Norman Alden
Date of birth: 1924-09-13
Place of birth: Forth Worth, Texas, USA
Known for: Acting
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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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Ed Wood
1994-09-28
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his stran
Sunday Drive
1986-11-30
Two identical cars pull up to a restaurant, one belonging to a childless couple who are taking care
The Transformers: The Movie
1986-08-08
The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leader
Borderline
1980-12-19
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has jus
The Sword in the Stone
1963-12-25
Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a
The Wild Angels
1966-07-20
A motorcycle gang arrives in a small town in search of a motorcycle that has been stolen by a rival
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964-01-31
Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss,
The Nutty Professor
1963-06-04
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suav
All the Loving Couples
1969-03-19
One neighborhood, three couples, and six sexual pecadillos. One guy can't be satisfied, no matter ho
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
1970-12-14
A hip psychiatrist teams up with an ex-addict to combat drug addiction in a small town in this pilot
The Walking Target
1960-10-01
An ex-con finds unexpected romance with the widow of his former accomplice as he tries to collect hi
Looking Back to the Future
2009-02-10
A 9-part retrospective documentary from 2009 on the trilogy’s legacy.
Operation Bottleneck
1961-04-07
WWII Burma...Six paratroopers undertake an extremely dangerous mission against the Japanese. It will
Back to the Future
1985-07-03
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting hi
Kansas City Bomber
1972-08-02
Roller-derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams o
The Trackers
1971-12-15
A rancher comes home and finds that his son has been murdered and his daughter kidnapped by a bandit
Secret of Deep Harbor
1961-09-19
A reporter learns that his girlfriend's father, an old sea captain, is being paid by the mob to tran
Portrait of a Mobster
1961-04-19
A vicious hood rises to the top of the rackets in Depression-era New York in this account of the lif
Cloud Dancer
1980-05-29
An aerobatic pilot comes to terms with his work, his photographer ex-lover and a brash newcomer.
Cannon
1971-03-26
In this pilot film to the TV series, Cannon investigates the murder of a war buddy to clear the man'
Destination: America
1987-04-03
A patrician family's estranged, black-sheep son forsakes his blue-collar life to return home and soo
Red Line 7000
1965-11-09
The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the profes
Good Times
1967-04-11
Given the opportunity to headline their own feature film by studio executive Mr. Mordicus, Sonny and
First to Fight
1967-01-25
Jack is the sole survivor of a Japanese attack on his squad at Guadalcanal. Because of his heroism a
Flamingo Road
1980-05-12
A carnival drifter marries into an aristocratic family and unwillingly takes on a ruthless sheriff w
They Live
1988-11-04
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaini
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972-05-01
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the p
Off the Mark
1987-11-01
A teenaged boy's family once hosted a Russian exchange student in their home for a year. Several yea
Andy
1965-01-23
The story of a mentally handicapped middle-aged man and how he, and his elderly parents who must tak
Killers Three
1968-11-01
America's DJ Dick Clark and Robert Walker Jr. star as two country boys who decide to rob a pile of c
Looking Back at the Future
2006-06-16
Looking to the future is a documentary about the filming of the legendary trilogy Back to the Future
California Girls
1985-03-24
A New Jersey auto mechanic travels to California to find the girl of his dreams and woos a bikini fa
Lady Mobster
1988-10-19
Television account of a young woman who becomes her mobster godfather's staunchest defender.
Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-17
Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes
Fever Heat
1968-05-15
In his final film role, Nick Adams is a young mechanic who finds danger and romance in the exciting,
Cry Panic
1974-02-06
A man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
1985-05-01
The film details the life of Ray Mancini, a World Boxing Association world lightweight champion boxe
Ben
1972-06-23
A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
1989-01-01
Honest cop in corrupt 1940s Los Angeles fights against gangsters who are kidnapping and selling wome
Samurai
1979-04-30
Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles
Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force
1989-04-28
In the future, a warrior nun on roller skates must rescue a seer, who is to be sacrificed by a band
Ring of Passion
1978-02-04
Fact-based drama about the two Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight fights and the way both boxers un
Cutting Class
1989-04-24
High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwigh
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970-01-26
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos
Semi-Tough
1977-11-18
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daugh
Night of the Wolf
2002-04-15
Claire and her teenaged son, Jesse, along with their friend and ranch foreman Purly Owens, work the
Terror on the 40th Floor
1974-09-17
A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally
Where Does It Hurt?
1972-07-24
In this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked hospi
No Other Love
1979-03-24
A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world
Man Against the Mob
1988-01-10
In 1930s Los Angeles, a police detective leads an elite squad against a vicious organized crime ring
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977-07-14
A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
The Patsy
1964-06-24
Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased e
The Devil's Brigade
1968-05-15
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called
The Pigeon
1969-11-04
A private eye is hired to protect a young woman who has a black book on a crime syndicate.
Desperate Lives
1982-03-03
A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results
The Great Bank Robbery
1969-06-24
A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas
Patch Adams
1998-12-25
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine,
Victor/Victoria
1982-04-25
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her pe
K-PAX
2001-10-26
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tri
The Power of the Resurrection
1958-01-01
A young man, Facing torture and possibly death for his Christian beliefs, confesses his fears to Pet
Bedtime Story
1964-06-10
Benson is a Casanova who tricks women into having sex with him before leaving them. He is content wi
Chubasco
1968-04-14
A wild beach boy takes a job on a tuna fishing boat.