Norman Fell
Acting • Born 1924-03-24 – Died 1998-12-14
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
148 credits
Ocean's Eleven
Movie • 1960
Peter Rheimer
Bullitt
Movie • 1968
Captain Baker
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
Movie • 1975
Stanly Nagel
Rabbit Test
Movie • 1978
Segoynia's Father
The Heist
Movie • 1972
Pat Dillon
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie • 1963
Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
The Killers
Movie • 1964
Mickey Farmer
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
Movie • 1980
Sgt. Charles Wilentz
The Stone Killer
Movie • 1973
Les Daniels
Charley Varrick
Movie • 1973
Mr. Garfinkle
Stripped to Kill
Movie • 1987
Ray
PT 109
Movie • 1963
Edmund Drewitch
Airport 1975
Movie • 1974
Bill
The End
Movie • 1978
Dr. Samuel Krugman
The Boatniks
Movie • 1970
Max
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Movie • 1976
Mr. Brockelman
Pork Chop Hill
Movie • 1959
S/Sgt. Coleman
The Graduate
Movie • 1967
Mr. McCleery
On the Right Track
Movie • 1981
The Mayor
You're Driving Me Crazy
Movie • 1991
Doctor 'F'
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Movie • 1989
Tyler
Paternity
Movie • 1981
Larry
The Boneyard
Movie • 1991
Shepard
The Hanged Man
Movie • 1964
Gaylord Grebb
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
Movie • 1981
Jack McGuire
The Rat Race
Movie • 1960
Telephone Repairman
Thursday's Game
Movie • 1974
Melvin Leonard
The Naked Truth
Movie • 1992
The Dentist
Magic with the Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Death Stalk
Movie • 1975
Frank Cody
Three's a Crowd
Movie • 1969
Norman, the Elevator Operator
The Young Runaways
Movie • 1968
Mr. Donford
For the Love of It
Movie • 1980
Hall
Ghostbreakers
Movie • 1967
Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
The Jesse Owens Story
Movie • 1984
Marty Forkins
Fitzwilly
Movie • 1967
Oberblatz
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Movie • 1984
Jonesey
Uncommon Valor
Movie • 1983
Garvin
Inherit the Wind
Movie • 1960
WGN Radio Technician
The Violators
Movie • 1957
Ray
With Friends Like These...
Movie • 1991
Narrator (voice)
Twelve Angry Men
Movie • 1954
Juror #1 / Foreman
Catch-22
Movie • 1970
First Sgt. Towser
Hexed
Movie • 1993
Herschel Levine
Sergeant Ryker
Movie • 1968
Sgt. Max Winkler
This Year's Blonde
Movie • 1980
Pat Toledo
Guardian of the Wilderness
Movie • 1976
Quick, Before It Melts
Movie • 1965
George Snell
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
Movie • 1995
Grandpa Joe Dooley
Transylvania 6-5000
Movie • 1985
Mac Turner
What Makes Sammy Run?
Movie • 1959
Sammy's Brother
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Movie • 1991
Self
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
Movie • 1979
Self
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Movie • 1980
Sgt. Charles Wilentz
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Movie • 1996
Daryl
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
Movie • 1968
Captain Stanley
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Movie • 1969
Harve Blakely
For the Boys
Movie • 1991
Sam Schiff
The Young Warriors
Movie • 1967
Sgt. Wadley
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
Movie • 2011
Norman (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Vince Shackman
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
David Albertson
The Ben Stiller Show
TV • 1992
Sledge Hammer!
TV • 1986
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Frank Driscoll
Rhoda
TV • 1974
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Sgt. Max Winkler
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Ted Cullinan
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Bill McCoy
The Bionic Woman
TV • 1976
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV • 1990
The Landlord
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
That Girl
TV • 1966
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Sammy Telford
Mannix
TV • 1967
The Ropers
TV • 1979
Stanley Roper
Three's Company
TV • 1977
Stanley Roper
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Caspar Pedley
Studio One
TV • 1948
Juror #1 / Foreman
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Cannon
TV • 1971
Johnny Staccato
TV • 1959
Ironside
TV • 1967
Crazy like a Fox
TV • 1984
Inspector Peyton
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Lieutenant Ed Green
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Detective Meyer Meyer
Sam Benedict
TV • 1962
Police Story
TV • 1973
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Lieutenant Cermak
Switch
TV • 1975
Marty
Dan August
TV • 1970
Sgt. Charles Wilentz
The Aquanauts
TV • 1960
Oliver Pappas
Peter Gunn
TV • 1958
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Fay
TV • 1975
Mr. Novak
TV • 1963
Barney Sanders
Needles and Pins
TV • 1973
Nathan Davidson
The Lieutenant
TV • 1963
Playwrights '56
TV • 1955
Murphy's Law
TV • 1988
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Keith Mayes
The Defenders
TV • 1961
George Capp
Teachers Only
TV • 1982
Principal Ben Cooper
The Tom Ewell Show
TV • 1960
The Wild Wild West
TV • 1965
Jeremiah Ratch
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Wint Selby
The Tab Hunter Show
TV • 1960
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Arnold Vitnack
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Ken Haney
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Victor Green
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
Allan Kovacs
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
TV • 1989
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Winston Polk
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
TV • 1989
Ted Bull
Studio One
TV • 1948
Jake
1st & Ten
TV • 1984
Artie
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Jack 'J.K.' Lewis
Stanley
TV • 1956
Nick
Matlock
TV • 1986
Norman Radburn
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Juror
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Neal Taft
The Lloyd Bridges Show
TV • 1962
Mel Baxter
The Naked Truth
TV • 1995
Norman Fell
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Lt. Ralph Rupp
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Al Norman
Rich Man, Poor Man
TV • 1976
Smitty
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV • 1959
Dr. Caul
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Eddie Carr
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
Errol Keyes
Mannix
TV • 1967
Daniel Brewer
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Mark Slate
Rhoda
TV • 1974
Dr. Henry Gerber
It's Garry Shandling's Show
TV • 1986
Norman Fell
Grizzly Adams
TV • 1977
Mitch Morgan
Ironside
TV • 1967
Lieutenant Haines
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Manny Berger
Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Paul Reynolds
The Partridge Family
TV • 1970
Mr. Bruner
McCloud
TV • 1970
Lt. Ed Feldman