Norman Tokar
Director
Leave It to Beaver...and seven-year-old Ricky Connelly's habit of dropping the initial syllables of words was incorporated into Beaver's character. Norman Tokar, a director with a talent for working with children, was hired to direct most of the episodes for the... In this article: Leave It to Beaver, Ward Cleaver, Wally Cleaver, Joe Connelly, Jerry Mathers, The show, Hugh Beaumont, Larry Mondello, and Eddie Haskell |
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
The Ugly Dachshund
...who believes he's a dachshund. Based on a 1938 novel by Gladys Bronwyn Stern, the film was written by Albert Aley and directed by Norman Tokar. The Ugly Dachshund was one of several light-hearted comedies produced by the Disney Studios during...
In this article: The Ugly Dachshund, Dog, Dachshund, Great Dane, Suzanne Pleshette, Walt Disney Productions, and Gladys Bronwyn Stern
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Follow Me, Boys!
...Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, Charles Ruggles, and Kurt Russell, was co-produced by Walt Disney and Winston Hibler, directed by Norman Tokar, and written by Louis Pelletier. It is one of the few movies where Boy Scouts are key to the film and is...
In this article: Walt Disney Pictures, Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Kurt Russell, God, DVD, Lung cancer, and Scouting
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John Larkin (radio and television actor)
...October, gave him three scenes with some well-defined medium shots. Walt Disney 's family drama, Those Calloways, directed by Norman Tokar, billed him eighth, behind Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon de Wilde, Walter Brennan, Ed Wynn, Linda...
In this article: Perry Mason, The Edge of Night, Perry Mason, Saints and Sinners, Procter & Gamble, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Raymond Burr
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Ezra Stone
...his character, Stone played Henry until 1942, when he was succeeded by Bobby Ellis. During his military service, Henry was played by Norman Tokar (one of the show's writers, and the eventual lead director for television's Leave It to Beaver, a...
In this article: Ezra Stone, The Aldrich Family, Bobby Ellis, Kate Smith, Derivative, Trademark, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Perth Amboy, New Jersey
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Norman Tokar
Norman Tokar (November 25, 1919 in Newark, New Jersey - April 6, 1979 in Hollywood) was a prolific director (and occasionally writer and producer) of serial television and feature films, who directed many of the early episodes of Leave it...
In this article: Walt Disney, Mary Poppins, Disney, The Happiest Millionaire, Robert Stevenson, Candleshoe, Revenue, Trademark, and The Love Bug
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A Tiger Walks
A Tiger Walks is a 1964 family film, directed by Norman Tokar and produced by Disney . It is based on a novel of the same name by Ian Niall. It was Indian actor Sabu 's last film which released only a few months after his death. A...
In this article: Tiger, A Tiger Walks, Bengal tiger, Disney, and Sabu
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Leave It to Beaver (season 3)
...go to the door. The third season closing sequence features the new house and is used for both the fourth and fifth seasons. Norman Tokar directs the majority of episodes. Hugh Beaumont directs his first episode, "Wally and Alma" and would...
In this article: Cleavers and Hugh Beaumont
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The Aldrich Family
...comedies that followed on radio and television. Stone kept the lead role until 1942, when he entered the Army for World War II. Norman Tokar succeeded Stone as Henry for two seasons. Best known for his later work directing the...
In this article: Henry Aldrich, The Aldrich Family, Ezra Stone, Jack Benny, Jell-O, and General Foods
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Norman Tokar (November 25, 1919 in Newark, New Jersey - April 6, 1979 in Hollywood) was a prolific director (and occasionally writer and producer) of serial television and feature films, who directed many of the early episodes of Leave it to Beaver, and found his greatest success directing over a dozen films for Walt Disney Productions, spanning the 1950s to 1970s.
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