Norman Fell
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.
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Movies (60)
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011 · Norman (archive footage)
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996 · Daryl
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
1995 · Grandpa Joe Dooley
Hexed
1993 · Herschel Levine
The Naked Truth
1992 · The Dentist
For the Boys
1991 · Sam Schiff
The Boneyard
1991 · Shepard
You're Driving Me Crazy
1991 · Doctor 'F'
With Friends Like These...
1991 · Narrator (voice)
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991 · Self
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989 · Tyler
Stripped to Kill
1987 · Ray
Transylvania 6-5000
1985 · Mac Turner
The Jesse Owens Story
1984 · Marty Forkins
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984 · Jonesey
Uncommon Valor
1983 · Garvin
Magic with the Stars
1982 · Self
Paternity
1981 · Larry
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1981 · Jack McGuire
On the Right Track
1981 · The Mayor
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1980 · Sgt. Charles Wilentz
For the Love of It
1980 · Hall
This Year's Blonde
1980 · Pat Toledo
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980 · Sgt. Charles Wilentz
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
1979 · Self
The End
1978 · Dr. Samuel Krugman
Rabbit Test
1978 · Segoynia's Father
Guardian of the Wilderness
1976
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976 · Mr. Brockelman
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
1975 · Stanly Nagel
Death Stalk
1975 · Frank Cody
Airport 1975
1974 · Bill
Thursday's Game
1974 · Melvin Leonard
Charley Varrick
1973 · Mr. Garfinkle
The Stone Killer
1973 · Les Daniels
The Heist
1972 · Pat Dillon
The Boatniks
1970 · Max
Catch-22
1970 · First Sgt. Towser
Three's a Crowd
1969 · Norman, the Elevator Operator
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969 · Harve Blakely
Bullitt
1968 · Captain Baker
The Young Runaways
1968 · Mr. Donford
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968 · Captain Stanley
Sergeant Ryker
1968 · Sgt. Max Winkler
The Graduate
1967 · Mr. McCleery
Fitzwilly
1967 · Oberblatz
Ghostbreakers
1967 · Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
The Young Warriors
1967 · Sgt. Wadley
Quick, Before It Melts
1965 · George Snell
The Hanged Man
1964 · Gaylord Grebb
The Killers
1964 · Mickey Farmer
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
PT 109
1963 · Edmund Drewitch
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · Peter Rheimer
The Rat Race
1960 · Telephone Repairman
Inherit the Wind
1960 · WGN Radio Technician
What Makes Sammy Run?
1959 · Sammy's Brother
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · S/Sgt. Coleman
The Violators
1957 · Ray
Twelve Angry Men
1954 · Juror #1 / Foreman
TV shows (76)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Naked Truth
1995 · Norman Fell
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990 · The Landlord
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989 · Ted Bull
Murphy's Law
1988
Sledge Hammer!
1986 · Doctor
It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986 · Norman Fell
Matlock
1986 · Norman Radburn
The Twilight Zone
1985
Crazy like a Fox
1984 · Inspector Peyton
1st & Ten
1984 · Artie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Vince Shackman, Lt. Ralph Rupp
Matt Houston
1982
Teachers Only
1982 · Principal Ben Cooper
Simon & Simon
1981 · Leo Nyquist
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · David Albertson
The Ropers
1979 · Stanley Roper
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Paul Reynolds
The Love Boat
1977 · Bill McCoy
Three's Company
1977 · Stanley Roper
Grizzly Adams
1977 · Mitch Morgan
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Sammy Telford
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976 · Smitty
The Bionic Woman
1976
Ellery Queen
1975 · Errol Keyes
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Switch
1975 · Marty
Fay
1975
Rhoda
1974 · Dr. Henry Gerber
Needles and Pins
1973 · Nathan Davidson
Police Story
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Juror
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Allan Kovacs
Cannon
1971
The Partridge Family
1970 · Mr. Bruner
Dan August
1970 · Sgt. Charles Wilentz
McCloud
1970 · Lt. Ed Feldman
Love, American Style
1969 · Jack 'J.K.' Lewis
Medical Center
1969
The Name of the Game
1968 · Winston Polk
Mannix
1967 · Daniel Brewer
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Ironside
1967 · Lieutenant Haines
The Invaders
1967 · Neal Taft
That Girl
1966
The F.B.I.
1965 · Ted Cullinan, Ken Haney, Victor Green
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Jeremiah Ratch
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Mark Slate
Bewitched
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Sgt. Max Winkler
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Eddie Carr
Mr. Novak
1963 · Barney Sanders
The Fugitive
1963 · Lieutenant Ed Green, Lieutenant Cermak
The Lieutenant
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Al Norman
Sam Benedict
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962 · Mel Baxter
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Ben Casey
1961 · Manny Berger
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Dr. Keith Mayes, Arnold Vitnack
87th Precinct
1961 · Detective Meyer Meyer
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Frank Driscoll
The Defenders
1961 · George Capp
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
The Aquanauts
1960 · Oliver Pappas
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · Dr. Caul
Johnny Staccato
1959
Peter Gunn
1958
Perry Mason
1957 · Caspar Pedley
Stanley
1956 · Nick
Playwrights '56
1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Wint Selby
Studio One
1948 · Juror #1 / Foreman, Jake