Norman Fell
Acting
1924-03-24 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011 · Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996 · Movie
The Naked Truth
1995 · Series
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
1995 · Movie
Hexed
1993 · Movie
The Naked Truth
1992 · Movie
The Ben Stiller Show
1992 · Series
For the Boys
1991 · Movie
The Boneyard
1991 · Movie
You're Driving Me Crazy
1991 · Movie
With Friends Like These...
1991 · Movie
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991 · Movie
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990 · Series
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989 · Series
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989 · Movie
Murphy's Law
1988 · Series
Stripped to Kill
1987 · Movie
Sledge Hammer!
1986 · Series
It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986 · Series
Matlock
1986 · Series
Transylvania 6-5000
1985 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
Crazy like a Fox
1984 · Series
1st & Ten
1984 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
The Jesse Owens Story
1984 · Movie
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984 · Movie
Uncommon Valor
1983 · Movie
Matt Houston
1982 · Series
Teachers Only
1982 · Series
Magic with the Stars
1982 · Movie
Simon & Simon
1981 · Series
Paternity
1981 · Movie
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1981 · Movie
On the Right Track
1981 · Movie
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1980 · Movie
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Series
For the Love of It
1980 · Movie
This Year's Blonde
1980 · Movie
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980 · Movie
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
1979 · Movie
The Ropers
1979 · Series
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Series
The End
1978 · Movie
Rabbit Test
1978 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Three's Company
1977 · Series
Grizzly Adams
1977 · Series
Guardian of the Wilderness
1976 · Movie
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976 · Movie
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Series
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976 · Series
The Bionic Woman
1976 · Series
Ellery Queen
1975 · Series
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Series
Switch
1975 · Series
Fay
1975 · Series
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
1975 · Movie
Death Stalk
1975 · Movie
Airport 1975
1974 · Movie
Rhoda
1974 · Series
Thursday's Game
1974 · Movie
Needles and Pins
1973 · Series
Charley Varrick
1973 · Movie
The Stone Killer
1973 · Movie
Police Story
1973 · Series
The Heist
1972 · Movie
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Series
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Series
Cannon
1971 · Series
The Partridge Family
1970 · Series
Dan August
1970 · Series
The Boatniks
1970 · Movie
Catch-22
1970 · Movie
McCloud
1970 · Series
Three's a Crowd
1969 · Movie
Love, American Style
1969 · Series
Medical Center
1969 · Series
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969 · Movie
Bullitt
1968 · Movie
The Name of the Game
1968 · Series
The Young Runaways
1968 · Movie
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968 · Movie
Sergeant Ryker
1968 · Movie
The Graduate
1967 · Movie
Fitzwilly
1967 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Judd, for the Defense
1967 · Series
Ghostbreakers
1967 · Movie
Ironside
1967 · Series
The Young Warriors
1967 · Movie
The Invaders
1967 · Series
That Girl
1966 · Series
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Series
Quick, Before It Melts
1965 · Movie
The Hanged Man
1964 · Movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
Bewitched
1964 · Series
The Killers
1964 · Movie
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Movie
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Series
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
Mr. Novak
1963 · Series
The Fugitive
1963 · Series
The Lieutenant
1963 · Series
PT 109
1963 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
Sam Benedict
1962 · Series
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
87th Precinct
1961 · Series
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Series
The Defenders
1961 · Series
The Tom Ewell Show
1960 · Series
The Tab Hunter Show
1960 · Series
The Aquanauts
1960 · Series
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · Movie
The Rat Race
1960 · Movie
Inherit the Wind
1960 · Movie
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · Series
What Makes Sammy Run?
1959 · Movie
Johnny Staccato
1959 · Series
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · Movie
Peter Gunn
1958 · Series
The Violators
1957 · Movie
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Stanley
1956 · Series
Playwrights '56
1955 · Series
Twelve Angry Men
1954 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Studio One
1948 · Series