Norman Ollestad

Acting
1935-09-07
Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For & Full Filmography15 Titles

#1On the Town

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m as Boy in Subway (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
ComedyRomance

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

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#2Winchester '73

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Stable Boy (uncredited)

7.3 / 10
Western

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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#3Cheaper by the Dozen

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Frank Gilbreth Jr. (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
ComedyDramaFamily

"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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#4Tea and Sympathy

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as New Young Boy

7.0 / 10
Drama

A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was his housemaster's wife.

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#5The Cobweb

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Usher (Uncredited)

5.7 / 10
Drama

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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#6Shield for Murder

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.7 / 10
CrimeDrama

A crooked police detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep the stolen money.

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#7The Sea of Grass

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m as Brock - Age 8 (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
DramaWesternRomance

On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.

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#8Shockproof

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m as Boy at Wedding (Uncredited)

6.4 / 10
RomanceCrimeThriller

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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#9Stars in My Crown

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Chase Isbell (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
Western

An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.

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#10Finding Joe

Movie - 2011, 2h 15m as Self

7.7 / 10
Documentary

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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#11The Young Stranger

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Boy (uncredited)

5.9 / 10
Drama

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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#12Borrowed Trouble

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m as Child (as Norman Ollestad Jr.)

6.7 / 10
Western

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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#13The Good Bad Egg

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m as Rudolph (as Norman Olestead)

7.0 / 10
Comedy

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.

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#14Ring of Terror

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Lew's Roommate

1.9 / 10
HorrorThriller

A group of medical students undertake some silly and frightening endeavors in order to pledge a fraternity.

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#15Goodbye, Miss Turlock

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m as 'Irish' the Spitball Shooter (uncredited)

6.5 / 10
Family

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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