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

Norman Fell Biography / Wiki
Name | Norman Fell |
Also Know | Norman Feld |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Date of Birth | 1924-03-24 |
Age(as in 2022) | 74 |
Deathday | 1998-12-14 |
Norman Fell Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
With Friends Like These | Narrator (voice) | 1991-03-27 | Three short stories about three extraordinary friendships gone wrong; An antique car comes into the life of the young couple of Alex and Kathleen. The… |
The Destiny of Marty Fine | Daryl | 1996-03-16 | When an ex-boxer witnesses a Mob hit the gangster forces him to commit a murder in order to save his own life…. |
Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats | Jack McGuire | 1981-08-28 | Two long-time rival high school football coaches lead their respective teams into battle for the city football championship. However, before the openi… |
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough | Sgt. Charles Wilentz | 1980-01-01 | Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds’ “Dan August” TV… |
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | Stanly Nagel | 1975-07-11 | Federal agent Jones, trained in martial arts, routs a drug-dealing dragon lady from her Macao gambling den…. |
Stripped to Kill | Ray | 1987-03-20 | A Los Angeles policewoman’s partner has her pose as a stripper to lure a killer of strippers…. |
On the Right Track | The Mayor | 1981-03-06 | Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He’s got this funny knack for picking the winning horses’ names out of the paper while… |
Paternity | Larry | 1981-10-02 | A single man searches for a woman who will bear his baby with no strings attached…. |
The Boneyard | Shepard | 1991-06-12 | Children turned into zombies wreak havoc in a coroner’s building with just a burned-out psychic, an experienced cop and two coroners to stop the madne… |
Ghostbreakers | Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain | 1967-09-08 | A professor and his beautiful assistant investigate a murder which occurs in a supposedly haunted house…. |
This Year’s Blonde | Pat Toledo | 1980-05-18 | First he seduced her. Then he made her a star. He was Johnny Hyde, 52-year-old agent, friend, lover. She was an unemployed starlet — destined to be … |
The Heist | Pat Dillon | 1972-11-29 | An armored-car guard must convince the authorities he is innocent after he is forced to rob his own company…. |
The Boatniks | Max | 1970-07-01 | Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard’s ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him fr… |
Three’s a Crowd | Norman – Elevator Operator | 1969-12-03 | An airline pilot tries to balance two wives he has in two separate cities…. |
The Hanged Man | Gaylord Grebb | 1964-11-18 | A gunman whose best friend has been murdered enacts a plan to blackmail the corrupt labor union leader responsible but finds he isn’t the only one aft… |
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to ‘It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World’ | Himself | 1991-01-01 | A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World…. |
The Killers | Mickey Farmer | 1964-07-07 | A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away…. |
The Stone Killer | Les Daniels | 1973-08-08 | A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud…. |
Charley Varrick | Mr. Garfinkle | 1973-09-19 | Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large … |
Death Stalk | Frank Cody | 1975-01-21 | The whitewater raft trip of two couples is interrupted by a visit from four prison escapees who take the women hostage to aid in their escape. The hus… |
The Young Runaways | Mr. Donford | 1968-09-11 | Three unhappy teenagers run away from home, only to discover living on their own isn’t as idyllic as they imagined…. |
What Makes Sammy Run? | Sammy’s Brother | 1959-09-27 | An adaptation of Budd Schulberg’s incendiary 1941 novel about the rise of an unscrupulous Hollywood producer. The production was divided into two part… |
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours | Mr. Brockelman | 1976-10-27 | A young private detective takes on his first case, a young woman with amnesia who doesn’t know why a gunman is trying to kill her but believes she mig… |
Bullitt | Captain Baker | 1968-10-17 | Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal’s hothead brother Johnny, who is in pro… |
The End | Dr. Samuel Krugman | 1978-05-10 | Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his… |
The Jesse Owens Story | Marty Forkins | 1984-07-09 | The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama wo… |
Hexed | Herschel Levine | 1993-01-22 | Lowly hotel clerk Matthew Welch stumbles unto a chance to go on a date with supermodel Hexina by pretending he is someone else. But something goes wro… |
Guardian of the Wilderness | 1976-12-07 | … | |
Quick Before It Melts | George Snell | 1965-01-20 | A magazine reporter and his photographer, on assignment in the Antarctic, attempt to fly in girls to make their chilly lives more enjoyable. Director … |
Sergeant Ryker | Sgt. Max Winkler | 1968-02-01 | During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy.He’s court-martialed and … |
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special | Himself | 1979-12-08 | Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special presents a festive celebration of favorite holiday songs and comedic moments with The Hudson Brothers plus an a… |
For the Boys | Sam Schiff | 1991-11-22 | On a USO tour during World War II, entertainer Eddie Sparks needs a partner to round out his act. Soon after hiring performer Dixie Leonard, Eddie dec… |
The Rat Race | Telephone Repairman | 1960-07-10 | An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance … |
Fitzwilly | Oberblatz | 1967-12-20 | When Miss Vicki’s father dies, she becomes the world’s greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam… |
Thursday’s Game | Melvin Leonard | 1974-04-14 | Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they deci… |
Uncommon Valor | Garvin | 1983-01-22 | The pilot for an unsold weekly series, Uncommon Valor stresses the courage and resourceful of a team of firefighters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Headed b… |
The Graduate | Mr. McCleery | 1967-12-21 | Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter…. |
Pork Chop Hill | S/Sgt. Coleman | 1959-05-29 | Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied… |
Twelve Angry Men | Juror #1 / Foreman (as Norman Feld) | 1954-09-20 | Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 S… |
Transylvania 6-5000 | Mac Turner | 1985-11-08 | Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman… |
For the Love of It | Hall | 1980-09-26 | An entrepreneur discovers a Russian plan for taking over the Middle East. He wants to use it to create a new video game but the KGB, the CIA and the F… |
PT 109 | Edmund Drewitch | 1963-06-19 | Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy’s war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese… |
If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Harve Blakely | 1969-04-24 | A group of travelers from the United States race through seven countries in 18 days…. |
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud | Tyler | 1989-05-05 | A military experiment to create a race of super-warriors goes awry, as legions of murderous zombies are unleashed upon a suburban neighborhood…. |
Inherit the Wind | WGN Radio Technician | 1960-07-07 | Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin’s theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the ne… |
The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Captain Stanley | 1968-02-29 | When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orde… |
The Naked Truth | The Dentist | 1992-09-29 | Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his T… |
Catch-22 | First Sgt. Towser | 1970-06-24 | A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a craz… |
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare | Grandpa Joe Dooley | 1995-03-31 | It’s time for the annual Dooley family reunion and Dooley matriarch Meemaw’s 100th birthday celebration. But teenaged Billy is welcomingly distracted … |
Ocean’s Eleven | Peter Rheimer | 1960-08-10 | Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night…. |
Airport 1975 | Bill | 1974-10-18 | When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls…. |
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Detective at Grogan’s Crash Site | 1963-11-07 | A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t… |
Rabbit Test | Segoynia’s Father | 1978-04-09 | Lionel’s life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table… he becomes the world’s first pregnant man!… |
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