Norman Alden (né Adelberg; September 13, 1924 – July 27, 2012) was an American character actor. His career lasted nearly 50 years, including many diverse and memorable performances. Some of his notable roles include the voice of Sir Kay in The Sword in the Stone (1963), Dr. Linstrom in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), diner owner Lou in Back to the Future (1985), the voice of Kranix in The Transformers: The Movie (1986), the construction foreman in They Live (1988), and cameraman Bill in Ed Wood (1994). Alden also made numerous guest appearances in popular shows like Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, and The Twilight Zone. Alden first discovered his passion for acting while attending Texas Christian University, where he participated in on-campus theater productions. After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he pursued a career in acting, making his first television appearance in 1957 on The 20th Century Fox Hour. Alden continued to work steadily until his retirement in 2006.

Filmography

• 2002Night of the Wolf — Carl Casey
• 2001K-PAX — Babbling Man
• 1998Patch Adams — Truck Driver
• Tracey Takes On...
• JAG — Mr. Platt
• 1994Ed Wood — Cameraman Bill
• Bodies of Evidence
• Rugrats — Plastic Piggy (voice)
• 1989Cutting Class — Officer Fondulac
• 1989Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders — Chief of Police
• 1989Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force — Bartender
• 1988Lady Mobster — Sal Borolo
• 1988Man Against the Mob — Capt. Necker
• TV 101 — Ralphie
• 1988They Live — Foreman
• 21 Jump Street
• 1987Destination: America — Tom Beller
• 1987Off the Mark — Coach Elam
• Sledge Hammer! — Roscoe
• 1986Sunday Drive — Norman
• The Hogan Family
• 1986The Transformers: The Movie — Kranix (voice)
• 1985Back to the Future — Lou
• 1985California Girls — Mr. Pegem
• 1985Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story — Ray Arcel
• Hunter — Jerry Walsh, Mike, Mike, Missing Persons (uncredited)
• Murder, She Wrote — Mercer Hawthorne, Bart Klapper
• Hardcastle and McCormick
• The A-Team — Ed Maloney, Mickey Stern
• The Rousters — Jackson Cobb
• Webster
• Cagney & Lacey — Dan Cobbin
• 1982Desperate Lives — Coach
• Matt Houston — Sheriff Tim Keeler
• Silver Spoons
• 1982Victor/Victoria — Man in Hotel with Shoes (uncredited)
• Code Red — Robert Melton
• Falcon Crest — Det. Bitterman
• Foul Play
• Hill Street Blues — Art Eastland
• Nero Wolfe
• The Fall Guy
• 1980Back to the Planet of the Apes — Zako
• 1980Borderline — Willie Lambert
• 1980Cloud Dancer — Dr. Putman
• Enos
• 1980Flamingo Road — Pete
• Stone
• California Fever
• 1979No Other Love — Les Hollister
• 1979Samurai — Lt. Al DeNisco
• The Facts of Life
• Trapper John, M.D.
• Dallas — Senator Orloff
• 1978Ring of Passion — Max Machon
• Vega$
• Eight Is Enough
• Hunter
• 1977I Never Promised You a Rose Garden — McPherson
• 1977Semi-Tough — Coach Alvin Parks
• The All-New Super Friends Hour — Aquaman (voice)
• The Love Boat — Ralph
• What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
• Young Dan'l Boone
• Alice
• Charlie's Angels — Louis Fluellen, P. J. Wilkes, Jake Barnett
• Electra Woman and Dyna Girl — Professor Frank Heflin
• Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman — Coach Leroy Fedders
• Quincy, M.E.
• Bronk
• Fay — Al Cassidy
• One Day at a Time
• Starsky & Hutch
• Switch — Barney
• 1974Cry Panic — Doc Potter
• Devlin
• Planet of the Apes
• 1974Terror on the 40th Floor — Capt. Parker
• The Manhunter
• The Rockford Files — Roland Eddy
• Barnaby Jones — Timmer
• Kojak — Foster
• Super Friends — Aquaman (voice)
• 1972Ben — Policeman
• 1972Kansas City Bomber — Horrible Hank Hopkins
• Kung Fu — Sheriff Crossman
• 1972Stand Up and Be Counted — Businessman
• The Rookies
• The Streets of San Francisco — Sgt. Dan Healy
• 1972Two for the Money — Producer's Assistant
• 1972Where Does It Hurt? — Katzen
• 1971Cannon — Mitchell
• Cannon — Harry Tilden
• McMillan & Wife — Randy Baine
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — Henry Grover
• 1971The Trackers — Pete Dilworth
• Dan August — Benjamin Marsh
• 1970The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children — Sheriff Glenn
• 1970Tora! Tora! Tora! — Major Truman Landon
• 1969All the Loving Couples — Mitch Burnett
• Hawaii Five-O — Cameron
• Love, American Style — Paul, Barry, Bernie
• Medical Center
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors — Frank Harmon
• 1969The Great Bank Robbery — The Great Gregory - Balloonist
• 1969The Pigeon — Carl
• To Rome with Love
• Adam-12 — Sgt. John Hardwick, Charley Baker
• 1968Chubasco — Frenchy
• 1968Fever Heat — Herbert Hupgrove
• 1968Killers Three — Guthrie
• 1968The Devil's Brigade — MP Lieutenant
• The Mod Squad — Parker, Russ Barry
• 1967First to Fight — Sergeant Schmidtmer
• 1967Good Times — Warren
• Mannix — Travers, Lou Griswold
• Rango
• The Danny Thomas Hour — Marshak
• The Guns of Will Sonnett
• Batman — Henchman #1
• Family Affair
• Run, Buddy, Run
• 1966The Wild Angels — Medic
• 1965Andy — Andy Chadakis
• Hogan's Heroes — Sergeant Krebs
• Honey West — Ben Fancher, Artie Dixon
• 1965Red Line 7000 — Pat
• The Big Valley — Jeff Bowden
• The F.B.I. — Norman Frome, Worth
• 1964Bedtime Story — Dubin
• 1964Man's Favorite Sport? — John Screaming Eagle
• The Cara Williams Show
• 1964The Patsy — Bully at the Gym
• Burke's Law — Mark Hodges
• My Favorite Martian — Detective Harris
• Temple Houston — Carlton Owens
• The Dakotas
• 1963The Nutty Professor — Football Player
• 1963The Sword in the Stone — Kay (voice)
• The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters — Broken Mouth
• Combat! — Pfc. Cooper, Pvt. Buford
• Saints and Sinners — Frank Donelli
• Ben Casey
• Cain's Hundred — Fred Jackson
• Dr. Kildare — Bernie (uncredited)
• Everglades
• 1961Operation Bottleneck — Cpl. Lester 'Merc' Davenport
• 1961Portrait of a Mobster — Bo Wetzel
• 1961Secret of Deep Harbor — Barney Haines
• My Three Sons
• The Andy Griffith Show — Tom Strongbow, Hank
• 1960The Walking Target — Sam Russo
• Bonanza — Teller
• Hennesey — Seaman Herman Pulaski
• Mr. Lucky — Mitch, Devil
• Not for Hire — Cpl. Lucius Grundy
• Philip Marlowe
• The Lawless Years
• The Untouchables — Barry Carlton, John Henry Whitmore
• 77 Sunset Strip — Rene
• Lawman — Charley - Townsman
• Man with a Camera
• 1958The Power of the Resurrection — Gate Guard
• The Rifleman — Duff
• The Texan — Ryan
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
• Leave It to Beaver — Water Worker
• Panic! — Garage Attendant
• Perry Mason — Darrel Reed
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Ben Regan
• The Thin Man
• Gunsmoke — Purlie Loftus, Deke Franklin, Berber, Amos Potter, Tom Hart
• The 20th Century Fox Hour — Frank Fallom
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Johnny Ringo
• Lassie
• The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin — Black Cloud
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Norman
• The Jack Benny Program — Man with Iron Bar

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2009Looking Back to the Future — Self
• 2006Looking Back at the Future — Himself