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Norman Alden

Norman Alden

18 movies on Netflix

Biography

Norman Alden was an American character actor whose film and television work spanned nearly 50 years, beginning with a first television appearance on The 20th Century Fox Hour in 1957. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, he developed some of his acting ability in on-campus theater at Texas Christian University. Through the 1950s and 1960s he guest starred in dozens of series, and he later played Coach Leroy Fedder on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Tom Williams on My Three Sons. His voice work included Sir Kay in The Sword in the Stone (1963), Kranix in The Transformers: The Movie (1986), and superhero roles in the Super Friends franchise. He had a notable role in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) and appeared in Kansas City Bomber (1972) and Ed Wood (1994). He retired from acting in 2006 and died in 2012.

87years old at death

  • Born Fort Worth
  • Died Los Angeles
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • Also credited as Norman Adelberg

Movie Career

Films
18
Career span
31 years1963 to 1994

Genres

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  1. A change of course

    Alden also portrayed Lou the Mechanic, the AC Delco repairman, in a series of advertisements that ran for seven years.

Norman Alden movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Sword in the Stone1963 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Sir Kayvoice

    IMDb rating 7.1116K votes

  2. The Transformers: The Movie1986 Action, Adventure, Animationas Kranixvoice

    IMDb rating 7.245K votes

  3. They Live1988as Foreman

    IMDb rating 7.2167K votes

  4. The Nutty Professor1963as Football Player

    IMDb rating 6.620K votes

  5. Ed Wood1994as Cameraman Bill

    IMDb rating 7.8191K votes

  6. Man's Favorite Sport?1964as John Screaming Eagle

    IMDb rating 7.06.9K votes

  7. The Wild Angels1966as Medic

    IMDb rating 5.63.9K votes

  8. Kansas City Bomber1972as Horrible Hank Hopkins

    IMDb rating 5.51.8K votes

Most often with

Howard Hawks directed two of these films, Jerrold Freedman two. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Roddy McDowall, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Roddy McDowallJerry Lewis, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Jerry LewisForrest Lewis, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Forrest LewisBob Harks, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Bob HarksMartine Bartlett, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Martine BartlettCharlene Holt, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Charlene HoltHoward HawksDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Howard HawksJerrold FreedmanDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Jerrold Freedman

Films together

Box office

What Norman Alden's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$61.9 million

7 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 18 films: 7 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.

  • 7Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 5Figure not found

Top grosser

The Sword in the Stone1963as Sir Kay (voice)$22.2 million

Highest grossing

The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Sword in the Stone1963as Sir Kay (voice)
    $22M35.9% of the total
  2. 2
    They Live1988as Foreman
    $13M21.0% of the total
  3. 3
    The Transformers: The Movie1986as Kranix (voice)
    $10M16.2% of the total
  4. 4
    Man's Favorite Sport?1964as John Screaming Eagle
    $6.0M9.7% of the total
  5. 5
    Ed Wood1994as Cameraman Bill
    $5.9M9.5% of the total
  6. 6
    Red Line 70001965as Pat
    $2.5M4.0% of the total
  7. 7
    Borderline1980as Willie Lambert
    $2.3M3.7% of the total

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