Spoiler : Born in Chicago, Illinois 3/21/1918; died 1/25/2003 of lung cancer at his home in Studio City, California. Served as a bombardier in the Army Air Corp during WWII. Norton began his career on radio in 1937 when he was a disk jockey preceding a talk show hosted by Jim and Marian Jordon (Fibber McGee & Molly).

Spoiler : One of two actors to play Connie the coolie on Terry And The Pirates for ABC-Radio (1943-1949). Regular performer on many radio programs including Those Sensational Years for ABC-Radio (1947); American Novels for NBC (1947-1948).

Spoiler : Regular performer on Garroway At Large for NBC-TV (1949-51); Caesar Presents for NBC-TV (1955). Host of The Public Life Of Cliff Norton on NBC-TV (1952). Norton moved to New York in 1952, appearing in live television dramas, and on comedy and variety shows. Panelist on What's Going On? for ABC-TV (1954). Screen debut in Country Music Holiday (1958). Host of the syndicated tele- vision series that presented silent comedy shorts, Funny Manns (1960). Norton moved to Los Angeles in 1962, where he hosted a five-minute nightly sketch for KTLA Channel 5 which was sandwiched between the 11 p.m. new and "The Steve Allen Show." That program was titled "Your Weather And Mine," a show that spoofed various weather broadcasters, humorously alluding to Southern Cali- fornia's non-weather by pointing to a mostly blank weather map on which Norton placed nonsense symbols. Provided his voice for characters on the ABC, CBS and NBC animated television series of, "The Jetsons" (1962-1967). Boss on It's About Time for CBS-TV (1966-1967). Voice of Ed Huddles on the CBS-TV animated series, Where's Huddles for CBS-TV (1970). Voice of Timothy on the CBS-TV Saturday morning cartoon series, Pandamonium (1982-1983). Isaac Meyer on the ABC-TV soap, General Hospital (1983-?). Last movie was 1990's made for tele- vision movie, "The World According to Straw.