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Norman Grabowski
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Norman Grabowski

1933 – 2012 · Irvington, New Jersey, USA · Active 1958–1981

Norman Grabowski, born in 1933, carved a niche in cult cinema with his appearances in Girls Town (1959) and Sex Kittens Go to College (1960). Known for his heavy-set frame and crew cut, Grabowski brought a distinctive energy to the screen, often embodying the quirky characters of the era. His role in The Naked Ape (1973) further solidified his place in the landscape of exploitation films, where his comedic timing and physicality added depth to the narratives. A Polish-American actor, Grabowski's contributions resonate within the playful yet provocative realm of cult cinema.

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Sex Kittens Go to College

Sex Kittens Go to College

1960 ★ 3.9
as Woo Woo Grabowski

The Collins College's state-of-the-art computer, Sequential Auxiliary Modulator (S.A.M.) or Thinko, has searched databases for the perfect new science department head. With a photographic memory, thirteen college degrees and fluency in eighteen languages, Dr. Mathilda West sounds like the perfect candidate; however, when the welcoming committee meet her at the train station, they are shocked by her buxom figure and platinum blonde hair, having expected a studious professional.  Dr. West is so stunning that football team captain Woo Woo Grabowski faints, while college dean Dr. Myrtle Carter believes West's inappropriate appearance will jeopardize their research support from the McPherson family. Much to Carter's chagrin, her boyfriend, public relations director George Barton, and Thinko's creator, Dr. Ernest Zorch, are both smitten with the young woman. Meanwhile, French exchange student and aspiring researcher Suzanne spots gangster Legs Raffertino and his oafish sidekick Boomie exit the train and insists that she interview them for her book on the sex lives of American men.  Although their interest is piqued, the men are on a mission to find "Sam Thinko," whom they assume to be a bookie who has been stealing from their boss. Later, college student Jody cuts her bra strap to convince Woo Woo, with whom she is in love, to loan her his fraternity pin to mend it. Although he consents, Woo Woo almost faints when she asks for a kiss and then tells her that she is only his "buddy." Just before West's first class, a jealous Carter sets loose chimpanzee Abraham Q. Voltaire onstage to ensure his antics distract from the lecture. West easily wins the students' attention, though, as she shoots pistols on stage to demonstrate the applied psychology notion of fear. Later, Woo Woo has a therapy session with West to resolve his fear of women, but when she asks about his fantasies, he warns her that his thoughts involve an affair with her.  Soon after, science professors Towers and Watts, anxious to flirt with West, invite her to a "meeting" at the Passion Pit nightclub that evening. Meanwhile, Legs and Boomie, disguised in college letter sweaters, find Zorch at the computer lab, accuse him of being "Sam" and "muscling in" on their boss's operation, then knock him out. Later on the football field, West's presence as a spectator is such a distraction that Woo Woo misses a pass and Barton suggests that West stay away from the players for the sake of the game. Meanwhile, Jody jealously calls West a menace and tells her that she loves Woo Woo, but cannot compete with the sexy professor.  That night at the Passion Pit, while Watts and Towers are entertaining West, Suzanne, the club's photographer, loans Carter her sexy work clothes as a disguise so that the dean can spy on benefactor Adm. Wildcat McPherson and Barton, who are also meeting there. As Suzanne pursues Legs for a rendezvous to report, Carter becomes entangled with the camera straps and accidentally ties herself up with Boomie. Meanwhile, Zorch tells Barton about Thinko's latest confusing printouts showing the next three winners of the Kentucky Derby. Soon after, Barton brings McPherson to the club, where the boisterous man mistakes West for Watt's wife.  Having researched West's past, Barton secretly confronts her about her previous life as the "Tallahassee Tassle Tosser," a striptease dancer. Angered by Barton's insinuation that she cannot teach because of her past, West introduces herself to the rest of the men as the Tallahassee Tassle Tosser, a title McPherson eagerly recognizes. Using one of her old stage tricks, West then hypnotizes Watts, Towers, McPherson and Zorch with a pocket watch and orders them to mimic her as she performs a striptease dance for the club crowd and then hits Barton over the head with a conga drum. Meanwhile, Carter accidentally fires Boomie's machine gun, alerting the police, who arrest McPherson for exhibitionism.  Later at the Thinko lab, West apologizes to Barton and explains that she used her photographic memory, a gift she discovered while performing a mind-reading act, to become a teacher, the noblest of professions. Her good intentions only serve to intensify Barton's crush on West, who demurely returns his loving gaze. Suddenly, Legs and Boomie enter the lab looking for the gambling mastermind. Zorch remembers that he tested Thinko on gambling, but still cannot explain the bets. As Thinko prints out his latest wins in horse racing, the Mexican national lottery and Pan Arab bingo games, a Mexican bookie, an Arab bookie and Bullets, a Mafia bookie, arrive to stop "Sam's" racket. Chaos ensues as a fistfight breaks out between the bookies, professors and students.  Woo Woo, having been prescribed monitored sleep by West, enters the room sleepwalking and flips Thinko's switches until the machine smokes and begins to break down. After waking, Woo Woo explains that he was subconsciously placing bets while sleepwalking, resulting in a series of wins disrupting the other bookie's operations. After using her ingenious skills to help repair Thinko, West resigns herself to returning to her dancing profession. In the meantime, Woo Woo and Jody decide to marry and leave town in a new convertible, purchased with his huge gambling wins. Carter dyes her blonde and exchanges her suits for a sexy wardrobe to snare McPherson, who asks her to marry him. Freed from Carter, Barton steals a fire engine and rushes to the train station, where he proposes to West, who eagerly accepts.  

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Filmography

31 credits
1980s 1 credit
1981
Movie ★ 6.2
1970s 7 credits
1978
Hooper as Hammerhead
Movie ★ 6.3
1975
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings as Redneck (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1974
Movie ★ 7.0
1974
Herbie Rides Again as Security Guard #2
Movie ★ 6.2
1973
Movie ★ 4.4
1972
Another Nice Mess as Agent Jablonski
Movie ★ 4.0
1970
Zabriskie Point as Man in Deli (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1960s 19 credits
1969
TV ★ 6.1
1968
Movie ★ 6.7
1968
Movie ★ 6.9
1967
The Gnome-Mobile as Male Nurse
Movie ★ 6.3
1967
The Happiest Millionaire as Joe Turner (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.9
1967
TV ★ 6.5
1966
Movie ★ 5.4
1966
Batman as Treble
TV ★ 7.3
1966
The Monkees as Butch
TV ★ 6.6
1965
Sergeant Deadhead as Air Policeman
Movie ★ 5.3
1965
Movie ★ 5.9
1965
TV ★ 4.8
1964
Movie ★ 6.0
1964
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones as Norman, Midvale Football Player
Movie ★ 6.6
1963
The Wheeler Dealers as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1962
The Chapman Report as Beach Football Player (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.1
1961
The Honeymoon Machine as Shipboard Signalman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1960
Sex Kittens Go to College as Woo Woo Grabowski
Movie ★ 3.3
1960
Movie ★ 6.5
1950s 4 credits
1959
Girls Town as Skin (as Grabowski)
Movie ★ 3.8
1958
The Young Lions as Barracks Inspection Private (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1958
Torpedo Run as Sub Crewman
Movie ★ 6.1
1958
Movie ★ 5.5