Edward Norris
Acting
Biography
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 "Ghost Town".
Born: March 10, 1911
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
The Singing Sheriff
In this comic western, a Broadway star leaves his musical revue to go West and help out his troubled friend. While there, the performer finds himself forced into becoming the town sheriff. Mayhem ensues, but somehow, the crooner manages to round up a band of killers.
This Side of Heaven
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
Show Them No Mercy!
A young couple and their child fall prey to kidnappers when a storm drives them into a seemingly abandoned farmhouse.
Breakthrough
Filmed with the full cooperation of the U.S. Army, Breakthrough is a lean, no-nonsense war film set during the 1944 invasion of the continent.
Here I Am a Stranger
The story of a young man's discovery of his father.
Mug Town
Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward. Steve's brother Don Bell is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall guy in the next hijacking.
Mad Love
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.
Teacher's Beau
The gang tries to dissuade their teacher from getting married.
Boys Town
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
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
Filmography
as Bob Elliott
as Roulette Dealer
as Mapes
as Warren Richards
as Sgt. Cliff Hart
as Harmon
as Noyes, Gang Driver
as Doc Larry Taylor
as Sgt. Roy Henderson
as Wilbur
as Ramon
as Paul Lautrec
as Ramon Bustamante
as Andy Emerson
as Igor Borio
as Jimmy McDonald, Evening Telegram Reporter
as Jim Vincent
as Carl Lang
as William Ames Crane
as Charles Henry Holmes Jr.
as Bob Elliot
as Robert Kirby
as Vance
as Jess Hilton
as Jeffrey Wingate
as Steve Dexter
as Abbott
as Jimmy
as Lt. Allan Scott
as Mario, club manager
as Johnny Gray
as Clinker
as Capt. Francois Bardinet
as Eddie Miller
as Eddie Nelson
as Marcel Vigneaux
as Philip Bennett
as Stewart Cole
as Frank Richards
as Dr. Frank Blake
as Steve Wilson
as Chet Madden
as Tom Bennett
as Ed Newton
as Robert LaCoste
as Paavo Luuki
as Dr. Morgenroth
as Petty Haynes
as Louie Peronni
as Lester Bennet
as Dan Blackmore
as Jack Marsden
as William Arbuckle
as Speed Allen
as Frankie Barber
as Joe Marsh
as Steve Carroll
as Professor Robert Perry Hale
as Dr. Barili
as Guido Romandi
as Ferdie Fisher
as Hal Howard
as Joe Martin
as Joe Rinelli / Leo Rinelli
as Orderly (uncredited)
as Man on Phone at Party (uncredited)
as Man Outside Theatre of Horror (Uncredited)
as Sleepy (Uncredited)
as Ralph Wilson
as Clay Hartley, Jr.
as Suitor (uncredited)
as Tom
as Count Jacob (uncredited)
as Clarke - Upper Classman (uncredited)