Edward Norris


Actor
Edward Norris

About

Also Known As
Ed Norris, Eddie Norris
Birth Place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Born
March 10, 1911

Biography

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 th...

Family & Companions

Virginia Hiller
Wife
Married in 1927; divorced c. 1930.
Lona Andre
Wife
Actor. Married for four days in 1935.
Ann Sheridan
Wife
Actor. Married in 1936; separated in 1938; divorced in 1939.
Mickey June Satterlee
Wife
Actor. Born c. 1921; married on July 19, 1942; separated in August 1942; divorced in September 1942; sister of Peggy Saterlee.

Biography

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.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Kentuckian (1955)
Man running roulette wheel
The Man from the Alamo (1953)
Mapes
Murder Without Tears (1953)
Warren Richards
I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951)
Harmon
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)
Sgt. Hart
The Blazing Sun (1950)
Doc Larry Taylor
Killer Shark (1950)
Ramon
Highway 301 (1950)
Noyes
Surrender (1950)
Wilbur
Breakthrough (1950)
Sgt. Roy Henderson
The Mysterious Desperado (1949)
Ramon Bustamante
The Wolf Hunters (1949)
Paul Latrec
Forgotten Women (1949)
Andy Emerson
Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)
Igor Borio
Heartaches (1947)
Jimmy McDonald
Decoy (1946)
Jim Vincent
The Truth About Murder (1946)
William Ames Crane
Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
Carl Lang
Penthouse Rhythm (1945)
Charles Henry Holmes, Jr.
Night Club Girl (1945)
Clark Phillips
Shadows in the Night (1944)
Jess Hilton
End of the Road (1944)
Robert Kirby
Career Girl (1944)
Steve [Dexter]
Men on Her Mind (1944)
Jeffry Wingate
The Singing Sheriff (1944)
[Martin] Vance
Sing a Jingle (1944)
[Jeff] Abbott
The Sultan's Daughter (1944)
Jimmy
You Can't Beat the Law (1943)
Johnny Gray
Wings Over the Pacific (1943)
Lt. Allan Scott
No Place for a Lady (1943)
Mario
The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
Marcel [Vigneaux]
The Great Impersonation (1942)
[Capt. Franchot] Bardinet
I Live on Danger (1942)
Eddie Nelson
The Man with Two Lives (1942)
Philip Bennett
A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)
Stewart Cole
Mug Town (1942)
Clinker
The Lady Has Plans (1942)
Frank Richards
Sabotage Squad (1942)
Eddie Miller
Back in the Saddle (1941)
Tom Bennett
Doctors Don't Tell (1941)
Dr. Frank Blake
Here Comes Happiness (1941)
Chet Madden
Road Show (1941)
Editor Newton
Ski Patrol (1940)
Paavo Luuki
The Lady in Question (1940)
Robert La Coste
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
Dr. Morgenroth
The Escape (1939)
Louie Peronni
On Trial (1939)
Arbuckle
Scandal Sheet (1939)
Peter Haynes
Frontier Marshal (1939)
Dan Blackmore
Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
Lester Bennett
Tail Spin (1939)
Speed Allen
The Gorilla (1939)
Jack Marsden
Newsboys' Home (1938)
Francis Barber
Boys Town (1938)
Joe Marsh
They Won't Forget (1937)
Robert Hale
Bad Guy (1937)
Steve Carroll
Mama Steps Out (1937)
Ferdie Fisher
Song of the City (1937)
Guido [Romandi]
Between Two Women (1937)
Dr. Barili
Small Town Girl (1936)
Football fan who invites Kay to game
Tough Guy (1936)
Bud
The Magnificent Brute (1936)
Hal Howard
One New York Night (1935)
Tom
Murder in the Fleet (1935)
Sleepy
Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
Joe Martin
Wagon Trail (1935)
Clay Hartley
Society Doctor (1935)
Intern
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Marie's suitor
A Wicked Woman (1934)
Young man on train
Coming Out Party (1934)
This Side of Heaven (1934)
Upper classman
Queen Christina (1933)

Editing (Feature Film)

The Cat's Meow (2001)
Editor
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995)
Editor

Cast (Short)

The Perfect Tribute (1935)
Alibi Racket (1935)
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)
Himself

Life Events

Family

Richard C Norris
Father
Gynecologist.
Grace Vogt
Mother
Edward Norris Jr
Son
Born in 1929; died in 1994 of respiratory complications and kidney failure.

Companions

Virginia Hiller
Wife
Married in 1927; divorced c. 1930.
Lona Andre
Wife
Actor. Married for four days in 1935.
Ann Sheridan
Wife
Actor. Married in 1936; separated in 1938; divorced in 1939.
Mickey June Satterlee
Wife
Actor. Born c. 1921; married on July 19, 1942; separated in August 1942; divorced in September 1942; sister of Peggy Saterlee.
Betty Hutton
Companion
Actor, singer. Dated briefly.
Hedy Lamarr
Companion
Actor. Dated briefly; had simultaneous relationship with Joan Crawford.
Joan Crawford
Companion
Actor. Dated while also carrying on a relationship with Hedy Lamarr.
Sheila Ryan
Wife
Actor. Married on March 24, 1947; divorced in 1950.
Jeanne Dean
Companion
Horse breeder. Met in 1975; together for 18 years until her death in 1993.

Bibliography