Norman Fell
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
The Graduate
1967
as Mr. McCleery
Bullitt
1968
as Captain Baker
Ocean's Eleven
1960
as Peter Rheimer
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
Airport 1975
1974
as Bill
Charley Varrick
1973
as Mr. Garfinkle
Catch-22
1970
as First Sgt. Towser
Inherit the Wind
1960
as WGN Radio Technician
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as S/Sgt. Coleman
PT 109
1963
as Edmund Drewitch
For the Boys
1991
as Sam Schiff
The Stone Killer
1973
as Les Daniels
The Killers
1964
as Mickey Farmer
Fitzwilly
1967
as Oberblatz
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968
as Captain Stanley
Sergeant Ryker
1968
as Sgt. Max Winkler
Transylvania 6-5000
1985
as Mac Turner
The Boatniks
1970
as Max
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
1995
as Grandpa Joe Dooley
Paternity
1981
as Larry