Norman Fell

Mar 24, 1924 - Dec 14, 1998 (74 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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

Magnum, P.I.

Charlie's Angels

Sammy Telford

Murder, She Wrote

Vince Shackman

Studio One

Juror #1 / Foreman

Cannon

Mannix

The Twilight Zone

Three's Company

Stanley Roper

Ben Casey

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Keith Mayes

Credits

E! True Hollywood Story 1996

★ 8.1
The Destiny of Marty Fine 1996

Daryl

★ 1
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare 1995

Grandpa Joe Dooley

★ 4.4
Hexed 1993

Herschel Levine

★ 4.8
The Naked Truth 1992

The Dentist

★ 2.6
The Ben Stiller Show 1992

★ 4.8
For the Boys 1991

Sam Schiff

★ 6.2
The Boneyard 1991

Shepard

★ 5.7
You're Driving Me Crazy 1991

Doctor 'F'

★ 3
With Friends Like These... 1991

Narrator (voice)

★ 4
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' 1991

Self

★ NR
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990

The Landlord

★ 7.9
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! 1989

★ 7
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud 1989

Tyler

★ 4.4
Murphy's Law 1988

★ 5
Stripped to Kill 1987

Ray

★ 4.6
Sledge Hammer! 1986

★ 7.9
It's Garry Shandling's Show 1986

Norman Fell

★ 7.2
Matlock 1986

Dr. Norman Radburn

★ 7.1
Transylvania 6-5000 1985

Mac Turner

★ 5.3
The Twilight Zone 1985

★ 7.8
Crazy like a Fox 1984

Inspector Peyton

★ 7.1
1st & Ten 1984

Artie

★ 6.5
Murder, She Wrote 1984

Vince Shackman

★ 7.5
The Jesse Owens Story 1984

Marty Forkins

★ 7.9
Don't Ask Me, Ask God 1984

Jonesey

★ NR
Uncommon Valor 1983

Garvin

★ NR
Matt Houston 1982

★ 6.2
Teachers Only 1982

Principal Ben Cooper

★ 5
Magic with the Stars 1982

★ NR
Simon & Simon 1981

★ 6.7
Paternity 1981

Larry

★ 4.8
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats 1981

Jack McGuire

★ NR
On the Right Track 1981

The Mayor

★ 5.3
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor 1980

Sgt. Charles Wilentz

★ 2
Magnum, P.I. 1980

★ 7.3
For the Love of It 1980

Hall

★ 3
This Year's Blonde 1980

Pat Toledo

★ 5.7
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough 1980

Sgt. Charles Wilentz

★ 4
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special 1979

Self

★ NR
The Ropers 1979

Stanley Roper

★ 5.7
Roots: The Next Generations 1979

Bernie Raymond

★ 7.5
The End 1978

Dr. Samuel Krugman

★ 5.5
Rabbit Test 1978

Segoynia's Father

★ 4.2
The Love Boat 1977

Bill McCoy

★ 6.3
Three's Company 1977

Stanley Roper

★ 7.7
Guardian of the Wilderness 1976

★ 6.5
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours 1976

Mr. Brockelman

★ 6
Charlie's Angels 1976

Sammy Telford

★ 6.7
Rich Man, Poor Man 1976

Smitty

★ 7.8
The Bionic Woman 1976

★ 7
Ellery Queen 1975

Errol Keyes

★ 7.4
Starsky & Hutch 1975

★ 7.2
Switch 1975

Marty

★ 6.7
Fay 1975

★ 5
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold 1975

Stanly Nagel

★ 5.8
Death Stalk 1975

Frank Cody

★ 5.9
Airport 1975 1974

Bill

★ 5.7
Rhoda 1974

★ 6.3
Thursday's Game 1974

Melvin Leonard

★ 5.2
Needles and Pins 1973

Nathan Davidson

★ 5
Charley Varrick 1973

Mr. Garfinkle

★ 7.4
The Stone Killer 1973

Les Daniels

★ 6.2
Police Story 1973

★ 6.9
The Heist 1972

Pat Dillon

★ 8
The Streets of San Francisco 1972

★ 6.9
McMillan & Wife 1971

Allan Kovacs

★ 6.9
Cannon 1971

★ 6.5
Dan August 1970

Sgt. Charles Wilentz

★ 6.8
The Boatniks 1970

Max

★ 5.4
Catch-22 1970

First Sgt. Towser

★ 6.7
McCloud 1970

★ 7.1
Three's a Crowd 1969

Norman, the Elevator Operator

★ 6
Love, American Style 1969

Jack 'J.K.' Lewis

★ 6.1
Medical Center 1969

★ 6.1
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium 1969

Harve Blakely

★ 5.8
Bullitt 1968

Captain Baker

★ 7.1
The Name of the Game 1968

Winston Polk

★ 6.8
The Young Runaways 1968

Mr. Donford

★ 6
The Secret War of Harry Frigg 1968

Captain Stanley

★ 6
Sergeant Ryker 1968

Sgt. Max Winkler

★ 6.5
The Graduate 1967

Mr. McCleery

★ 7.6
Fitzwilly 1967

Oberblatz

★ 6.1
Mannix 1967

★ 6.7
Ghostbreakers 1967

Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain

★ 2
Judd for the Defense 1967

★ 7.5
Ironside 1967

★ 6.8
The Young Warriors 1967

Sgt. Wadley

★ 6
The Invaders 1967

Neal Taft

★ 6.8
That Girl 1966

★ 6.2
The F.B.I. 1965

Ted Cullinan

★ 5.5
The Wild Wild West 1965

Jeremiah Ratch

★ 7.5
Quick, Before It Melts 1965

George Snell

★ 3.5
The Hanged Man 1964

Gaylord Grebb

★ 4.6
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1964

Mark Slate

★ 7.2
Bewitched 1964

★ 7.9
The Killers 1964

Mickey Farmer

★ 6.9
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963

Detective at Grogan's Crash Site

★ 7
Kraft Suspense Theatre 1963

Sgt. Max Winkler

★ 5.3
Mr. Novak 1963

Barney Sanders

★ 6.5
The Fugitive 1963

Lieutenant Ed Green

★ 7.2
The Lieutenant 1963

★ 6
PT 109 1963

Edmund Drewitch

★ 5.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962

Al Norman

★ 7.8
Sam Benedict 1962

★ 6
The Lloyd Bridges Show 1962

Mel Baxter

★ 5
Ben Casey 1961

★ 5.6
Dr. Kildare 1961

Dr. Keith Mayes

★ 5.5
87th Precinct 1961

Detective Meyer Meyer

★ 7.5
Cain's Hundred 1961

Frank Driscoll

★ 4.7
The Defenders 1961

George Capp

★ 6.2
The Tom Ewell Show 1960

★ NR
The Tab Hunter Show 1960

★ 5
The Aquanauts 1960

Oliver Pappas

★ 5.5
Ocean's Eleven 1960

Peter Rheimer

★ 6.4
The Rat Race 1960

Telephone Repairman

★ 6.6
Inherit the Wind 1960

WGN Radio Technician

★ 7.7
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 1959

Dr. Caul

★ 5.8
What Makes Sammy Run? 1959

Sammy's Brother

★ 7
Johnny Staccato 1959

★ 5.6
Pork Chop Hill 1959

S/Sgt. Coleman

★ 6.5
Peter Gunn 1958

★ 6.5
The Violators 1957

Ray

★ 8
Perry Mason 1957

Caspar Pedley

★ 7.7
Stanley 1956

Nick

★ 5
Playwrights '56 1955

★ 6
Twelve Angry Men 1954

Juror #1 / Foreman

★ 7.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Wint Selby

★ 8.6
Studio One 1948

Juror #1 / Foreman

★ 5