Biografia
William W. Norton
- Nascido(a) em
- Falecido(a) em1 de outubro de 2010 · Santa Barbara, Califórnia, EUA (aneurisma no coração)
- Nome de nascimentoWilliam Wallace Norton Jr.
- William W. Norton nasceu o 24 de setembro de 1925 em Ogden, Utah, EUA. Era autor e produtor e foi conhecido pelo seu trabalho em Engano Fatal (1980), A Mulher da Metralhadora (1974) e Sob o Signo da Vingança (1973). Foi casado com Betty Conklin e Eleanor E. Norton. Morreu o 1 de outubro de 2010 em Santa Barbara, Califórnia, EUA.
- CônjugesBetty Conklin(1943 - setembro de 1966) (divorciado (a), 3 crianças)Eleanor E. Norton(? - October 1, 2010) (sua morte, 1 criança)
- Crianças
- In 1985, he moved to Ireland. He arrested, tried, convicted, and served two years in a French prison for trying to smuggle guns to Irish Catholics in Northern Ireland for their defense against the IRA. His wife, Eleanor, was also imprisoned but released sooner.
- Upon his release in 1987, he and his wife moved to Nicaragua. He shot and killed one of the robbers who broke into his home. He was tied up but got loose. The authorities ruled the shooting as justified.
- He was a member of the Communist Party and a civil rights activist as a young man. He was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1958 and moved to Cuba but only a stayed a year. He was disillusioned with socialism from living in Cuba. He moved to Mexico but risked arrest to return to the United States. His first wife, Betty, and daughter Sally smuggled him from Tijuana to Los Angeles. He feared arrest but was no longer wanted by the FBI.
- Worked in construction and as a park ranger before becoming a screenwriter.
- Father of Bill Norton
- [on seeing his movies] I don't think your I.Q. is low enough.
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