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Norman Fell, was an American actor of film and television, most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers. Early in his career, he was billed as Norman Feld.
Birth Name
Norman Noah Feld
Born
Monday, 24 March 1924
Died
Monday, 14 December 1998
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| History of the Sitcom | Stanley Roper | 2021 |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Self | 2019 |
| Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Norman | 2011 |
| Game Show Moments Gone Bananas | Self | 2005 |
| The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1999 |
| Television: The First Fifty Years | Self - Interviewee | 1999 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| The Destiny of Marty Fine | Daryl | 1996 |
| Beach House | Landlord | 1996 |
| The Naked Truth | Norman Fell | 1995 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| History of the Sitcom | Stanley Roper | 2021 |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Self | 2019 |
| Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Norman | 2011 |
| Game Show Moments Gone Bananas | Self | 2005 |
| The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1999 |
| Television: The First Fifty Years | Self - Interviewee | 1999 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| The Destiny of Marty Fine | Daryl | 1996 |
| Beach House | Landlord | 1996 |
| The Naked Truth | Norman Fell | 1995 |
| Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare | Grandpa Joe Dooley | 1995 |
| Life with Louie | Vic | 1994 |
| Ellen | Mr. Roper | 1994 |
| Hexed | Herschel Levine | 1993 |
| The Naked Truth | The Dentist | 1992 |
| The Ben Stiller Show | Norman Fell | 1992 |
| Flying Blind | Employer #2 | 1992 |
| For the Boys | Sam Schiff | 1991 |
| The Boneyard | Shepard | 1991 |
| With Friends Like These... | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1991 |
| Good Grief | Slezar | 1990 |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | The Landlord | 1990 |
| You're Driving Me Crazy | Doctor 'F' | 1990 |
| The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | Fred Van Winkle / Ted Bull | 1989 |
| C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud | Tyler | 1989 |
| Murphy's Law | Arnold Epstein | 1988 |
| The Munsters Today | Mr. Maurice | 1988 |
| The Boys | Dave | 1988 |
| Family Feud | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 1988 |
| Hooperman | Pete Cosgrove, Ventriloquist | 1987 |
| Out of This World | Dr. Hauser | 1987 |
| Stripped to Kill | Ray | 1987 |
| Sledge Hammer! | Doctor | 1986 |
| It's Garry Shandling's Show. | Norman Fell | 1986 |
| Matlock | Dr. Norman Radburn | 1986 |
| Transylvania 6-5000 | Mac Turner | 1985 |
| The Twilight Zone | Eddie O'Hara | 1985 |
| Crazy Like a Fox | Inspector Peyton | 1984 |
| 1st & Ten | Artie | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Vince Shackman / Lt. Ralph Rupp | 1984 |
| The Jesse Owens Story | Marty Forkins | 1984 |
| Webster | Charlie Sands | 1983 |
| Matt Houston | Herman Burnham | 1982 |
| Teachers Only | Ben Cooper / Principal Ben Cooper | 1982 |
| Tattletales | Self | 1982 |
| Simon & Simon | Leo Nyquist | 1981 |
| Paternity | Larry | 1981 |
| Heartbreak High | Jack McGuire | 1981 |
| On the Right Track | The Mayor | 1981 |
| Magnum, P.I. | David Albertson | 1980 |
| For the Love of It | Hall | 1980 |
| This Year's Blonde | Pat Toledo | 1980 |
| Dan August: Once Is Never Enough | Sgt. Charles Wilentz | 1980 |
| Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special | Himself / Self | 1979 |
| The Ropers | Stanley Roper | 1979 |
| Roots: The Next Generations | Bernie Raymond / Paul Reynolds | 1979 |
| Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers | Self | 1978 |
| The End | Dr. Samuel Krugman | 1978 |
| All-Star Family Feud Special | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 1978 |
| Rabbit Test | Segoynia's Father | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | Bill McCoy | 1977 |
| Three's Company | Stanley Roper | 1977 |
| The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Mitch Morgan | 1977 |
| Guardian of the Wilderness | 1976 | |
| Executive Suite | Bernie | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Sammy Telford | 1976 |
| Rich Man, Poor Man | Smitty | 1976 |
| The Bionic Woman | Milt Bigelow | 1976 |
| Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | Stanley Nagel / Stanly Nagel | 1975 |
| The Blue Knight | Breslin | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Sammy Grovner | 1975 |
| Ellery Queen | Errol Keyes | 1975 |
| Switch | Marty | 1975 |
| Death Stalk | Frank Cody | 1975 |
| Airport 1975 | Bill | 1974 |
| Rhoda | Dr. Henry Gerber | 1974 |
| Lucas Tanner | Abe Lydecker | 1974 |
| Thursday's Game | Melvin Leonard | 1974 |
| Needles and Pins | Nathan Davidson | 1973 |
| Charley Varrick | Mr. Garfinkle | 1973 |
| The Stone Killer | Les Daniels | 1973 |
| Police Story | Lieutenant Alfred Thornwood / Sgt. Dell | 1973 |
| Escape | Frank Diel | 1973 |
| The Heist | Pat Dillon | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Juror | 1972 |
| The Good Life | Randolph | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Allan Kovacs | 1971 |
| Cannon | Lt. Carl Masters | 1971 |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Leo Walsh | 1971 |
| The Partridge Family | Mr. Bruner | 1970 |
| Dan August | Sgt. Charles Wilentz | 1970 |
| The Boatniks | Max | 1970 |
| Catch-22 | First Sgt. Towser / Sergeant Towser | 1970 |
| McCloud | Lt. Ed Feldman | 1970 |
| Three's a Crowd | Norman - Elevator Operator / Norman, the Elevator Operator | 1969 |
| Love, American Style | Jack 'J.K.' Lewis (segment "Love and the Good Deal") / Ralph Albertson (segment "Love and the Clinic") | 1969 |
| If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Harve Blakely | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Frank | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | George Manning | 1969 |
| Bullitt | Baker / Captain Baker | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Winston Polk | 1968 |
| The Young Runaways | Mr. Donford | 1968 |
| Sergeant Ryker | Sgt. Max Winkler | 1968 |
| The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Captain Stanley | 1968 |
| The Graduate | Mr. McCleery | 1967 |
| Fitzwilly | Oberblatz | 1967 |
| Mannix | Daniel Brewer | 1967 |
| Ironside | Captain Lauren / Lieutenant Haines | 1967 |
| Ghostbreakers | Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain / Lieutenant P.J. Hartunain | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | D.A. Harry Green | 1967 |
| The Invaders | Neal Taft | 1967 |
| The Young Warriors | Sgt. Wadley | 1966 |
| That Girl | Bernard Paperny | 1966 |
| The Trials of O'Brien | Mickey the Miser | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Jeremiah Ratch | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Victor Green / Ted Cullinan / Ken Haney | 1965 |
| I Spy | Karim | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Capt. Arnold Dudley | 1965 |
| The Hanged Man | Gaylord Grebb | 1964 |
| Quick, Before It Melts | George Snell | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Mark Slate | 1964 |
| 12 O'Clock High | Maj. George Praeger / Lt. Canello | 1964 |
| Bewitched | Dr. Sigmund Freud | 1964 |
| The Killers | Mickey Farmer | 1964 |
| Suspense | the Reporter | 1964 |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | Detective at Grogan's Crash Site | 1963 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Sgt. Max Winkler | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Eddie Carr | 1963 |
| Mr. Novak | Barney Sanders | 1963 |
| East Side/West Side | Eddie Best | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Lieutenant Ed Green / Lieutenant Cermak | 1963 |
| The Lieutenant | Jerry Belman | 1963 |
| PT 109 | Edmund Drewitch | 1963 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Lionel Harper | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest / Himself | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Al Norman | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Alex McConnell | 1962 |
| The Lloyd Bridges Show | Mel Baxter / Piggy | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Manny Berger / Arnold Halbert | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Arnold Vitnack / Dr. Keith Mayes | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Dr. Joseph Greer | 1961 |
| 87th Precinct | Detective Meyer Meyer / Det. Meyer Meyer | 1961 |
| Cain's Hundred | Frank Driscoll | 1961 |
| The Defenders | George Capp | 1961 |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | Fred Cook | 1960 |
| The Tom Ewell Show | Howie Fletcher | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Tab Hunter Show | Emory Farnsworth | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Shep Stryker | 1960 |
| The Aquanauts | Oliver Pappas | 1960 |
| Ocean's Eleven | Peter Rheimer | 1960 |
| The Rat Race | Telephone Repairman | 1960 |
| Inherit the Wind | WGN Radio Technician | 1960 |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Dr. Caul | 1959 |
| Sunday Showcase | Sammy's Brother | 1959 |
| Johnny Staccato | Bill Lentz | 1959 |
| Pork Chop Hill | Sgt. Coleman / S/Sgt. Coleman | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Reiner | 1959 |
| Peter Gunn | Danny Carmichael | 1958 |
| Perry Mason | Caspar Pedley | 1957 |
| Stanley | Nick | 1956 |
| Joe & Mabel | Harry / Mike | 1956 |
| The Alcoa Hour | Marvie | 1955 |
| Playwrights '56 | Nick Zervas | 1955 |
| Star Tonight | Sharp | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Max | 1954 |
| The Elgin Hour | Morton | 1954 |
| Twelve Angry Men | Juror #1 / Foreman | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Detective | 1953 |
| Goodyear Playhouse | Manny | 1951 |
| Studio One | Juror #1 / Foreman / Jake / (as Norman Feld) | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1979 | Golden Globe | Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Television Series | Won |
| 1976 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Series | Nominated |
