Norman Fell
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.
Movies (57)
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
1995
Hexed
1993
The Naked Truth
1992
For the Boys
1991
The Boneyard
1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989
Stripped to Kill
1987
Transylvania 6-5000
1985
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984
Uncommon Valor
1983
Magic with the Stars
1982
Paternity
1981
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1981
On the Right Track
1981
For the Love of It
1980
This Year's Blonde
1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
1979
The End
1978
Rabbit Test
1978
Guardian of the Wilderness
1976
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
1975
Death Stalk
1975
Airport 1975
1974
Thursday's Game
1974
Charley Varrick
1973
The Stone Killer
1973
The Heist
1972
The Boatniks
1970
Catch-22
1970
Three's a Crowd
1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
Bullitt
1968
The Young Runaways
1968
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968
Sergeant Ryker
1968
The Graduate
1967
Fitzwilly
1967
Ghostbreakers
1967
The Young Warriors
1967
Quick, Before It Melts
1965
The Hanged Man
1964
The Killers
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
PT 109
1963
Ocean's Eleven
1960
The Rat Race
1960
Inherit the Wind
1960
What Makes Sammy Run?
1959
Pork Chop Hill
1959
The Violators
1957
Twelve Angry Men
1954
TV Shows (83)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Naked Truth
1995
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
Murphy's Law
1988
Sledge Hammer!
1986
It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986
Matlock
1986
The Twilight Zone
1985
Crazy like a Fox
1984
1st & Ten
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Matt Houston
1982
Teachers Only
1982
Simon & Simon
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980
The Ropers
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Love Boat
1977
Three's Company
1977
Grizzly Adams
1977
Charlie's Angels
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Ellery Queen
1975
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Switch
1975
Rhoda
1974
Rhoda
1974
Police Story
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
McMillan & Wife
1971
Cannon
1971
The Partridge Family
1970
Dan August
1970
McCloud
1970
Love, American Style
1969
Medical Center
1969
The Name of the Game
1968
Mannix
1967
Mannix
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Ironside
1967
Ironside
1967
The Invaders
1967
That Girl
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The F.B.I.
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Bewitched
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Mr. Novak
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Lieutenant
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Sam Benedict
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
87th Precinct
1961
Cain's Hundred
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
The Aquanauts
1960
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Johnny Staccato
1959
Peter Gunn
1958
Perry Mason
1957
Stanley
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Studio One
1948
Studio One
1948