Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 24, 1924
Died
Dec 14, 1998
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
136 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
Norman (archive footage)
E! True Hollywood Story
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Daryl
The Naked Truth
Norman Fell
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
Grandpa Joe Dooley
Hexed
Herschel Levine
The Naked Truth
The Dentist
The Ben Stiller Show
For the Boys
Sam Schiff
The Boneyard
Shepard
With Friends Like These...
Narrator (voice)
You're Driving Me Crazy
Doctor 'F'
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Landlord
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Tyler
Murphy's Law
Stripped to Kill
Ray
Sledge Hammer!
Doctor
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Norman Fell
Matlock
Norman Radburn
Transylvania 6-5000
Mac Turner
The Twilight Zone
Crazy like a Fox
Inspector Peyton
1st & Ten
Artie
Murder, She Wrote
Vince Shackman
The Jesse Owens Story
Marty Forkins
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Jonesey
Uncommon Valor
Garvin
Matt Houston
Teachers Only
Principal Ben Cooper
Magic with the Stars
Self
Simon & Simon
Leo Nyquist
Paternity
Larry
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
Jack McGuire
On the Right Track
The Mayor
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
Sgt. Charles Wilentz
Magnum, P.I.
David Albertson
For the Love of It
Hall
This Year's Blonde
Pat Toledo
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Sgt. Charles Wilentz
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
Self
The Ropers
Stanley Roper
Roots: The Next Generations
Paul Reynolds
The End
Dr. Samuel Krugman
Rabbit Test
Segoynia's Father
The Love Boat
Bill McCoy
Three's Company
Stanley Roper
Grizzly Adams
Mitch Morgan
Guardian of the Wilderness