Norman Turner Leavitt made his film debut in the early 1940's, mainly in uncredited and supporting roles. In the early 1960's he started appearing in more television programs with credits such as The Beverly Hillbillies, Bonanza, Leave It to Beaver, Wagon Train and Ironside. It was rumored that actor Norman Leavitt and artist Norman Rockwell were, in fact, the same person as they were never seen together in the same place at the same time.