Producer Norman Felton dies at 99
Co-created 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E'
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British-born writer, producer and director Norman Felton, the exec producer of numerous American television series, including “Dr. Kildare” and “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” died of natural causes in Santa Barbara, Calif., on June 25. He was 99.
Felton created “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” starring Robert Vaughn, with Sam Rolfe. “Dr. Kildare” began as a film series in the late 1930s before heading to radio and then eventually television, where Felton exec produced all 190 episodes of the series starring Richard Chamberlain.
Felton won an Emmy in 1950, in the very early days of television, for directing an episode of “Robert Montgomery Presents.” As exec producer, he drew a mention when “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” was nominated for outstanding drama series in 1966 and he shared a nom for TV biopic “Babe” with Stanley Rubin in 1976.
Felton produced several projects spun off from “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” including the “The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.” TV series, starring Stefanie Powers, and a number of related theatrical films. (A new feature adaptation of “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” is in the works at Warner Bros., with Guy Ritchie set to direct.)
Felton also exec produced a number of other series, including “The Eleventh Hour,” “The Lieutenant,” “Strange Report,” “Executive Suite” and the 1973 legal drama “Hawkins,” starring Jimmy Stewart, as well as telepics including “Ghostbreakers”; “Marriage: Year One,” with Sally Field; psychic mystery “Baffled!,” with Leonard Nimoy; and 1979’s “…And Your Name Is Jonah,” with James Woods and Sally Struthers.
Norman Frances Felton was born in London to a modest family and, as a teenager, with his family emigrated to the U.S., settling in Cleveland. He held many jobs until he entered the U. of Iowa, where he received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Theatre Arts.
After college he worked in community theaters throughout the country, moved on to radio in Chicago and then eventually to live television in New York and then to Los Angeles. Felton directed episodes of “The United States Steel Hour” and “The Alcoa Hour” and then did his first TV producing work on several episodes of “Studio One in Hollywood” in the late 1950s.
Eventually he formed Arena Prods., the banner behind most of his series.
Felton received an Honorary Lifetime Membership Award from the Producers Guild of American in 1997.
His wife Aline and a daughter preceded him in death.
Survivors include a daughter and a son; two grandsons; a great-grandson; and his companion Denise Aubuchon.
Producer
The Visionary (1990)
The Visionary
4.6
Video
producer
1990
...and Your Name Is Jonah (1979)
...and Your Name Is Jonah
7.1
TV Movie
producer
1979
Trisha Noble in Executive Suite (1976)
Executive Suite
7.2
TV Series
executive producer
1976
1 episode
Babe (1975)
Babe
7.2
TV Movie
producer
1975
Hawkins (1973)
Hawkins
7.4
TV Series
executive producer
1973–1974
8 episodes
Leonard Nimoy and Susan Hampshire in Baffled (1972)
Baffled
5.6
TV Movie
executive producer
1972
Sally Field in Marriage: Year One (1971)
Marriage: Year One
7.1
TV Movie
executive producer
1971
The Psychiatrist (1970)
The Psychiatrist
7.4
TV Series
executive producer
1970
1 episode
Kaz Garas, Anthony Quayle, and Anneke Wills in Strange
Report (1969)
Strange Report
8.3
TV Series
executive producer
1969
16 episodes
How to Steal the World (1968)
How to Steal the World
5.3
executive producer
1968
Robert Vaughn, Leo G. Carroll, and David McCallum in The Man
from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.7
TV Series
executive producer
producer
1964–1968
105 episodes
The Helicopter Spies (1968)
The Helicopter Spies
5.7
executive producer
1968
Ghostbreakers
6.9
TV Movie
producer
1967
Noel Harrison and Stefanie Powers in The Girl from
U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
6.6
TV Series
executive producer
1966–1967
29 episodes
Robert Vaughn and David McCallum in The Karate Killers
(1967)
The Karate Killers
5.3
executive producer
1967
Janet Leigh, Jack Palance, Robert Vaughn, and David McCallum
in The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
The Spy in the Green Hat
5.7
executive producer
1967
Jericho (1966)
Jericho
7.5
TV Series
executive producer
1966–1967
16 episodes
Robert Vaughn and David McCallum in One of Our Spies Is
Missing (1966)
One of Our Spies Is Missing
5.6
executive producer
1966
Dr. Kildare (1961)
Dr. Kildare
7.0
TV Series
executive producer
1961–1966
191 episodes
One Spy Too Many (1966)
One Spy Too Many
5.8
executive producer
1966
Robert Vaughn in The Spy with My Face (1965)
The Spy with My Face
6.0
executive producer
1965
To Trap a Spy (1964)
To Trap a Spy
6.0
producer
1964
Gary Lockwood in The Lieutenant (1963)
The Lieutenant
8.4
TV Series
executive producer
1963–1964
29 episodes
Angela Lansbury and Tuesday Weld in The Eleventh Hour (1962)
The Eleventh Hour
7.9
TV Series
executive producer
producer
1962–1963
32 episodes
Patty McCormack, Reba Waters, and Bernadette Withers in
Peck's Bad Girl (1959)
Peck's Bad Girl
7.7
TV Series
executive producer
1959
9 episodes
Dennis Hopper, Lyle Bettger, and Cameron Mitchell in Pursuit
(1958)
Pursuit
7.8
TV Series
executive producer
1958–1959
10 episodes
Studio One (1948)
Studio One
7.6
TV Series
producer
associate producer
1957–1958
19 episodes
Saturday Square
TV Series
producer
1950
1 episode
The Quiz Kids
4.7
TV Series
producer
1949
1 episode
Director
Studio One (1948)
Studio One
7.6
TV Series
Director
1957
4 episodes
Goodyear Playhouse (1951)
Goodyear Playhouse
7.9
TV Series
Director
1957
1 episode
Kraft Theatre (1947)
The United States Steel Hour
8.1
TV Series
Director
1955–1957
5 episodes
The Alcoa Hour (1955)
The Alcoa Hour
7.4
TV Series
Director
1955–1956
3 episodes
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents
8.0
TV Series
Director
1950–1955
78 episodes
Proudly I Love
TV Movie
Director
1953
These Are My Children
6.5
TV Series
Director
1949
Writer
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents
8.0
TV Series
written by
adaptation
1950–1955
6 episodes
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