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