Norman Felton
Norman Francis Felton (April 29, 1913 – June 25, 2012) was a British-born American television producer, known for his involvement in shows such as The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Dr. Kildare.
Background
Felton was born in
Early career
Felton started out directing
The 1960s
The greatest successes of Felton's career came in the 1960s, when he produced and developed several classic television shows for Arena Productions including The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Dr. Kildare.[2]
It was Felton who approached
Felton made one cameo appearance in U.N.C.L.E., as a chess player in the party scene of the first-season episode, "The Giuoco Piano Affair".
At this time, he was also executive producer of the Wendell Corey/Jack Ging/Ralph Bellamy medical drama focusing on psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour, which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1964.[2]
In 1969, he became executive producer on ITC Entertainment's UK-produced series Strange Report.
Later career
In 1975, he produced the
In 1997, he was awarded an Honorary Lifetime Membership of the Producers Guild of America.[5] In 2013, Death Penalty Focus awarded Felton with their Human Rights Award.[6]
He died of natural causes in Santa Barbara, California on June 25, 2012.[7] Felton was survived by a son and daughter, two grandsons and a great-grandson.[2]
Norman Felton awards
Norman Felton lent his name to multiple awards:
- The Death Penalty Focus organization's Aline and Norman Felton Humanitarian Award[1]
- Producers Guild of America's Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award
References
- ^ a b c d Best of Luck: The Education of Norman Felton in Books at Iowa 1985, no. 43, pp. 3-14.
- ^ a b c d e f "Producer Norman Felton Dies at 99". Variety. July 4, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
- ^ "Guide to the Norman Felton Papers". University of Iowa. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ISBN 0-13-932616-2. P. 151.
- ^ "Norman Felton".
- ^ "Honorees (1996 - 2023)". Death Penalty FOCUS. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ^ "The Man From Uncle producer Norman Felton dies at 99". BBC News. July 5, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
External links
- Norman Felton at IMDb
- Papers of Norman Felton, Msc 265 are housed at The University of Iowa Special Collections & University Archives
- Best of Luck: The Education of Norman Felton from Books at Iowa 43, Nov. 1985.
- Norman Felton Interview at The Archive of American Television