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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Perry Mason

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

The Mike Douglas Show

The Love Boat

All Movies (60)

• Underground Entertainment: The Movie2011 · as Norman (archive footage)
• The Destiny of Marty Fine1996 · as Daryl
• Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare1995 · as Grandpa Joe Dooley
• Hexed1993 · as Herschel Levine
• The Naked Truth1992 · as The Dentist
• For the Boys1991 · as Sam Schiff
• The Boneyard1991 · as Shepard
• You're Driving Me Crazy1991 · as Doctor 'F'
• With Friends Like These...1991 · as Narrator (voice)
• Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'1991 · as Self
• C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud1989 · as Tyler
• Stripped to Kill1987 · as Ray
• Transylvania 6-50001985 · as Mac Turner
• The Jesse Owens Story1984 · as Marty Forkins
• Don't Ask Me, Ask God1984 · as Jonesey
• Uncommon Valor1983 · as Garvin
• Magic with the Stars1982 · as Self
• Paternity1981 · as Larry
• The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats1981 · as Jack McGuire
• On the Right Track1981 · as The Mayor
• Dan August: The Jealousy Factor1980 · as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
• For the Love of It1980 · as Hall
• This Year's Blonde1980 · as Pat Toledo
• Dan August: Once Is Never Enough1980 · as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
• Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special1979 · as Self
• The End1978 · as Dr. Samuel Krugman
• Rabbit Test1978 · as Segoynia's Father
• Guardian of the Wilderness1976
• Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours1976 · as Mr. Brockelman
• Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold1975 · as Stanly Nagel
• Death Stalk1975 · as Frank Cody
• Airport 19751974 · as Bill
• Thursday's Game1974 · as Melvin Leonard
• Charley Varrick1973 · as Mr. Garfinkle
• The Stone Killer1973 · as Les Daniels
• The Heist1972 · as Pat Dillon
• The Boatniks1970 · as Max
• Catch-221970 · as First Sgt. Towser
• Three's a Crowd1969 · as Norman, the Elevator Operator
• If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium1969 · as Harve Blakely
• Bullitt1968 · as Captain Baker
• The Young Runaways1968 · as Mr. Donford
• The Secret War of Harry Frigg1968 · as Captain Stanley
• Sergeant Ryker1968 · as Sgt. Max Winkler
• The Graduate1967 · as Mr. McCleery
• Fitzwilly1967 · as Oberblatz
• Ghostbreakers1967 · as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
• The Young Warriors1967 · as Sgt. Wadley
• Quick, Before It Melts1965 · as George Snell
• The Hanged Man1964 · as Gaylord Grebb
• The Killers1964 · as Mickey Farmer
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963 · as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
• PT 1091963 · as Edmund Drewitch
• Ocean's Eleven1960 · as Peter Rheimer
• The Rat Race1960 · as Telephone Repairman
• Inherit the Wind1960 · as WGN Radio Technician
• What Makes Sammy Run?1959 · as Sammy's Brother
• Pork Chop Hill1959 · as S/Sgt. Coleman
• The Violators1957 · as Ray
• Twelve Angry Men1954 · as Juror #1 / Foreman

All TV Shows (88)

• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• The Naked Truth1995 · as Norman Fell
• The Ben Stiller Show1992
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air1990 · as The Landlord
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!1989
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!1989 · as Ted Bull
• Murphy's Law1988
• Sledge Hammer!1986 · as Doctor
• It's Garry Shandling's Show1986 · as Norman Fell
• Matlock1986 · as Norman Radburn
• The Twilight Zone1985
• Crazy like a Fox1984 · as Inspector Peyton
• 1st & Ten1984 · as Artie
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Vince Shackman
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Lt. Ralph Rupp
• Matt Houston1982
• Teachers Only1982 · as Principal Ben Cooper
• Simon & Simon1981 · as Leo Nyquist
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as David Albertson
• The Ropers1979 · as Stanley Roper
• Roots: The Next Generations1979 · as Paul Reynolds
• The Love Boat1977 · as Bill McCoy
• Three's Company1977 · as Stanley Roper
• Grizzly Adams1977 · as Mitch Morgan
• Charlie's Angels1976 · as Sammy Telford
• Rich Man, Poor Man1976 · as Smitty
• The Bionic Woman1976
• Ellery Queen1975 · as Errol Keyes
• Starsky & Hutch1975
• Switch1975 · as Marty
• Fay1975
• Rhoda1974
• Rhoda1974 · as Dr. Henry Gerber
• Needles and Pins1973 · as Nathan Davidson
• Police Story1973
• The Streets of San Francisco1972
• The Streets of San Francisco1972 · as Juror
• McMillan & Wife1971 · as Allan Kovacs
• Cannon1971
• The Partridge Family1970 · as Mr. Bruner
• Dan August1970 · as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
• McCloud1970 · as Lt. Ed Feldman
• Love, American Style1969 · as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis
• Medical Center1969
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Winston Polk
• Mannix1967
• Mannix1967 · as Daniel Brewer
• Judd, for the Defense1967
• Ironside1967
• Ironside1967 · as Lieutenant Haines
• The Invaders1967 · as Neal Taft
• That Girl1966
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Ted Cullinan
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Ken Haney
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Victor Green
• The Wild Wild West1965 · as Jeremiah Ratch
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Mark Slate
• Bewitched1964
• Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Sgt. Max Winkler
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Eddie Carr
• Mr. Novak1963 · as Barney Sanders
• The Fugitive1963 · as Lieutenant Ed Green
• The Fugitive1963 · as Lieutenant Cermak
• The Lieutenant1963
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Al Norman
• Sam Benedict1962
• The Lloyd Bridges Show1962 · as Mel Baxter
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Ben Casey1961
• Ben Casey1961 · as Manny Berger
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Keith Mayes
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Arnold Vitnack
• 87th Precinct1961 · as Detective Meyer Meyer
• Cain's Hundred1961 · as Frank Driscoll
• The Defenders1961 · as George Capp
• The Tom Ewell Show1960
• The Tab Hunter Show1960
• The Aquanauts1960 · as Oliver Pappas
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis1959 · as Dr. Caul
• Johnny Staccato1959
• Peter Gunn1958
• Perry Mason1957 · as Caspar Pedley
• Stanley1956 · as Nick
• Playwrights '561955
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Wint Selby
• Studio One1948 · as Juror #1 / Foreman
• Studio One1948 · as Jake