- Served as a bombardier in the Army Air Forces during World War II.
- He made six appearances on Bewitched (1964) between 1968 and 1970, three times as a client for "McMann and Tate" advertising agency.
- Began as a radio disc jockey in 1937.
- While working in Chicago radio, he met NBC announcer Dave Garroway who introduced Cliff to TV with Garroway's variety series "Garroway at Large." For two years (1949-1951) Cliff was regtularly featured in humorous sketches.
- From 1960 to 1963 Mr. Norton was the host/performer and narrator of the silent film comedy anthology TV series: "Funny Mann". The series was seen in national syndication and on WABC TV Ch. 7 in NYC. Mr. Norton performed in comedy skits as "Milkmann", "Dental Mann", "MailMann", "The King Of Tomatoes", "PartyMann" etc. The skits led into a rerun of an old silent film comedy that featured: Poodles Hannaford, Snub Pollard, Billy Bevan, Oliver Norvell Hardy (without Stan Laurel) and Mickey (McGuire) Rooney. Mr. Norton pre-recorded his narrations, which were dubbed into the film's soundtrack. More often than not, the show's co-producer and co-creator, Bobby (Nick) Nicholson performed in the skits with Mr. Norton.
- A widower, he was survived by three children and four grandchildren.
- The names of Mr. Norton's three children are: Susan Norton Kinne, Stacy Norton Evans and Cliff Norton Jr.
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