Norman Fell
Biography
Norman Fell (born Norman Noah Feld; March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American actor of film and television. He is most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers. His film credits include Ocean's 11 (1960), The Graduate (1967), and Bullitt (1968). Early in his career, he was billed as Norman Feld.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1924, Fell graduated from Temple University with a bachelor's degree in drama. During World War II, he was an Air Force tail gunner in the Pacific. After the war, he studied acting and obtained small parts in television and on stage. His first regular TV appearance was in the comedy series Joe & Mabel (1956). Fell died in 1998 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's retirement home in Woodland Hills CA, aged 74, survived by two daughters.
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Acting History
2011
Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Norman (archive footage)
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996The Destiny of Marty Fine as Daryl
1995The Naked Truth as Norman Fell
1995Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare as Grandpa Joe Dooley
1993Hexed as Herschel Levine
1992The Naked Truth as The Dentist
1992The Ben Stiller Show
1991For the Boys as Sam Schiff
1991The Boneyard as Shepard
1991With Friends Like These... as Narrator (voice)
1991You're Driving Me Crazy as Doctor 'F'
1991Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' as Self
1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as The Landlord
1989The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! as Ted Bull
1989C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud as Tyler
1988Murphy's Law
1987Stripped to Kill as Ray
1986Sledge Hammer!
1986It's Garry Shandling's Show as Norman Fell
1986Matlock as Dr. Norman Radburn
1985Transylvania 6-5000 as Mac Turner
1985The Twilight Zone
1984Crazy like a Fox as Inspector Peyton
19841st & Ten as Artie
1984Murder, She Wrote as Vince Shackman
1984Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Ralph Rupp
1984The Jesse Owens Story as Marty Forkins
1984Don't Ask Me, Ask God as Jonesey
1983Uncommon Valor as Garvin
1982Matt Houston
1982Teachers Only as Principal Ben Cooper
1982Magic with the Stars
1981Simon & Simon
1981Paternity as Larry
1981The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats as Jack McGuire
1981On the Right Track as The Mayor
1980Dan August: The Jealousy Factor as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1980Magnum, P.I. as David Albertson
1980For the Love of It as Hall
1980This Year's Blonde as Pat Toledo
1980Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1979Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special as Self
1979The Ropers as Stanley Roper
1979Roots: The Next Generations as Paul Reynolds
1978The End as Dr. Samuel Krugman
1978Rabbit Test as Segoynia's Father
1977The Love Boat as Bill McCoy
1977Three's Company as Stanley Roper
1977Grizzly Adams as Mitch Morgan
1976Guardian of the Wilderness
1976Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours as Mr. Brockelman
1976Charlie's Angels as Sammy Telford
1976Rich Man, Poor Man as Smitty
1976The Bionic Woman
1975Ellery Queen as Errol Keyes
1975Starsky & Hutch
1975Switch as Marty
1975Fay
1975Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold as Stanly Nagel
1975Death Stalk as Frank Cody
1974Airport 1975 as Bill
1974Rhoda
1974Rhoda as Dr. Henry Gerber
1974Thursday's Game as Melvin Leonard
1973Needles and Pins as Nathan Davidson
1973Charley Varrick as Mr. Garfinkle
1973The Stone Killer as Les Daniels
1973Police Story
1972The Heist as Pat Dillon
1972The Streets of San Francisco
1972The Streets of San Francisco as Juror
1971McMillan & Wife as Allan Kovacs
1971Cannon
1970The Partridge Family as Mr. Bruner
1970Dan August as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1970The Boatniks as Max
1970Catch-22 as First Sgt. Towser
1970McCloud as Lt. Ed Feldman
1969Three's a Crowd as Norman, the Elevator Operator
1969Love, American Style as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis
1969Medical Center
1969If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Harve Blakely
1968Bullitt as Captain Baker
1968The Name of the Game as Winston Polk
1968The Young Runaways as Mr. Donford
1968The Secret War of Harry Frigg as Captain Stanley
1968Sergeant Ryker as Sgt. Max Winkler
1967The Graduate as Mr. McCleery
1967Fitzwilly as Oberblatz
1967Mannix
1967Mannix as Daniel Brewer
1967Judd for the Defense
1967Ghostbreakers as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
1967Ironside
1967Ironside as Lieutenant Haines
1967The Young Warriors as Sgt. Wadley
1967The Invaders as Neal Taft
1966That Girl
1965The F.B.I. as Ted Cullinan
1965The F.B.I. as Ken Haney
1965The F.B.I. as Victor Green
1965The Wild Wild West as Jeremiah Ratch
1965Quick, Before It Melts as George Snell
1964The Hanged Man as Gaylord Grebb
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Mark Slate
1964Bewitched
1964The Killers as Mickey Farmer
1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre as Sgt. Max Winkler
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Eddie Carr
1963Mr. Novak as Barney Sanders
1963The Fugitive as Lieutenant Ed Green
1963The Fugitive as Lieutenant Cermak
1963The Lieutenant
1963PT 109 as Edmund Drewitch
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Al Norman
1962Sam Benedict
1962The Lloyd Bridges Show as Mel Baxter
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961Ben Casey
1961Ben Casey as Manny Berger
1961Dr. Kildare as Dr. Keith Mayes
1961Dr. Kildare as Arnold Vitnack
196187th Precinct as Detective Meyer Meyer
1961Cain's Hundred as Frank Driscoll
1961The Defenders as George Capp
1960The Tom Ewell Show
1960The Tab Hunter Show
1960The Aquanauts as Oliver Pappas
1960Ocean's Eleven as Peter Rheimer
1960The Rat Race as Telephone Repairman
1960Inherit the Wind as WGN Radio Technician
1959The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Dr. Caul
1959What Makes Sammy Run? as Sammy's Brother
1959Johnny Staccato
1959Pork Chop Hill as S/Sgt. Coleman
1958Peter Gunn
1957The Violators as Ray
1957Perry Mason as Caspar Pedley
1956Stanley as Nick
1955Playwrights '56
1954Twelve Angry Men as Juror #1 / Foreman
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Wint Selby
1948Studio One as Juror #1 / Foreman
1948Studio One as Jake