Norman Fell
Acting

Norman Fell

Born 24 March 1924 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Died 14 December 1998

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.

Known for

The Graduate
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Bullitt
Bewitched
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Inherit the Wind
Murder, She Wrote
Magnum, P.I.
Ocean's Eleven
Catch-22
Airport 1975
Charley Varrick
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
Hexed
The Naked Truth
The Boneyard
For the Boys
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Stripped to Kill
Transylvania 6-5000
The Jesse Owens Story
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Uncommon Valor
On the Right Track
Paternity
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
For the Love of It
This Year's Blonde
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Rabbit Test
The End
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Guardian of the Wilderness
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
Death Stalk
Airport 1975
Thursday's Game
The Stone Killer
Charley Varrick
The Heist
The Boatniks
Catch-22
Three's a Crowd
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Bullitt
The Young Runaways
Sergeant Ryker
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
The Graduate
Ghostbreakers
Fitzwilly
The Young Warriors
Quick, Before It Melts
The Killers
The Hanged Man
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
PT 109
Ocean's Eleven
The Rat Race
Inherit the Wind
Pork Chop Hill
What Makes Sammy Run?
The Violators
Twelve Angry Men
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