Norman Fell
March 24, 1924 (100 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Norman Fell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1924. He 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). His best known TV role was that of Stanley Roper, the landlord in the very popular "Three's Company" (1976), which debuted in 1977, and its short lived spin-off, "The Ropers" (1979). Norman Fell died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's retirement home in Woodland Hills CA, aged 74, survived by two daughters
Known For
Credits
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · The Destiny of Marty Fine as Daryl
- 1995 · The Naked Truth as Norman Fell
- 1995 · Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare as Grandpa Joe Dooley
- 1993 · Hexed as Herschel Levine
- 1992 · The Naked Truth as The Dentist
- 1992 · The Ben Stiller Show as
- 1991 · For the Boys as Sam Schiff
- 1991 · The Boneyard as Shepard
- 1991 · You're Driving Me Crazy as Doctor 'F'
- 1991 · With Friends Like These... as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' as Self
- 1990 · The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as The Landlord
- 1989 · The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! as
- 1989 · The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! as Ted Bull
- 1989 · C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud as Tyler
- 1988 · Murphy's Law as
- 1987 · Stripped to Kill as Ray
- 1986 · Sledge Hammer! as
- 1986 · Matlock as Dr. Norman Radburn
- 1985 · Transylvania 6-5000 as Mac Turner
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as
- 1984 · Crazy like a Fox as Inspector Peyton
- 1984 · 1st & Ten as Artie
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Vince Shackman
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Ralph Rupp
- 1984 · The Jesse Owens Story as Marty Forkins
- 1984 · Don't Ask Me, Ask God as Jonesey
- 1983 · Uncommon Valor as Garvin
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1982 · Teachers Only as Principal Ben Cooper
- 1982 · Magic with the Stars as
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · Paternity as Larry
- 1981 · The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats as Jack McGuire
- 1981 · On the Right Track as The Mayor
- 1980 · Dan August: The Jealousy Factor as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as
- 1980 · For the Love of It as Hall
- 1980 · This Year's Blonde as Pat Toledo
- 1980 · Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
- 1979 · Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special as Self
- 1979 · The Ropers as Stanley Roper
- 1979 · Roots: The Next Generations as Bernie Raymond
- 1978 · The End as Dr. Samuel Krugman
- 1978 · Rabbit Test as Segoynia's Father
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Bill McCoy
- 1977 · Three's Company as Stanley Roper
- 1976 · Guardian of the Wilderness as
- 1976 · Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours as Mr. Brockelman
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Sammy Telford
- 1976 · Rich Man, Poor Man as Smitty
- 1976 · The Bionic Woman as
- 1975 · Ellery Queen as Errol Keyes
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as
- 1975 · Switch as Marty
- 1975 · Fay as
- 1975 · Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold as Stanly Nagel
- 1975 · Death Stalk as Frank Cody
- 1974 · Airport 1975 as Bill
- 1974 · Rhoda as
- 1974 · Thursday's Game as Melvin Leonard
- 1973 · Needles and Pins as Nathan Davidson
- 1973 · Charley Varrick as Mr. Garfinkle
- 1973 · The Stone Killer as Les Daniels
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · The Heist as Pat Dillon
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as Juror
- 1971 · McMillan and Wife as Allan Kovacs
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1970 · Dan August as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
- 1970 · The Boatniks as Max
- 1970 · Catch-22 as First Sgt. Towser
- 1970 · McCloud as
- 1969 · Three's a Crowd as Norman, the Elevator Operator
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis
- 1969 · Medical Center as
- 1969 · If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Harve Blakely
- 1968 · Bullitt as Captain Baker
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Winston Polk
- 1968 · The Young Runaways as Mr. Donford
- 1968 · The Secret War of Harry Frigg as Captain Stanley
- 1968 · Sergeant Ryker as Sgt. Max Winkler
- 1967 · The Graduate as Mr. McCleery
- 1967 · Fitzwilly as Oberblatz
- 1967 · Mannix as
- 1967 · Judd for the Defense as
- 1967 · Ghostbreakers as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1967 · The Young Warriors as Sgt. Wadley
- 1967 · The Invaders as Neal Taft
- 1966 · That Girl as
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Ted Cullinan
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Ken Haney
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Victor Green
- 1965 · The Wild Wild West as Jeremiah Ratch
- 1965 · Quick, Before It Melts as George Snell
- 1964 · The Hanged Man as Gaylord Grebb
- 1964 · Bewitched as
- 1964 · The Killers as Mickey Farmer
- 1963 · It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Sgt. Max Winkler
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Eddie Carr
- 1963 · Mr. Novak as Barney Sanders
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Lieutenant Ed Green
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Lieutenant Cermak
- 1963 · The Lieutenant as
- 1963 · PT 109 as Edmund Drewitch
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Al Norman
- 1962 · Sam Benedict as
- 1962 · The Lloyd Bridges Show as Mel Baxter
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Dr. Keith Mayes
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Arnold Vitnack
- 1961 · 87th Precinct as Detective Meyer Meyer
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Frank Driscoll
- 1961 · The Defenders as George Capp
- 1960 · The Tom Ewell Show as
- 1960 · The Tab Hunter Show as
- 1960 · The Aquanauts as Oliver Pappas
- 1960 · Ocean's Eleven as Peter Rheimer
- 1960 · The Rat Race as Telephone Repairman
- 1960 · Inherit the Wind as WGN Radio Technician
- 1959 · The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Dr. Caul
- 1959 · What Makes Sammy Run? as Sammy's Brother
- 1959 · Johnny Staccato as
- 1959 · Pork Chop Hill as S/Sgt. Coleman
- 1958 · Peter Gunn as
- 1957 · The Violators as Ray
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Caspar Pedley
- 1956 · Stanley as Nick
- 1955 · Playwrights '56 as
- 1954 · Twelve Angry Men as Juror #1 / Foreman
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Wint Selby
- 1948 · Studio One as Juror #1 / Foreman
- 1948 · Studio One as Jake