Norma MacMillan

Acting

Norma MacMillan

Born — Died

1921-09-15 — 2001-03-16

Place of birth

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Norma MacMillan (September 15, 1921 – March 16, 2001) was a Canadian actress, best known for voicing numerous characters in animation and Claymation, including Casper the Friendly Ghost on The New Casper Cartoon Show, Gumby on The Gumby Show, Sweet Polly Purebred on Underdog, and Davey on Davey and Goliath.

Known for

Columbo poster
8.1

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

Columbo

1971

thirtysomething poster
6.3

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.

thirtysomething

1987

The Gumby Show poster
6.2

Innovative "Claymation" adventures of Gumby and his horse Pokey.

The Gumby Show

1956

Mr. Belvedere poster
6.8

Mr. Belvedere takes a job as a housekeeper with an American family headed by George Owens.

Mr. Belvedere

1985

She's the Sheriff poster
6.7

She's the Sheriff is an American sitcom created by Dan Guntzelman and Steve Marshall. Aired in syndication for two seasons from September 1987 to April 1989, the series stars Suzanne Somers as Hildy Granger, a young woman whose husband, the sheriff of fictional Lakes County, Nevada, is killed by a drunk driver. Now widowed with two teenage children to support, Hildy accepts the county commissioner's offer to appoint her as sheriff, despite her lack of relevant experience. The show focuses on her efforts to handle the daily problems of locals and tourists, while learning to work with her four deputies. In particular, Hildy has routine disagreements with Max Rubin, who sees her undeserving of the job.

She's the Sheriff

1987

Underdog poster
6.4

Underdog, also known as The Underdog Show, is an American Saturday morning animated television series that ran from October 3, 1964, to March 4, 1967, starting on the NBC network until 1966, with the rest of the run on CBS, under the primary sponsorship of General Mills, for a run of 62 episodes. It is one of the early Saturday morning cartoons. The show continued in syndication until 1973. Underdog, Shoeshine Boy's heroic alter ego, appears whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred is being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff. Underdog nearly always speaks in rhyming couplets, as in "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!"

Underdog

1964

Film credits

1990s · 6 titles

1960s · 38 titles

Jungle Bungle poster
NR

After Uncle Max draws Koko the Clown and a jungle, he orders Koko to stay out and forbids Mean Max and Kokette from entering. Once he leaves, Mean Max emerges with a rifle and heads into the jungle, followed by Koko and Kokette. A gorilla captures Kokette, and Koko and Mean Max pursue them, facing a chasm, crocodile, lion, and other dangers. Eventually, the pair become trapped by a wire. Kokette tricks the gorilla into slipping on a banana peel and knocking itself unconscious, then frees the others. All three return safely to their inkwells before Uncle Max comes back.

Jungle Bungle

1961

No artwork available
6.5

In his first outing at trying to do his first good deed as a Boy Scout, Goodie is tormented by the evil gremlins at every turn. The other gremlins hate Goodie because he won't let them have fun going bad things. When he stops two gremlins from starting a fight with two friendly neighbors, the evil sprites tie Goodie up and continue to make trouble with the neighbors. Getting some assistance from an unlikely source, Goodie foils the gremlins' scheme, and the two neighbors became pals once again.

Goodie's Good Deed

1964

Alice of Wonderland in Paris poster
5.4

Alice travels to Paris and hears five stories adapted from children's picture books in this anthology film. The books adapted include: "Anatole," "Madeline and the Bad Hat," "The Frowning Prince," "Many Moons," and "Madeline and the Gypsies."

Alice of Wonderland in Paris

1966

No artwork available
10.0

Jacky's Whacky World presents the story of George Washington, told from a young boy's perspective, complete with his own drawings and his own narration.

The Story of George Washington

1965

The Wandering Ghost poster
NR

A boatload of Pilgrims is attacked by a sea monster and Casper tries to help them.

The Wandering Ghost

1964

City Snicker poster
NR

Casper meets his cousin, Spooky and befriends him. That night, Spooky gets frightened by strange noises and Casper wants to protect Spooky.

City Snicker

1963

Super Spooks poster
NR

Casper's lookalike - but big and muscular - cousin Powerhouse drops by for a visit, and they team up to scare the Ghostly Trio into ending their bullying ways.

Super Spooks

1963

Alvin's Solo Flight poster
10.0

Little Lulu and Tubby take the bratty Alvin to the beach with them, but they soon lose track of him when he steals some helium balloons and flies into the air.

Alvin's Solo Flight

1961

No artwork available
NR

Casper helps a discarded robot find animal friends.

The Absent-Minded Robot

1963

Cold Wave poster
NR

Casper must foil the plans of an evil scientist who is trying to block the light of the sun from reaching Earth.

Cold Wave

1963

Mean Moe Tells William Tell poster
8.0

From the obscure TV series Out Of The Inkwell, syndicated in the early '60s, featuring new cartoons with classic Max Fleischer characters. In Mean Moe Tells William Tell, Mean Moe eats William Tell's apple.

Mean Moe Tells William Tell

1963

A Visit from Mars poster
NR

When a little Martian boy playing hooky crashes his "borrowed" saucer into the house, Casper shows him around, but the Martians are convinced that the saucer was stolen by humans and declare war on the Earth.

A Visit from Mars

1963

Davey and Goliath: Halloween Who-Dun-It poster
NR

Davey, Goliath, and Sally go on a Halloween adventure where mistaken identities cause hurt feelings.

Davey and Goliath: Halloween Who-Dun-It

1967

The Heart of Gold poster
NR

Midas the Miser wishes to rid himself of The Golden Touch, and to do so he must find a heart of gold.

The Heart of Gold

1964

No artwork available
9.0

A Luno the White Stallion short.

Roc-a-Bye Sinbad

1964

No artwork available
NR

The Trio see Casper reading a book about insects and decide if they could become tiny, they could spook all the insects in the Enchanted Forest. Fatso tricks Casper into getting them some magic reducing pills from the witches.

Small Spooks

1963

The Sleeping Beauty poster
10.0

A comedic take on the Sleeping Beauty tale featuring KoKo the Clown.

The Sleeping Beauty

1963

The Professor's Problem poster
NR

Casper helps a professor get to the moon, with the help of his horse Nightmare.

The Professor's Problem

1963

Kings of Toyland poster
NR

Casper settles a war between the Blue King and the Red King.

Kings of Toyland

1963

The Timid Knight poster
NR

Casper visits King Arthur's castle and scares the knights out of their armor. He tries to help a cowardly knight get courage, thus assisting him in saving the princess from an evil dragon.

The Timid Knight

1964

Mother Goose Land poster
NR

The Ghostly Trio are running amok in Mother Goose Land, and its up to Casper and Wendy to stop their fun.

Mother Goose Land

1963

Bedtime Troubles poster
NR

After the Trio's racket drives Casper from his bed, the friendly ghost encounters a Bear with insomnia. He enlists the help of the Sandman, but the bear seems incurable.

Bedtime Troubles

1963

No artwork available
NR

Casper saves a billionaire from a witch.

The Bored Billionaire

1963

Wendy's Wish poster
NR

Wendy wishes on a star for new red dancing shoes, but this wish causes an unintentional consequences.

Wendy's Wish

1964

No artwork available
NR

Casper helps a small weeping Willow among the forest of giant trees.

The Greedy Giants

1963

Weather or Not poster
NR

The Ghostly Trio want to go out "booing" in bad weather, so they send Casper out to check the forecast.

Weather or Not

1964

The Enchanted Horse poster
NR

The evil Eastern magician Ali Booboo feeds an ensorcelled apple to Nightmare, turning her into his slave. Casper and Wendy must pursue Booboo to his castle in the clouds to rescue their friend.

The Enchanted Horse

1963

The Witching Hour poster
NR

The Evil Witch had cast a spell on Wendy's house and they ran away. Casper will end the witching hour til everything is back to normal.

The Witching Hour

1964

Growing Up poster
NR

The Ghostly Trio make mischief by slipping Casper an enlarging potion.

Growing Up

1963

The Magic Touch poster
NR

Casper tries to help The Great Foozini perform his magic act.

The Magic Touch

1964

Red Robbing Hood poster
NR

Casper must help the good vigilante Red Robbing Hood win his throne back from his evil cousin.

Red Robbing Hood

1963

No artwork available
9.0

A Luno the White Stallion short.

The Missing Genie

1963

Little Lost Ghost poster
NR

Casper helps a lost ghost named Something to find his mother.

Little Lost Ghost

1963

The Lonesome Giant poster
NR

Casper meets a giant with no friends, and introduces him to the forest animals, but the animals aren't so sure they want to be friends with a giant.

The Lonesome Giant

1963

Twin Trouble poster
NR

Wendy's aunts and Casper's uncles magic up mischievous twins of Casper and Wendy to cause trouble around the Enchanted Forest

Twin Trouble

1964

No artwork available
10.0

A Luno the White Stallion short.

King Rounder

1964

No artwork available
NR

An adaptation of the first two chapters of the book, "Billy Bounce" by Dudley Bragdon.

Billy Bounce

1963

The Enchanted Prince poster
NR

Wendy helps Casper remove a spell from a prince.

The Enchanted Prince

1964

Series credits

Columbo poster
8.1

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

Columbo

1971

thirtysomething poster
6.3

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in the U.S. on September 29, 1987. It lasted four seasons, with the last of its 85 episodes airing on May 28, 1991. The title of the show was designed as thirtysomething by Kathie Broyles, who combined the words of the original title, Thirty Something. In 1997, "The Go Between" and "Samurai Ad Man" were ranked #22 on TV Guide′s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, Thirtysomething was ranked #19 on TV Guide′s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and in 2013 TV Guide ranked it #10 in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time.

thirtysomething

1987

The Gumby Show poster
6.2

Innovative "Claymation" adventures of Gumby and his horse Pokey.

The Gumby Show

1956

Mr. Belvedere poster
6.8

Mr. Belvedere takes a job as a housekeeper with an American family headed by George Owens.

Mr. Belvedere

1985

She's the Sheriff poster
6.7

She's the Sheriff is an American sitcom created by Dan Guntzelman and Steve Marshall. Aired in syndication for two seasons from September 1987 to April 1989, the series stars Suzanne Somers as Hildy Granger, a young woman whose husband, the sheriff of fictional Lakes County, Nevada, is killed by a drunk driver. Now widowed with two teenage children to support, Hildy accepts the county commissioner's offer to appoint her as sheriff, despite her lack of relevant experience. The show focuses on her efforts to handle the daily problems of locals and tourists, while learning to work with her four deputies. In particular, Hildy has routine disagreements with Max Rubin, who sees her undeserving of the job.

She's the Sheriff

1987

Underdog poster
6.4

Underdog, also known as The Underdog Show, is an American Saturday morning animated television series that ran from October 3, 1964, to March 4, 1967, starting on the NBC network until 1966, with the rest of the run on CBS, under the primary sponsorship of General Mills, for a run of 62 episodes. It is one of the early Saturday morning cartoons. The show continued in syndication until 1973. Underdog, Shoeshine Boy's heroic alter ego, appears whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred is being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff. Underdog nearly always speaks in rhyming couplets, as in "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!"

Underdog

1964

Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor poster
7.4

Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor is a science fiction animated series created by Alex Toth for Hanna-Barbera Productions, which ran on CBS from 1967 to 1969. Despite Moby's name coming first, he had only one short per half-hour episode, sandwiched between two with Mightor; the same structure was used the previous season for H-B's Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles.

Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor

1967

Davey and Goliath poster
6.2

Davey and Goliath is a 1960s stop-motion animated children's Christian television series. The programs, produced by the Lutheran Church in America, were produced by Art Clokey after the success of his Gumby series. Each 15-minute episode features the adventures of Davey Hansen and his "talking" dog Goliath as they learn Christian doctrine through everyday occurrences.

Davey and Goliath

1961

Underdog poster
8.0

There's no need to fear! Underdog is here! When criminals in this world appear And break the laws that they should fear And frighten all who see or hear The cry goes up both far and near For Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! Speed of lightning, roar of thunder Fighting all who rob or plunder Underdog. Underdog! When in this world the headlines read Of those whose hearts are filled with greed Who rob and steal from those who need To right this wrong with blinding speed Goes Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! Underdog! Speed of lightning, roar of thunder Fighting all who rob or plunder Underdog. Underdog!

Underdog

1964

The Canadian Howdy Doody Show poster
10.0

Features the adventures of marionette puppets, Howdy Doody, his sister, Heidi Doody, with their puppet and human friends. Aired on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

The Canadian Howdy Doody Show

1954

The New Casper Cartoon Show poster
8.0

The New Casper Cartoon Show is a 1963 to 1969 animated television series that appeared on ABC's Saturday morning schedule. The show featured older 1959–62 Famous Studios cartoons, mostly Noveltoons and "Modern Madcaps" which were shown as "Harveytoons", and 26 new Casper the Friendly Ghost episodes that were created specifically for this show, though all of them originally ran in the first 1963–1964 season. Several Minisodes of the show are available to view for free on Crackle. All voices in the Casper episodes were performed by Norma MacMillan and Bradley Bolke.

The New Casper Cartoon Show

1963