Biography
Norman Burton was an American film and television actor.
Known For
Complete Filmography

American Ninja 5
1993
as Ambassador Halden
When a scientists daughter is kidnapped, American Ninja, attempts to find her, but this time he teams up with a youngster he has trained in the ways o...

Live Wire
1992
as Senator Victor
Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within t...

Deep Space
1988
as General Randolph
Secretly engineered and blasted into space by government scientists, a vile monster crash-lands back on Earth and begins killing everyone it encounter...
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
1988
as Ward Sullivan
Ambitious police sergeant, Charles Stoker, takes on prostitution in 1948 Los Angeles to make a name for himself. Madam, Brenda Allen, however has the ...

Bloodsport
1988
as Helmer
An American Army Major goes AWOL to Hong Kong for an outlawed martial arts contest called the Kumite.

Bad Guys
1986
as Captain Watkins
Two LA cops turn to professional wrestling for money and revenge after being suspended from the force for a bar brawl.

Pray for Death
1985
as Lt. Anderson
Akira Saito, a Japanese businessman lives in Tokyo with his Japanese-American wife Aiko and their children, Takeshi and Tomoya. When the family has a ...

Crimes of Passion
1984
as Lou Bateman
Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated pri...

Mausoleum
1983
as Dr. Simon Andrews
By way of an unnatural urge during her Mother's funeral, Susan enters her family's mausoleum, which unleashes an evil presence to lurk inside of her.

Amy
1981
as Caruthers
A woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her own child was deaf and although she has no formal tra...

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Yalu
When fugitive human astronaut Virdon is shot, his chimp companion Galen must charm an old flame into accepting that a book on human surgery is no hoax...

Fade to Black
1980
as Marty Berger
A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookal...

To Race the Wind
1980
as Mr. Krents
A lighthearted dramatization of the autobiography of Harold Krents, a blind Harvard Law School student trying to make his way in a sighted world.

Bogie
1980
as Hopkins
The Humphrey Bogart story from the early '30s until his death, covering the period as a struggling young actor through movie stardom and his marriages...

The Ultimate Impostor
1979
as Papich
A series pilot about a secret agent who is armed with skills learned by a computer-brain link-up -- lasting only 72 hours at a time -- and is sent to ...

The Return of Wonder Woman
1977
as Joe Atkinson
Diana returned to Paradise Island after a 35 year absence and, slowly aging due to her Amazon nature. Once again, she returns to America as Diana Prin...

Scorchy
1976
as Chief Frank O'Brien
Seattle undercover narc Jackie Parker is out to bust the drug smuggling ring commanded by Philip Bianco.

The Gumball Rally
1976
as Lieutenant Roscoe
A group of people from different backgrounds have one thing in common: when they hear the world "gumball" whispered by one of the others, they know th...

Conspiracy of Terror
1975
as Lt. Rossos
A husband-and-wife detective team investigate the existence of lethal Satanic cults , while the husband battles with his Orthodox Jewish parents who h...

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
1975
as Dr. Frederick Spear
When college professor, Peter Proud begins experiencing flashbacks of an earlier life, he's mysteriously drawn to a place he's never been to, but whic...

Force Five
1975
as Arthur Haberman

The Towering Inferno
1974
as Giddings
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

The Terminal Man
1974
as Det. Capt. Anders
As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures...

Hit!
1973
as The Director
A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose li...

Save the Tiger
1973
as Fred Mirrell
A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.

Fuzz
1972
as Police Commissioner Nelson
Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.

They Call It Murder
1971
as The Director
A small-town district attorney is saddled with several major investigations, including a gambler's murder and a possible insurance scam.

Diamonds Are Forever
1971
as Felix Leiter
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The missio...

Jud
1971
as Uncle Hornkel
A Vietnam vet, Jud Carney. returns to Los Angeles at Christmas time, finds out it's not how he thought it was going to be. When Jud discovers his fian...

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
as Army Officer
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans...

Simon, King of the Witches
1971
as Dist. Atty. Willard Rackum
Simon is a modern day warlock. Though he lives in a storm drain and sometimes talks to trees, he's deadly serious about his witchcraft. After being pi...

R.P.M.
1970
as Coach McCurdy
R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the hedy days of ...

Planet of the Apes
1968
as Hunt Leader
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds him...

Valley of the Dolls
1967
as Neely O'Hara's Director (uncredited)
Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a cel...

Wild Seed
1965
as Policeman
A 17-year-old girl runs away from her east coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mothe...

Hand of Death
1962
as Chief Homicide Investigator
A scientist spills a new serum in his lab, accidentally inhales its fumes, and turns into a murderous monster who kills anyone he touches.

Pretty Boy Floyd
1960
as Bill Courtney
Trying to shake his troubled past and start a new honest life, Floyd loses his job because of that past. With nowhere to go but back home in Oklahoma ...

Fright
1956
as Reporter Thompkins
A woman believes herself to be the reincarnated spirit of an ancient prince's lover. Meanwhile, a murderer turns out to be the reincarnated spirit of ...