---
name: "Norman Tokar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/norman-tokar"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "25 November 1919"
died: "6 April 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:25:39.995084+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 Tokar

Director. Born 25 November 1919 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Died 6 April 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 25 November 1919, Newark, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 6 April 1979

## Biography

Norman Tokar (25 November 1919 – 6 April 1979) was an American director of television and feature films. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he began his career as an actor on Broadway in the early 1940s before moving into television direction on series including The Bob Cummings Show, The Donna Reed Show and Naked City.

Tokar directed 93 episodes of the sitcom Leave It to Beaver in the late 1950s and early 1960s. This work led to a long association with Walt Disney Productions, for whom he directed more than a dozen family films from Big Red (1962) to The Cat from Outer Space (1978), including The Ugly Dachshund (1966), The Happiest Millionaire (1967), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) and Candleshoe (1977). He also directed one episode of the series M*A*S*H in 1973.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)

## Also known for

- *The Ugly Dachshund* (1966), Director
- *The Cat from Outer Space* (1978), Director
- *The Apple Dumpling Gang* (1975), Director
- *Candleshoe* (1977), Director
- *No Deposit, No Return* (1976), Director
- *Leave It to Beaver* (1957), Director, Story
- *Where the Red Fern Grows* (1974), Director
- *Snowball Express* (1972), Director

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/norman-tokar