Norman Burton

Norman Burton was born on Dec 05, 1923 in USA. Norman Burton's big-screen debut came with Fright directed by W. Lee Wilder in 1956, strarring Thompkins - Reporter. Norman Burton is known for To Race the Wind directed by Walter Grauman, Steve Guttenberg stars as Harold Krents and Randy Quaid as Chet Watson. The upcoming new movie Norman Burton plays is American Ninja 5 which will be released on Apr 22, 1993.

Norman Burton graduated from The Actor's Studio in New York. He appeared in NY onstage in professional stage productions of "Sound of Hunting", "Anna Christie", and José Quintero's production of Brendan Behan's "The Quare Fellow". He appeared in such notable films as Towering Inferno, Sauvez le tigre (1973), Les diamants sont éternels (1971), Bloodsport - Tous les coups sont permis (1988), La Planète des singes (1968), and La planète des singes (1974).Burton moved from Prescott, Arizona to Ajijic, Mexico. He was killed in a car crash on the California/Arizona border while returning to his home in Mexico in late 2003, six days before what would have been his 80th birthday. A widower, Burton was survived by his daughter, two grandsons, a niece and a nephew.