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- Birth nameClifford Charles Norton
- Cliff Norton was born on March 21, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Kiss Me, Stupid (1964), Harry and Tonto (1974) and That Girl (1966). He died on January 25, 2003 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Spouse? (3 children)
- Served as a bombardier in the Army Air Forces during World War II.
- He made six appearances on Bewitched (1964) between 1968 and 1970, three times as a client for "McMann and Tate" advertising agency.
- Began as a radio disc jockey in 1937.
- From 1960 to 1963 Mr. Norton was the host/performer and narrator of the silent film comedy anthology TV series: "Funny Mann". The series was seen in national syndication and on WABC TV Ch. 7 in NYC. Mr. Norton performed in comedy skits as "Milkmann", "Dental Mann", "MailMann", "The King Of Tomatoes", "PartyMann" etc. The skits led into a rerun of an old silent film comedy that featured: Poodles Hannaford, Snub Pollard, Billy Bevan, Oliver Norvell Hardy (without Stan Laurel) and Mickey (McGuire) Rooney. Mr. Norton pre-recorded his narrations, which were dubbed into the film's soundtrack. More often than not, the show's co-producer and co-creator, Bobby (Nick) Nicholson performed in the skits with Mr. Norton.
- While working in Chicago radio, he met NBC announcer Dave Garroway who introduced Cliff to TV with Garroway's variety series "Garroway at Large." For two years (1949-1951) Cliff was regtularly featured in humorous sketches.
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