Chuck Norris parents: Wilma Scarberry, Ray Norris

Chuck Norris is an American actor and martial artist who was born on March 10, 1940. He holds black belts in judo, Brazilian jiu jitsu, and Tang Soo Do.

Norris won numerous martial arts competitions after serving in the US Air Force, and he later created his own style, Chun Kuk Do. Soon after, Norris taught martial arts to famous people in Hollywood. Later, Norris had a cameo appearance in the spy movie The Wrecking Crew (1969). Bruce Lee, a friend and fellow martial artist, asked him to portray one of the film’s primary antagonists in Way of the Dragon (1972). Steve McQueen, a friend and fellow student, advised Norris to take it seriously as he continued to perform.

Chuck Norris parents: Wilma Scarberry, Ray Norris

Ray Dee Norris, a World War II Army soldier, mechanic, bus driver, and truck driver, and Wilma Norris welcomed Norris into the world on March 10, 1940 in Ryan, Oklahoma. Norris has acknowledged having Irish and Cherokee ancestry.

Carlos Berry, his father’s minister, inspired the naming of Norris. He was one of three brothers; Wieland and Aaron were his younger siblings. After his parents’ divorced when he was sixteen, Norris moved with his mother and brothers first to Prairie Village, Kansas, and then to Torrance, California.

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