Norman Tokar(1919-1979)

Director
Producer
Writer

Norman Tokar (November 25, 1919 - April 6, 1979) was an American director, actor and occasionally writer and producer of serial television and feature films. He directed many of the early episodes of "Leave it to Beaver," but found his greatest success directing over a dozen films for Walt Disney Productions, spanning the 1950s to the 1970s.

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Known for:

Young Mr. Bobbin

TV Series

Director

Leave It to Beaver

7.6

TV Series

Director

The Cat from Outer Space

6.0

Director(directed by)

1978

Colgate Theatre

7.9

TV Series

Director

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Director

Disneyland
- Director
- TV Series
- 1962–1982
The Cat from Outer Space
- Director (directed by)
- 1978
Candleshoe
- Director
- 1977
No Deposit, No Return
- Director
- 1976
The Apple Dumpling Gang
- Director (directed by)
- 1975
Where the Red Fern Grows
- Director
- 1974
Young Love
- Director
- TV Movie
- 1974
M*A*S*H
- Director
- TV Series
- 1973
Walt Disney's 50th Anniversary Show
- Director
- TV Movie
- 1973
Big Daddy
- Director
- TV Movie
- 1973
Le Snowball Ecpress
- Director
- 1972
My Sister Hank
- Director
- TV Movie
- 1972
The Doris Day Show
- Director
- TV Series
- 1971–1972
The Chicago Teddy Bears
- Director
- TV Series
- 1971
Me and Benjie
- Director
- TV Movie
- 1970

Producer

The Cat from Outer Space
- co-producer (co-produced by)
- 1978
Young Love
- producer
- TV Movie
- 1974
Big Daddy
- producer
- TV Movie
- 1973
My Sister Hank
- producer
- TV Movie
- 1972
The Doris Day Show
- producer
- TV Series
- 1971
His Model Wife
- producer
- TV Movie
- 1962
The Tab Hunter Show
- producer
- TV Series
- 1961
The Comedy Spot
- producer
- TV Series
- 1960
Colgate Theatre
- producer
- TV Series
- 1958
My Favorite Husband
- producer
- TV Series
- 1953–1954

Writer

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Born
- November 25, 1919
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died
- April 6, 1979
- Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
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Active on Broadway in the following productions:

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Stage and radio child actor in the 1930s. After wartime service in the U.S. Army Signals Corps, Tokar worked in television for several years as regular helmsman for Leave It to Beaver (1957). On the strength of this, he was signed by the Disney Organization in 1963 to handle assorted comedies and light family fare.