- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 11, 1922
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- July 9, 2016
Norman Abbott
Norman Abbott (July 11, 1922 – July 9, 2016) was an American vaudevillian, actor, producer and television director. Abbott was born in New York City, where his uncle, comedian Bud Abbott, and his mother raised him. His early experience in entertainment was as a vaudeville performer, including summers working the 'borscht circuit" in resorts in the Catskill Mountains of New York. In the early 1940s, he and Pat Costello (brother of Lou Costello) worked as stand-ins for the better-known act during filming of Who Done It? (1942).[3] During World War II, Abbott served as a member of the original United States Navy SEALs team. After the war, Abbott became a dialog director on the Abbott and Costello films and was mentored by the team's director, Charles T. Barton. Abbott later directed episodes of The Jack Benny Program, Leave It to Beaver, Get Smart, The Munsters, Welcome Back, Kotter, De…
Filmography
Empire of the Censors
movieEmpire of the Censors
1995 · Self
tvCharles in Charge
1984 · Director
movieA Love Letter to Jack Benny
1981 · Director
tvNobody's Perfect
1980 · Director
tvCalifornia Fever
1979 · Director
tvWorking Stiffs
1979 · Director
tvAngie
1979 · Director
movieFather Knows Best: Home for Christmas
1977 · Director
tvFish
1977 · Director
movieNBC: The First Fifty Years
1976 · Creative Consultant
tvAlice
1976 · Director
tvWhen Things Were Rotten
1975 · Director
tvWelcome Back, Kotter
1975 · Director
tvThat's My Mama
1974 · Director
movieOnce Upon a Tour
1972 · Director, Producer
tvSanford and Son
1972 · Director
tvNanny and the Professor
1970 · Director
tvLove, American Style
1969 · Director
tvThe Brady Bunch
1969 · Director
tvRoom 222
1969 · Director
Jack Benny's Bag
movieJack Benny's Bag
1968 · Director
tvBlondie
1968 · Director
tvAdam-12
1968 · Director
movieThe Last of the Secret Agents?
1966 · Director, Story, Producer
tvGet Smart
1965 · Director
tvKaren
1964 · Director
tvThe Munsters
1964 · Director
tvMcHale's Navy
1962 · Director
tvI'm Dickens, He's Fenster
1962 · Director
tvDennis the Menace
1959 · Director
movieThe All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Director
tvLeave It to Beaver
1957 · Director
tvBachelor Father
1957 · Director
movieAnything Goes
1954 · Radio Announcer
movieWalking My Baby Back Home
1953 · Doc
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
movieBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 · Dialogue Coach
movieKeep 'Em Slugging
1943 · Ape
movieWho Done It?
1942 · 'Murder at Midnight' Organist
movieThe Affairs of Martha
1942 · Newsboy (uncredited)
movieGrand Central Murder
1942 · Whistling Messenger (uncredited)
movieRio Rita
1942 · Hotel Laundry Boy (uncredited)