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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.
The roles that explain the career.
38 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Hexed | Herschel Levine | Film |
| 1991 | For the Boys | Sam Schiff | Film |
| 1991 | The Boneyard | Shepard | Film |
| 1989 | C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud | Tyler | Film |
| 1987 | Stripped to Kill | Ray | Film |
| 1985 | Transylvania 6-5000 | Mac Turner | Film |
| 1984 | The Jesse Owens Story | Marty Forkins | Film |
| 1983 | Uncommon Valor | Garvin | Film |
| 1981 | On the Right Track | The Mayor | Film |
| 1981 | Paternity | Larry | Film |
| 1981 | The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats | Jack McGuire | Film |
| 1980 | For the Love of It | Hall | Film |
| 1979 | The Ropers | Stanley Roper | TV |
| 1978 | The End | Dr. Samuel Krugman | Film |
| 1975 | Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | Stanly Nagel | Film |
| 1974 | Airport 1975 | Bill | Film |
| 1973 | The Stone Killer | Les Daniels | Film |
| 1973 | Charley Varrick | Mr. Garfinkle | Film |
| 1973 | Needles and Pins | Nathan Davidson | TV |
| 1972 | The Heist | Pat Dillon | Film |
| 1970 | Dan August | Sgt. Charles Wilentz | TV |
| 1970 | The Boatniks | Max | Film |
| 1970 | Catch-22 | First Sgt. Towser | Film |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Harve Blakely | Film |
| 1969 | Three's a Crowd | Norman, the Elevator Operator | Film |
| 1968 | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Captain Stanley | Film |
| 1967 | Fitzwilly | Oberblatz | Film |
| 1967 | The Graduate | Mr. McCleery | Film |
| 1965 | Quick, Before It Melts | George Snell | Film |
| 1964 | The Killers | Mickey Farmer | Film |
| 1964 | The Hanged Man | Gaylord Grebb | Film |
| 1963 | PT 109 | Edmund Drewitch | Film |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Detective at Grogan's Crash Site | Film |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | Detective Meyer Meyer | TV |
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind | WGN Radio Technician | Film |
| 1960 | The Rat Race | Telephone Repairman | Film |
| 1960 | Ocean's Eleven | Peter Rheimer | Film |
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill | S/Sgt. Coleman | Film |
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