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Norman Fell

Actor | * 03/24/1924 († 74, 12/14/1998) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Norman Fell (born Norman Noah Feld; March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American actor of film and television, most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers, and his film roles in Ocean's 11 (1960), The Graduate (1967), and Bullitt (1968). Early in his career, he was billed as Norman Feld. ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch o ...

Bullitt

PG

1968 | 3.6/5 | 1h 53min
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter. ...

The Graduate

PG

1967 | 3.9/5 | 1h 46min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to brin ...

Inherit the Wind

NR

1960 | 3.9/5 | 2h 8min
Drama, History
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The three single roommates Janet Wood, Chrissy Snow and Jack Tripper all platonically share Apartment 201 in a Santa Monica, California apartment building owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roper. ...

Three's Company

TV-PG

1977 | 3.9/5 | 25min per episode
Comedy
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Movies with Norman Fell as Actor(55)

as Sgt. Charles Wilentz2023 Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
as Daryl1996 The Destiny of Marty Fine
as Grandpa Joe Dooley1995 Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
as Herschel Levine1993 Hexed
as The Dentist1992 The Naked Truth
as himself1991 Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Narrator (voice)1991 With Friends Like These
as Sam Schiff1991 For the Boys
as Shepard1991 The Boneyard
as Tyler1989 C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Ray1987 Stripped to Kill
as Mac Turner1985 Transylvania 6-5000
as Marty Forkins1984 The Jesse Owens Story
as Garvin1983 Uncommon Valor
as Jack McGuire1981 The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
as The Mayor1981 On the Right Track
as Larry1981 Paternity
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz1980 Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
as Pat Toledo1980 This Year's Blonde
as Hall1980 For the Love of It
as himself1979 Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
as Segoynia's Father1978 Rabbit Test
as Dr. Samuel Krugman1978 The End
1976 Guardian of the Wilderness
as Mr. Brockelman1976 Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
as Frank Cody1975 Death Stalk
as Stanly Nagel1975 Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
as Melvin Leonard1974 Thursday's Game
as Bill1974 Airport 1975
as Les Daniels1973 The Stone Killer
as Mr. Garfinkle1973 Charley Varrick
as Pat Dillon1972 The Heist
as Max1970 The Boatniks
as First Sgt. Towser1970 Catch-22
as Harve Blakely1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Norman, the Elevator Operator1969 Three's a Crowd
as Mr. Donford1968 The Young Runaways
as Sgt. Max Winkler1968 Sergeant Ryker
as Captain Baker1968 Bullitt
as Captain Stanley1968 The Secret War of Harry Frigg
as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain1967 Ghostbreakers
as Oberblatz1967 Fitzwilly
as Mr. McCleery1967 The Graduate
as George Snell1965 Quick, Before It Melts
as Gaylord Grebb1964 The Hanged Man
as Mickey Farmer1964 The Killers
as Edmund Drewitch1963 PT 109
as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as WGN Radio Technician1960 Inherit the Wind
as Telephone Repairman1960 The Rat Race
as Peter Rheimer1960 Ocean's Eleven
as S/Sgt. Coleman1959 Pork Chop Hill
as Sammy's Brother1959 What Makes Sammy Run?
as Ray1957 The Violators
as Juror #1 / Foreman1954 Twelve Angry Men

TV Shows/Series with Norman Fell as Actor(68)

1996 E! True Hollywood Story
1995 The Naked Truth
1992 The Ben Stiller Show
as The Landlord1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1988 Murphy's Law
1986 Sledge Hammer!
1986 Matlock
1985 The Twilight Zone
as Vince Shackman1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Inspector Peyton1984 Crazy like a Fox
1982 Matt Houston
as Principal Ben Cooper1982 Teachers Only
1981 Simon & Simon
1980 Magnum, P.I.
as Stanley Roper1979 The Ropers
as Bernie Raymond1979 Roots: The Next Generations
as Bill McCoy1977 The Love Boat
as Stanley Roper1977 Three's Company
as Sammy Telford1976 Charlie's Angels
1976 The Bionic Woman
1975 Starsky & Hutch
1975 Ellery Queen
as Marty1975 Switch
1975 Fay
1974 Rhoda
1973 Police Story
as Nathan Davidson1973 Needles and Pins
1972 The Streets of San Francisco
1971 Cannon
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz1970 Dan August
1970 McCloud
as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis1969 Love, American Style
1969 Medical Center
as Winston Polk1968 The Name of the Game
1967 Judd for the Defense
as Neal Taft1967 The Invaders
1967 Ironside
1967 Mannix
1966 That Girl
as Ted Cullinan1965 The F.B.I.
as Ken Haney1965 The F.B.I.
as Victor Green1965 The F.B.I.
1964 Bewitched
as Barney Sanders1963 Mr. Novak
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Sgt. Max Winkler1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Lieutenant Cermak1963 The Fugitive
as Lieutenant Ed Green1963 The Fugitive
1963 The Lieutenant
as Al Norman1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 Sam Benedict
as Frank Driscoll1961 Cain's Hundred
as George Capp1961 The Defenders
as Dr. Keith Mayes1961 Dr. Kildare
as Arnold Vitnack1961 Dr. Kildare
1961 Ben Casey
as Detective Meyer Meyer1961 87th Precinct
1960 The Tom Ewell Show
as Oliver Pappas1960 The Aquanauts
1959 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 Johnny Staccato
1958 Peter Gunn
as Caspar Pedley1957 Perry Mason
as Nick1956 Stanley
1955 Playwrights '56
as Wint Selby1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Juror #1 / Foreman1948 Studio One
as Jake1948 Studio One

Full Name: Norman Fell
Born: Monday, 03/24 1924 (March) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 12/14 1998 (December) in Woodland Hills (aged: 74)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Temple University, Central High School
Other names for Norman Fell (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Norman Feld"
Norman Fell frequently works together with these people:
Harry Townes (38x, Actor)
Milton Selzer (33x, Actor)
Dabney Coleman (32x, Actor)
Dabbs Greer (32x, Actor)
Richard Anderson (32x, Actor)
Peter Mark Richman (32x, Actor)
Leslie Nielsen (31x, Actor)
Harold Gould (31x, Actor)
Jessica Walter (30x, Actress)
Lloyd Bochner (30x, Actor)
Bill Quinn (29x, Actor)
Lynn Stalmaster (7x, Crew)
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