Edgar Norfolk

Edgar Norfolk (5 November 1893 – 1980) was a British actor.^[1]

Norfolk was born Edgar Greenwood.^[2] He was the first husband of the actress Helen Saintsbury (a daughter of the actor H.A. Saintsbury); her second husband, Captain Buckley Rutherford, a son of Sir Ernest Rutherford (a wine importer, not the physicist Ernest Rutherford, although they were both born in 1871 and are sometimes confused^[3]).^[4] Four months after Saintsbury's wedding to Rutherford, he shot himself^[5] and, distraught, less than a month later, Saintsbury also shot herself.^[6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1932	Hotel Splendide	'Gentleman Charlie'
1932	Illegal	Lord Alan Sevington
1932	The Sign of Four	Capt. Morstan	Uncredited
1932	Insult	Captain Jean Conte
1933	Forging Ahead	Lieutenant-Colonel Fair
1933	His Grace Gives Notice	Captain Langley
1934	The Black Abbot	Brian Heslewood
1934	Tangled Evidence	Dr. Acland
1935	Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle	Inspector Thomas
1936	Men of Yesterday
1947	The Courtneys of Curzon Street	Mr. W.
1947	Mine Own Executioner	Sir George Freethorne
1948	Elizabeth of Ladymead		Uncredited
1949	Silent Dust	Simpson	Uncredited
1953	The Beggar's Opera	5th Turnkey
1953	Laughing Anne	Conrad's Companion	(final film role)

References

^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | NORFOLK, Edgar". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
^ "FOUND DEAD IN CAR". The West Australian. Vol. XLVIII, no. 9, 394. Western Australia. 5 August 1932. p. 19. Retrieved 10 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOUND DEAD IN CAR". The Newcastle Sun. No. 4571. New South Wales, Australia. 4 August 1932. p. 8. Retrieved 10 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOUND DEAD IN CAR". The West Australian. Vol. XLVIII, no. 9, 394. Western Australia. 5 August 1932. p. 19. Retrieved 10 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Helen Saintsbury Thrice Married, Say Police". News. Vol. XIX, no. 2, 852. South Australia. 8 September 1932. p. 7. Retrieved 10 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "HELEN SAINTSBURY SUICIDES". Daily Standard. No. 6128. Queensland, Australia. 6 September 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Edgar Norfolk at IMDb

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[1] "BFI | Film & TV Database | NORFOLK, Edgar". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2011.

[2] "FOUND DEAD IN CAR". The West Australian. Vol. XLVIII, no. 9, 394. Western Australia. 5 August 1932. p. 19. Retrieved 10 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "FOUND DEAD IN CAR". The Newcastle Sun. No. 4571. New South Wales, Australia. 4 August 1932. p. 8. Retrieved 10 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "FOUND DEAD IN CAR". The West Australian. Vol. XLVIII, no. 9, 394. Western Australia. 5 August 1932. p. 19. Retrieved 10 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "Helen Saintsbury Thrice Married, Say Police". News. Vol. XIX, no. 2, 852. South Australia. 8 September 1932. p. 7. Retrieved 10 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "HELEN SAINTSBURY SUICIDES". Daily Standard. No. 6128. Queensland, Australia. 6 September 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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