---
name: "Zack Norman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zack-norman"
fi1m_id: "zack-norman"
imdb_id: "nm0635649"
tmdb_id: 57312
wikidata_id: "Q16733472"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 May 1940"
died: "28 April 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:33:34.913338+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."
---

# Zack Norman

## Identity

Zack Norman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zack-norman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zack-norman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0635649
- **TMDB ID:** 57312
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16733472
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Norman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16733472, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635649/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57312

Actor. Born 27 May 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Died 28 April 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 May 1940, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 28 April 2024
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_Norman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16733472, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635649/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57312

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Romancing the Stone*](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md) (77)

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## Biography

Zack Norman was an American actor, comedian and producer. Born Howard Jerrold Zuker in Boston on 27 May 1940 and raised in nearby Revere, he began as a stand-up comic, appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1969, and later worked as a film financier and producer, notably on the Oscar-winning documentary Hearts and Minds (1974).

He is best known for playing Ira, the crocodile-loving antiquities smuggler, in Romancing the Stone (1984). Norman had recurring television roles including on The Nanny (1993–1995) and appeared in films such as Ragtime (1981), Cadillac Man (1990) and several directed by Henry Jaglom, among them Festival in Cannes (2001). He died in Burbank, California, on 28 April 2024.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Romancing the Stone* (1984), Fi1m 77, as Ira — [page](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Chief Zabu* (2016), as Sammy Brooks · Director
- *Ovation* (2016), as Kaz Naiman
- *Director's Commentary: Terror Of Frankenstein* (2015), as David Falks (voice)
- *The M Word* (2014), as Louie Hess
- *Queen of the Lot* (2010), as Kaz Naiman
- *Hollywood Dreams* (2007), as Kaz Naiman
- *Festival in Cannes* (2001), as Kaz Naiman
- *Get a Job* (1998), Actor
- *Mojave Moon* (1996), as Terry
- *Crosscut* (1995), as Rance Moreland
- *Babyfever* (1994), as Mark
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Jack
- *Lush Life* (1993), as Beanstrom
- *At Home with the Webbers* (1993), as Sledge Hammer
- *The Flash* (1990), series, as Serge Tallent
- *Cadillac Man* (1990), as Harry Munchack
- *America* (1986), as Terrance Hackley
- *Az aranyifjú* (1986), Actor
- *Romancing the Stone* (1984), as Ira — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/romancing-the-stone.md)
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Gino Scarlatti
- *Ragtime* (1981), as Gent No. 2 - Manager
- *Sitting Ducks* (1980), as Sidney
- *Tracks* (1976), as Gene · Producer
- *Gums* (1976), as Norm Gingold
- *And the Bombs Keep Falling* (1974), as Slater
- *The Monk* (1972), Executive Producer
- *Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me* (1971), as Mojo
- *The Plot Against Harry* (1971), Actor

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