 was an Englishborn American character actor Born in London England on August 11 1868 Norton was active on both stage and screen his theater performances were on both the London and Broadway stages and his film career spanned both the silent and talkie eras in Hollywood During his thirtyyear film career he appeared in at least ninety films Many consider his most memorable role to be that of Poole the butler to Dr Jekyll in the 1931 classic Dr Jekyll and Mr Hydea role he had been playing onstage since 1898 opposite Richard Mansfield as Jekyll He died in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles in February 1953