---
name: "Norman Bartold"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/norman-bartold"
fi1m_id: "norman-bartold"
imdb_id: "nm0058991"
tmdb_id: 24319
wikidata_id: "Q106782139"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 August 1928"
died: "28 May 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T17:13:00.694915+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Norman Bartold

## Identity

Norman Bartold

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/norman-bartold
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** norman-bartold
- **IMDb ID:** nm0058991
- **TMDB ID:** 24319
- **Wikidata ID:** Q106782139
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Bartold, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106782139, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058991/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24319

Actor. Born 6 August 1928 in Berkeley, California, USA. Died 28 May 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 August 1928, Berkeley, California, USA
- **Died:** 28 May 1994
- **Active:** 1970–1980
- **Also known as:** Norm Bartold, Norman Hillman Bartold
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 83 (3), 1980s 36 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $314m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Bartold, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106782139, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058991/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24319

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Raise the Titanic*](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md) (36)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Norman Bartold was an American film and television actor. He appeared as Admiral Kemper in the 1980 film *Raise the Titanic*.

Bartold had supporting roles in films including *Westworld* (1973) as a Medieval Knight, *Capricorn One* (1977) as the President, and *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* (1977). His television credits include appearances in *The Rockford Files*, *Charlie's Angels*, *Fantasy Island*, *Night Court*, and a recurring role as Mr. Brody in *Teachers Only* (1982). He also played District Attorney Donahue in the series *Adam's Rib*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), Fi1m 36, as Admiral Kemper — [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md)
- *Real Life* (1979), Fi1m 77, as Dr. Isaac Steven Hayward — [page](https://film.one/film/real-life.md)
- *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* (1977), Fi1m 85, as Norman Bartold — [page](https://film.one/film/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind.md)
- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), Fi1m 88, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Gabriel's Fire* (1990), series, Actor
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Judge Connolly
- *Mr. Belvedere* (1985), series, as Skip Hollings
- *Night Court* (1984), series, as Mr. Reynolds
- *Teachers Only* (1982), series, as Assistant Principal Brody
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Mayor
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Judge Jay Holder
- *Madame X* (1981), as Judge Tom Matlock
- *Friendly Fire* (1980), Actor
- *In God We Tru$t* (1980), Actor
- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), as Admiral Kemper — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md)
- *Benson* (1979), series, Actor
- *Real Life* (1979), as Dr. Isaac Steven Hayward — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/real-life.md)
- *Suddenly, Love* (1978), Actor
- *Rescue from Gilligan's Island* (1978), as Producer
- *Secrets of Three Hungry Wives* (1978), as Durrell
- *Battered* (1978), Actor
- *Dallas* (1978), series, as Mr. Evans
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Ross
- *A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story* (1978), as Grabiner
- *Close Encounters of the Third Kind* (1977), as Norman Bartold — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind.md)
- *Capricorn One* (1977), as President
- *Panic in Echo Park* (1977), as Harold Dickerson
- *Fish* (1977), series, Actor
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Mr. Platt
- *Laverne & Shirley* (1976), series, Actor
- *Darktown Strutters* (1975), as Commander Cross
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Roy Jenkins, Jack Corwin, Gordon Wendell, Bob Schuyler, Carl Bernie
- *The Sky's the Limit* (1975), as Capt. Willoughby
- *The California Kid* (1974), as Howard
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Hollis Cotton, Evans, Judge W.T. Carroll — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton* (1974), as Sam Preston
- *Breezy* (1973), as Man in car
- *Adam's Rib* (1973), series, as District Attorney Donahue
- *Westworld* (1973), as Medieval Knight
- *Group Marriage* (1973), as Findley
- *Lady Sings the Blues* (1972), as The Detective #1
- *Something Evil* (1972), as Mr. Hackett
- *Me and the Chimp* (1972), series, Actor
- *Blood Legacy* (1971), as Tom Drake
- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), series, Actor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)
- *The Busy Body* (1967), as Board Member
- *My Favorite Martian* (1963), series, Actor
- *The Littlest Hobo* (1958), as Police Sergeant
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Police Sgt.
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Darga
- *She's Working Her Way Through College* (1952), as Tiny Gordon

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