Norman Fell
Actor
- Born
- March 24, 1924 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- December 14, 1998 (age 74)
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.
Known for
The Graduate
December 21, 1967
Bullitt
October 17, 1968
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
November 7, 1963
Inherit the Wind
July 7, 1960
Ocean's Eleven
August 10, 1960
Catch-22
June 24, 1970
Airport 1975
October 18, 1974
Charley Varrick
September 19, 1973
The Killers
July 7, 1964
Transylvania 6-5000
November 8, 1985
The Stone Killer
August 8, 1973
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
May 5, 1989
Acting60
- 2011Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Norman (archive footage)
- 1996The Destiny of Marty Fine as Daryl
- 1995Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare as Grandpa Joe Dooley
- 1993Hexed as Herschel Levine
- 1992The Naked Truth as The Dentist
- 1991For the Boys as Sam Schiff
- 1991The Boneyard as Shepard
- 1991You're Driving Me Crazy as Doctor 'F'
- 1991With Friends Like These... as Narrator (voice)
- 1991