Tommy Norden is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on September 25, 1952 in New York, United States. In his early childhood and teens, Norden played the role of Bud Ricks on the popular NBC show Flipper. Later, he appeared on the show as his character, Dr. Gary Walton on the CBS soap show Search for Tomorrow.
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Tommy Norden is best known for his years playing Bud Ricks, the red-haired, younger brother of Sandy Ricks (Luke Halpin) on the television series Flipper. Other performances include a minor role in the film Five Miles to Midnight (1962), with Anthony Perkins and Sophia Loren, as well as TV roles on the series Naked City (1961–62), including one episode with Luke Halpin, Episode 93 of Route 66 (1963), Episode 19 of East Side/West Side (1964) with George C. Scott and Barbara Feldon, Search for Tomorrow (1971–1973), where he played Dr. Gary Walton, and Episode 8 of The Secrets of Isis (1975). He also appeared on Sing Along With Mitch (1963) as one of the Sing Along Kids. Prior to his film and television roles, he appeared on Broadway with Anthony Perkins in the musical comedy Greenwillow (March 8, 1960 – May 28, 1960), as well as in The Music Man (1960–61). Norden left acting in order to pursue the family business.
He appeared in a 1962 Oreo commercial, “Oreos – Little Girls Have Pretty Curls”, which won the Best Baked Goods & Confections Award at the 1962 American TV Commercial Awards and was exhibited at the 12th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation in 2014. He also appeared in a 1962 promotional film for New York Airways, entitled “The Skyline Route”.
He was was raised within New York City. After retiring from acting the business he founded was near his family home.
