Norman Burton

Actor, TV Actor

1923 – 2003

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Who was Norman Burton?

Norman Burton, occasionally credited as Normann Burton, was an American film and television actor.

Born in New York City, Burton was a student of The Actor's Studio. After early work on stage, he broke into films with a minor role in Fright.

His career in film and television was long and relatively successful, but he never achieved major recognition. He played the Hunt Leader, a gorilla, in the science fiction film Planet of the Apes, notable as being the first ape to be seen by both Taylor and the audience. In film, he is perhaps best known for his unconventional performance as Felix Leiter in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. He played Will Giddings, an ill fated engineer, in the action film The Towering Inferno. On television, he is best known for his performance as IADC boss Joe Atkinson during the second season of the DC Comics-based drama series The New Adventures of Wonder Woman starring Lynda Carter. He also was a member of the cast of the situation comedy The Ted Knight Show in the spring of 1978.

Throughout his life, Burton was a devotee of the method school of acting, and taught method acting in Lakeside, California. Burton was just a few days short of his 80th birthday when he died as a result of an auto accident in Ajijic, Mexico.

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Born
Dec 5, 1923
New York City
Also known as
  • Normann Burton
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • New York City
Died
Nov 29, 2003
Ajijic, Jalisco
Resting place
California

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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