Norman Alden (né Adelberg; September 13, 1924 – July 27, 2012) was an American character actor. His career lasted nearly 50 years, including many diverse and memorable performances. Some of his notable roles include the voice of Sir Kay in The Sword in the Stone (1963), Dr. Linstrom in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), diner owner Lou in Back to the Future (1985), the voice of Kranix in The Transformers: The Movie (1986), the construction foreman in They Live (1988), and cameraman Bill in Ed Wood (1994). Alden also made numerous guest appearances in popular shows like Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, and The Twilight Zone. Alden first discovered his passion for acting while attending Texas Christian University, where he participated in on-campus theater productions. After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he pursued a career in acting, making his first television appearance in 1957 on The 20th Century Fox Hour. Alden continued to work steadily until his retirement in 2006.

KNOWN FOR

Perry Mason
1959
JAG
2002
Rugrats
1998
The Love Boat
1980
Bonanza
1961
Dallas
1978
Murder, She Wrote
1986
Hawaii Five-O
1971
Falcon Crest
1983
The Andy Griffith Show
1966
Mannix
1974
Adam-12
1975

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
209
Producing
1
2009
Looking Back to the Future
as Self
2006
Looking Back at the Future
as Himself
2002
Night of the Wolf
as Carl Casey
2002
JAG
as Mr. Platt
2001
K-PAX
as Babbling Man
1998
Patch Adams
as Truck Driver
1998
Tracey Takes On...
1998
Rugrats
as Plastic Piggy (voice)
1994
Ed Wood
as Cameraman Bill
1992
Bodies of Evidence
1990
The Hogan Family
1989
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
as Chief of Police
1989
Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force
as Bartender
1989
Cutting Class
as Officer Fondulac
1989
TV 101
as Ralphie
1988
They Live
as Foreman
1988
Lady Mobster
as Sal Borolo
1988
Man Against the Mob
as Capt. Necker
1988
Cagney & Lacey
as Dan Cobbin
1988
Murder, She Wrote
as Bart Klapper
1987
Destination: America
as Tom Beller
1987
Off the Mark
as Coach Elam
1987
21 Jump Street
1986
Sunday Drive
as Norman
1986
The Transformers: The Movie
as Kranix (voice)
1986
Murder, She Wrote
as Mercer Hawthorne
1986
Sledge Hammer!
as Roscoe
1986
Hunter
as Mike
1986
Hunter
as Mike, Missing Persons (uncredited)
1986
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Norman
1985
Back to the Future
as Lou
1985
California Girls
as Mr. Pegem
1985
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
as Ray Arcel
1985
Silver Spoons
1985
Hunter
as Jerry Walsh
1985
Hill Street Blues
as Art Eastland
1984
Hardcastle and McCormick
1984
Matt Houston
1983
Falcon Crest
as Det. Bitterman
1983
The A-Team
as Ed Maloney
1983
Webster
1983
The A-Team
as Mickey Stern
1983
Matt Houston
as Sheriff Tim Keeler
1983
The Rousters
as Jackson Cobb
1982
Desperate Lives
as Coach
1982
Victor/Victoria
as Man in Hotel with Shoes (uncredited)
1982
Trapper John, M.D.
1982
The Facts of Life
1982
The Fall Guy
1981
Enos
1981
Nero Wolfe
1981
Code Red
as Robert Melton
1981
Charlie's Angels
as Jake Barnett
1981
Foul Play
1980
Borderline
as Willie Lambert
1980
Cloud Dancer
as Dr. Putman
1980
Flamingo Road
as Pete
1980
Back to the Planet of the Apes
as Zako
1980
The Love Boat
as Ralph
1980
Stone
1980
Charlie's Angels
as P. J. Wilkes
1979
Samurai
as Lt. Al DeNisco
1979
No Other Love
as Les Hollister
1979
California Fever
1979
Vega$
1979
One Day at a Time
1978
Ring of Passion
as Max Machon
1978
Starsky & Hutch
1978
Dallas
as Senator Orloff
1978
Eight Is Enough
1978
Switch
as Barney
1978
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1978
The Rockford Files
as Roland Eddy
1977
Semi-Tough
as Coach Alvin Parks
1977
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as McPherson
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1977
Charlie's Angels
as Louis Fluellen
1977
The All-New Super Friends Hour
as Aquaman (voice)
1977
Young Dan'l Boone
1977
Hunter
1976
Alice
1976
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
as Professor Frank Heflin
1976
McMillan & Wife
as Randy Baine
1976
Bronk
1976
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
as Coach Leroy Fedders
1975
Kojak
as Foster
1975
Cannon
1975
Fay
as Al Cassidy
1975
Adam-12
as Sgt. John Hardwick
1974
Cry Panic
as Doc Potter
1974
Terror on the 40th Floor
as Capt. Parker
1974
Planet of the Apes
1974
Mannix
1974
The Manhunter
1974
Devlin
1974
The F.B.I.
as Worth
1974
Barnaby Jones
as Timmer
1973
Super Friends
1973
The Rookies
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1973
Gunsmoke
as Tom Hart
1973
Adam-12
as Charley Baker
1973
Love, American Style
as Bernie
1973
Kung Fu
as Sheriff Crossman
1973
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Henry Grover
1973
Super Friends
as Aquaman (voice)
1973
Cannon
as Harry Tilden
1972
Kansas City Bomber
as Horrible Hank Hopkins
1972
Stand Up and Be Counted
as Businessman
1972
Ben
as Policeman
1972
Where Does It Hurt?
as Katzen
1972
The F.B.I.
as Norman Frome
1972
Medical Center
1972
Love, American Style
as Barry
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
as Sgt. Dan Healy
1972
Mannix
as Lou Griswold
1972
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as Frank Harmon
1971
The Trackers
as Pete Dilworth
1971
Cannon
as Mitchell
1971
Hawaii Five-O
as Cameron
1971
Love, American Style
as Paul
1971
Gunsmoke
as Amos Potter
1970
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
as Sheriff Glenn
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Major Truman Landon
1970
My Three Sons
1970
The Mod Squad
1970
Dan August
as Benjamin Marsh
1970
Mannix
as Travers
1970
The Mod Squad
as Russ Barry
1969
All the Loving Couples
as Mitch Burnett
1969
The Pigeon
as Carl
1969
The Great Bank Robbery
as The Great Gregory - Balloonist
1969
Lassie
1969
To Rome with Love
1969
Gunsmoke
as Berber
1968
Killers Three
as Guthrie
1968
Fever Heat
as Herbert Hupgrove
1968
The Devil's Brigade
as MP Lieutenant
1968
Chubasco
as Frenchy
1968
The Danny Thomas Hour
as Marshak
1968
The Mod Squad
as Parker
1967
Good Times
as Warren
1967
First to Fight
as Sergeant Schmidtmer
1967
Gunsmoke
as Purlie Loftus
1967
The Big Valley
as Jeff Bowden
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Rango
1967
The Andy Griffith Show
as Hank
1967
Gunsmoke
as Deke Franklin
1966
The Wild Angels
as Medic
1966
The Andy Griffith Show
as Tom Strongbow
1966
Family Affair
1966
Batman
as Henchman #1
1966
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
Honey West
as Ben Fancher
1966
Honey West
as Artie Dixon
1965
Red Line 7000
as Pat
1965
Andy
as Andy Chadakis
1965
Burke's Law
as Mark Hodges
1965
Hogan's Heroes
as Sergeant Krebs
1965
Ben Casey
1964
Man's Favorite Sport?
as John Screaming Eagle
1964
The Patsy
as Bully at the Gym
1964
Bedtime Story
as Dubin
1964
The Cara Williams Show
1964
Combat!
as Pvt. Buford
1964
Temple Houston
as Carlton Owens
1963
The Sword in the Stone
as Kay (voice)
1963
The Nutty Professor
as Football Player
1963
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
as Broken Mouth
1963
Combat!
as Pfc. Cooper
1963
Saints and Sinners
as Frank Donelli
1963
The Dakotas
1963
My Favorite Martian
as Detective Harris
1962
Dr. Kildare
as Bernie (uncredited)
1962
The Rifleman
as Duff
1962
77 Sunset Strip
as Rene
1961
Portrait of a Mobster
as Bo Wetzel
1961
Operation Bottleneck
as Cpl. Lester 'Merc' Davenport
1961
Secret of Deep Harbor
as Barney Haines
1961
Cain's Hundred
as Fred Jackson
1961
Everglades
1961
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Johnny Ringo
1961
The Jack Benny Program
as Man with Iron Bar
1961
Lawman
as Charley - Townsman
1961
Bonanza
as Teller
1960
The Walking Target
as Sam Russo
1960
Mr. Lucky
as Mitch
1960
The Untouchables
as Barry Carlton
1960
The Untouchables
as John Henry Whitmore
1960
Not for Hire
as Cpl. Lucius Grundy
1959
Perry Mason
as Darrel Reed
1959
Philip Marlowe
1959
The Lawless Years
1959
Hennesey
as Seaman Herman Pulaski
1959
The Thin Man
1959
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Ben Regan
1959
Not for Hire
1959
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as Black Cloud
1959
The Texan
as Ryan
1959
Mr. Lucky
as Devil
1958
The Power of the Resurrection
as Gate Guard
1958
Man with a Camera
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1957
Leave It to Beaver
as Water Worker
1957
Panic!
1957
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Frank Fallom
1957
Panic!
as Garage Attendant