---
name: "Jack Norton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-norton"
fi1m_id: "jack-norton"
imdb_id: "nm0636226"
tmdb_id: 120741
wikidata_id: "Q6114356"
roles: []
born: "1 September 1889"
died: "15 October 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-25T03:15:34.859419+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jack Norton

## Identity

Jack Norton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-norton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-norton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0636226
- **TMDB ID:** 120741
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6114356
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Norton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6114356, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636226/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120741

Actor. Born 1 September 1889 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 15 October 1958.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 September 1889, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 15 October 1958
- **Active:** 1940–1942
- **Also known as:** Mortimer John Naughton
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 acting, 2 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 78 (1), 1940s 78 (3)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Romance 2, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $16m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Norton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6114356, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636226/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120741

## Biography

Jack Norton, also credited as Mortimer John Naughton, was an American stage and film character actor. He appeared in numerous films from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s, frequently in uncredited roles as drunks. He also worked in vaudeville and made his Broadway debut in the 1925 edition of Earl Carroll's Vanities.

Norton is credited in *The Palm Beach Story* (1942) as the Second Member of the Ale and Quail Club. Other film roles include appearances in *The Roaring Twenties* (1939), *Jezebel* (1938), *The Bank Dick* (1940) as A. Pismo Clam, *Going My Way* (1944) and *The Miracle of Morgan's Creek* (1944). He retired from films in 1947 due to illness, with his final release being *Alias a Gentleman* (1948), though he made some television appearances in the early 1950s. He died on 15 October 1958.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (2)

- *The Palm Beach Story* (1942), Fi1m 80, as Second Member Ale and Quail Club — [page](https://film.one/film/the-palm-beach-story.md)
- *The Bank Dick* (1940), Fi1m 80, as A. Pismo Clam — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bank-dick.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Going My Way* (1944), Fi1m 74, as Mr. Lilly (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md)
- *Jezebel* (1938), Fi1m 78, as Drunk (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/jezebel.md)

## Complete filmography (100)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Big Parade of Comedy* (1964), as Actor in 'The Girl from Missouri' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *I Was a Burlesque Queen* (1953), as Jim Benson
- *Malice in the Palace* (1949), as Emir of Schmoe (uncredited)
- *Linda, Be Good* (1947), as Jim Benson
- *Variety Girl* (1947), as Busboy at Brown Derby
- *Hired Husband* (1947), as Mr. Drinkwater
- *The Sin of Harold Diddlebock* (1947), as James R. Smoke
- *Nocturne* (1946), as Charlie (uncredited)
- *Rhythm and Weep* (1946), as Mr. Walsh
- *Shadows Over Chinatown* (1946), as Cosgrove
- *Hold That Blonde!* (1945), as Drunk (uncredited)
- *Captain Tugboat Annie* (1945), as Shiftless
- *Man Alive* (1945), as William T. Lafferty
- *Strange Confession* (1945), as Jack
- *The Naughty Nineties* (1945), as Drunk at the Gilded Cage (uncredited)
- *Flame of Barbary Coast* (1945), as Byline Conners, Reporter San Francisco Star
- *The Scarlet Clue* (1945), as Willie Rand
- *Two O'Clock Courage* (1945), as Drunk at Blue Room Bar (uncredited)
- *A Guy, a Gal and a Pal* (1945), as Norton
- *Fashion Model* (1945), as Herbert
- *The Big Noise* (1944), as Drunk on Train
- *The Miracle of Morgan's Creek* (1944), as Country Club Man Ordering Champagne (uncredited)
- *Hail the Conquering Hero* (1944), as Second Bandleader (uncredited)
- *The Story of Dr. Wassell* (1944), as 'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)
- *Once Upon a Time* (1944), as Man In Barber Chair (uncredited)
- *Make Your Own Bed* (1944), as Drunk
- *Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat* (1944), as Hotel Desk Clerk
- *Going My Way* (1944), as Mr. Lilly (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md)
- *Crazy House* (1943), as Drunk
- *Thank Your Lucky Stars* (1943), as Customer in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)
- *The Kansan* (1943), as Saloon Drunk
- *So's Your Uncle* (1943), as Drunk
- *Prairie Chickens* (1943), as Henry Lewis-Clark III
- *Taxi, Mister* (1943), as Reginald Van Nostrum - the Drunk
- *The Falcon Strikes Back* (1943), as Second Hobo (uncredited)
- *It Ain't Hay* (1943), as Drunk (uncredited)
- *Dr. Renault's Secret* (1942), as Mr. Austin
- *Moonlight in Havana* (1942), as George
- *The Palm Beach Story* (1942), as Second Member Ale and Quail Club — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-palm-beach-story.md)
- *My Favorite Spy* (1942), as Orchid Room Drunk
- *The Spoilers* (1942), as Mr. Skinner
- *Dr. Broadway* (1942), as Drunk (uncredited)
- *Brooklyn Orchid* (1942), as Jonathan McFeeder
- *The Fleet's In* (1942), as Kellogg
- *Louisiana Purchase* (1941), as Jester
- *Pacific Blackout* (1941), as Drunk
- *No Hands on the Clock* (1941), as Bartender at The Nugget Room
- *Ride on Vaquero* (1941), Actor
- *Let's Make Music* (1941), as Drunk
- *A Night at Earl Carroll's* (1940), as Alonzo Smith
- *The Bank Dick* (1940), as A. Pismo Clam — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bank-dick.md)
- *The Villain Still Pursued Her* (1940), as Drunk
- *The Way of All Flesh* (1940), as Barber
- *The Ghost Breakers* (1940), as Drunk (uncredited)
- *Opened by Mistake* (1940), as Al, the Bartender
- *The Farmer's Daughter* (1940), as Shimmy Conway
- *City of Chance* (1940), as Mr. Murphy
- *Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President* (1939), as Parker
- *The Roaring Twenties* (1939), as Drunk at Henderson Club (uncredited)
- *News Is Made at Night* (1939), as Drunk
- *Grand Jury Secrets* (1939), as Doyle
- *Society Smugglers* (1939), as Prentis
- *The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt* (1939), as Charlie Fenton - the Party Drunk (uncredited)
- *Thanks for the Memory* (1938), as Bert Monroe
- *Meet the Girls* (1938), as Fletcher
- *The Awful Tooth* (1938), as Dr. Schultz
- *Hold That Kiss* (1938), as Mallory
- *Jezebel* (1938), as Drunk (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/jezebel.md)
- *Arsène Lupin Returns* (1938), as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- *Love Is a Headache* (1938), as Bartender (uncredited)
- *Everybody's Doing It* (1938), as Harry The Drunk
- *My Dear Miss Aldrich* (1937), as First Drunk at Red Apple Inn (uncredited)
- *The Women Men Marry* (1937), as Wilhelm Peebles (uncredited)
- *Meet the Missus* (1937), as Mr. Norton
- *Marked Woman* (1937), as Drunk
- *Time Out for Romance* (1937), as Crapshooter
- *Who's Looney Now* (1936), as Herbert Brown
- *Forgotten Faces* (1936), as Drunk
- *Down the Ribber* (1936), Actor
- *The Preview Murder Mystery* (1936), as Comedy Director (Uncredited)
- *Foolish Hearts* (1935), as Jimmy
- *Ship Cafe* (1935), as Mr. Randall (uncredited)
- *Dr. Socrates* (1935), as Drunk in Park
- *His Night Out* (1935), as Dr. Singer
- *Page Miss Glory* (1935), as Reporter (uncredited)
- *Broadway Gondolier* (1935), as Man on Ship with Pipe
- *Don't Bet on Blondes* (1935), as J. Mortimer 'Mousy' Slade
- *Going Highbrow* (1935), as Sinclair
- *Stolen Harmony* (1935), as Phillips (uncredited)
- *Sweet Music* (1935), as Drunk (uncredited)
- *One More Spring* (1935), as Drunk
- *The Gilded Lily* (1935), as Photographer (uncredited)
- *Calling All Cars* (1935), as Duke Costello
- *One Too Many* (1934), Actor
- *Fixing a Stew* (1934), as Pete
- *Counsel on De Fence* (1934), Actor
- *Cockeyed Cavaliers* (1934), as King's Physician
- *Woman Haters* (1934), as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- *Finishing School* (1934), as Drunk (uncredited)
- *The Super Snooper* (1934), Actor

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