Norman Felton

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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

cleaning lady.[1][2] He left school at 13 to go to work. In 1929, the family immigrated to the US, where they settled in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] Felton left his job as a truck driver to attend the University of Iowa where he received a bachelor's degree in 1940 and a master's in 1941.[2] In 1940, he married Aline Stotts and had three children: Julie Anne, born in 1948, John Christopher, born in 1953, and Aline Elizabeth, born in 1957.[1] Aline, her husband David Berkley, and their nine-month-old daughter, Jessicca, were murdered December 18, 1982 in Detroit near Wayne State Medical Center where David was a medical student.[3]
Three men were subsequently convicted of the triple-murders. Two were sentenced to life in prison, the third to 25-to-40 years in prison.

Early career

Felton started out directing

Emmy award for Robert Montgomery Presents.[1]

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

Emmy
Award nomination for the same show.

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

soap, Executive Suite.[2]

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:

References

  1. ^ a b c d Best of Luck: The Education of Norman Felton in Books at Iowa 1985, no. 43, pp. 3-14.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Producer Norman Felton Dies at 99". Variety. July 4, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
  3. ^ "Guide to the Norman Felton Papers". University of Iowa. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  4. ISBN 0-13-932616-2
    . P. 151.
  5. ^ "Norman Felton".
  6. ^ "Honorees (1996 - 2023)". Death Penalty FOCUS. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  7. ^ "The Man From Uncle producer Norman Felton dies at 99". BBC News. July 5, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2012.

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