Tommy Norden

Tommy Norden

Tommy Norden, circa 1965.
Born (1952-09-25) September 25, 1952
Occupation Actor
Years active 1960-75

Tommy Norden (born September 25, 1952, New York City) is a former American actor.

Career

Tommy Norden is best known for his years playing Bud Ricks, the red-haired, younger brother of Sandy Ricks (Luke Halpin) on the television series Flipper. Other performances include a minor role in the film Five Miles to Midnight (1962), as well as TV roles on the series Naked City (1961-62), including one episode with (Luke Halpin), Episode 93 of Route 66 (1963), Episode 19 of East Side/West Side (1964) with George C. Scott and Barbara Feldon, Search for Tomorrow (1971–1973), where he played Dr. Gary Walton, and Episode 8 of The Secrets of Isis (1975). He also appeared on Sing Along With Mitch (1963) as one of the Sing Along Kids. [1] Prior to his film and television roles, he appeared on Broadway with Anthony Perkins in the musical comedy Greenwillow (March 8, 1960 - May 28, 1960), as well as in the The Music Man (1960-61).[2] Norden left acting in order to pursue the family business.

A widely repeated, but erroneous internet myth asserts that Tommy Norden appeared as "the young man working under a car" in a Stove Top Stuffing commercial sometime in the 1970s or 1980s. Even a cursory review will confirm that the actor in question looks nothing like Tommy and that this commercial bears a copyright date of 1980, well after he had retired from acting. However, he did appear in the well known 1962 Oreo commercial, "Oreos – Little Girls Have Pretty Curls”, which won the Best Baked Goods & Confections Award at the 1962 American TV Commercial Awards and was exhibited at the 12th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation in 2014. [3] He also appeared in a 1962 promotional film for New York Airways, entiled "The Skyline Route". [4]


Norden presently owns an executive recruiting company in New York City, and appeared at Miami Seaquarium's 40th anniversary celebration of Flipper.[5]

External links

References

  1. ↑ The News-Herald, Mansfield, Ohio, Friday, March 1, 1963, Page 7.
  2. ↑ Internet Broadway Database
  3. ↑ The Museum of Modern Art
  4. ↑ Citylab.com
  5. ↑ Whatever Happened to: Tommy Norden?
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