Acting

Norman Fell

Born 1924-03-24 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 1998-12-14

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.

Credits

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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
You're Driving Me Crazy
as Doctor 'F'
1991
With Friends Like These...
as Narrator (voice)
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!
as Doctor
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
as Leo Nyquist
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
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1980
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
Fay
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
Needles and Pins
as Nathan Davidson
1973
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