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Norman Fell

Actor
Died December 14, 1998 (74 years)
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
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Transylvania 6-5000
  • C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
  • That Girl
  • The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
  • The Boneyard
  • Stripped to Kill
  • The Ropers
  • The Jesse Owens Story
  • The Good Life (1971)
  • Twelve Angry Men
Known For
  • The Graduate
  • Bullitt
  • Three's Company
  • Charley Varrick
  • The Ropers
  • For the Boys
  • Transylvania 6-5000
  • The End
  • The Boneyard
  • Stripped to Kill
  • Pork Chop Hill
  • Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
  • Paternity
  • Fitzwilly
  • Rich Man, Poor Man
  • The Boatniks
  • Hexed
  • On the Right Track
  • The Rat Race
  • Heartbreak High
  • Sergeant Ryker
  • You're Driving Me Crazy
  • The Jesse Owens Story
  • Thursday's Game

Filmography

2011
2002
On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize · as 1st Sgt. Towser ("catch 22")
1996
1996
1996
Beach House · as Landlord
1995
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare · as Grandpa Joe Dooley
1994
Life with Louie (TV Series) · as Vic
1994
Ellen (TV Series) · as Mr. Roper
1993
Hexed · as Herschel Levine
1992
The Naked Truth · as The Dentist
1992
1992
Flying Blind (TV Series) · as Employer #2
1991
For the Boys · as Sam Schiff
1991
The Boneyard · as Shepard
1991
With Friends Like These... · as Narrator (voice)
1990
Good Grief (TV Series) · as Slezar
1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) · as The Landlord
1990
You're Driving Me Crazy · as Doctor 'f'
1989
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (TV Series) · as Ted Bull
1989
1988
Murphy's Law (TV Series)
1987
The Munsters Today (TV Series) · as Mr. Maurice
1987
Hooperman (TV Series) · as Pete Cosgrove, Ventriloquist
1987
Out of This World (TV Series) · as Dr. Hauser
1987
1986
Sledge Hammer! (TV Series)
1986
Matlock (TV Series) · as Dr. Norman Radburn
1985
1985
1984
Crazy Like A Fox (TV Series) · as Inspector Peyton
1984
1st & Ten (TV Series) · as Artie
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Lt. Ralph Rupp
1984
The Jesse Owens Story · as Marty Forkins
1983
Webster (TV Series) · as Charlie Sands
1983
Uncommon Valor · as Garvin
1982
Matt Houston (TV Series)
1982
Teachers Only (TV Series) · as Principal Ben Cooper
1981
Simon & Simon (TV Series)
1981
Paternity · as Larry
1981
Heartbreak High · as Jack Mcguire
1981
On the Right Track · as The Mayor
1980
Magnum, P.I. (TV Series)
1980
1980
This Year's Blonde · as Pat Toledo
1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough · as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1979
The Ropers (TV Series) · as Stanley Roper
1979
Roots: The Next Generations (TV Series) · as Bernie Raymond
1978
The End · as Dr. Samuel Krugman
1978
Rabbit Test · as Segoynia's Father
1977
The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Bill Mccoy
1977
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (TV Series) · as Mitch Morgan
1976
Three's Company (TV Series) · as Stanley Roper
1976
1976
1976
Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Sammy Telford
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man (TV Series) · as Smitty
1976
The Bionic Woman (TV Series)
1975
1975
The Blue Knight (TV Series) · as Breslin
1975
Starsky & Hutch (TV Series)
1975
Ellery Queen (TV Series)
1975
Switch (TV Series) · as Marty
1975
Death Stalk · as Frank Cody
1974
Airport 1975 · as Bill
1974
Rhoda (TV Series)
1974
Lucas Tanner (TV Series) · as Abe Lydecker
1974
Thursday's Game · as Melvin Leonard
1973
Charley Varrick · as Mr. Garfinkle
1973
Griff (TV Series) · as Cast
1973
The Stone Killer · as Les Daniels
1973
Police Story (TV Series)
1972
The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Juror
1971
The Good Life (1971) (TV Series) · as Randolph
1971
McMillan and Wife (TV Series) · as Allan Kovacs
1971
Cannon (TV Series)
1971
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV Series) · as Leo Walsh
1970
The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Mr. Bruner
1970
Dan August (TV Series) · as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1970
The Boatniks · as Max
1970
Catch-22 · as First Sgt. Towser
1970
McCloud (TV Series)
1969
Three's a Crowd · as Norman, The Elevator Operator
1969
Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Jack 'j.k.' Lewis
1969
1969
Medical Center (TV Series)
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as George Manning
1968
Bullitt · as Captain Baker
1968
The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Winston Polk
1968
The Young Runaways · as Mr. Donford
1968
Sergeant Ryker · as Sgt. Max Winkler
1968
The Secret War of Harry Frigg · as Captain Stanley
1967
The Graduate · as Mr. Mccleery
1967
Fitzwilly · as Oberblatz
1967
Mannix (TV Series)
1967
1967
The Young Warriors · as Sgt. Wadley
1967
Ironside (TV Series)
1967
The Invaders (TV Series) · as Neal Taft
1966
That Girl (TV Series)
1965
Trials of O'Brien (TV Series) · as Mickey The Miser
1965
The Wild Wild West (TV Series) · as Jeremiah Ratch
1965
The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Ken Haney
1965
I Spy (TV Series) · as Karim
1965
A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) · as Capt. Arnold Dudley
1964
The Hanged Man · as Gaylord Grebb
1964
Quick, Before It Melts · as George Snell
1964
The Killers · as Mickey Farmer
1964
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Mark Slate
1964
Twelve O'Clock High (TV Series) · as Lt. Canello
1964
Bewitched (TV Series)
1963
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World · as Detective At Grogan's Crash Site
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Sgt. Max Winkler
1963
1963
Mr. Novak (TV Series) · as Barney Sanders
1963
East Side/West Side (TV Series) · as Eddie Best
1963
The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Ed Green
1963
The Lieutenant (TV Series)
1963
PT 109 · as Edmund Drewitch
1962
The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Lionel Harper
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Al Norman
1962
Sam Benedict (TV Series)
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV Series) · as Mel Baxter
1961
Ben Casey (TV Series)
1961
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Arnold Vitnack
1961
The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Dr. Joseph Greer
1961
87th Precinct (TV Series) · as Detective Meyer Meyer
1961
Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Frank Driscoll
1961
The Defenders (TV Series) · as George Capp
1961
Kraft Mystery Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast
1960
The Law and Mr. Jones (TV Series) · as Fred Cook
1960
Insight (TV Series) · as Attendant
1960
1960
Checkmate (TV Series) · as Shep Stryker
1960
The Aquanauts (TV Series) · 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
1959
Sunday Showcase (TV Series) · as Sammy's Brother
1959
Johnny Staccato (TV Series)
1959
Pork Chop Hill · as S/sgt. Coleman
1959
The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Reiner
1958
Peter Gunn (TV Series)
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Caspar Pedley
1956
Stanley (1956) (TV Series) · as Nick
1955
Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Marvie
1955
Playwrights '56 (TV Series)
1955
Star Tonight (TV Series) · as Sharp
1954
The Elgin Hour (TV Series) · as Morton
1954
Twelve Angry Men · as Juror #1 / Foreman
1953
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Detective
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Wint Selby
1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Manny
1949
The Big Story (TV Series) · as Car Rental Attendant
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as Juror #1 / Foreman
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast

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