Norman Abbott
Directing
Born: 1922-07-11 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2016-07-09
Biography
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 durin
🎬 Movies (16)
Empire of the Censors
1995
Self
A Love Letter to Jack Benny
1981
Director
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
1977
Director
NBC: The First Fifty Years
1976
Creative Consultant
Once Upon a Tour
1972
Director
Jack Benny's Bag
1968
Director
The Last of the Secret Agents?
1966
Director
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
Director
Anything Goes
1954
Radio Announcer
Walking My Baby Back Home
1953
Doc
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
Dialogue Coach
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
Ape
The Affairs of Martha
1942
Newsboy (uncredited)
Grand Central Murder
1942
Whistling Messenger (uncredited)
Rio Rita
1942
Hotel Laundry Boy (uncredited)
Who Done It?
1942
'Murder at Midnight' Organist
📺 TV Shows (26)
Charles in Charge
1984
Director
Nobody's Perfect
1980
Director
Angie
1979
Director
California Fever
1979
Director
Working Stiffs
1979
Director
Fish
1977
Director
Alice
1976
Director
Welcome Back, Kotter
1975
Director
When Things Were Rotten
1975
Director
That's My Mama
1974
Director
Sanford and Son
1972
Director
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Director
Love, American Style
1969
Director
Room 222
1969
Director
The Brady Bunch
1969
Director
Blondie
1968
Director
Adam-12
1968
Director
Get Smart
1965
Director
The Munsters
1964
Director
Karen
1964
Director
McHale's Navy
1962
Director
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
1962
Director
Dennis the Menace
1959
Director
Bachelor Father
1957
Director
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Director
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Self