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