Background
Felton, Norman Francis was born on April 29, 1913 in London. Came to the United States, 1929, naturalized, 1939. Son of John Thomas and Gertrude Anne (Francis) Felton.
Felton, Norman Francis was born on April 29, 1913 in London. Came to the United States, 1929, naturalized, 1939. Son of John Thomas and Gertrude Anne (Francis) Felton.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University Iowa, 1939. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1940.
He left school at 13 to go to work. In 1929 the family emigrated to the United States of America where they settled in Cleveland, Ohio. 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.
Felton started out directing community theatre before becoming a producer-director of radio programs, such as Curtain Time for National Broadcasting Company in Chicago.
In 1950 he moved to New York to direct live television shows. The greatest successes of Felton"s career came in the 1960s, when he produced and developed several classic television shows including The Manitoba from United Network Command for Law and Enforcement and Doctor Kildare.
lieutenant was Felton who approached James Bond creator Ian Fleming to collaborate in the development of United Network Command for Law and Enforcement When contractual obligations forced Fleming to pull out, Felton brought in Sam Rolfe to replace him. Felton made one cameo appearance in United Network Command for Law and Enforcement, 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 National Broadcasting Company from 1962-1964.
In 1975, he produced the made-for-television film Babe (for which he received another Emmy nomination) and in 1979, And Your Name Is Jonah. He also produced Hawkins, a drama featuring James Stewart as a defense lawyer, and the prime-time soap, Executive Suite. In 1997 he was awarded an Honorary Lifetime Membership of the Producers Guild of America.
He died of natural causes in Santa Barbara, California on June 25, 2012.
Norman Felton lent his name to multiple awards:
The Death Penalty Focus organization"s Aline and Norman Felton Humanitarian Award
Producers Guild of America"s Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award.
Board of directors National Coalition to Abolish Death Penalty, Death Penalty Focus, Inc. Estab. Felton Media Scholars Program, Center for Media Literacy. Member Prodrs. Guild American (past president), Caucus Prodrs., Writers and Dirs.
American (co-chairman)
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Married Aline Stotts, September 15, 1940 (deceased April 1996). Children: Julie Anne, John Christopher, Aline Elizabeth.