NORMAN ABBOTT
DIRECTING
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 during filming of Who Done It? (1942).[3]
During World War II, Abbott served as a member of the original United States Navy SEALs team.
After the war, Abbott became a dialog director on the Abbott and Costello films and was mentored by the team's director, Charles T.
- The Last of the Secret Agents? 1966
- The Munsters 1964
- Alice 1976
- Angie 1979
- Charles in Charge 1984
- Love, American Style 1969
- When Things Were Rotten 1975
- Nanny and the Professor 1970
- Welcome Back, Kotter 1975
- Room 222 1969
- Fish 1977
- Dennis the Menace 1959
- The Brady Bunch 1969
- McHale's Navy 1962
- Get Smart 1965
- Sanford and Son 1972
- Adam-12 1968
- Leave It to Beaver 1957
- I'm Dickens, He's Fenster 1962