caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date yearsactive image article_title name occupation
edgar 1931 -rrb- norton in '' the lady refuses '' -lrb- 6 february 1953 los angeles , california , united states london , england , united kingdom 11 august 1868 1916 -- 1948 edgarnorton.theladyvanishes.1931.jpg edgar norton
 edgar norton actor
edgar norton

edgar norton was an english-born american character actor .
born in london , england on august 11 , 1868 , he 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 30 year film career , he would appear in over 90 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. hyde '' -- a role he had been playing on-stage since 1898 , opposite richard mansfield as jekyll .
he would die in the woodland hills section of los angeles in february 1953 .
