Norman Fell

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

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Love Boat

Bill McCoy

Perry Mason

Caspar Pedley

Ironside

Magnum, P.I.

Starsky & Hutch

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Al Norman

Charlie's Angels

Sammy Telford

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1996	The Destiny of Marty Fine	Daryl
1995	Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare	Grandpa Joe Dooley
1993	Hexed	Herschel Levine
1992	The Naked Truth	The Dentist
1991	You're Driving Me Crazy	Doctor 'F'
1991	The Boneyard	Shepard
1991	With Friends Like These...	Narrator (voice)
1991	Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'	Self
1991	For the Boys	Sam Schiff
1989	C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud	Tyler
1987	Stripped to Kill	Ray
1985	Transylvania 6-5000	Mac Turner
1984	The Jesse Owens Story	Marty Forkins
1984	Don't Ask Me, Ask God	Jonesey
1983	Uncommon Valor	Garvin
1982	Magic with the Stars
1981	On the Right Track	The Mayor
1981	Paternity	Larry
1981	The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats	Jack McGuire
1980	Dan August: The Jealousy Factor	Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1980	For the Love of It	Hall
1980	This Year's Blonde	Pat Toledo
1980	Dan August: Once Is Never Enough	Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1979	Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special	Self
1978	Rabbit Test	Segoynia's Father
1978	The End	Dr. Samuel Krugman
1976	Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours	Mr. Brockelman
1976	Guardian of the Wilderness
1975	Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold	Stanly Nagel
1975	Death Stalk	Frank Cody
1974	Airport 1975	Bill
1974	Thursday's Game	Melvin Leonard
1973	The Stone Killer	Les Daniels
1973	Charley Varrick	Mr. Garfinkle
1972	The Heist	Pat Dillon
1970	The Boatniks	Max
1970	Catch-22	First Sgt. Towser
1969	Three's a Crowd	Norman, the Elevator Operator
1969	If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium	Harve Blakely
1968	Bullitt	Captain Baker
1968	The Young Runaways	Mr. Donford
1968	Sergeant Ryker	Sgt. Max Winkler
1968	The Secret War of Harry Frigg	Captain Stanley
1967	The Graduate	Mr. McCleery
1967	Ghostbreakers	Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
1967	Fitzwilly	Oberblatz
1967	The Young Warriors	Sgt. Wadley
1965	Quick, Before It Melts	George Snell
1964	The Killers	Mickey Farmer
1964	The Hanged Man	Gaylord Grebb
1963	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
1963	PT 109	Edmund Drewitch
1960	Ocean's Eleven	Peter Rheimer
1960	The Rat Race	Telephone Repairman
1960	Inherit the Wind	WGN Radio Technician
1959	Pork Chop Hill	S/Sgt. Coleman
1959	What Makes Sammy Run?	Sammy's Brother
1957	The Violators	Ray
1954	Twelve Angry Men	Juror #1 / Foreman

Year	TV Show	Role
1996	E! True Hollywood Story
1995	The Naked Truth	Norman Fell
1992	The Ben Stiller Show
1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Landlord
1989	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!	Ted Bull
1988	Murphy's Law
1986	Sledge Hammer!
1986	Matlock	Dr. Norman Radburn
1986	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Norman Fell
1985	The Twilight Zone
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Vince Shackman
1984	Crazy like a Fox	Inspector Peyton
1984	1st & Ten	Artie
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Lt. Ralph Rupp
1982	Matt Houston
1982	Teachers Only	Principal Ben Cooper
1981	Simon & Simon
1980	Magnum, P.I.
1979	The Ropers	Stanley Roper
1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Bernie Raymond
1977	The Love Boat	Bill McCoy
1977	Three's Company	Stanley Roper
1976	The Bionic Woman
1976	Charlie's Angels	Sammy Telford
1976	Rich Man, Poor Man	Smitty
1975	Starsky & Hutch
1975	Switch	Marty
1975	Fay
1975	Ellery Queen	Errol Keyes
1974	Rhoda
1974	Rhoda	Dr. Henry Gerber
1973	Police Story
1973	Needles and Pins	Nathan Davidson
1972	The Streets of San Francisco
1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Juror
1971	Cannon
1971	McMillan & Wife	Allan Kovacs
1970	Dan August	Sgt. Charles Wilentz
1970	McCloud
1969	Medical Center
1969	Love, American Style	Jack 'J.K.' Lewis
1968	The Name of the Game	Winston Polk
1967	Mannix
1967	Ironside
1967	Judd for the Defense
1967	The Invaders	Neal Taft
1967	Mannix	Daniel Brewer
1966	That Girl
1965	The F.B.I.	Ted Cullinan
1965	The Wild Wild West	Jeremiah Ratch
1965	The F.B.I.	Ken Haney
1965	The F.B.I.	Victor Green
1964	Bewitched
1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Mark Slate
1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Sgt. Max Winkler
1963	The Fugitive	Lieutenant Ed Green
1963	The Fugitive	Lieutenant Cermak
1963	Mr. Novak	Barney Sanders
1963	The Lieutenant
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Eddie Carr
1962	Sam Benedict
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1962	The Lloyd Bridges Show	Mel Baxter
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Al Norman
1961	Cain's Hundred	Frank Driscoll
1961	87th Precinct	Detective Meyer Meyer
1961	Ben Casey
1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Keith Mayes
1961	The Defenders	George Capp
1961	Dr. Kildare	Arnold Vitnack
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self
1960	The Aquanauts	Oliver Pappas
1960	The Tom Ewell Show
1960	The Tab Hunter Show
1959	Johnny Staccato
1959	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	Dr. Caul
1958	Peter Gunn
1957	Perry Mason	Caspar Pedley
1956	Stanley	Nick
1955	Playwrights '56
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Wint Selby
1948	Studio One	Juror #1 / Foreman
1948	Studio One	Jake