Cliff Norton

Acting

Cliff Norton

Born 1918-03-21 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Clifford Charles Norton (March 21, 1918 – January 25, 2003) was an American character actor and radio announcer who appeared in various movies and television series over a career spanning four decades.

Acting credits

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster
7.0

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

Funny Lady poster
5.3

Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns a nightclub.

Funny Lady

1975

Frankie and Johnny poster
5.6

Johnny is a riverboat entertainer with a big gambling problem. After a psychic tells Johnny how he can change his luck, the appearance of a new 'lady luck' soon causes a catfight with Johnny's girlfriend, Frankie.

Frankie and Johnny

1966

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood poster
4.4

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! poster
6.5

When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

1966

Harry and Tonto poster
7.1

Harry Coombes is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States — visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.

Harry and Tonto

1974

Kiss Me, Stupid poster
7.0

While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic's songwriting partner, Orville, offers Dino his home for overnight lodging and enlists a local waitress/call girl to pose as his wife in order to placate Dino's urges.

Kiss Me, Stupid

1964

Munster, Go Home! poster
6.4

Herman discovers he's the new lord of Munster Hall in England. The family sails to Britain, where they receive a tepid welcome from Lady Effigy and Freddie Munster, who throws tantrums because he wasn't named Lord Munster. An on-board romance had blossomed between Marilyn and Roger, but on land Marilyn discovers Roger's family holds a longstanding grudge against the Munsters.

Munster, Go Home!

1966

Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife poster
6.0

Mitzi Gaynor and guests Ted Knight (Mary Tyler Moore Show), Jerry Orbach (Chicago), Suzanne Pleshette (Bob Newhart Show) and Jane Withers in music, dance and comedy vignettes celebrating housewives. Songs include "Married," "I Can Cook, Too," and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life." The cast also attend a party performing "The Little Things We Do Together" from Stephen Sondheim's Company.

Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife

1974

The Mouse and His Child poster
6.1

A mouse and his child, the two parts of a single small wind-up toy, go on a quest to become "self-winding".

The Mouse and His Child

1977

The Phantom Tollbooth poster
6.9

A young boy named Milo unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth and, out of boredom, drives through it and enters a fantastical, animated kingdom in turmoil following the loss of its princesses, Rhyme and Reason.

The Phantom Tollbooth

1970

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women poster
7.0

The life and times of the flamboyant showman who built his legendary Follies around beautiful women -- as told by the women in his life.

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

1978

Jack and the Beanstalk poster
7.1

A delightful retelling of the classic fairytale by Hanna-Barbera, using live action and animation.

Jack and the Beanstalk

1967

It Happened One Christmas poster
4.6

It's Christmas Eve 1944 in the small town of Bedford Falls, New York. A despondent and suicidal Mary Bailey Hatch is praying for guidance on what to do about an incident no fault of her own which threatens her name and the community standing of her longtime family business, the Bailey Building and Loan, which she took over after the passing of her father. What Mary does not know is that most in town, including her husband George Hatch and their children, are also praying for her. All the prayers are heard by Joseph, God's gatekeeper of prayers. As there are no other angels available on such a busy day, Joseph assigns Clara Oddbody, angel second class (i.e. she has yet to receive her wings), to Mary's case, which he reluctantly does as Clara has never been assigned a case on her own in the two hundred years she's been in heaven for good reason.

It Happened One Christmas

1977

Harlow poster
4.7

Loosely based biography of 1930s star Jean Harlow as she begins her climb to stardom. One of two "Harlow" film biographies that appeared in 1965, this one stars Carol Lynley in the title role that begins as Jean Harlow, a bit player in Laurel and Hardy comedies, is invited to test for director Jonathan Martin for the lead in Howard Hughes's "Hell's Angels." She is an instantaneous sensation, and in a series of films devoted more to her body than her talent, she becomes Hollywood's "Platinum Blonde."

Harlow

1965

Country Music Holiday poster
6.0

Tennessee singing G.I. Verne Brand travels to New York City after his Army discharge. Alongside his buddies, he convinces a former bookie turned record executive to sign him, leading to a massive publicity blitz and attention from socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor. The situation draws Verne's hometown sweetheart, Marietta. to the city just as Verne becomes a television sensation in a high-stakes network ratings battle. Ultimately, Verne chooses his roots over fame, returning to Tennessee with Marietta to open a local recording studio.

Country Music Holiday

1958

No artwork available
NR

American TV-Comedy pilot

Handsome Harry's

1985

The Little Rascals' Christmas Special poster
4.0

Spanky and Porky try to figure out a way to get their mother a winter coat for Christmas after she buys them a Blue Comet electric train.

The Little Rascals' Christmas Special

1979

"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy Kat” poster
NR

From Camera Three, excepts of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot are combined with George Herriman's Krazy Kat. Krazy Kat waits for Ignatz to throw a brick at her head, while Estragon and Vladamir refuse to make a decision until they can consult with the mysterious Godot.

"Waiting for Godot" Intercut with “Krazy Kat”

1958

Never Con a Killer poster
10.0

Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and her con-man father Harry teaming up to outwit Runyonesque horseplayer E.J. Valerian.

Never Con a Killer

1977

Stick Around poster
NR

It's the year 2055 and things are better for the human race, except for Vance. The Keefer family deals with daily life in the future and their older and malfunctioning robot servant, which Vance is tired of.

Stick Around

1977

No artwork available
7.0

A small American town provides the setting for a look at the antics of a group of volunteers who comprise the area's only fire department.

Vernon's Volunteers

1969