Zack Norman

Zack Norman, born Howard Jerrold Zuker in Boston and raised in Revere, Massachusetts, was an American actor, comedian, and film producer. He started out doing stand-up comedy in strip joints and nightclubs, produced his first Off-Broadway play in 1965, and then toured U.S. Army bases in Europe. In 1967 he opened at the Playboy Club in London, where Variety called him one of the funniest performers to cross the Atlantic. He first appeared on television on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1969 and starred in more than 20 plays. He was best known for playing Danny DeVito's cousin in Romancing the Stone (1984). His other credits included Cadillac Man (1990) and Tracks (1976), and he produced Hearts and Minds (1974), an Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature. He also appeared in Festival in Cannes (2001) and directed Chief Zabu (1986), which he co-wrote and co-produced.