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Ned Norton
 

Religion: indeterminate

Name: Ned Norton

Classification: supporting character supporting character  

Publisher(s): DC

First Appearance: Detective Comics (vol. 1) #40 (June 1940): "Beware of Clayface"

Creators: Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson

Number of Appearances: 1

Employer: Argus Motion Pictures Company

Occupation: film director

Gender: male

Note: fired from directing "Dreadcastle"

Film director Ned Norton harbored bitter feelings over being fired as the director of the "Dreadcastle" remake. A mysterious villain who called himself "Clayface" menaced the production of this film, beginning by killing the starring actress. Ned Norton was briefly suspected of being the masked killer, until it was discovered that Basil Karlo (star of the original version of the film) was the real culprit.


This character is in the following story which has been indexed by this website:
Detective Comics (vol. 1) #40 (June 1940): "Beware of Clayface" (3-panel cameo)


Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/852/
  - http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=34495