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
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | The Destiny of Marty Fine | Daryl | 1996-03-16 |
Movie | Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare | Grandpa Joe Dooley | 1995-03-31 |
Series | The Naked Truth | Norman Fell | 1995-09-13 |
Movie | Hexed | Herschel Levine | 1993-01-22 |
Movie | The Naked Truth | The Dentist | 1992-09-29 |
Series | The Ben Stiller Show | Unknown | 1992-09-27 |
Movie | Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' | Self | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | With Friends Like These... | Narrator (voice) | 1991-03-27 |
Movie | For the Boys | Sam Schiff | 1991-11-22 |
Movie | The Boneyard | Shepard | 1991-06-12 |
Movie | You're Driving Me Crazy | Doctor 'F' | 1991-03-27 |
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 |
Series | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | Ted Bull | 1989-09-04 |
Series | Murphy's Law | Unknown | 1988-11-02 |
Movie | Stripped to Kill | Ray | 1987-03-20 |
Series | Matlock | Dr. Norman Radburn | 1986-03-03 |
Series | Sledge Hammer! | Unknown | 1986-09-23 |
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 |
Movie | Don't Ask Me, Ask God | Jonesey | 1984-01-01 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Lt. Ralph Rupp | 1984-09-30 |
Series | 1st & Ten | Artie | 1984-12-02 |
Series | Crazy like a Fox | Inspector Peyton | 1984-12-30 |
Movie | Uncommon Valor | Garvin | 1983-01-22 |
Movie | Magic with the Stars | 1982-01-17 | |
Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
Series | Teachers Only | Principal Ben Cooper | 1982-04-14 |
Movie | On the Right Track | The Mayor | 1981-03-06 |
Movie | The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats | Jack McGuire | 1981-08-28 |
Series | Simon & Simon | Unknown | 1981-11-24 |
Movie | Paternity | Larry | 1981-10-02 |
Movie | Dan August: Once Is Never Enough | Sgt. Charles Wilentz | 1980-01-01 |
Movie | This Year's Blonde | Pat Toledo | 1980-05-18 |
Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
Movie | For the Love of It | Hall | 1980-09-26 |
Movie | Dan August: The Jealousy Factor | Sgt. Charles Wilentz | 1980-12-31 |
Series | Roots: The Next Generations | Bernie Raymond | 1979-02-18 |
Movie | Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special | Himself | 1979-12-08 |
Series | The Ropers | Stanley Roper | 1979-03-13 |
Movie | Rabbit Test | Segoynia's Father | 1978-04-09 |
Movie | The End | Dr. Samuel Krugman | 1978-05-10 |
Series | Three's Company | Stanley Roper | 1977-03-15 |
Series | The Love Boat | Bill McCoy | 1977-09-24 |
Series | The Bionic Woman | Unknown | 1976-01-14 |
Series | Rich Man, Poor Man | Smitty | 1976-02-01 |
Series | Charlie's Angels | Sammy Telford | 1976-09-22 |
Movie | Guardian of the Wilderness | 1976-12-07 | |
Movie | Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours | Mr. Brockelman | 1976-10-27 |
Movie | Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | Stanly Nagel | 1975-07-11 |
Series | Fay | Unknown | 1975-09-04 |
Movie | Death Stalk | Frank Cody | 1975-01-21 |
Series | Switch | Marty | 1975-09-09 |
Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
Series | Starsky & Hutch | Unknown | 1975-09-10 |
Series | Rhoda | Unknown | 1974-09-09 |
Movie | Thursday's Game | Melvin Leonard | 1974-04-14 |
Movie | Airport 1975 | Bill | 1974-10-18 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | The Stone Killer | Les Daniels | 1973-08-08 |
Movie | Charley Varrick | Mr. Garfinkle | 1973-09-19 |
Series | Needles and Pins | Nathan Davidson | 1973-09-21 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Juror | 1972-09-23 |
Movie | The Heist | Pat Dillon | 1972-11-29 |
Series | McMillan and Wife | Allan Kovacs | 1971-09-29 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
Movie | Catch-22 | First Sgt. Towser | 1970-06-24 |
Movie | The Boatniks | Max | 1970-07-01 |
Series | Dan August | Sgt. Charles Wilentz | 1970-09-23 |
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 |
Series | Love, American Style | Jack 'J.K.' Lewis | 1969-09-29 |
Movie | Sergeant Ryker | Sgt. Max Winkler | 1968-02-01 |
Movie | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Captain Stanley | 1968-02-29 |
Movie | The Young Runaways | Mr. Donford | 1968-09-11 |
Series | The Name of the Game | Winston Polk | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Bullitt | Captain Baker | 1968-10-17 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | The Invaders | Neal Taft | 1967-01-10 |
Movie | Ghostbreakers | Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | The Graduate | Mr. McCleery | 1967-12-21 |
Series | Judd for the Defense | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | Fitzwilly | Oberblatz | 1967-12-20 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | That Girl | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Series | The Wild Wild West | Jeremiah Ratch | 1965-09-17 |
Movie | Quick, Before It Melts | George Snell | 1965-01-20 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Victor Green | 1965-09-19 |
Series | Bewitched | Unknown | 1964-09-17 |
Movie | The Killers | Mickey Farmer | 1964-07-07 |
Movie | The Hanged Man | Gaylord Grebb | 1964-11-18 |
Series | The Fugitive | Lieutenant Ed Green | 1963-09-17 |
Movie | PT 109 | Edmund Drewitch | 1963-06-26 |
Series | The Lieutenant | Unknown | 1963-09-14 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | Mr. Novak | Barney Sanders | 1963-09-24 |
Movie | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Unknown | 1963-11-07 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Sgt. Max Winkler | 1963-10-10 |
Series | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Mel Baxter | 1962-09-11 |
Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
Series | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Al Norman | 1962-09-20 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962-10-01 |
Series | Cain's Hundred | Frank Driscoll | 1961-09-19 |
Series | The Defenders | George Capp | 1961-09-16 |
Series | 87th Precinct | Detective Meyer Meyer | 1961-09-25 |
Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961-12-11 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Arnold Vitnack | 1961-09-27 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Movie | Ocean's Eleven | Peter Rheimer | 1960-08-10 |
Movie | Inherit the Wind | WGN Radio Technician | 1960-07-07 |
Movie | The Rat Race | Telephone Repairman | 1960-07-10 |
Series | The Aquanauts | Oliver Pappas | 1960-09-14 |
Series | The Tab Hunter Show | Unknown | 1960-09-18 |
Series | The Tom Ewell Show | Unknown | 1960-09-27 |
Movie | Pork Chop Hill | S/Sgt. Coleman | 1959-05-29 |
Series | Johnny Staccato | Unknown | 1959-09-10 |
Series | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Unknown | 1959-09-29 |
Movie | What Makes Sammy Run? | Sammy's Brother | 1959-09-27 |
Series | Peter Gunn | Unknown | 1958-09-22 |
Movie | The Violators | Ray | 1957-11-30 |
Series | Perry Mason | Caspar Pedley | 1957-09-21 |
Series | Stanley | Nick | 1956-09-24 |
Series | Playwrights '56 | Unknown | 1955-10-04 |
Movie | Twelve Angry Men | Juror #1 / Foreman | 1954-09-20 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Wint Selby | 1951-12-24 |
Series | Studio One | Jake | 1948-11-07 |