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