William Tannen (November 17, 1911 â€" December 2, 1976) was an
American actor originally from New York City, who was best known for
his role of Deputy Hal Norton in fifty-six episodes from 1956 to 1958
of the ABC/Desilu western television series, The Life and Legend of
Wyatt Earp. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
contract player.Tannen was the son of actor Julius Tannen, and his
brother, Charles Tannen, was also an actor.[citation needed] He became
active in drama â€" both acting and writing â€" while a student at
Lawrenceville School.Tannen made his stage debut in a production of
The Honor of the Family with the National Theatre troupe in
Washington, D.C.Tannen was also cast as Gyp Clements in the 1955
episode "The Buntline Special" of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
Beginning on September 11, 1956, in the second season of the series,
with the setting moved from Wichita to Dodge City, Kansas, Tannen
filled the Hal Norton role. His earliest episodes were "Fight or Run",
"The Double Life of Dora Hand" and "Clay Allison", the latter two
based on historical figures, the saloon singer and actor Dora Hand and
the gunfighter Clay Allison. Some of his appearances were uncredited.
His last credited role was "Doc Holliday Rewrites History" (May 6,
1958), with Myron Healey as the frontier gunfighter and dentist Doc
Holliday. His last uncredited roles aired thereafter in May and June
1958, "Dig a Grave for Ben Thompson", based on the historical figure
Ben Thompson played by Denver Pyle, "Frame-up", and "My Husband". William Tannen Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter