Norman Alden (né Adelberg; September 13, 1924 – July 27, 2012) was an American character actor who performed in television programs and motion pictures.

Alden was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Jewish parents Benjamin Adelberg and Esther (née Covinsky).

He served in the United States Army during World War II[2] and returned to Fort Worth to attend Texas Christian University under the GI Bill of Rights.

In 1961, he portrayed Shad Welty in the episode "Ordeal at Dead Tree" of the ABC/Warner Brothers Western series, Bronco, starring Ty Hardin.

Alden played the police captain in the 1988 NBC TV movie Man Against the Mob starring George Peppard.

Alden portrayed Johnny Ringo in the 1955 Western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role.

The actor also played a former cop bent on getting his revenge against Steve McGarrett in the Season 4 Hawaii Five-O episode "Rest in Peace, Somebody".

[6] Other roles that Alden portrayed included the AC Delco repairman, Lou the Mechanic for seven years in a series of advertisements, Professor Frank Heflin in Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, Aquaman, Green Arrow and Plastic Man in the animated TV franchise Super Friends, two episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, and Major Truman Landon in Tora!

He appeared as Lou Caruthers, the owner of the coffee shop in Back to the Future (1985) and the color-blind cameraman Bill in Tim Burton's Ed Wood (1994).