James Carmody Lankton (August 25, 1884 â€" October 24, 1942), known
professionally as James C. Morton, was an American character actor. He
appeared in 187 films between 1922 and 1943.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
hairpiece off. The Stooges then misinterpret the toupée as a wild
tarantula, leading Moe Howard to grab a pistol from a court bailiff
and shoot it.Another example is in the 1935 Our Gang short Beginner's
Luck where Morton is a piano accompanist to the amateur talent in a
neighborhood kids' show, and the Rascalsâ€"causing all kinds of
raucous disarray in the front rowâ€"knock off his toupée with a gust
of air; Morton turns to them saying, "You kids are beginning to get
into my hair!" Morton also appeared as the bartender who provides
Oliver Hardy with a wooden mallet to shut up Stan Laurel singing "The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine" in the film Way Out West.
professionally as James C. Morton, was an American character actor. He
appeared in 187 films between 1922 and 1943.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
hairpiece off. The Stooges then misinterpret the toupée as a wild
tarantula, leading Moe Howard to grab a pistol from a court bailiff
and shoot it.Another example is in the 1935 Our Gang short Beginner's
Luck where Morton is a piano accompanist to the amateur talent in a
neighborhood kids' show, and the Rascalsâ€"causing all kinds of
raucous disarray in the front rowâ€"knock off his toupée with a gust
of air; Morton turns to them saying, "You kids are beginning to get
into my hair!" Morton also appeared as the bartender who provides
Oliver Hardy with a wooden mallet to shut up Stan Laurel singing "The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine" in the film Way Out West.
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