Norman Fell
Known for: Acting
Born: March 24, 1924
Died: December 14, 1998
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
60 movies · 76 TV shows, newest first
7.2
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
4.5
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996
6.5
The Naked Truth
1995
5.7
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
1995
4.8
Hexed
1993
3.1
The Naked Truth
19925.0
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
6.4
For the Boys
1991
5.7
The Boneyard
19913.8
You're Driving Me Crazy
19915.0
With Friends Like These...
1991
8.0
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
7.9
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
7.1
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
4.4
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989
7.0
Murphy's Law
1988
4.7
Stripped to Kill
1987
8.0
Sledge Hammer!
1986
7.1
It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
5.3
Transylvania 6-5000
1985
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
7.2
Crazy like a Fox
1984
6.3
1st & Ten
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
8.1
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
NR
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984
NR
Uncommon Valor
1983
6.3
Matt Houston
1982
6.0
Teachers Only
1982
9.0
Magic with the Stars
1982
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
5.2
Paternity
1981
9.0
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1981
6.5
On the Right Track
19812.0
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1980
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
6.0
For the Love of It
1980
6.3
This Year's Blonde
1980
5.7
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980
NR
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
1979
6.1
The Ropers
1979
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
5.6
The End
1978
4.5
Rabbit Test
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
7.5
Three's Company
1977
7.0
Grizzly Adams
1977
7.0
Guardian of the Wilderness
1976
7.0
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976
6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
7.9
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
7.0
The Bionic Woman
1976
7.5
Ellery Queen
1975
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
6.6
Switch
19755.0
Fay
1975
5.8
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
1975
5.9
Death Stalk
1975
5.8
Airport 1975
1974
6.3
Rhoda
1974
6.5
Thursday's Game
19747.0
Needles and Pins
1973
7.4
Charley Varrick
1973
6.3
The Stone Killer
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
8.3
The Heist
1972
7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.1
McMillan & Wife
1971
6.7
Cannon
1971
6.8
The Partridge Family
1970
7.2
Dan August
1970
5.3
The Boatniks
1970
6.7
Catch-22
1970
7.2
McCloud
1970
6.7
Three's a Crowd
1969
6.2
Love, American Style
1969
6.4
Medical Center
1969
5.9
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
7.1
Bullitt
1968
7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
7.0
The Young Runaways
1968
6.2
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968
6.3
Sergeant Ryker
1968
7.6
The Graduate
1967
6.2
Fitzwilly
1967
6.8
Mannix
1967
4.5
Ghostbreakers
1967
7.7
Judd, for the Defense
1967
6.8
Ironside
1967
6.8
The Young Warriors
1967
6.9
The Invaders
1967
6.2
That Girl
1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
7.5
The Wild Wild West
1965
3.8
Quick, Before It Melts
1965
5.1
The Hanged Man
1964
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
7.9
Bewitched
1964
6.9
The Killers
1964
7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
19635.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
7.3
Mr. Novak
1963
7.3
The Fugitive
1963
7.0
The Lieutenant
1963
6.1
PT 109
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
6.7
Sam Benedict
1962
6.0
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
7.8
87th Precinct
1961
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961
6.3
The Defenders
1961
9.0
The Tom Ewell Show
1960
7.5
The Tab Hunter Show
1960
6.0
The Aquanauts
1960
6.4
Ocean's Eleven
1960
6.8
The Rat Race
1960
7.7
Inherit the Wind
1960
6.3
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
7.0
What Makes Sammy Run?
1959
5.2
Johnny Staccato
1959
6.7
Pork Chop Hill
1959
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
7.5
The Violators
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
6.3
Stanley
19566.3
Playwrights '56
1955
7.8
Twelve Angry Men
1954
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
5.4
Studio One
1948