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Edward Norris

Highest Rated: 100% The Man From the Alamo (1953)

Lowest Rated: 14% The Kentuckian (1955)

Birthday: Mar 10, 1911

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Edward Norris was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Norris started his acting career landing roles in such films as the Rochelle Hudson crime flick "Show Them No Mercy" (1935), "The Wagon Trail" (1935) and the drama "The Magnificent Brute" (1936) with Victor McLaglen. He also appeared in "Between Two Women" (1937), the drama "Boys Town" (1938) with Spencer Tracy and the Margaret Lindsay adaptation "On Trial" (1939). His film career continued throughout the forties in productions like "Back in the Saddle" (1941) with Gene Autry, the mystery "A Close Call For Ellery Queen" (1942) with William Gargan and the Patric Knowles mystery "Mystery of Marie Roget" (1942). He also appeared in "The Man With Two Lives" (1942). In the latter half of his career, he continued to act in "Trapped By Boston Blackie" (1948), the Elyse Knox drama "Forgotten Women" (1949) and "The Wolf Hunters" (1949) with Kirby Grant. He also appeared in the Roddy McDowall action flick "Killer Shark" (1950) and "Blazing Sun" (1950). Norris was most recently credited in "Vice" (HBO, 2012-). Norris passed away in December 2002 at the age of 91.

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Highest rated movies

100% 65% The Man From the Alamo
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86% 81% Boys Town
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81% 84% Queen Christina
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14% 42% The Kentuckian
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Sabotage Squad
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Mama Steps Out
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Doctors Don't Tell
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Wings Over the Pacific
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20% The Gorilla
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On Trial
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Filmography

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14% 42% The Kentuckian Roulette Dealer (Character) - 1955
100% 65% The Man From the Alamo Mapes (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 52% I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. Harmon (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Blazing Sun Doc Larry Taylor (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Killer Shark Ramon - crewman (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mysterious Desperado Ramon Bustamante (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Forgotten Women Andy Emerson (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Heartaches Jimmy McDonald (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 51% Decoy Jim Vincent (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder in the Music Hall Carl Lang (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Men on Her Mind Jeffrey Wingate (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Penthouse Rhythm Charles Henry Holmes Jr. (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Career Girl Steve Dexter (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet End of the Road Robert Kirby (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Singing Sheriff Vance (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadows in the Night Jess Hilton (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wings Over the Pacific Lt. Allan Scott (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sultan's Daughter Jimmy (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet You Can't Beat the Law Johnny Gray (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man With Two Lives Philip Bennett (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sabotage Squad Eddie Miller (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Close Call for Ellery Queen Stewart Cole (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Impersonation Capt. Francois Bardinet (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doctors Don't Tell Dr. Frank Blake (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Back in the Saddle Tom Bennett (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 0% Road Show Ed Newton (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Here Comes Happiness Chester "Chet" Madden (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 35% The Lady in Question Robert LaCoste (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 70% Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Dr. Morgenroth (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 62% Frontier Marshal Dan Blackmore (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 20% The Gorilla Jack Marsden (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet On Trial Arbuckle (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Escape Louie Peronni (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scandal Sheet Petty Haynes (Character) - 1939
86% 81% Boys Town Joe Marsh (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 84% They Won't Forget Robert Hale (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mama Steps Out Ferdie Fisher (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bad Guy Steve Carroll (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Between Two Women Dr. Barili (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Trail Clay Hartley, Jr. (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Show Them No Mercy Joe Martin (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Perfect Tribute Unknown (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alibi Racket Joe Rinelli / Leo Rinelli (Character) - 1935
81% 84% Queen Christina Count Jacob (uncredited) (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jungle Queen: 2K Restored Special Edition Unknown (Character) -

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason George Gordon (Guest Star) 1958 1962