Norman Fell
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Bullitt
as Captain Baker 1968
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site 1963
Inherit the Wind
as WGN Radio Technician 1960
Ocean's Eleven
as Peter Rheimer 1960
Catch-22
as First Sgt. Towser 1970
Airport 1975
as Bill 1974
Charley Varrick
as Mr. Garfinkle 1973
The Killers
as Mickey Farmer 1964
Transylvania 6-5000
as Mac Turner 1985
The Stone Killer
as Les Daniels 1973
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Tyler 1989
For the Boys
as Sam Schiff 1991
Pork Chop Hill
as S/Sgt. Coleman 1959
The End
as Dr. Samuel Krugman 1978
Stripped to Kill
as Ray 1987
The Boneyard
as Shepard 1991