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.
136 acting credits
Acting · 136
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Perry Mason
1957
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mannix
1967
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Love Boat
1977
Bewitched
1964
The Fugitive
1963
Ironside
1967
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Charlie's Angels
1976
Love, American Style
1969
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Matlock
1986
The Twilight Zone
1985
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The F.B.I.
1965
Simon & Simon
1981
Ben Casey
1961
The Wild Wild West
1965
Medical Center
1969
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Cannon
1971
Studio One
1948
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Three's Company
1977
The Defenders
1961
The Name of the Game
1968
The Invaders
1967
That Girl
1966
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
McCloud
1970
Matt Houston
1982
Rhoda
1974
Peter Gunn
1958
Switch
1975
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
The Bionic Woman
1976
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
McMillan & Wife
1971
The Naked Truth
1995
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Police Story
1973
Crazy like a Fox
1984
The Partridge Family
1970
Sledge Hammer!
1986
Ellery Queen
1975
Cain's Hundred
1961
Mr. Novak
1963
It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986
87th Precinct
1961
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
Sam Benedict
1962
The Lieutenant
1963
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Graduate
1967
Johnny Staccato
1959
1st & Ten
1984
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
Grizzly Adams
1977
Dan August
1970
The Aquanauts
1960
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
Playwrights '56
1955
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
Teachers Only
1982
Bullitt
1968
The Ropers
1979
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Ocean's Eleven
1960
Airport 1975
1974
Catch-22
1970
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
Fay
1975
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Needles and Pins
1973
Murphy's Law
1988
Pork Chop Hill
1959
Inherit the Wind
1960
Charley Varrick
1973
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
1975
Rabbit Test
1978
The Killers
1964
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989
Transylvania 6-5000
1985
The Stone Killer
1973
The End
1978
Fitzwilly
1967
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968
PT 109
1963
For the Boys
1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
The Naked Truth
1992
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
Hexed
1993
For the Love of It
1980
Paternity
1981
Twelve Angry Men
1954
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996
Guardian of the Wilderness
1976
The Hanged Man
1964
Three's a Crowd
1969
Stripped to Kill
1987
The Heist
1972
Stanley
1956
Thursday's Game
1974
Magic with the Stars
1982
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980
Sergeant Ryker
1968
The Rat Race
1960
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976
Uncommon Valor
1983
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
1995
The Boneyard
1991
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1981
The Boatniks
1970
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
1979
The Young Runaways
1968
This Year's Blonde
1980
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1980
On the Right Track
1981
Death Stalk
1975
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984
Ghostbreakers
1967
The Violators
1957
The Young Warriors
1967
What Makes Sammy Run?
1959
Quick, Before It Melts
1965
With Friends Like These...
1991
You're Driving Me Crazy
1991