1. Norman Alden was an American character actor who performed in television programs and motion pictures.
23 Facts About Norman Alden
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Norman Alden first appeared on television on The 20th Century Fox Hour in 1957.
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Norman Alden provided the voice of Sir Kay in The Sword in the Stone, and had a notable role in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.
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Norman Alden's acting career began in 1957 and lasted nearly 50 years.
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Norman Alden is known for playing Kranix in The Transformers: The Movie.
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Norman Alden died on July 27,2012, at the age of 87.
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Norman Alden served in the United States Army during World War II and returned to Fort Worth to attend Texas Christian University under the GI Bill of Rights.
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Norman Alden appeared in dozens of television series in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Norman Alden was cast in three episodes in 1958 and 1959 of ABC's The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.
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Norman Alden played Sergeant Krebs in 1966 in the Hogan's Heroes episode "Happiness Is a Warm Sergeant".
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Norman Alden had a small part in an Adam-12 episode on October 3,1973.
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Norman Alden played the police captain in the 1988 NBC TV movie Man Against the Mob starring George Peppard.
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Norman Alden portrayed Johnny Ringo in the 1955 Western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role.
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Norman Alden played in Barnaby Jones in the December 31,1974, episode "The Last Contract".
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Norman Alden played Coach Leroy Fedder in the 1970s television series, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
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Norman Alden voiced the ringmaster, Hank, on the animated television series Devlin.
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Norman Alden provided the voice of Sir Kay in the 1963 Disney film The Sword in the Stone, and Kranix in the 1986 film The Transformers: The Movie.
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In 1976, Norman Alden appeared as Big Daddy Dawson, Flo's first ex-husband on the CBS TV series, Alice.
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Norman Alden was in one episode of Dallas as Senator William Orloff in Season 1 Episode 3 "Spy in the House" aka Mini Series.
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Norman Alden appeared as Lou Caruthers, the owner of the coffee shop in Back to the Future and the color-blind cameraman Bill in Tim Burton's Ed Wood.
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Norman Alden appeared in Kansas City Bomber, which starred Raquel Welch.
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In 1986, Norman Alden arrived to the taping of the television program Small Wonder, not realizing that the episode had been co-written by his cousin Jack Gross.
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Norman Alden died of natural causes at age 87 on July 27,2012, in Los Angeles.