Norman Fell

Person

Norman Fell

Born 24 March 1924 Died 14 December 1998, aged 74 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA TMDB ↗

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.

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The numbers

Computed from the record
24age in their first credit on record (1948)
63years on screen and counting
10credits in 1967, their busiest year
143dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
Underground Entertainment: The Movie poster Age: 87

Underground Entertainment: The Movie

2011
as Norman (archive footage)
The Destiny of Marty Fine poster Age: 71

The Destiny of Marty Fine

1996
as Daryl
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare poster Age: 71

Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare

1995
as Grandpa Joe Dooley
Hexed poster Age: 68

Hexed

1993
as Herschel Levine
The Naked Truth poster Age: 68

The Naked Truth

1992
as The Dentist
For the Boys poster Age: 67

For the Boys

1991
as Sam Schiff
The Boneyard poster Age: 67

The Boneyard

1991
as Shepard
No poster
Age: 67

You're Driving Me Crazy

1991
as Doctor 'F'
No poster
Age: 67

With Friends Like These...

1991
as Narrator (voice)
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud poster Age: 65

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud

1989
as Tyler
Stripped to Kill poster Age: 62

Stripped to Kill

1987
as Ray
Transylvania 6-5000 poster Age: 61

Transylvania 6-5000

1985
as Mac Turner
The Jesse Owens Story poster Age: 60

The Jesse Owens Story

1984
as Marty Forkins
Don't Ask Me, Ask God poster Age: 59

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

1984
as Jonesey
Uncommon Valor poster Age: 58

Uncommon Valor

1983
as Garvin
Paternity poster Age: 57

Paternity

1981
as Larry
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats poster Age: 57

The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats

1981
as Jack McGuire
On the Right Track poster Age: 56

On the Right Track

1981
as The Mayor
No poster
Age: 56

Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

1980
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
For the Love of It poster Age: 56

For the Love of It

1980
as Hall
This Year's Blonde poster Age: 56

This Year's Blonde

1980
as Pat Toledo
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough poster Age: 55

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

1980
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
The End poster Age: 54

The End

1978
as Dr. Samuel Krugman
Rabbit Test poster Age: 54

Rabbit Test

1978
as Segoynia's Father
Guardian of the Wilderness poster Age: 52

Guardian of the Wilderness

1976
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours poster Age: 52

Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours

1976
as Mr. Brockelman
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold poster Age: 51

Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold

1975
as Stanly Nagel
Death Stalk poster Age: 50

Death Stalk

1975
as Frank Cody
Airport 1975 poster Age: 50

Airport 1975

1974
as Bill
Thursday's Game poster Age: 50

Thursday's Game

1974
as Melvin Leonard
Charley Varrick poster Age: 49

Charley Varrick

1973
as Mr. Garfinkle
The Stone Killer poster Age: 49

The Stone Killer

1973
as Les Daniels
The Heist poster Age: 48

The Heist

1972
as Pat Dillon
The Boatniks poster Age: 46

The Boatniks

1970
as Max
Catch-22 poster Age: 46

Catch-22

1970
as First Sgt. Towser
Three's a Crowd poster Age: 45

Three's a Crowd

1969
as Norman, the Elevator Operator
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium poster Age: 45

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

1969
as Harve Blakely
Bullitt poster Age: 44

Bullitt

1968
as Captain Baker
The Young Runaways poster Age: 44

The Young Runaways

1968
as Mr. Donford
The Secret War of Harry Frigg poster Age: 43

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

1968
as Captain Stanley
Sergeant Ryker poster Age: 43

Sergeant Ryker

1968
as Sgt. Max Winkler
The Graduate poster Age: 43

The Graduate

1967
as Mr. McCleery
Fitzwilly poster Age: 43

Fitzwilly

1967
as Oberblatz
Ghostbreakers poster Age: 43

Ghostbreakers

1967
as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
The Young Warriors poster Age: 42

The Young Warriors

1967
as Sgt. Wadley
Quick, Before It Melts poster Age: 40

Quick, Before It Melts

1965
as George Snell
The Hanged Man poster Age: 40

The Hanged Man

1964
as Gaylord Grebb
The Killers poster Age: 40

The Killers

1964
as Mickey Farmer
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster Age: 39

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963
as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
PT 109 poster Age: 39

PT 109

1963
as Edmund Drewitch
Ocean's Eleven poster Age: 36

Ocean's Eleven

1960
as Peter Rheimer
The Rat Race poster Age: 36

The Rat Race

1960
as Telephone Repairman
Inherit the Wind poster Age: 36

Inherit the Wind

1960
as WGN Radio Technician
What Makes Sammy Run? poster Age: 35

What Makes Sammy Run?

1959
as Sammy's Brother
Pork Chop Hill poster Age: 35

Pork Chop Hill

1959
as S/Sgt. Coleman
The Violators poster Age: 33

The Violators

1957
as Ray
Twelve Angry Men poster Age: 30

Twelve Angry Men

1954
as Juror #1 / Foreman
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TV credits

Newest first
E! True Hollywood Story poster Age: 72

E! True Hollywood Story

1996
The Naked Truth poster Age: 71

The Naked Truth

1995
as Norman Fell
The Ben Stiller Show poster Age: 68

The Ben Stiller Show

1992
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air poster Age: 66

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

1990
as The Landlord
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! poster Age: 65

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

1989
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! poster Age: 65

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

1989
as Ted Bull
Murphy's Law poster Age: 64

Murphy's Law

1988
Sledge Hammer! poster Age: 62

Sledge Hammer!

1986
as Doctor
It's Garry Shandling's Show poster Age: 62

It's Garry Shandling's Show

1986
as Norman Fell
Matlock poster Age: 61

Matlock

1986
as Norman Radburn
The Twilight Zone poster Age: 61

The Twilight Zone

1985
Crazy like a Fox poster Age: 60

Crazy like a Fox

1984
as Inspector Peyton
1st & Ten poster Age: 60

1st & Ten

1984
as Artie
Murder, She Wrote poster Age: 60

Murder, She Wrote

1984
as Vince Shackman
Murder, She Wrote poster Age: 60

Murder, She Wrote

1984
as Lt. Ralph Rupp
Matt Houston poster Age: 58

Matt Houston

1982
Teachers Only poster Age: 58

Teachers Only

1982
as Principal Ben Cooper
Simon & Simon poster Age: 57

Simon & Simon

1981
as Leo Nyquist
Magnum, P.I. poster Age: 56

Magnum, P.I.

1980
as David Albertson
The Ropers poster Age: 54

The Ropers

1979
as Stanley Roper
Roots: The Next Generations poster Age: 54

Roots: The Next Generations

1979
as Paul Reynolds
The Love Boat poster Age: 53

The Love Boat

1977
as Bill McCoy
Three's Company poster Age: 52

Three's Company

1977
as Stanley Roper
Grizzly Adams poster Age: 52

Grizzly Adams

1977
as Mitch Morgan
Charlie's Angels poster Age: 52

Charlie's Angels

1976
as Sammy Telford
Rich Man, Poor Man poster Age: 51

Rich Man, Poor Man

1976
as Smitty
The Bionic Woman poster Age: 51

The Bionic Woman

1976
Ellery Queen poster Age: 51

Ellery Queen

1975
as Errol Keyes
Starsky & Hutch poster Age: 51

Starsky & Hutch

1975
Switch poster Age: 51

Switch

1975
as Marty
No poster
Age: 51

Fay

1975
Rhoda poster Age: 50

Rhoda

1974
Rhoda poster Age: 50

Rhoda

1974
as Dr. Henry Gerber
No poster
Age: 49

Needles and Pins

1973
as Nathan Davidson
Police Story poster Age: 48

Police Story

1973
The Streets of San Francisco poster Age: 48

The Streets of San Francisco

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster Age: 48

The Streets of San Francisco

1972
as Juror
McMillan & Wife poster Age: 47

McMillan & Wife

1971
as Allan Kovacs
Cannon poster Age: 47

Cannon

1971
The Partridge Family poster Age: 46

The Partridge Family

1970
as Mr. Bruner
Dan August poster Age: 46

Dan August

1970
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
McCloud poster Age: 45

McCloud

1970
as Lt. Ed Feldman
Love, American Style poster Age: 45

Love, American Style

1969
as Jack 'J.K.' Lewis
Medical Center poster Age: 45

Medical Center

1969
The Name of the Game poster Age: 44

The Name of the Game

1968
as Winston Polk
Mannix poster Age: 43

Mannix

1967
Mannix poster Age: 43

Mannix

1967
as Daniel Brewer
Judd, for the Defense poster Age: 43

Judd, for the Defense

1967
Ironside poster Age: 43

Ironside

1967
Ironside poster Age: 43

Ironside

1967
as Lieutenant Haines
The Invaders poster Age: 42

The Invaders

1967
as Neal Taft
That Girl poster Age: 42

That Girl

1966
The F.B.I. poster Age: 41

The F.B.I.

1965
as Ted Cullinan
The F.B.I. poster Age: 41

The F.B.I.

1965
as Ken Haney
The F.B.I. poster Age: 41

The F.B.I.

1965
as Victor Green
The Wild Wild West poster Age: 41

The Wild Wild West

1965
as Jeremiah Ratch
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster Age: 40

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964
as Mark Slate
Bewitched poster Age: 40

Bewitched

1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre poster Age: 39

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963
as Sgt. Max Winkler
No poster
Age: 39

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963
as Eddie Carr
Mr. Novak poster Age: 39

Mr. Novak

1963
as Barney Sanders
The Fugitive poster Age: 39

The Fugitive

1963
as Lieutenant Ed Green
The Fugitive poster Age: 39

The Fugitive

1963
as Lieutenant Cermak
The Lieutenant poster Age: 39

The Lieutenant

1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster Age: 38

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962
as Al Norman
Sam Benedict poster Age: 38

Sam Benedict

1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show poster Age: 38

The Lloyd Bridges Show

1962
as Mel Baxter
Ben Casey poster Age: 37

Ben Casey

1961
Ben Casey poster Age: 37

Ben Casey

1961
as Manny Berger
Dr. Kildare poster Age: 37

Dr. Kildare

1961
as Dr. Keith Mayes
Dr. Kildare poster Age: 37

Dr. Kildare

1961
as Arnold Vitnack
87th Precinct poster Age: 37

87th Precinct

1961
as Detective Meyer Meyer
Cain's Hundred poster Age: 37

Cain's Hundred

1961
as Frank Driscoll
The Defenders poster Age: 37

The Defenders

1961
as George Capp
No poster
Age: 36

The Tom Ewell Show

1960
The Tab Hunter Show poster Age: 36

The Tab Hunter Show

1960
The Aquanauts poster Age: 36

The Aquanauts

1960
as Oliver Pappas
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis poster Age: 35

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959
as Dr. Caul
Johnny Staccato poster Age: 35

Johnny Staccato

1959
Peter Gunn poster Age: 34

Peter Gunn

1958
Perry Mason poster Age: 33

Perry Mason

1957
as Caspar Pedley
Stanley poster Age: 32

Stanley

1956
as Nick
No poster
Age: 31

Playwrights '56

1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster Age: 27

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
as Wint Selby
Studio One poster Age: 24

Studio One

1948
as Juror #1 / Foreman
Studio One poster Age: 24

Studio One

1948
as Jake
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