Norman Burton
Biography
Norman Burton was an American actor, born in New York City, who studied at the Actors Studio. After early stage work, he entered films with a small part in Fright (1956). In Planet of the Apes he was the Hunt Leader, a gorilla and the first ape that Taylor and the audience see, and he appeared as a human army officer in Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971). He was perhaps best known as Felix Leiter in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). His other films included The Towering Inferno (1974), The Gumball Rally (1976), Fade to Black (1980), and Deep Space (1988). On television, his best-remembered role was Joe Atkinson, a supervisor at Inter-Agency Defense Command, in the second season of The New Adventures of Wonder Woman. He also played Burt Dennis on The Ted Knight Show in 1978, and General George Marshall in the 1988 miniseries War and Remembrance. He taught method acting in Lakeside, California.
79years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died Ajijic
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 22 years1971 to 1993
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Early training
Burton remained devoted to the method school of acting for his whole life, and he taught method acting in Lakeside, California.
Norman Burton movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eight 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.
Films together
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Also two films together2 more actors
- William HansenThe Terminal Man (1974) and Save the Tiger (1973)
- Susan FlanneryThe Gumball Rally (1976) and The Towering Inferno (1974)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Norman Burton's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$330 million
8 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 8 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$116M35.1% of the total
- 2$116M35.1% of the total
- 3$64M19.2% of the total
- 4$15M4.5% of the total
- 5$12M3.7% of the total
- 6$4.5M1.4% of the total
- 7$3.0M0.9% of the total
- 8$80K0.0% of the total
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