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Jack Norton 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.
Birth Name
Mortimer Joseph Naughton
Born
Monday, 02 September 1889
Died
Wednesday, 15 October 1958
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hey Moe, Hey Dad! | Various characters | 2015 |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | Actor in 'The Girl from Missouri' / (archive footage) | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Two Knights from Brooklyn | Reginald von Nostrum, the drunk | 1957 |
| The Imogene Coca Show | Self | 1954 |
| I Was a Burlesque Queen | Jim Benson | 1953 |
| All Star Revue | Self - Guest Actor / Self / Self - Guest Comic Actor / Self - Guest Comedian / Guest Actor | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - as the Drunk | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self / Self - Comic / Self - Comedian | 1950 |
| Malice in the Palace | Emir of Schmoe | 1949 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hey Moe, Hey Dad! | Various characters | 2015 |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | Actor in 'The Girl from Missouri' / (archive footage) | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Two Knights from Brooklyn | Reginald von Nostrum, the drunk | 1957 |
| The Imogene Coca Show | Self | 1954 |
| I Was a Burlesque Queen | Jim Benson | 1953 |
| All Star Revue | Self - Guest Actor / Self / Self - Guest Comic Actor / Self - Guest Comedian / Guest Actor | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - as the Drunk | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self / Self - Comic / Self - Comedian | 1950 |
| Malice in the Palace | Emir of Schmoe | 1949 |
| Variety Time | Mr. Drinkwater - clip from 'Hired Husband' | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self / Self - Comic Actor | 1948 |
| Alias a Gentleman | Charnell | 1948 |
| Linda, Be Good | Jim Benson | 1947 |
| Variety Girl | Busboy at Brown Derby | 1947 |
| Down to Earth | Sleeping Man in Audience | 1947 |
| The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | James R. Smoke | 1947 |
| Bringing Up Father | Jack Norton - Barfly | 1946 |
| Lady Luck | Bartender at Sky's the Limit Club | 1946 |
| Nocturne | Charlie - Drunk / Charlie | 1946 |
| Blue Skies | Drunk | 1946 |
| Rhythm and Weep | Mr. Walsh | 1946 |
| No Leave, No Love | Drunk at Romanovitch's Bar | 1946 |
| Shadows Over Chinatown | Mr. Cosgrove / Cosgrove | 1946 |
| The Hoodlum Saint | Drunk | 1946 |
| The Kid from Brooklyn | Garden Party Guest | 1946 |
| Hold That Blonde! | Drunk | 1945 |
| Captain Tugboat Annie | Shiftless | 1945 |
| Man Alive | Willie the Wino / William T. Lafferty | 1945 |
| Her Highness and the Bellboy | Mr. Pook - Drunk at Jake's Joint | 1945 |
| Strange Confession | Drunk Boarder / Jack | 1945 |
| Sunset in El Dorado | Man at Presentation | 1945 |
| The Naughty Nineties | Drunk at the Gilded Cage | 1945 |
| Wonder Man | Drunk in Club | 1945 |
| Flame of Barbary Coast | Byline Conners / Byline Conners, Reporter San Francisco Star | 1945 |
| The Scarlet Clue - Sidney Toler As Charlie Chan | Willie Rand | 1945 |
| The Horn Blows at Midnight | Drunk in Hotel Room | 1945 |
| Two O'Clock Courage | Drunk at Blue Room Bar | 1945 |
| A Guy, a Gal and a Pal | Norton | 1945 |
| Fashion Model | Herbert / Shiftless Herbert | 1945 |
| The Strange Mr. Gregory | Drunk | 1945 |
| Here Come the Waves | Waiter at Cabana Club | 1944 |
| Dancing in Manhattan | Pesky Drunk | 1944 |
| Heather and Yon | Scoop Warren | 1944 |
| The Big Noise | Drunk on Train | 1944 |
| Gildersleeve's Ghost | Drunk at Rally | 1944 |
| Hail the Conquering Hero | Second Bandleader | 1944 |
| Once Upon a Time | Man In Barber Chair / Barber Shop Customer | 1944 |
| Ghost Catchers | Wilbur Duffington | 1944 |
| Make Your Own Bed | Drunk | 1944 |
| Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1944 |
| Going My Way | Mr. Lilly | 1944 |
| The Story of Dr. Wassell | 'Janssen' Passenger | 1944 |
| Cover Girl | Harry the Drunk | 1944 |
| Shine on Harvest Moon | Drunk on Street | 1944 |
| Doctor, Feel My Pulse | Dr. Kronkheit | 1944 |
| And the Angels Sing | Drunk | 1944 |
| The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | Country Club Man Ordering Champagne | 1943 |
| Gildersleeve on Broadway | Mr. Dobrey, Drunk on Window Ledge | 1943 |
| Crazy House | Drunk | 1943 |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | Drunk in Bette Davis Number | 1943 |
| The Kansan | Saloon Drunk | 1943 |
| So's Your Uncle | Drunk | 1943 |
| Taxi, Mister | Reginald Van Nostrum - the Drunk / Reginald Van Nostrum | 1943 |
| The Falcon Strikes Back | Second Hobo | 1943 |
| Prairie Chickens | Henry Lewis-Clark III | 1943 |
| Assignment in Brittany | Drunken Peasant | 1943 |
| It Ain't Hay | Drunk | 1943 |
| Lady Bodyguard | Henderson | 1943 |
| How's About It? | Drunk | 1943 |
| Ice Capades Revue | Drunk | 1942 |
| Tennessee Johnson | Drunk | 1942 |
| Dr. Renault's Secret | Mr. Austin | 1942 |
| Moonlight in Havana | George | 1942 |
| The Palm Beach Story | Second Member Ale and Quail Club | 1942 |
| The Spoilers | Mr. Skinner | 1942 |
| Moonlight Masquerade | Drunk on Train | 1942 |
| My Favorite Spy | Orchid Room Drunk | 1942 |
| Dr. Broadway | Drunk | 1942 |
| Roxie Hart | Producer | 1942 |
| Brooklyn Orchid | Jonathan McFeeder | 1942 |
| The Fleet's In | Kellogg | 1942 |
| Pacific Blackout | Drunk | 1941 |
| Louisiana Purchase | Jester | 1941 |
| No Hands on the Clock | Bartender at The Nugget Room / Bartender | 1941 |
| You Belong to Me | Keckel | 1941 |
| The Feminine Touch | Drunk at Morgan's Parties | 1941 |
| Passage from Hong Kong | Drunk Going to Oakland | 1941 |
| No Greater Sin | Drunk | 1941 |
| Private Nurse | Drunk | 1941 |
| Down in San Diego | Drunk | 1941 |
| Forced Landing | Cantina Drunk | 1941 |
| She Knew All the Answers | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1941 |
| Ride on Vaquero | Town Drunk | 1941 |
| Footlight Fever | Drunk | 1941 |
| Road Show | Drunk | 1941 |
| Let's Make Music | Drunk / Mr. Orton, a Drunk | 1940 |
| A Night at Earl Carroll's | Alonzo Smith | 1940 |
| The Bank Dick | A. Pismo Clam | 1940 |
| The Villain Still Pursued Her | Drunk / Pie Throwing Drunk | 1940 |
| So You Won't Talk | Barber | 1940 |
| Golden Gloves | Jake - the Bartender | 1940 |
| The Way of All Flesh | Barber | 1940 |
| The Ghost Breakers | Drunk | 1940 |
| Opened by Mistake | Al, the Bartender | 1940 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Shimmy Conway | 1940 |
| City of Chance | Mr. Murphy | 1940 |
| Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Parker | 1939 |
| Laugh It Off | Thomas J. Carter, the Drunk | 1939 |
| The Roaring Twenties | Drunk at Henderson Club | 1939 |
| News Is Made at Night | Drunk | 1939 |
| Grand Jury Secrets | Doyle | 1939 |
| I'm from Missouri | Drunk | 1939 |
| Society Smugglers | Louis Remington Prentiss / Prentis | 1939 |
| Pardon Our Nerve | Drunk | 1939 |
| The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Charlie Fenton - the Party Drunk | 1939 |
| Strange Faces | Mason City Drunk | 1938 |
| Thanks for the Memory | Bert Monroe | 1938 |
| The Storm | Man in Bar | 1938 |
| Five of a Kind | Hector - Drunk in Jail | 1938 |
| King of Alcatraz | First Officer | 1938 |
| Meet the Girls | Fletcher | 1938 |
| The Awful Tooth | Dr. Schultz / Dr. Schwartz | 1938 |
| Kentucky Moonshine | Drunk | 1938 |
| Hold That Kiss | Mallory / Mallory - a Drunk | 1938 |
| Jezebel | Drunk | 1938 |
| Arsène Lupin Returns | Hotel Manager | 1938 |
| Paradise for Three | Drunk at Drinking Fountain | 1938 |
| Everybody's Doing It | Harry The Drunk | 1938 |
| Love Is a Headache | Bartender | 1938 |
| Man-Proof | Drunk at Fight | 1938 |
| Thoroughbreds Don't Cry | Man with Monocle | 1937 |
| The Great Garrick | Drunken Gentleman | 1937 |
| My Dear Miss Aldrich | First Drunk at Red Apple Inn | 1937 |
| The Women Men Marry | Wilhelm Peebles | 1937 |
| Married Before Breakfast | Drunk on Bus | 1937 |
| Riding on Air | Chicago Daily Blade Reporter | 1937 |
| A Day at the Races | Drunk | 1937 |
| Meet the Missus | Mr. Norton / Mr. Norton aka Mr. Cotton Belt | 1937 |
| Pick a Star | Oscar the Souse | 1937 |
| Marked Woman | Drunk | 1937 |
| Time Out for Romance | Crapshooter | 1937 |
| Gold Diggers of 1937 | Singing Drunk at Party | 1936 |
| After the Thin Man | Reporter | 1936 |
| Who's Looney Now | Herbert Brown | 1936 |
| F-Man | Jones | 1936 |
| The Moon's Our Home | Drunk | 1936 |
| The First Baby | Drunk | 1936 |
| The Farmer in the Dell | Mr. Gleason | 1936 |
| Too Many Parents | Drill Instructor | 1936 |
| The Preview Murder Mystery | Comedy Director / Comedy Director (Uncredited) | 1936 |
| Anything Goes | Drunk | 1936 |
| Rose of the Rancho | Croupier | 1936 |
| Foolish Hearts | Jimmy | 1935 |
| Miss Pacific Fleet | Radio Announcer at Train | 1935 |
| Dr. Socrates | Drunk in Park | 1935 |
| Page Miss Glory | Reporter | 1935 |
| Dante's Inferno | Drunk in Cabin | 1935 |
| She Gets Her Man | Drunk Reporter | 1935 |
| Broadway Gondolier | Reporter / Man on Ship with Pipe | 1935 |
| Don't Bet on Blondes | J. Mortimer 'Mousy' Slade | 1935 |
| Front Page Woman | Reporter | 1935 |
| Going Highbrow | Sinclair | 1935 |
| Alibi Ike | Reporter | 1935 |
| The Girl from 10th Avenue | College Club Guest Outside Bar | 1935 |
| $10 Raise | Perry's Friend | 1935 |
| Go Into Your Dance | Rehearsal Stage Manager | 1935 |
| Stolen Harmony | Phillips | 1935 |
| Ruggles of Red Gap | Barfly | 1935 |
| Sweet Music | Drunk | 1935 |
| One More Spring | Drunk | 1935 |
| Calling All Cars | Duke Costello | 1935 |
| The Gilded Lily | Photographer | 1935 |
| Bordertown | Gambler at Silver Slipper | 1935 |
| One Hour Late | Manager | 1934 |
| Happiness Ahead | Party Reveller | 1934 |
| Death on the Diamond | Gambler Associate of Karnes | 1934 |
| The Girl from Missouri | 1st Reporter in Stateroom | 1934 |
| Cockeyed Cavaliers | King's Physician | 1934 |
| Money Means Nothing | Jack - Hijacker | 1934 |
| Now I'll Tell | One of Murray's Chums | 1934 |
| Woman Haters | Justice of the Peace | 1934 |
| Finishing School | Drunk | 1934 |
| Girl of the Port | Drunk | 1930 |
