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Norman Fell
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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…
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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.
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Underground Entertainment: The Movie
as Norman (archive footage)
The Destiny of Marty Fine
as Daryl
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
as Grandpa Joe Dooley
Hexed
as Herschel Levine
The Naked Truth
as The Dentist
For the Boys
as Sam Schiff
The Boneyard
as Shepard
No Poster
You're Driving Me Crazy
as Doctor 'F'
No Poster
With Friends Like These...
as Narrator (voice)
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Tyler
Stripped to Kill
as Ray
Transylvania 6-5000
as Mac Turner
The Jesse Owens Story
as Marty Forkins
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
as Jonesey
Uncommon Valor
as Garvin
Magic with the Stars
as Self
Paternity
as Larry
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
as Jack McGuire
On the Right Track
as The Mayor
No Poster
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
For the Love of It
as Hall
This Year's Blonde
as Pat Toledo
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
as Self
The End
as Dr. Samuel Krugman
Rabbit Test
as Segoynia's Father
Guardian of the Wilderness
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
as Mr. Brockelman
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
as Stanly Nagel
Death Stalk
as Frank Cody
Airport 1975
as Bill
Thursday's Game
as Melvin Leonard
Charley Varrick
as Mr. Garfinkle
The Stone Killer
as Les Daniels
The Heist
as Pat Dillon
The Boatniks
as Max
Catch-22
as First Sgt. Towser
Three's a Crowd
as Norman, the Elevator Operator
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Harve Blakely
Bullitt
as Captain Baker
The Young Runaways
as Mr. Donford
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
as Captain Stanley
Sergeant Ryker
as Sgt. Max Winkler
The Graduate
as Mr. McCleery
Fitzwilly
as Oberblatz
Ghostbreakers
as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
The Young Warriors
as Sgt. Wadley
Quick, Before It Melts
as George Snell
The Hanged Man
as Gaylord Grebb
The Killers
as Mickey Farmer
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
PT 109
as Edmund Drewitch
Ocean's Eleven
as Peter Rheimer
The Rat Race
as Telephone Repairman
Inherit the Wind
as WGN Radio Technician
What Makes Sammy Run?
as Sammy's Brother
Pork Chop Hill
as S/Sgt. Coleman
The Violators
as Ray
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #1 / Foreman