Norman Burton

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Norman Burton
Born	(1923-12-05)December 5, 1923 New York City, New York, USA
Died	November 29, 2003(2003-11-29) (aged 79) Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico
Resting place	Lakeside, California near the Mexican border
Occupation	Film, television actor

Norman Burton (December 5, 1923 - November 29, 2003), occasionally credited as Normann Burton, was an American film and television actor.

Born in New York City, Burton was a student of The Actor's Studio. After early work on stage, he broke into films with a minor role in Fright (1956).

His career in film and television was long and relatively successful, but he never achieved major recognition. He played the Hunt Leader, a gorilla, in the science fiction film Planet of the Apes, notable as being the first ape to be seen by both Taylor and the audience. In film, he is perhaps best known for his unconventional (and frequently disparaged) performance as Felix Leiter in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971). He played Will Giddings, an ill fated engineer, in the action film The Towering Inferno. On television, he is best known for his performance as IADC boss Joe Atkinson during the second season of the DC Comics-based drama series The New Adventures of Wonder Woman starring Lynda Carter. He also was a member of the cast of the situation comedy The Ted Knight Show in the spring of 1978.

Throughout his life, Burton was a devotee of the method school of acting, and taught method acting in Lakeside, California. Burton was just a few days short of his 80th birthday when he died as a result of an auto accident in Ajijic, Mexico.^[1]

References

↑ Theatre World

External links

Norman Burton at Find a Grave
Norman Burton at the Internet Movie Database
Norman Burton at AllRovi
Norman Burton at FelixLeiter.com

Preceded by Rik Van Nutter	Felix Leiter actor 1971	Succeeded by David Hedison

Authority control	VIAF: 2680104 ISNI: 0000 0001 1737 2853 BNF: cb14160441t

Persondata
Name	Burton, Norman
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	December 5, 1923
Place of birth	New York City, New York, United States
Date of death	November 29, 2003
Place of death	Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico

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