Septimus Edward Norris (March 10, 1911 â€" December 18, 2002) was an
American film actor.Norris was born in 1911, the son of a prominent
Philadelphia gynecologist, who was described in a newspaper article as
"a famous surgeon and chief of staff at the city's largest hospital."
He grew up in Philadelphia. At age 16, he dropped out of the Culver
Military Academy to marry a socially prominent physician's daughter,
Virginia Bell Hiller, and took a job as a reporter.Norris made his
television debut in 1951 with two appearances on Fireside
Theater.During the course of his 12-year span on television he made
two guest appearances on Perry Mason: "The Case of the Fiery Fingers"
(1958) and "The Case of the Tarnished Trademark" (1962). He ended his
film and television career the following year when he appeared on an
episode of The Third Man, titled "Ghost Town".
American film actor.Norris was born in 1911, the son of a prominent
Philadelphia gynecologist, who was described in a newspaper article as
"a famous surgeon and chief of staff at the city's largest hospital."
He grew up in Philadelphia. At age 16, he dropped out of the Culver
Military Academy to marry a socially prominent physician's daughter,
Virginia Bell Hiller, and took a job as a reporter.Norris made his
television debut in 1951 with two appearances on Fireside
Theater.During the course of his 12-year span on television he made
two guest appearances on Perry Mason: "The Case of the Fiery Fingers"
(1958) and "The Case of the Tarnished Trademark" (1962). He ended his
film and television career the following year when he appeared on an
episode of The Third Man, titled "Ghost Town".
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