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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 24, 1924
Died
December 14, 1998
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Norman Feld
Norman Fell
1.1 Popularity
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
7.2
Norman (archive footage)
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
1.0
Daryl
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996
6.4
Norman Fell
The Naked Truth
1995
5.3
Grandpa Joe Dooley
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
1995
4.7
Herschel Levine
Hexed
1993
2.4
The Dentist
The Naked Truth
1992
4.7
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
6.2
Sam Schiff
For the Boys
1991
5.7
Shepard
The Boneyard
1991
Credits
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
as Norman (archive footage)
2011
7.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
The Destiny of Marty Fine
as Daryl
1996
1.0
The Naked Truth
as Norman Fell
1995
6.4
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
as Grandpa Joe Dooley
1995
5.3
Hexed
as Herschel Levine
1993
4.7
The Naked Truth
as The Dentist
1992
2.4
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
4.7
For the Boys
as Sam Schiff
1991
6.2
The Boneyard
as Shepard
1991
5.7
🎬
With Friends Like These...
as Narrator (voice)
1991
4.0
🎬
You're Driving Me Crazy
as Doctor 'F'
1991
3.0
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self
1991
0.0
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as The Landlord
1990
7.9
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
7.0
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
as Ted Bull
1989
7.0
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Tyler
1989
4.4
Murphy's Law
1988
5.0
Stripped to Kill
as Ray
1987
4.6
Sledge Hammer!
1986
7.9
It's Garry Shandling's Show
as Norman Fell
1986
7.2
Matlock
as Dr. Norman Radburn
1986
7.1
Transylvania 6-5000
as Mac Turner
1985
5.3
The Twilight Zone
1985
7.8
Crazy like a Fox
as Inspector Peyton
1984
7.1
1st & Ten
as Artie
1984
5.9
Murder, She Wrote
as Vince Shackman
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Ralph Rupp
1984
7.5
The Jesse Owens Story
as Marty Forkins
1984
7.9
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
as Jonesey
1984
0.0
Uncommon Valor
as Garvin
1983
0.0
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
Teachers Only
as Principal Ben Cooper
1982
5.0
Magic with the Stars
1982
0.0
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
Paternity
as Larry
1981
4.9
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
as Jack McGuire
1981
0.0
On the Right Track
as The Mayor
1981
5.3
🎬
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1980
2.0
Magnum, P.I.
as David Albertson
1980
7.3
For the Love of It
as Hall
1980
3.0
This Year's Blonde
as Pat Toledo
1980
5.7
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1980
4.0
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
as Self
1979
0.0
The Ropers
as Stanley Roper
1979
5.9
Roots: The Next Generations
as Paul Reynolds
1979
7.5
The End
as Dr. Samuel Krugman
1978
5.5
Rabbit Test
as Segoynia's Father
1978
4.2
The Love Boat
as Bill McCoy
1977
6.3
Three's Company
as Stanley Roper
1977
7.6
Grizzly Adams
as Mitch Morgan
1977
7.1
Guardian of the Wilderness
1976
5.7
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
as Mr. Brockelman
1976
6.0
Charlie's Angels
as Sammy Telford
1976
6.7
Rich Man, Poor Man
as Smitty
1976
7.8
The Bionic Woman
1976
6.9
Ellery Queen
as Errol Keyes
1975
7.4
Starsky & Hutch
1975
7.3
Switch
as Marty
1975
6.7
🎬
Fay
1975
5.0
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
as Stanly Nagel
1975
5.7
Death Stalk
as Frank Cody
1975
5.9
Airport 1975
as Bill
1974
5.7
Rhoda
1974
6.2
Rhoda
as Dr. Henry Gerber
1974
6.2
Thursday's Game
as Melvin Leonard
1974
5.8
🎬
Needles and Pins
as Nathan Davidson
1973
5.0
Charley Varrick
as Mr. Garfinkle
1973
7.3
The Stone Killer
as Les Daniels
1973
6.2
Police Story
1973
6.9
The Heist
as Pat Dillon
1972
8.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
as Juror
1972
7.0
McMillan & Wife
as Allan Kovacs
1971
6.9
Cannon
1971
6.6
The Partridge Family
as Mr. Bruner
1970
6.8
Dan August
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1970
6.8
The Boatniks
as Max
1970
5.3
Catch-22
as First Sgt. Towser
1970
6.6
McCloud
as Lt. Ed Feldman
1970
7.1
Three's a Crowd
as Norman, the Elevator Operator
1969
6.0
Love, American Style
as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis
1969
6.1
Medical Center
1969
6.1
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Harve Blakely
1969
5.8
Bullitt
as Captain Baker
1968
7.2
The Name of the Game
as Winston Polk
1968
6.8
The Young Runaways
as Mr. Donford
1968
6.0
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
as Captain Stanley
1968
6.0
Sergeant Ryker
as Sgt. Max Winkler
1968
6.0
The Graduate
as Mr. McCleery
1967
7.6
Fitzwilly
as Oberblatz
1967
6.0
Mannix
1967
6.7
Mannix
as Daniel Brewer
1967
6.7
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
Ghostbreakers
as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
1967
2.0
Ironside
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Lieutenant Haines
1967
6.8
The Young Warriors
as Sgt. Wadley
1967
6.0
The Invaders
as Neal Taft
1967
6.8
That Girl
1966
6.1
The F.B.I.
as Ted Cullinan
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Ken Haney
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Victor Green
1965
5.4
The Wild Wild West
as Jeremiah Ratch
1965
7.6
Quick, Before It Melts
as George Snell
1965
2.7
The Hanged Man
as Gaylord Grebb
1964
4.6
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Mark Slate
1964
7.1
Bewitched
1964
7.9
The Killers
as Mickey Farmer
1964
6.9
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
1963
7.0
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Sgt. Max Winkler
1963
5.3
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Eddie Carr
1963
5.7
Mr. Novak
as Barney Sanders
1963
6.5
The Fugitive
as Lieutenant Ed Green
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Lieutenant Cermak
1963
7.2
The Lieutenant
1963
6.0
PT 109
as Edmund Drewitch
1963
6.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Al Norman
1962
7.8
Sam Benedict
1962
6.0
The Lloyd Bridges Show
as Mel Baxter
1962
5.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Ben Casey
as Manny Berger
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Keith Mayes
1961
5.5
Dr. Kildare
as Arnold Vitnack
1961
5.5
87th Precinct
as Detective Meyer Meyer
1961
7.5
Cain's Hundred
as Frank Driscoll
1961
4.7
The Defenders
as George Capp
1961
5.9
🎬
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
0.0
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
5.0
The Aquanauts
as Oliver Pappas
1960
5.5
Ocean's Eleven
as Peter Rheimer
1960
6.4
The Rat Race
as Telephone Repairman
1960
6.6
Inherit the Wind
as WGN Radio Technician
1960
7.7
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Dr. Caul
1959
6.0
What Makes Sammy Run?
as Sammy's Brother
1959
7.0
Johnny Staccato
1959
5.0
Pork Chop Hill
as S/Sgt. Coleman
1959
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
The Violators
as Ray
1957
8.0
Perry Mason
as Caspar Pedley
1957
7.7
Stanley
as Nick
1956
5.0
🎬
Playwrights '56
1955
6.0
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #1 / Foreman
1954
7.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Wint Selby
1951
8.6
Studio One
as Juror #1 / Foreman
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Jake
1948
5.0