Norman Ollestad

Norman Ollestad

Born: September 7, 1935
Died: February 19, 1979
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Movies for Norman Ollestad...

Finding Joe
Title: Finding Joe
Character: Himself
Released: September 30, 2011
Type: Movie
Finding Joe is an exploration of the studies of mythologist Joseph Campbell, and of their continuing influence on our culture. Through interviews with visionaries from a variety of fields—interwoven with enactments of classic tales by a sweet and motley group of kids—the film navigates the stages of what Campbell dubbed "the hero’s journey": the challenges, the fears, the dragons, the battles, and the return home as a changed person.
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Ring of Terror
Title: Ring of Terror
Character: Lew's Roommate
Released: February 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A group of medical students undertake some silly and frightening endeavors in order to pledge a fraternity.
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The Young Stranger
Title: The Young Stranger
Character: Boy (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1957
Type: Movie
The lack of communication between a wealthy film producer and his troubled teenage son after the boy is involved in an altercation at a movie theater leads to even more trouble.
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Tea and Sympathy
Title: Tea and Sympathy
Character: New Young Boy
Released: September 27, 1956
Type: Movie
At a high school reunion, a young man recalls his boarding school days, when the only person who seemed to sympathize with him was his housemaster's wife.
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One Spooky Night
Title: One Spooky Night
Released: September 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Fraidy-cat Andy is assigned to demolish a haunted house.
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The Cobweb
Title: The Cobweb
Character: Usher (Uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1955
Type: Movie
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes - but drapes are the least of their problems.
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Shield for Murder
Title: Shield for Murder
Released: August 27, 1954
Type: Movie
A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.
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Winchester '73
Title: Winchester '73
Character: Stable Boy (uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1950
Type: Movie
Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.
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Stars in My Crown
Title: Stars in My Crown
Character: Chase Isbell (uncredited)
Released: May 11, 1950
Type: Movie
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a family and many friends but also finds friction with a few of his parishioners.
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Cheaper by the Dozen
Title: Cheaper by the Dozen
Character: Frank Gilbreth Jr. (uncredited)
Released: March 31, 1950
Type: Movie
"Cheaper by the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families.
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On the Town
Title: On the Town
Character: Boy in Subway (uncredited)
Released: December 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
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Shockproof
Title: Shockproof
Character: Boy at Wedding (Uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1949
Type: Movie
Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.
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Borrowed Trouble
Title: Borrowed Trouble
Character: Child (as Norman Ollestad Jr.)
Released: July 23, 1948
Type: Movie
Finishing a trail drive, Hoppy and the boys head to town and immediately get caught up in the conflict between school teacher Miss Abott and next door saloon owner Mawson. When Miss Abott disappears, Hoppy gets a clue to her location and rescues her from Mawson's cabin. It looks like Mawson is the man he wants, but Hoppy finds an item that indicates otherwise.
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Goodbye, Miss Turlock
Title: Goodbye, Miss Turlock
Character: 'Irish' the Spitball Shooter (uncredited)
Released: January 24, 1948
Type: Movie
Narrator John Nesbitt laments the disappearance of the rural one-room schoolhouse in America. He reminisces about his own days as a student in such a school and how his teacher, Miss Turlock, influenced so many students. Many of them reunite at the school on Miss Turlock's last day, when the school was closed in 1940.
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The Good Bad Egg
Title: The Good Bad Egg
Character: Rudolph (as Norman Olestead)
Released: March 20, 1947
Type: Movie
In this Columbia All-Star Comedy short (production number 8438), Joe DeRita is a bachelor inventor who reads a marriage proposal written on an egg by a lonely widow with one child. He accepts, and soon finds out the boy is the "bad" part of the egg in the title, as he soon destroys whatever it was that Joe had invented.