
Norman Fell
Actor
Born: March 24, 1924 (74 years old)
Died: December 14, 1998
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography (88)
- The Graduate (1967, ★ 7.6)
- The Jesse Owens Story (1984, ★ 7.9)
- Inherit the Wind (1960, ★ 7.7)
- Twelve Angry Men (1954, ★ 8)
- Murder, She Wrote (1984, ★ 7.5)
- Sledge Hammer! (1986, ★ 7.9)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990, ★ 7.9)
- The Twilight Zone (1985, ★ 7.8)
- Perry Mason (1957, ★ 7.7)
- Bewitched (1964, ★ 7.9)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951, ★ 8.6)
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962, ★ 7.9)
- Ocean's Eleven (1960, ★ 6.4)
- Bullitt (1968, ★ 7.1)
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963, ★ 7)
- The Killers (1964, ★ 6.9)
- Charley Varrick (1973, ★ 7.3)
- The Stone Killer (1973, ★ 6.1)
- PT 109 (1963, ★ 6)
- Airport 1975 (1974, ★ 5.8)
- Pork Chop Hill (1959, ★ 6.6)
- The Rat Race (1960, ★ 6.6)
- Thursday's Game (1974, ★ 5.8)
- Fitzwilly (1967, ★ 6)
- Catch-22 (1970, ★ 6.7)
- Underground Entertainment: The Movie (2011, ★ 7.2)
- Magnum, P.I. (1980, ★ 7.3)
- Starsky & Hutch (1975, ★ 7.2)
- Sergeant Ryker (1968, ★ 6)
- The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968, ★ 6)