Norman Pritchard
Norman Gilbert Pritchard (known in his acting career as Norman Trevor) (23 June 1877 – 31 October 1929) was an athlete from India who went on to star in Hollywood and on the Broadway stage. He was of British parents and moved to Great Britain permanently in 1905.
Biography
Pritchard was born in Calcutta to George Petersen Pritchard and Helen Maynard Pritchard.
Pritchard was the first Indian-born athlete to participate in the Olympic Games. He was also the first athlete from India and first athlete representing an Asian nation to win an Olympic medal. He won two silver medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, coming second in the 200 metres behind Walter Tewksbury of the United States and second in the 200 metres hurdles behind the legendary Alvin Kraenzlein, also of the United States. Pritchard set a world record in the second heat of the 100 metres hurdles which was bettered by Kraenzlein in the final. He reached the final of the 110 metres hurdles, in which he was placed 5th, and also participated in the 60 metres and 100 metres sprints, in which he failed to qualify for the finals.
Trevor, Norman Filmography
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1929, role: actor , character name: Prof. Eldridge
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1929, role: actor , character name: Judge Harrington
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1928, role: actor , character name: John Neil
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1928, role: actor , character name: Hemingway Sr
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1927, role: actor , character name: Duke Henri de Goncourt
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1927, role: actor , character name: Sir James Gordon
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1927, role: actor , character name: John Travers
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1927, role: actor , character name: Thomas Roland
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1927, role: actor , character name: Felipe Vincenti
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1927, role: actor , character name: Cole Norwood
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1927, role: actor , character name: Andrew Cruger
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1927, role: actor , character name: Judge Webster
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1927, role: actor , character name: Randolph Church
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1926, role: actor , character name: Maj. de Beaujolais
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1926, role: actor , character name: Sir Guy de Gramercy
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1926, role: actor , character name: Charles Nelson
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1926, role: actor , character name: Hugh Westcourt
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1925, role: actor , character name: Commodore Branding
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1924, role: actor , character name: John Boule
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1924, role: actor , character name: Joohn Tralee
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1921, role: actor , character name: Sir Marling Grayham
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1921, role: actor , character name: Mr. Rochester
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1920, role: actor , character name: Cornelius Van Tuyl
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1920, role: actor , character name: Osbert Gault
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1918, role: actor , character name: Gov. William Faulkner
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1917, role: actor , character name: Richard Danforth
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1917, role: actor , character name: Herald - English episode
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1915, role: actor , character name: Lt. Richard Bellamy
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1915, role: actor , character name: Dr. Hartmann
