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