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Norman Fell
Norman Fell

Norman Fell

ActingBorn March 24, 1924Died December 14, 1998 (age 74)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.

Filmography

2011
Underground Entertainment: The Movie

as Norman (archive footage)

Movie
1996Movie
1995
The Naked Truth

as Norman Fell

TV
1995Movie
1993
Hexed

as Herschel Levine

Movie
1992
The Naked Truth

as The Dentist

Movie
1991
For the Boys

as Sam Schiff

Movie
1991
The Boneyard

as Shepard

Movie
1991Movie
1991
With Friends Like These...

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1990TV
1989Movie
1987Movie
1986TV
1986TV
1986
Matlock

as Norman Radburn

TV
1985
Transylvania 6-5000

as Mac Turner

Movie
1984
Crazy like a Fox

as Inspector Peyton

TV
1984
1st & Ten

as Artie

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Vince Shackman

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Lt. Ralph Rupp

TV
1984
The Jesse Owens Story

as Marty Forkins

Movie
1984Movie
1983Movie
1982
Teachers Only

as Principal Ben Cooper

TV
1982Movie
1981
Simon & Simon

as Leo Nyquist

TV
1981
Paternity

as Larry

Movie
1981
On the Right Track

as The Mayor

Movie
1980
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

as Sgt. Charles Wilentz

Movie
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as David Albertson

TV
1980Movie
1980
This Year's Blonde

as Pat Toledo

Movie
1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

as Sgt. Charles Wilentz

Movie
1979
The Ropers

as Stanley Roper

TV
1979TV
1978
The End

as Dr. Samuel Krugman

Movie
1978
Rabbit Test

as Segoynia's Father

Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Bill McCoy

TV
1977
Three's Company

as Stanley Roper

TV
1977
Grizzly Adams

as Mitch Morgan

TV
1976Movie
1976
Charlie's Angels

as Sammy Telford

TV
1976TV
1975
Ellery Queen

as Errol Keyes

TV
1975
Switch

as Marty

TV
1975TV
1975
Death Stalk

as Frank Cody

Movie
1974Movie
1974TV
1974
Rhoda

as Dr. Henry Gerber

TV
1974
Thursday's Game

as Melvin Leonard

Movie
1973
Needles and Pins

as Nathan Davidson

TV
1973
Charley Varrick

as Mr. Garfinkle

Movie
1973
The Stone Killer

as Les Daniels

Movie
1972
The Heist

as Pat Dillon

Movie
1971
McMillan & Wife

as Allan Kovacs

TV
1971TV
1970TV
1970
Dan August

as Sgt. Charles Wilentz

TV
1970Movie
1970
Catch-22

as First Sgt. Towser

Movie
1970
McCloud

as Lt. Ed Feldman

TV
1969
Three's a Crowd

as Norman, the Elevator Operator

Movie
1969
Love, American Style

as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis

TV
1969Movie
1968
Bullitt

as Captain Baker

Movie
1968
The Name of the Game

as Winston Polk

TV
1968
The Young Runaways

as Mr. Donford

Movie
1968Movie
1968
Sergeant Ryker

as Sgt. Max Winkler

Movie
1967
The Graduate

as Mr. McCleery

Movie
1967
Fitzwilly

as Oberblatz

Movie
1967TV
1967
Mannix

as Daniel Brewer

TV
1967
Ghostbreakers

as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain

Movie
1967TV
1967
Ironside

as Lieutenant Haines

TV
1967
The Young Warriors

as Sgt. Wadley

Movie
1967
The Invaders

as Neal Taft

TV
1966TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Ted Cullinan

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Ken Haney

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Victor Green

TV
1965
The Wild Wild West

as Jeremiah Ratch

TV
1965
Quick, Before It Melts

as George Snell

Movie
1964
The Hanged Man

as Gaylord Grebb

Movie
1964TV
1964TV
1964
The Killers

as Mickey Farmer

Movie
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site

Movie
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Sgt. Max Winkler

TV
1963
Mr. Novak

as Barney Sanders

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Lieutenant Ed Green

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Lieutenant Cermak

TV
1963
PT 109

as Edmund Drewitch

Movie
1962TV
1962TV
1961TV
1961
Ben Casey

as Manny Berger

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Keith Mayes

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Arnold Vitnack

TV
1961
87th Precinct

as Detective Meyer Meyer

TV
1961
Cain's Hundred

as Frank Driscoll

TV
1961
The Defenders

as George Capp

TV
1960
The Aquanauts

as Oliver Pappas

TV
1960
Ocean's Eleven

as Peter Rheimer

Movie
1960
The Rat Race

as Telephone Repairman

Movie
1960
Inherit the Wind

as WGN Radio Technician

Movie
1959
What Makes Sammy Run?

as Sammy's Brother

Movie
1959
Pork Chop Hill

as S/Sgt. Coleman

Movie
1957Movie
1957
Perry Mason

as Caspar Pedley

TV
1956
Stanley

as Nick

TV
1954
Twelve Angry Men

as Juror #1 / Foreman

Movie
1951TV
1948
Studio One

as Juror #1 / Foreman

TV
1948
Studio One

as Jake

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 24, 1924
Day of DeathDecember 14, 1998
Place of BirthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity0.8