Acting

Edward Norris

Born March 10, 1911 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died December 18, 2002 · aged 91

Norris made his television debut in 1951 with two appearances on Fireside Theater. He went on act for 30 years in both television and film. During the course of his 12-year span on television he made two guest appearances on Perry Mason: "The Case of the Fiery Fingers" and "The Case of the Tarnished Trademark". His final appearance was when he appeared on an episode of The Third Man, titled "Gh…

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Boys Town

Boys Town · 1938

Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father's tough-love system.

Queen Christina

Queen Christina · 1934

Queen Christina

MovieRomanceHistory

Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.

The Man from the Alamo

The Man from the Alamo · 1953

The Man from the Alamo

During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen by lot to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission, and is branded a coward. Since he cannot now expose a gang of turncoats, he infiltrates them instead. Can he save a wagon train of refugees from Wade's Guerillas?

Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta · 1935

Naughty Marietta

MovieMusicRomance

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.

The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian · 1955

A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

Mad Love

Mad Love · 1935

MovieHorrorRomance

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.

Decoy

MovieCrimeThriller

A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.

Frontier Marshal

Frontier Marshal · 1939

Frontier Marshal

Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

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Boys Town

Boys Town · 1938

Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father's tough-love system.

Joe Marsh

Queen Christina

Queen Christina · 1934

Queen Christina

MovieRomanceHistory

Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.

Count Jacob (uncredited)

The Man from the Alamo

The Man from the Alamo · 1953

The Man from the Alamo

During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen by lot to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission, and is branded a coward. Since he cannot now expose a gang of turncoats, he infiltrates them instead. Can he save a wagon train of refugees from Wade's Guerillas?

Mapes

Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta · 1935

Naughty Marietta

MovieMusicRomance

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.

Suitor (uncredited)

The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian · 1955

A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

Roulette Dealer

Mad Love

Mad Love · 1935

MovieHorrorRomance

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.

Man Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)

Decoy

MovieCrimeThriller

A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.

Jim Vincent

Frontier Marshal

Frontier Marshal · 1939

Frontier Marshal

Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Dan Blackmore

Highway 301

Highway 301 · 1950

The "Tri-State" gang goes on a successful bank robbing streak causing local authorities to turn up the heat on the daring career criminals.

Noyes, Gang Driver

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet · 1940

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.

Dr. Morgenroth

The Lady in Question

The Lady in Question · 1940

The Lady in Question

MovieRomanceComedy

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

Robert LaCoste

Tail Spin

Tail Spin · 1939

Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to repair it. She meets a Navy pilot named "Tex" Price and tries to gain his aid. Tex soon meets another pilot, Gerry, a novice who seeks to win an important upcoming race. Tex, concerned for Gerry's safety, tries to convince her not to race. But Gerry, now a rival of Trixie's, is determined to fly.

Speed Allen

Jungle Queen

Jungle Queen · 1945

MovieActionAdventure

A young girl journeys to Africa to find her father, an explorer who vanished in the jungle.

Bob Elliot

Murder in the Fleet

Murder in the Fleet · 1935

Murder in the Fleet

MovieDramaMystery

A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender. First a revolutionary new piece of technology -- an electric firing device -- is sabotaged. Then one of the cruiser's crew is murdered. In order to catch the killer, the captain locks down the ship. With foreign dignitaries, corporate goons and even Tom's girlfriend, Betty, trapped on the vessel, there is no shortage of suspects.

Sleepy (Uncredited)

The Truth About Murder

The Truth About Murder · 1946

The Truth About Murder

A young attorney (Bonita Granville) is convinced a murder suspect is innocent in the killing of his wife.

William Ames Crane

Killer Shark

Killer Shark · 1950

A college student takes a break and goes out to sea with his father, the captain of a shark-hunting boat. When his inexperience results in an accident in which his father and a crewman are badly injured, he tries to make up for it by rounding up another crew and going back out on the hunt. However, things don't turn out quite the way he planned.

Ramon

Doctors Don't Tell

Doctors Don't Tell · 1941

Doctors Don't Tell

MovieRomanceDrama

Dr. Ralph Snyder and Dr. Frank Blake open an office together but soon split over a rivalry for nightclub singer Diana Wayne and a difference over ethics.

Dr. Frank Blake

Men on Her Mind

Men on Her Mind · 1944

Men on Her Mind

MovieMusicDrama

A famous singer reflects on her life, including her journey from being an orphan to her fame as a singer, as she tries to decide which of her three suitors she will choose.

Jeffrey Wingate

The Mystery of Marie Roget

The Mystery of Marie Roget · 1942

The Mystery of Marie Roget

MovieCrimeMystery

A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.

Marcel Vigneaux

Mama Steps Out

Mama Steps Out · 1937

MovieComedyRomance

A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Furness) to Europe for culture.

Ferdie Fisher

Between Two Women

Between Two Women · 1937

Between Two Women

MovieRomanceDrama

Hospital intern Allen Meighan assures himself residency when he saves the life of a man trapped in an explosion. Allen is in love with student nurse Claire Donahue, and she with him, but she's married to the physically abusive Tom.

Dr. Barili

Here Comes Happiness

Here Comes Happiness · 1941

Here Comes Happiness

MovieComedyRomance

Jessica leaves her upper class home to assume an anonymous working class identity. She meets a blue collar guy, Chet and falls in love with the poor but ambitious man. Chet observes a series of suspicious, clandestine meetings with her rich father and his chauffeur which makes him think she is stringing along a "Sugar Daddy" on the side. Financial trickery and sequences of misunderstandings and coincidences culminate with a wedding that turns out much differently than planned.

Chet Madden

On Trial

On Trial · 1939

An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wife's (Margaret Lindsay) honor was justified.

William Arbuckle

The Lady Has Plans

The Lady Has Plans · 1942

The Lady Has Plans

MovieDramaComedy

Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. This woman plans to take the place of a 'Sidney Royce', a legitimate traveler going to Lisbon as a reporter. Crossed signals allows the real Sidney to reach Portugal first, where she is pursued by those trying to obtain the plans and US government agents trying to prevent the sale.

Frank Richards