Norman Fell
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
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- Born:
- Mar 24, 1924 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 102
- First Appeared:
- In the series Studio One 1948-11-07
- Latest Project:
- Movie Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare 1995-03-31
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare | Grandpa Joe Dooley | 1995-03-31 |
| Movie | Hexed | Herschel Levine | 1993-01-22 |
| Series | The Ben Stiller Show | Unknown | 1992-09-27 |
| Movie | The Naked Truth | The Dentist | 1992-09-29 |
| Movie | You're Driving Me Crazy | Doctor 'F' | 1991-03-27 |
| Movie | Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' | Self | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | The Boneyard | Shepard | 1991-06-12 |
| Movie | With Friends Like These... | Narrator (voice) | 1991-03-27 |
| Movie | For the Boys | Sam Schiff | 1991-11-22 |
| Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | The Landlord | 1990-09-10 |
| Movie | C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud | Tyler | 1989-05-05 |
| Movie | Stripped to Kill | Ray | 1987-03-20 |
| Series | Sledge Hammer! | Unknown | 1986-09-23 |
| Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1985-09-27 |
| Movie | Transylvania 6-5000 | Mac Turner | 1985-11-08 |
| Movie | The Jesse Owens Story | Marty Forkins | 1984-07-09 |
| Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
| Series | Crazy like a Fox | Unknown | 1984-12-30 |
| Movie | Uncommon Valor | Garvin | 1983-01-22 |
| Series | Teachers Only | Principal Ben Cooper | 1982-04-14 |
| Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
| Movie | The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats | Jack McGuire | 1981-08-28 |
| Movie | On the Right Track | The Mayor | 1981-03-06 |
| Movie | Paternity | Larry | 1981-10-02 |
| Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
| Movie | Dan August: Once Is Never Enough | Sgt. Charles Wilentz | 1980-01-01 |
| Movie | This Year's Blonde | Pat Toledo | 1980-05-18 |
| Movie | For the Love of It | Hall | 1980-09-26 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Series | Roots: The Next Generations | Bernie Raymond | 1979-02-18 |
| Series | The Ropers | Stanley Roper | 1979-03-13 |
| Movie | The End | Dr. Samuel Krugman | 1978-05-10 |
| Movie | Rabbit Test | Segoynia's Father | 1978-04-09 |
| Series | Three's Company | Stanley Roper | 1977-03-15 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Unknown | 1977-09-24 |
| Series | Rich Man, Poor Man | Smitty | 1976-02-01 |
| Series | The Bionic Woman | Unknown | 1976-01-14 |
| Movie | Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours | Mr. Brockelman | 1976-10-27 |
| Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
| Movie | Guardian of the Wilderness | 1976-12-07 | |
| Series | Fay | Unknown | 1975-09-04 |
| Movie | Death Stalk | Frank Cody | 1975-01-21 |
| Movie | Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | Stanly Nagel | 1975-07-11 |
| Series | Switch | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
| Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
| Series | Starsky & Hutch | Unknown | 1975-09-10 |
| Movie | Thursday's Game | Melvin Leonard | 1974-04-14 |
| Movie | Airport 1975 | Bill | 1974-10-18 |
| Series | Rhoda | Unknown | 1974-09-09 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Movie | The Stone Killer | Les Daniels | 1973-08-08 |
| Series | Needles and Pins | Nathan Davidson | 1973-09-21 |
| Movie | Charley Varrick | Mr. Garfinkle | 1973-09-19 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
| Movie | The Heist | Pat Dillon | 1972-11-29 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
| Movie | Catch-22 | First Sgt. Towser | 1970-06-24 |
| Series | Dan August | Sgt. Charles Wilentz | 1970-09-23 |
| Movie | The Boatniks | Max | 1970-07-01 |
| Movie | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Harve Blakely | 1969-04-24 |
| Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
| Movie | Three's a Crowd | Norman, the Elevator Operator | 1969-12-02 |
| Movie | Sergeant Ryker | Sgt. Max Winkler | 1968-02-01 |
| Movie | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Captain Stanley | 1968-02-29 |
| Movie | Bullitt | Captain Baker | 1968-10-17 |
| Movie | The Young Runaways | Mr. Donford | 1968-09-11 |
| Movie | Ghostbreakers | Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | The Young Warriors | Sgt. Wadley | 1967-02-03 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | The Graduate | Mr. McCleery | 1967-12-21 |
| Movie | Fitzwilly | Oberblatz | 1967-12-20 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Series | That Girl | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | Quick, Before It Melts | George Snell | 1965-01-20 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Movie | The Killers | Mickey Farmer | 1964-07-07 |
| Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
| Movie | The Hanged Man | Gaylord Grebb | 1964-11-18 |
| Movie | PT 109 | Edmund Drewitch | 1963-06-26 |
| Series | The Lieutenant | Unknown | 1963-09-14 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Movie | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Detective at Grogan's Crash Site | 1963-11-07 |
| Series | Mr. Novak | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
| Series | 87th Precinct | Detective Meyer Meyer | 1961-09-25 |
| Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Movie | Inherit the Wind | WGN Radio Technician | 1960-07-07 |
| Movie | Ocean's Eleven | Peter Rheimer | 1960-08-10 |
| Movie | The Rat Race | Telephone Repairman | 1960-07-10 |
| Movie | Pork Chop Hill | S/Sgt. Coleman | 1959-05-29 |
| Series | Johnny Staccato | Unknown | 1959-09-10 |
| Movie | What Makes Sammy Run? | Sammy's Brother | 1959-09-27 |
| Series | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Unknown | 1959-09-29 |
| Series | Peter Gunn | Unknown | 1958-09-22 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Movie | The Violators | Ray | 1957-11-30 |
| Series | Stanley | Nick | 1956-09-24 |
| Movie | Twelve Angry Men | Juror #1 / Foreman | 1954-09-20 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |