Norman Grabowski

Norman Grabowski

Born: February 5, 1933
Died: October 12, 2012
in Irvington, New Jersey, USA
Norman Grabowski (February 5, 1933 – October 12, 2012) was an American hot rod builder and actor. The heavy-set crew cut-wearing Grabowski appeared in minor roles in many films produced by Albert Zugsmith and Walt Disney. He was Polish-American.

Movies for Norman Grabowski...

The Cannonball Run
Title: The Cannonball Run
Character: Petoski
Released: June 19, 1981
Type: Movie
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.
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Hooper
Title: Hooper
Character: Hammerhead
Released: July 28, 1978
Type: Movie
Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop painkillers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.
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W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Title: W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Character: Redneck (uncredited)
Released: May 21, 1975
Type: Movie
W.W. Bright is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he hijacks a car, he meets an aspiring country band, the Dixie Dancekings, led by Dixie. The two sides eventually take a liking to one another, especially after the Dancekings realize the size of Bright's thefts. Trailed by religious zealot cop Deacon Gore, Bright helps the band make it big while on the run.
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The Towering Inferno
Title: The Towering Inferno
Character: Flaker
Released: December 14, 1974
Type: Movie
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
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Herbie Rides Again
Title: Herbie Rides Again
Character: Security Guard #2
Released: February 12, 1974
Type: Movie
The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
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The Naked Ape
Title: The Naked Ape
Character: Sargent
Released: August 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Somewhat based on Desmond Morris's fascinating book of pop anthropology, this partially animated satirical docudrama produced by Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner, traces the evolution of human kind and offers insight into the reasons why we behave the way we do. Though often dealing with sexuality, nothing in the film is terribly offensive or graphic. A prime example of mainstream experimental film-making from the early 70's featuring a young and breathtakingly lovely Victoria Principal.
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Another Nice Mess
Title: Another Nice Mess
Character: Agent Jablonski
Released: August 23, 1972
Type: Movie
Nixon and Agnew played as Laurel and Hardy.
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Zabriskie Point
Title: Zabriskie Point
Character: Man in Deli (uncredited)
Released: March 26, 1970
Type: Movie
Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot, accidentally encounter each other in Death Valley and soon begin an unrestrained romance.
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The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
Title: The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
Character: Truck Driver
Released: December 16, 1968
Type: Movie
Frederick Bolton has to solve two problems. First, his boss has instructed him to come up with a reasonable campaign to promote a new product, a stomach pill named "Aspercel" - by tomorrow. The second problem is Fred's daugther, Helen. She is absolutely fond of horses, takes riding classes and has already had decent success in some competitions. Her biggest wish is to own a horse herself, a dream her father cannot afford at all. Now Fred tries to solve both problems at once by simply combining them: A horse named "Aspercel", ridden by his daugther should bring the name of the pill into the papers and make Helen happy, too. But there's still one more obstacle: Helen and Aspercel of course have to win a few prices to make this idea work...
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Blackbeard's Ghost
Title: Blackbeard's Ghost
Character: Virgil
Released: February 8, 1968
Type: Movie
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
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The Happiest Millionaire
Title: The Happiest Millionaire
Character: Joe Turner
Released: November 30, 1967
Type: Movie
A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her father--especially since the nice young men around town all fear him. Wouldn't you fear a father-in-law that keeps alligators for pets and teaches boxing at his daily Bible classes?
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The Gnome-Mobile
Title: The Gnome-Mobile
Character: Male Nurse
Released: July 19, 1967
Type: Movie
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because he's seeing gnomes! He's committed, and the niece and nephew and the gnomes have to find him and free him.
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Out of Sight
Title: Out of Sight
Character: Huh!
Released: May 12, 1966
Type: Movie
Teenage beach party/spy spoof/musical comedy about a plot to bomb a music fair. As his boss is on vacation, a superspy's butler must come to the rescue, while being pursued by a trio of gorgeous assassins who're agents of F.L.U.S.H. Features George Barris hotrods, along with the musical talents of Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Astronauts, The Knickerbockers, Freddy and the Dreamers, and the only film appearance of The Turtles.
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Title: Batman
Character: Treble
Released: January 12, 1966
Type: TV
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.
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Title: My Mother the Car
Released: September 14, 1965
Type: TV
The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.
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The Monkey's Uncle
Title: The Monkey's Uncle
Character: Norman
Released: August 18, 1965
Type: Movie
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ultimately raising havoc on the campus.
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Sergeant Deadhead
Title: Sergeant Deadhead
Character: Air Policeman
Released: August 18, 1965
Type: Movie
An astronaut goes into space with a chimpanzee. When they return to Earth after their orbit, it is discovered that the chimp has the brains of the astronaut, and the astronaut has the brains of the chimp. Complications ensue.
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Roustabout
Title: Roustabout
Character: Sam
Released: November 11, 1964
Type: Movie
After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Title: The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Character: Norman, Midvale Football Player
Released: March 25, 1964
Type: Movie
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments land him in deep trouble with the law.
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The Wheeler Dealers
Title: The Wheeler Dealers
Character: Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but, in the end, she falls for his charm.
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The Chapman Report
Title: The Chapman Report
Character: Beach Football Player (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1962
Type: Movie
A research psychologist gets involved in the personal lives of four women.
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The Honeymoon Machine
Title: The Honeymoon Machine
Character: Shipboard Signalman (uncredited)
Released: August 16, 1961
Type: Movie
Lt. Fergie Howard teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a tool to predict where a roulette ball will land. They dock in Venice, Italy, and begin making a killing at the casino, but their shore-to-ship signals get misinterpreted as signs of attack by Adm. Fitch, putting a serious crimp in the officers' get-rich-quick scheme.
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College Confidential
Title: College Confidential
Character: Skippy
Released: August 26, 1960
Type: Movie
Sociology professor Steve MacInter is conducting a survey at Collins College about the mores and lifestyles of the young people. Some of the good citizens begin to find exception to his sociological survey when they find out it includes questions about sex. Reporter Betty Ducayne receives an anonymous tip that the good professor is engaging in corruption of youth and when Steve's past comes up to haunt him, all heck breaks loose.
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Sex Kittens Go to College
Title: Sex Kittens Go to College
Character: Woo Woo Grabowski
Released: August 24, 1960
Type: Movie
Collins College needs a new department head for their science department, so Doctors Carter and Zorch consult Thinko, the campus computer, and come up with Dr. Mathilda West, who has degrees in lots of things, but turns out to be disruptively attractive as well.
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Girls Town
Title: Girls Town
Character: Skin (as Grabowski)
Released: October 5, 1959
Type: Movie
Chip is killed accidentally while trying to rape a blonde girl, who runs. Silver becomes the number one suspect even though she has an alibi, but due to previous brushes with the law she's sent to Girls Town, a home for young women in trouble with the law which is run by nuns. Silver is rebellious and causes trouble at the school, and her friend Sarafina totters near the brink of self-destruction because of an infatuation with a young singer. Meanwhile Chip's father hires a detective to find out the truth, and Chip's friend Fred gets Silver's sister in trouble at a drag race. Silver has a lot of problems all right.
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Torpedo Run
Title: Torpedo Run
Character: Sub Crewman
Released: October 24, 1958
Type: Movie
A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas during World War II.
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High School Confidential!
Title: High School Confidential!
Character: Flat Top
Released: May 30, 1958
Type: Movie
A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.