James C. Morton

For other people named James Morton, see James Morton (disambiguation).

James C. Morton
Morton in the Three Stooges film Disorder in the Court
Born	Thomas Richard Potts August 25, 1884(1884-08-25) Helena, Montana, U.S.
Died	October 24, 1942(1942-10-24) (aged 58) Reseda, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Heart attack
Other names	James Carmody Lankton; James C. Lankton
Years active	1922-1943

James C. Morton (August 25, 1884 – October 24, 1942) was an American character actor. He appeared in 187 films between 1922 and 1943.

Career

Born in Helena, Montana, Morton is best known to modern audiences as the hapless soul whose toupée was often removed at the most inopportune times. Perhaps the best known example of this embarrassment is in the Three Stooges film Disorder in the Court, in which Larry Fine's violin bow yanks Morton's hair piece off. The Stooges then misinterpret the toupée as a wild tarantula, leading Moe Howard to shoot at it.^{[citation needed]}

Morton appeared in many Hal Roach productions, playing supporting roles with Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy., and also played a small role in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times.

On the Los Angeles stage, Morton played the title role of Tik-Tok in The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913), by L. Frank Baum, Louis F. Gottschalk, Victor Schertzinger, and Oliver Morosco.

Death

Morton died in 1942 of a heart attack in Reseda, California, aged 58.

Selected filmography

• The Barnstormers (1922)
• Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
• Fra Diavolo (1933)
• Me and My Pal (1933)
• The Midnight Patrol (1933)
• A Lad an' a Lamp (1933)
• Another Wild Idea (1934)
• Mike Fright (1934)
• Beginner's Luck (1935)
• The Fixer Uppers (1935)
• Tit for Tat (1935)
• Naughty Marietta (1935)
• Pardon My Scotch (1935)
• The Fixer Uppers (1935)
• The Timid Young Man (1935)
• Uncivil Warriors (1935)
• Hoi Polloi (1935)
• Oh, My Nerves (1935)
• The Bohemian Girl (1936)
• Modern Times (1936)
• Disorder in the Court (1936)
• The Lucky Corner (1936)
• A Pain in the Pullman (1936)
• Our Relations (1936)
• Way Out West (1937)
• Every Day's a Holiday (1937)
• Pick a Star (1937)
• The Sitter Downers (1937)
• Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
• Block-Heads (1938)
• We Want Our Mummy (1939)
• Three Little Sew and Sews (1939)
• You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
• Johnny Eager (1942)
• To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
• The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
• Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)
• Murder in Times Square (1943) (posthumous)

Director

• A Daughter of Uncle Sam (1918)

External links

• James C. Morton at the Internet Movie Database
• James C. Morton at the Internet Broadway Database
• James C. Morton at AllRovi
• James C. Morton at citwf.com
• James C. Morton at Find a Grave