Zack Norman Dies
: Romancing The Stone Cadillac Man & The Nanny Actor Was 83
Zack Norman, a veteran character and producer who appeared in films including
Romancing The Stone
The A-Team, Baywatch
and other series, died April 28 of natural causes. He was 83.
Born Howard Zuker on May 27, 1940, Norman received an executive MBA from Harvard Business School before embarking entering show business
. He performed as a comedian through the latter half of the 1960s and working the Playboy Clubs
the Flamingo and Copacabana with the Temptations. He made his TV debut in 1969 doing stand-up on
The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
His character uttered the oft-quoted line, “Look at those snappers!” in the Michael Douglas-Kathleen Turner comedy adventure.
He also co-starred in the 1990 film
Cadillac Man
opposite Robin Williams, Tim Robbins and Fran Drescher.
He reunited with Drescher in
The Nanny
, recurring as her character’s Uncle Jack in three episodes from 1993-95.
He and appeared in the two-part “Judgement Day” episodes of
The A-Team
in 1985. Norman also was in a 1993 episode of
Baywatch.
Norman also appeared in more than 20 stage plays during his long career and produced a number of films, most of those under his real name.
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