Samuel Norton

Warden Samuel Norton is the main antagonist in the book and 1994 movie, The Shawshank Redemption.

He was portrayed by actor Bob Gunton.

Biography
He starts out as a deeply religious man, when Andy Dufrene arrives in 1947. Saying,''"I believe in 2 things,discipline and The Bible,here you'll recieve both. Put your trust in the lord, your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.". ''As the years pass, he notices a lot of potential in Andy and gives him protection from the guards, library access, helping inmates get their GEDs, and aiding him in laundering money from kickbacks and his scams.

In 1965, a young thief, Tommy Williams comes along. Through helping Tommy earn his high school diploma, Tommy reveals to both Red and Andy, of the man who truly killed his wife and that Andy was setup. He tells this to the warden. But Warden Norton becomes angered and refuses to lose his money cleaner. He sentences Andy to the hole. Soon he has Tommy killed, in fear of losing Andy. He threatens to take away everything from Andy if he quits and gives him another month to think about it. But Andy suceeds in escaping and under Randall Stevens,the idenity he used to store all of Warden Norton's money. He drains him completely and gives a bank, a book, explaining Warden Norton and Captain Hadley's corruption and they're killing of Tommy. The police come to arrest them both. But Warden Norton decides to take his own life.