Norton was raised in Montana, and he attended Billings Polytechnic; afterward began a career as a journalist, working at The Stillwater County Democrat and The Columbus News.
[2] He later moved to Hollywood and began writing screenplays and directing films.
In 1929, Segar and began work on The Sea Hag, a prose novel intended for adult readers.
King Features Syndicate refused to grant Segar and Parker permission to put The Sea Hag into print, and the novel was never published.
[3] His marriage to his first wife, Viola, ended in 1940; a year later, he married writer Kallie Foutz in Yuma, Arizona.