Editing Ken Norton (section)

==Later media career==
[[File:Perry King and Ken Norton 1975.jpg|thumb|270px|On set of ''[[Mandingo (film)|Mandingo]]'' (1975) with actor [[Perry King]] ]]
In 1975, at the peak of his boxing career, Norton made his acting debut starring in the [[Dino De Laurentiis]] [[blaxploitation]] film ''[[Mandingo (film)|Mandingo]]'', about a pre-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] slave purchased to fight other slaves for their master's entertainment. After starring in the 1976 sequel, ''[[Drum (1976 film)|Drum]]'', Norton went on to play bit parts in a dozen other productions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636243/|title=Ken Norton|website=IMDb}}</ref>

Norton worked as an actor and TV boxing commentator following his retirement from boxing. He also was a member of the Sports Illustrated Speakers Bureau and started the Ken Norton Management Co., which represented athletes in contract negotiations.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

Norton continued making TV, radio and public speaking appearances until suffering injuries in a near-fatal car accident in 1986 which left him with slow and slurred speech.<ref name="BelieveJourney">{{Cite book|ref=Norton2009 |title=Believe: Journey From Jacksonville |first1=Ken |last1=Norton |first2=Donald Jr. |last2=Hennessey |name-list-style=amp |first3=John |last3=Amodeo |location=Fairfield, Iowa |publisher=1st World Publishing |isbn=978-1-4218-9119-4 |year=2009 }}</ref><ref>Roberts, Rich (December 26, 1987) [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-26-sp-7367-story.html "Ken Norton Is Now Fighting Back: Former Champ Is Learning to Talk Again After 1986 Car Accident"], ''Los Angeles Times''</ref><ref>Rosenthal, Phil (October 4, 1986) [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gdhRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T24DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7008%2C2066923 Ken Norton Jr. helps father overcome crippling injuries], Daily News Los Angeles</ref>

He appeared along with Ali, Foreman, Frazier and Holmes in a video, ''Champions Forever'', discussing their best times, and in 2000 he published his autobiography, ''Going the Distance''.{{cn|date=July 2024}}