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Name
Norman Fell

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1924-03-24

Deathday
1998-12-14 (74 years old)

Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1960 Ocean's Eleven as Peter Rheimer
1968 Bullitt as Captain Baker
1975 Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold as Stanly Nagel
1978 Rabbit Test as Segoynia's Father
1972 The Heist as Pat Dillon
1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
1964 The Killers as Mickey Farmer
1980 Dan August: The Jealousy Factor as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1973 The Stone Killer as Les Daniels
1973 Charley Varrick as Mr. Garfinkle
1987 Stripped to Kill as Ray
1963 PT 109 as Edmund Drewitch
1974 Airport 1975 as Bill
1978 The End as Dr. Samuel Krugman
1970 The Boatniks as Max
1976 Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours as Mr. Brockelman
1959 Pork Chop Hill as S/Sgt. Coleman
1967 The Graduate as Mr. McCleery
1981 On the Right Track as The Mayor
1991 You're Driving Me Crazy as Doctor 'F'
1989 C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud as Tyler
1981 Paternity as Larry
1991 The Boneyard as Shepard
1964 The Hanged Man as Gaylord Grebb
1981 The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats as Jack McGuire
1960 The Rat Race as Telephone Repairman
1974 Thursday's Game as Melvin Leonard
1992 The Naked Truth as The Dentist
1982 Magic with the Stars as Self
1975 Death Stalk as Frank Cody
1969 Three's a Crowd as Norman, the Elevator Operator
1968 The Young Runaways as Mr. Donford
1980 For the Love of It as Hall
1967 Ghostbreakers as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
1984 The Jesse Owens Story as Marty Forkins
1967 Fitzwilly as Oberblatz
1984 Don't Ask Me, Ask God as Jonesey
1983 Uncommon Valor as Garvin
1960 Inherit the Wind as WGN Radio Technician
1957 The Violators as Ray
1991 With Friends Like These... as Narrator (voice)
1954 Twelve Angry Men as Juror #1 / Foreman
1970 Catch-22 as First Sgt. Towser
1993 Hexed as Herschel Levine
1968 Sergeant Ryker as Sgt. Max Winkler
1980 This Year's Blonde as Pat Toledo
1976 Guardian of the Wilderness
1965 Quick, Before It Melts as George Snell
1995 Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare as Grandpa Joe Dooley
1985 Transylvania 6-5000 as Mac Turner
1959 What Makes Sammy Run? as Sammy's Brother
1991 Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' as Self
1979 Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special as Self
1980 Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1996 The Destiny of Marty Fine as Daryl
1968 The Secret War of Harry Frigg as Captain Stanley
1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Harve Blakely
1991 For the Boys as Sam Schiff
1967 The Young Warriors as Sgt. Wadley
2011 Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Norman (archive footage)

1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Vince Shackman
1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as David Albertson
1992 The Ben Stiller Show ( 1 episode )
1986 Sledge Hammer! ( 1 episode ) as Doctor
1961 Cain's Hundred ( 1 episode ) as Frank Driscoll
1974 Rhoda ( 1 episode )
1975 Starsky & Hutch ( 1 episode )
1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre ( 2 episodes ) as Sgt. Max Winkler
1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Ted Cullinan
1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Bill McCoy
1976 The Bionic Woman ( 1 episode )
1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ( 1 episode ) as The Landlord
1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode )
1966 That Girl ( 1 episode )
1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 1 episode )
1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
1976 Charlie's Angels ( 2 episodes ) as Sammy Telford
1967 Mannix ( 1 episode )
1979 The Ropers ( 28 episodes ) as Stanley Roper
1977 Three's Company ( 76 episodes ) as Stanley Roper
1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode )
1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Caspar Pedley
1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Juror #1 / Foreman
1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode )
1971 Cannon ( 1 episode )
1959 Johnny Staccato ( 1 episode )
1967 Ironside ( 1 episode )
1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Lieutenant Ed Green
1984 Crazy like a Fox ( 2 episodes ) as Inspector Peyton
1961 87th Precinct ( 30 episodes ) as Detective Meyer Meyer
1962 Sam Benedict ( 1 episode )
1973 Police Story ( 2 episodes )
1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Lieutenant Cermak
1975 Switch ( 1 episode ) as Marty
1970 Dan August ( 26 episodes ) as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1958 Peter Gunn ( 1 episode )
1960 The Aquanauts ( 1 episode ) as Oliver Pappas
1982 Matt Houston ( 1 episode )
1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
1961 Ben Casey ( 1 episode )
1963 Mr. Novak ( 1 episode ) as Barney Sanders
1975 Fay ( 1 episode )
1973 Needles and Pins ( 14 episodes ) as Nathan Davidson
1963 The Lieutenant ( 1 episode )
1955 Playwrights '56 ( 1 episode )
1988 Murphy's Law ( 1 episode )
1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Keith Mayes
1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as George Capp
1982 Teachers Only ( 21 episodes ) as Principal Ben Cooper
1960 The Tom Ewell Show ( 1 episode )
1965 The Wild Wild West ( 1 episode ) as Jeremiah Ratch
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Wint Selby
1960 The Tab Hunter Show ( 1 episode )
1961 Dr. Kildare ( 4 episodes ) as Arnold Vitnack
1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Ken Haney
1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Victor Green
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 9 episodes ) as Self
1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1971 McMillan & Wife ( 1 episode ) as Allan Kovacs
1989 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ( 1 episode )
1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Winston Polk
1989 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! ( 1 episode ) as Ted Bull
1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Jake
1984 1st & Ten ( 1 episode ) as Artie
1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis
1956 Stanley ( 6 episodes ) as Nick
1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Norman Radburn
1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 1 episode ) as Juror
1967 The Invaders ( 1 episode ) as Neal Taft
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show ( 1 episode ) as Mel Baxter
1995 The Naked Truth ( 1 episode ) as Norman Fell
1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Ralph Rupp
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Al Norman
1976 Rich Man, Poor Man ( 12 episodes ) as Smitty
1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Caul
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Eddie Carr
1975 Ellery Queen ( 1 episode ) as Errol Keyes
1967 Mannix ( 1 episode ) as Daniel Brewer
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ( 1 episode ) as Mark Slate
1974 Rhoda ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Henry Gerber
1986 It's Garry Shandling's Show ( 1 episode ) as Norman Fell
1977 Grizzly Adams ( 1 episode ) as Mitch Morgan
1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Lieutenant Haines
1961 Ben Casey ( 1 episode ) as Manny Berger
1979 Roots: The Next Generations ( 1 episode ) as Paul Reynolds
1970 The Partridge Family ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Bruner
1970 McCloud ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Ed Feldman
1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode ) as Leo Nyquist

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