Norman Fell
Born March 24, 1924 · 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.
Movies
The Graduate
Bullitt
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Ocean's Eleven
Catch-22
Inherit the Wind
Airport 1975
For the Boys
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Charley Varrick
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
The End
The Killers
Fitzwilly
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
The Rat Race
Pork Chop Hill
The Stone Killer
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Three's a Crowd
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Paternity
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Transylvania 6-5000
This Year's Blonde
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Hexed
PT 109
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
Rabbit Test
Sergeant Ryker
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
For the Love of It
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
The Boneyard
The Boatniks
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
The Hanged Man
Ghostbreakers
The Jesse Owens Story
Magic with the Stars
Stripped to Kill
Quick, Before It Melts
Thursday's Game
On the Right Track
Guardian of the Wilderness
The Naked Truth
Death Stalk
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
What Makes Sammy Run?
The Heist
Uncommon Valor
The Young Warriors
The Violators
The Young Runaways
Twelve Angry Men
TV Shows
Murder, She Wrote
Magnum, P.I.
Ironside
Dr. Kildare
Love, American Style
The Fugitive
Mannix
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Bewitched
Matlock
The Name of the Game
The Defenders
Cannon
Studio One
Charlie's Angels
The F.B.I.
The Twilight Zone
Matt Houston
Simon & Simon
The Partridge Family
The Wild Wild West
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Three's Company
Ben Casey
Starsky & Hutch
Medical Center
The Invaders
The Streets of San Francisco
Judd, for the Defense
McCloud
Peter Gunn
The Bionic Woman
Crazy like a Fox
Rhoda
Switch
That Girl
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Police Story
Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Ellery Queen
Mr. Novak
McMillan & Wife
The Naked Truth
Sledge Hammer!
Grizzly Adams
Cain's Hundred
87th Precinct
Sam Benedict
1st & Ten
It's Garry Shandling's Show
The Tab Hunter Show
Roots: The Next Generations
The Ben Stiller Show
The Lloyd Bridges Show
