Portrait of Norman Fell

Norman Fell

Acting

Biography

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

Born: March 24, 1924

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Filmography

1995
The Naked Truth

as Norman Fell

1995
1993
Hexed

as Herschel Levine

1992
The Naked Truth

as The Dentist

1991
For the Boys

as Sam Schiff

1991
The Boneyard

as Shepard

1990
1986
1986
Matlock

as Dr. Norman Radburn

1985
Transylvania 6-5000

as Mac Turner

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
1983
1982
Teachers Only

as Principal Ben Cooper

1981
Paternity

as Larry

1981
On the Right Track

as The Mayor

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as David Albertson

1980
This Year's Blonde

as Pat Toledo

1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

as Sgt. Charles Wilentz

1979
The Ropers

as Stanley Roper

1979
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

1977
Grizzly Adams

as Mitch Morgan

1976
Charlie's Angels

as Sammy Telford

1976
1975
Ellery Queen

as Errol Keyes

1975
Switch

as Marty

1975
Death Stalk

as Frank Cody

1974
1974
1974
Rhoda

as Dr. Henry Gerber

1974
Thursday's Game

as Melvin Leonard

1973
Charley Varrick

as Mr. Garfinkle

1973
The Stone Killer

as Les Daniels

1972
The Heist

as Pat Dillon

1971
McMillan & Wife

as Allan Kovacs

1971
1970
Dan August

as Sgt. Charles Wilentz

1970
1970
Catch-22

as First Sgt. Towser

1969
Three's a Crowd

as Norman, the Elevator Operator

1969
Love, American Style

as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis

1968
Bullitt

as Captain Baker

1968
The Name of the Game

as Winston Polk

1968
The Young Runaways

as Mr. Donford

1968
1968
Sergeant Ryker

as Sgt. Max Winkler

1967
The Graduate

as Mr. McCleery

1967
Fitzwilly

as Oberblatz

1967
1967
Mannix

as Daniel Brewer

1967
Ghostbreakers

as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain

1967
Ironside

as Lieutenant Haines

1967
The Young Warriors

as Sgt. Wadley

1967
The Invaders

as Neal Taft

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
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
Mr. Novak

as Barney Sanders

1963
The Fugitive

as Lieutenant Ed Green

1963
The Fugitive

as Lieutenant Cermak

1963
PT 109

as Edmund Drewitch

1962
1961
Ben Casey

as Manny Berger

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 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
What Makes Sammy Run?

as Sammy's Brother

1959
Pork Chop Hill

as S/Sgt. Coleman

1957
1957
Perry Mason

as Caspar Pedley

1956
Stanley

as Nick

1954
Twelve Angry Men

as Juror #1 / Foreman

1951
1948
Studio One

as Juror #1 / Foreman

1948
Studio One

as Jake