Actor
· Acting
Norman Fell
Born 1924-03-24
Died 1998-12-14
📍 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography 140
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
as Norman (archive footage)
2011
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Destiny of Marty Fine
as Daryl
1996
The Naked Truth
as Norman Fell
1995
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
as Grandpa Joe Dooley
1995
Hexed
as Herschel Levine
1993
The Naked Truth
as The Dentist
1992
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
For the Boys
as Sam Schiff
1991
The Boneyard
as Shepard
1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self
1991
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as The Landlord
1990
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
as Ted Bull
1989
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Tyler
1989
Murphy's Law
1988
Stripped to Kill
as Ray
1987
Sledge Hammer!
1986
It's Garry Shandling's Show
as Norman Fell
1986
Matlock
as Norman Radburn
1986
Transylvania 6-5000
as Mac Turner
1985
The Twilight Zone
1985
Crazy like a Fox
as Inspector Peyton
1984
1st & Ten
as Artie
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Vince Shackman
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Ralph Rupp
1984
The Jesse Owens Story
as Marty Forkins
1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
as Jonesey
1984
Uncommon Valor
as Garvin
1983
Matt Houston
1982
Teachers Only
as Principal Ben Cooper
1982
Magic with the Stars
as Self
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
Paternity
as Larry
1981
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
as Jack McGuire
1981
On the Right Track
as The Mayor
1981
Magnum, P.I.
as David Albertson
1980
For the Love of It
as Hall
1980
This Year's Blonde
as Pat Toledo
1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1980
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
as Self
1979
The Ropers
as Stanley Roper
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
as Paul Reynolds
1979
The End
as Dr. Samuel Krugman
1978
Rabbit Test
as Segoynia's Father
1978
The Love Boat
as Bill McCoy
1977
Three's Company
as Stanley Roper
1977
Grizzly Adams
as Mitch Morgan
1977
Guardian of the Wilderness
1976
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
as Mr. Brockelman
1976
Charlie's Angels
as Sammy Telford
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man
as Smitty
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Ellery Queen
as Errol Keyes
1975
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Switch
as Marty
1975
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
as Stanly Nagel
1975
Death Stalk
as Frank Cody
1975
Airport 1975
as Bill
1974
Rhoda
1974
Rhoda
as Dr. Henry Gerber
1974
Thursday's Game
as Melvin Leonard
1974
Charley Varrick
as Mr. Garfinkle
1973
The Stone Killer
as Les Daniels
1973
Police Story
1973
The Heist
as Pat Dillon
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
as Juror
1972
McMillan & Wife
as Allan Kovacs
1971
Cannon
1971
The Partridge Family
as Mr. Bruner
1970
Dan August
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1970
The Boatniks
as Max
1970
Catch-22
as First Sgt. Towser
1970
McCloud
as Lt. Ed Feldman
1970
Three's a Crowd
as Norman, the Elevator Operator
1969
Love, American Style
as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis
1969
Medical Center
1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Harve Blakely
1969
Bullitt
as Captain Baker
1968
The Name of the Game
as Winston Polk
1968
The Young Runaways
as Mr. Donford
1968
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
as Captain Stanley
1968
Sergeant Ryker
as Sgt. Max Winkler
1968
The Graduate
as Mr. McCleery
1967
Fitzwilly
as Oberblatz
1967
Mannix
1967
Mannix
as Daniel Brewer
1967
Ghostbreakers
as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Ironside
1967
Ironside
as Lieutenant Haines
1967
The Young Warriors
as Sgt. Wadley
1967
The Invaders
as Neal Taft
1967
That Girl
1966
The F.B.I.
as Ted Cullinan
1965
The F.B.I.
as Ken Haney
1965
The F.B.I.
as Victor Green
1965
The Wild Wild West
as Jeremiah Ratch
1965
Quick, Before It Melts
as George Snell
1965
The Hanged Man
as Gaylord Grebb
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Mark Slate
1964
Bewitched
1964
The Killers
as Mickey Farmer
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Sgt. Max Winkler
1963
Mr. Novak
as Barney Sanders
1963
The Fugitive
as Lieutenant Ed Green
1963
The Fugitive
as Lieutenant Cermak
1963
The Lieutenant
1963
PT 109
as Edmund Drewitch
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Al Norman
1962
Sam Benedict
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Mel Baxter
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Ben Casey
as Manny Berger
1961
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Keith Mayes
1961
Dr. Kildare
as Arnold Vitnack
1961
87th Precinct
as Detective Meyer Meyer
1961
Cain's Hundred
as Frank Driscoll
1961
The Defenders
as George Capp
1961
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
The Aquanauts
as Oliver Pappas
1960
Ocean's Eleven
as Peter Rheimer
1960
The Rat Race
as Telephone Repairman
1960
Inherit the Wind
as WGN Radio Technician
1960
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Dr. Caul
1959
What Makes Sammy Run?
as Sammy's Brother
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
Pork Chop Hill
as S/Sgt. Coleman
1959
Peter Gunn
1958
The Violators
as Ray
1957
Perry Mason
as Caspar Pedley
1957
Stanley
as Nick
1956
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #1 / Foreman
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Wint Selby
1951
Studio One
as Juror #1 / Foreman
1948
Studio One
as Jake
1948