Norman Fell
Born March 24, 1924 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Movies
The Graduate
Catch-22
Ocean's Eleven
Bullitt
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Airport 1975
The Killers
Inherit the Wind
Charley Varrick
Pork Chop Hill
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
For the Boys
The Stone Killer
The Rat Race
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Hexed
The End
Fitzwilly
PT 109
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
The Boatniks
Paternity
Transylvania 6-5000
Ghostbreakers
The Jesse Owens Story
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Thursday's Game
This Year's Blonde
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
The Hanged Man
The Boneyard
Stripped to Kill
Magic with the Stars
Rabbit Test
Twelve Angry Men
The Naked Truth
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Sergeant Ryker
Three's a Crowd
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Death Stalk
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Guardian of the Wilderness
Uncommon Valor
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
The Young Warriors
Quick, Before It Melts
On the Right Track
The Young Runaways
The Heist
For the Love of It
The Violators
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
What Makes Sammy Run?
TV Shows
Roots: The Next Generations
Murder, She Wrote
The Love Boat
Ironside
Magnum, P.I.
Bewitched
Charlie's Angels
Mannix
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Love, American Style
The Wild Wild West
Matlock
Dr. Kildare
Simon & Simon
Starsky & Hutch
Cannon
The Twilight Zone
Peter Gunn
Ben Casey
The Defenders
Studio One
Three's Company
The F.B.I.
Medical Center
The Bionic Woman
The Invaders
The Name of the Game
The Partridge Family
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
That Girl
McCloud
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Rhoda
Matt Houston
The Streets of San Francisco
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Switch
Sledge Hammer!
Police Story
McMillan & Wife
The Naked Truth
Crazy like a Fox
Ellery Queen
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Judd, for the Defense
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Mr. Novak
1st & Ten
Grizzly Adams
Cain's Hundred
87th Precinct
Sam Benedict
The Lieutenant
Rich Man, Poor Man
The Aquanauts
