
Norman Alden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 13, 1924
- Died
- July 27, 2012 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Forth Worth, Texas, USA
Biography
Norman Alden (né Adelberg; September 13, 1924 – July 27, 2012) was an American character actor. His career lasted nearly 50 years, including many diverse and memorable performances. Some of his notable roles include the voice of Sir Kay in The Sword in the Stone (1963), Dr. Linstrom in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), diner owner Lou in Back to the Future (1985), the voice of Kranix in The Transformers: The Movie (1986), the construction foreman in They Live (1988), and cameraman Bill in Ed Wood (1994). Alden also made numerous guest appearances in popular shows like Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, and The Twilight Zone. Alden first discovered his passion for acting while attending Texas Christian University, where he participated in on-campus theater productions. After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he pursued a career in acting, making his first television appearance in 1957 on The 20th Century Fox Hour. Alden continued to work steadily until his retirement in 2006.
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Filmography

Looking Back to the Future
Movie · as Self
Looking Back at the Future
Movie · as Himself

Night of the Wolf
Movie · as Carl Casey

K-PAX
Movie · as Babbling Man

Patch Adams
Movie · as Truck Driver

Tracey Takes On...
TV · 1 ep

JAG
TV · as Mr. Platt · 1 ep

Ed Wood
Movie · as Cameraman Bill

Bodies of Evidence
TV · 1 ep

Rugrats
TV · as Plastic Piggy (voice) · 1 ep

Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
Movie · as Chief of Police

Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force
Movie · as Bartender

Cutting Class
Movie · as Officer Fondulac

They Live
Movie · as Foreman

Lady Mobster
Movie · as Sal Borolo

Man Against the Mob
Movie · as Capt. Necker

TV 101
TV · as Ralphie · 1 ep

Destination: America
Movie · as Tom Beller

Off the Mark
Movie · as Coach Elam

21 Jump Street
TV · 1 ep

Sunday Drive
Movie · as Norman

The Transformers: The Movie
Movie · as Kranix (voice)

Sledge Hammer!
TV · as Roscoe · 1 ep

The Hogan Family
TV · 1 ep

Back to the Future
Movie · as Lou

California Girls
Movie · as Mr. Pegem

Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
Movie · as Ray Arcel

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Mercer Hawthorne, Bart Klapper · 1 ep

Hunter
TV · as Jerry Walsh, Mike, Mike, Missing Persons (uncredited) · 1 ep

Hardcastle and McCormick
TV · 1 ep

The A-Team
TV · as Ed Maloney, Mickey Stern · 1 ep

Webster
TV · 1 ep

The Rousters
TV · as Jackson Cobb · 13 eps

Desperate Lives
Movie · as Coach

Victor/Victoria
Movie · as Man in Hotel with Shoes (uncredited)

Silver Spoons
TV · 1 ep

Cagney & Lacey
TV · as Dan Cobbin · 1 ep

Matt Houston
TV · as Sheriff Tim Keeler · 2 eps

Falcon Crest
TV · as Det. Bitterman · 3 eps

The Fall Guy
TV · 2 eps

Nero Wolfe
TV · 1 ep

Code Red
TV · as Robert Melton · 1 ep

Hill Street Blues
TV · as Art Eastland · 1 ep

Foul Play
TV · 1 ep

Borderline
Movie · as Willie Lambert

Cloud Dancer
Movie · as Dr. Putman

Flamingo Road
Movie · as Pete

Back to the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Zako

Enos
TV · 1 ep

Stone
TV · 1 ep

Samurai
Movie · as Lt. Al DeNisco

No Other Love
Movie · as Les Hollister

Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 1 ep

The Facts of Life
TV · 1 ep

California Fever
TV · 1 ep

Ring of Passion
Movie · as Max Machon

Dallas
TV · as Senator Orloff · 1 ep

Vega$
TV · 2 eps

Semi-Tough
Movie · as Coach Alvin Parks

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Movie · as McPherson

The Love Boat
TV · as Ralph · 1 ep

Eight Is Enough
TV · 1 ep

The All-New Super Friends Hour
TV · as Aquaman (voice) · 60 eps

Young Dan'l Boone
TV · 1 ep

Hunter
TV · 1 ep

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
TV · 1 ep

Alice
TV · 2 eps

Quincy, M.E.
TV · 1 ep

Charlie's Angels
TV · as Louis Fluellen, P. J. Wilkes, Jake Barnett · 1 ep

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
TV · as Professor Frank Heflin · 16 eps

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
TV · as Coach Leroy Fedders · 5 eps

Starsky & Hutch
TV · 1 ep

Switch
TV · as Barney · 1 ep
Fay
TV · as Al Cassidy · 10 eps

Bronk
TV · 1 ep

One Day at a Time
TV · 1 ep

Cry Panic
Movie · as Doc Potter

Terror on the 40th Floor
Movie · as Capt. Parker

Planet of the Apes
TV · as Zako · 1 ep

The Manhunter
TV · 1 ep

Devlin
TV · 16 eps

The Rockford Files
TV · as Roland Eddy · 1 ep

Super Friends
TV · as Aquaman (voice) · 3 eps

Kojak
TV · as Foster · 1 ep

Barnaby Jones
TV · as Timmer · 1 ep

Kansas City Bomber
Movie · as Horrible Hank Hopkins

Stand Up and Be Counted
Movie · as Businessman

Ben
Movie · as Policeman

Where Does It Hurt?
Movie · as Katzen

The Rookies
TV · 2 eps

The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as Sgt. Dan Healy · 2 eps

Kung Fu
TV · as Sheriff Crossman · 1 ep

The Trackers
Movie · as Pete Dilworth

Cannon
Movie · as Mitchell

Cannon
TV · as Harry Tilden · 1 ep

McMillan & Wife
TV · as Randy Baine · 1 ep

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV · as Henry Grover · 1 ep

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Movie · as Sheriff Glenn

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · as Major Truman Landon

Dan August
TV · as Benjamin Marsh · 1 ep

All the Loving Couples
Movie · as Mitch Burnett

The Pigeon
Movie · as Carl

The Great Bank Robbery
Movie · as The Great Gregory - Balloonist

Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Cameron · 1 ep

Medical Center
TV · 1 ep

To Rome with Love
TV · 1 ep

Love, American Style
TV · as Paul, Barry, Bernie · 1 ep

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
TV · as Frank Harmon · 1 ep

Killers Three
Movie · as Guthrie
Fever Heat
Movie · as Herbert Hupgrove

The Devil's Brigade
Movie · as MP Lieutenant

Chubasco
Movie · as Frenchy

The Mod Squad
TV · as Parker, Russ Barry · 2 eps

Adam-12
TV · as Sgt. John Hardwick, Charley Baker · 1 ep

Good Times
Movie · as Warren

First to Fight
Movie · as Sergeant Schmidtmer

Mannix
TV · as Travers, Lou Griswold · 1 ep

The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · 1 ep

Rango
TV · 17 eps

The Danny Thomas Hour
TV · as Marshak · 1 ep

The Wild Angels
Movie · as Medic

Family Affair
TV · 1 ep

Batman
TV · as Henchman #1 · 2 eps

Run, Buddy, Run
TV · 1 ep

Red Line 7000
Movie · as Pat

Andy
Movie · as Andy Chadakis

The F.B.I.
TV · as Norman Frome, Worth · 1 ep

Hogan's Heroes
TV · as Sergeant Krebs · 2 eps

The Big Valley
TV · as Jeff Bowden · 1 ep

Honey West
TV · as Ben Fancher, Artie Dixon · 1 ep

Man's Favorite Sport?
Movie · as John Screaming Eagle

The Patsy
Movie · as Bully at the Gym

Bedtime Story
Movie · as Dubin

The Cara Williams Show
TV · 1 ep

The Sword in the Stone
Movie · as Kay (voice)

The Nutty Professor
Movie · as Football Player

Burke's Law
TV · as Mark Hodges · 1 ep

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
TV · as Broken Mouth · 1 ep

The Dakotas
TV · 1 ep

Temple Houston
TV · as Carlton Owens · 1 ep

My Favorite Martian
TV · as Detective Harris · 1 ep

Combat!
TV · as Pfc. Cooper, Pvt. Buford · 1 ep

Saints and Sinners
TV · as Frank Donelli · 1 ep

Operation Bottleneck
Movie · as Cpl. Lester 'Merc' Davenport

Secret of Deep Harbor
Movie · as Barney Haines

Portrait of a Mobster
Movie · as Bo Wetzel

Cain's Hundred
TV · as Fred Jackson · 1 ep

Everglades
TV · 1 ep

Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep

Dr. Kildare
TV · as Bernie (uncredited) · 1 ep

The Walking Target
Movie · as Sam Russo

The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Tom Strongbow, Hank · 1 ep

My Three Sons
TV · 6 eps

Mr. Lucky
TV · as Mitch, Devil · 1 ep

Philip Marlowe
TV · 1 ep

The Lawless Years
TV · 3 eps

Hennesey
TV · as Seaman Herman Pulaski · 96 eps
Not for Hire
TV · as Cpl. Lucius Grundy · 13 eps

The Untouchables
TV · as Barry Carlton, John Henry Whitmore · 1 ep

Bonanza
TV · as Teller · 1 ep

The Power of the Resurrection
Movie · as Gate Guard

Man with a Camera
TV · 1 ep

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · as Denis Alexander

The Texan
TV · as Ryan · 1 ep

The Rifleman
TV · as Duff · 1 ep

77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Rene, Lee Mallory · 1 ep

Lawman
TV · as Charley - Townsman · 1 ep

Perry Mason
TV · as Darrel Reed · 1 ep

Leave It to Beaver
TV · as Water Worker · 1 ep

The Thin Man
TV · 1 ep

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · as Ben Regan · 1 ep

Panic!
TV · as Garage Attendant · 2 eps

Gunsmoke
TV · as Purlie Loftus, Deke Franklin, Berber, Amos Potter, Tom Hart · 1 ep

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV · as Johnny Ringo · 3 eps

The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · as Frank Fallom · 1 ep

Cheyenne
TV · as Paul Thomas · 1 ep

Lassie
TV · 2 eps

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV · as Black Cloud · 1 ep

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Norman · 1 ep

The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Man with Iron Bar · 1 ep

