Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born March 24, 1924
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.
MovieUnderground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
as Norman (archive footage)
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieThe Destiny of Marty Fine
1996
as Daryl
TVThe Naked Truth
1995
as Norman Fell
MovieFamily Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
1995
as Grandpa Joe Dooley
MovieHexed
1993
as Herschel Levine
MovieThe Naked Truth
1992
as The Dentist
TVThe Ben Stiller Show
1992
MovieFor the Boys
1991
as Sam Schiff
MovieThe Boneyard
1991
as Shepard
You're Driving Me Crazy
1991
as Doctor 'F'
With Friends Like These...
1991
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSomething a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
as Self
TVThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
as The Landlord
TVThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
MovieC.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989
as Tyler
TVMurphy's Law
1988
MovieStripped to Kill
1987
as Ray
TVSledge Hammer!
1986
as Doctor
TVIt's Garry Shandling's Show
1986
as Norman Fell
TVMatlock
1986
as Norman Radburn
MovieTransylvania 6-5000
1985
as Mac Turner
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
TVCrazy like a Fox
1984
as Inspector Peyton
TV1st & Ten
1984
as Artie
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Vince Shackman
MovieThe Jesse Owens Story
1984
as Marty Forkins
MovieDon't Ask Me, Ask God
1984
as Jonesey
MovieUncommon Valor
1983
as Garvin
TVMatt Houston
1982
TVTeachers Only
1982
as Principal Ben Cooper
MovieMagic with the Stars
1982
as Self
TVSimon & Simon
1981
as Leo Nyquist
MoviePaternity
1981
as Larry
MovieThe Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1981
as Jack McGuire
MovieOn the Right Track
1981
as The Mayor
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1980
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as David Albertson
MovieFor the Love of It
1980
as Hall
MovieThis Year's Blonde
1980
as Pat Toledo
MovieDan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
MoviePat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
1979
as Self
TVThe Ropers
1979
as Stanley Roper
TVRoots: The Next Generations
1979
as Paul Reynolds
MovieThe End
1978
as Dr. Samuel Krugman
MovieRabbit Test
1978
as Segoynia's Father
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Bill McCoy
TVThree's Company
1977
as Stanley Roper
TVGrizzly Adams
1977
as Mitch Morgan
MovieGuardian of the Wilderness
1976
MovieRichie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976
as Mr. Brockelman
TVCharlie's Angels
1976
as Sammy Telford
TVRich Man, Poor Man
1976
as Smitty
TVThe Bionic Woman
1976
TVEllery Queen
1975
as Errol Keyes
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
TVSwitch
1975
as Marty
Fay
1975
MovieCleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
1975
as Stanly Nagel
MovieDeath Stalk
1975
as Frank Cody
MovieAirport 1975
1974
as Bill
TVRhoda
1974
MovieThursday's Game
1974
as Melvin Leonard
Needles and Pins
1973
as Nathan Davidson
MovieCharley Varrick
1973
as Mr. Garfinkle
MovieThe Stone Killer
1973
as Les Daniels
TVPolice Story
1973
MovieThe Heist
1972
as Pat Dillon
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
TVMcMillan & Wife
1971
as Allan Kovacs
TVCannon
1971
TVThe Partridge Family
1970
as Mr. Bruner
TVDan August
1970
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
MovieThe Boatniks
1970
as Max
MovieCatch-22
1970
as First Sgt. Towser
TVMcCloud
1970
as Lt. Ed Feldman
MovieThree's a Crowd
1969
as Norman, the Elevator Operator
TVLove, American Style
1969
as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis
TVMedical Center
1969
MovieIf It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Harve Blakely
MovieBullitt
1968
as Captain Baker
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Winston Polk
MovieThe Young Runaways
1968
as Mr. Donford
MovieThe Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968
as Captain Stanley
MovieSergeant Ryker
1968
as Sgt. Max Winkler
MovieThe Graduate
1967
as Mr. McCleery
MovieFitzwilly
1967
as Oberblatz
TVMannix
1967
MovieGhostbreakers
1967
as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
TVJudd, for the Defense
1967
TVIronside
1967
MovieThe Young Warriors
1967
as Sgt. Wadley
TVThe Invaders
1967
as Neal Taft
TVThat Girl
1966
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Ted Cullinan
TVThe Wild Wild West
1965
as Jeremiah Ratch
MovieQuick, Before It Melts
1965
as George Snell
MovieThe Hanged Man
1964
as Gaylord Grebb
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Mark Slate
TVBewitched
1964
MovieThe Killers
1964
as Mickey Farmer
MovieIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Sgt. Max Winkler
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Eddie Carr
TVMr. Novak
1963
as Barney Sanders
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Lieutenant Ed Green
TVThe Lieutenant
1963
MoviePT 109
1963
as Edmund Drewitch
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Al Norman
TVSam Benedict
1962
TVThe Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
as Mel Baxter
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVBen Casey
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Keith Mayes
TV87th Precinct
1961
as Detective Meyer Meyer
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Frank Driscoll
TVThe Defenders
1961
as George Capp
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
TVThe Tab Hunter Show
1960
TVThe Aquanauts
1960
as Oliver Pappas
MovieOcean's Eleven
1960
as Peter Rheimer
MovieThe Rat Race
1960
as Telephone Repairman
MovieInherit the Wind
1960
as WGN Radio Technician
TVThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
as Dr. Caul
MovieWhat Makes Sammy Run?
1959
as Sammy's Brother
TVJohnny Staccato
1959
MoviePork Chop Hill
1959
as S/Sgt. Coleman
TVPeter Gunn
1958
MovieThe Violators
1957
as Ray
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Caspar Pedley
TVStanley
1956
as Nick
Playwrights '56
1955
MovieTwelve Angry Men
1954
as Juror #1 / Foreman
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Wint Selby
TVStudio One
1948
as Juror #1 / Foreman
