Norman Fell (born Norman Noah Feld; March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his role as landlord Stanley Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spinoff The Ropers, and for his appearances in such films as The Graduate and Bullitt.
He was married to Dolores Pikoos, Diane Weiss, and Karen Weingard and had two daughters with Weiss and adopted a son with Weingard.
Fell died in 1998 at the age of 74 due to bone marrow cancer.
Roles:
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Film roles
- 1957: The Violators as Ray
- 1959: Ah Wilderness as Wint Selby
- 1959: Pork Chop Hill as Sgt. Coleman
- 1960: Inherit the Wind as WGN Radio Technician
- 1960: The Rat Race as Telephone Repairman
- 1960: Ocean's 11 as Peter Rheimer
- 1963: PT109 as Edmund Drewitch
- 1963: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
- 1964: The Killers as Mickey Farmer
- 1964: Quick Before It Melts as George Snell
- 1964: The Hanged Man as Gaylord Grebb
- 1967: The Young Warriors as Sgt. Wadley
- 1967: Ghostbreakers as Lt. P.J. Hartunain
- 1967: Fitzwilly as Oberblatz
- 1967: The Graduate as Mr. McCleery
- 1968: The Secret War of Harry Frigg as Capt. Stanley
- 1968: Sergeant Ryker as Sgt. Max Winkler
- 1968: The Young Runaways as Mr. Donford
- 1968: Bullitt as Baker
- 1969: If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Harve Blakely
- 1969: Threes A Crowd as Norman the Elevator Operator
- 1970: Catch-22 as Sgt. Towser
- 1970: The Boatniks as Max
- 1972: The Heist as Pat Dillon
- 1973: Going Places as Mr. Shaw
- 1973: The Stone Killer as Les Daniels
- 1973: Charley Varrick as Mr. Garfinkle
- 1974: Thursdays Game as Melvin Leonard
- 1974: Airport 1975 as Bill
- 1975: Death Stalk as Frank Cody
- 1975: Cleopatra Jones And The Casino Of Gold as Stanley Nagel
- 1976: Risko as Max
- 1976: Richie Brockelman The Missing 24 Hours as Mr. Brockelman
- 1978: Rabbit Test as Segoynia's Father
- 1978: The End as Dr. Samuel Krugman
- 1980: Getting There as Jim
- 1980: This Years Blonde as Pat Toledo
- 1980: For The Love Of It as Hall
- 1981: On The Right Track as The Mayor
- 1981: Heartbreak High as Jack McGuire
- 1981: Paternity as Larry
- 1983: Uncommon Valor as Garvin
- 1984: Dont Ask Me Ask God as Jonesey
- 1984: The Jesse Owens Story as Marty Forkins
- 1985: Transylvania 6-5000 as Mac Turner
- 1987: Stripped to Kill as Ray
- 1989: C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud as Tyler
- 1990: Youre Driving Me Crazy as Doctor 'F'
- 1991: With Friends Like These as Narrator
- 1991: The Boneyard as Shepard
- 1991: For The Boys as Sam Schiff
- 1992: The Naked Truth as The Dentist
- 1993: Hexed as Herschel Levine
- 1995: Family Reunion A Relative Nightmare as Grandpa Joe Dooley
- 1996: The Destiny Of Marty Fine as Daryl
- 1996: Beach House as Landlord
Television roles
- 1954: The Elgin Hour as Morton
- 1954–55: Studio One as Jake/Juror #1/Foreman (4 episodes)
- 1956: The Alcoa Hour as Marvie
- 1956: Star Tonight as Sharp
- 1956: Playwrights 56 as Nick Zervas
- 1956: Joe And Mabel as Harry/Mike (4 episodes)
- 1956: Stanley as Nick
- 1956: The United States Steel Hour as Detective
- 1958: The Big Story as Car Rental Attendant
- 1959: Sunday Showcase as Sammy's Brother
- 1960: Johnny Staccato as Bill Lentz
- 1960: Perry Mason as Caspar Pedley
- 1960: The Untouchables as Reiner
- 1960: The Tom Ewell Show as Howie Fletcher
- 1961: The Law And Mr Jones as Fred Cook
- 1961: The Tab Hunter Show as Emory Farnsworth
- 1961: Peter Gunn as Danny Carmichael
- 1961: The Aquanauts as Oliver Pappas
- 1961: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Dr. Caul
- 1961: Checkmate as Shep Stryker
- 1961: Cains Hundred as Frank Driscoll
- 1961–62: Eighty Seventh Precinct as Det. Meyer Meyer
- 1962: Sam Benedict as Alex McConnell
- 1963: The Eleventh Hour as Lionel Harper
- 1963: The Lloyd Bridges Show as Mel Baxter/Piggy (2 episodes)
- 1963: The Dick Powell Theatre as Dr. Joseph Greer
- 1963: The Lieutenant as Jerry Belman
- 1963: Kraft Suspense Theatre as Sgt. Max Winkler
- 1963: East Side West Side as Eddie Best
- 1963: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Al Norman
- 1964: The Defenders as George Capp
- 1964: Suspense as The Reporter
- 1964–65: Ben Casey as Manny Berger/Arnold Halbert (2 episodes)
- 1964–66: Twelve O Clock High as Maj. George Praeger/Lt. Canello (2 episodes)
- 1965: Mr Novak as Barney Sanders
- 1965: The Trials Of O Brien as Mickey the Miser
- 1965: Dr. Kildare as Arnold Vitnack/Dr. Keith Mayes (5 episodes)
- 1965: The Fugitive as Lt. Ed Green/Lt. Cermak (2 episodes)
- 1965–69: The F.B.I. as Victor Green/Ken Haney/Ted Cullinan (3 episodes)
- 1966: The Wild Wild West as Jeremiah Ratch
- 1966: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Mark Slate
- 1966: A Man Called Shenandoah as Capt. Arnold Dudley
- 1966: Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre as Eddie Carr
- 1966: Bewitched as Dr. Sigmund Freud
- 1967: The Invaders as Neal Taft
- 1967: I Spy as Karim
- 1967: Mannix as Daniel Brewer
- 1967–69: Insight as Carl/Attendant (2 episodes)
- 1967–69: Ironside as Lt. Haines/Capt. Lauren (2 episodes)
- 1968: That Girl as Bernard Paperny
- 1968: Judd For The Defense as D.A. Harry Green
- 1969: The Name Of The Game as Winston Polk
- 1969–72: Love, American Style as Ralph Albertson/Jack 'J.K' Lewis (2 episodes)
- 1970–71: Dan August as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
- 1971: The Partridge Family as Mr. Bruner
- 1971: The Good Life as Randolph
- 1972: O Hara US Treasury as Leo Walsh
- 1972: McCloud as Lt. Ed Feldman
- 1973: Marcus Welby, M.D. as George Manning
- 1973: Escape as Frank Diel
- 1973–74: Needles And Pins as Nathan Davidson
- 1974: Medical Center as Frank
- 1974–77: Police Story (1973) as Lt. Alfred Thornwood/Sgt. Dell (2 episodes)
- 1975: McMillan & Wife as Allan Kovacs
- 1975: Lucas Tanner as Abe Lydecker
- 1975: Rhoda as Dr. Henry Gerber
- 1975: Cannon as Lt. Carl Masters
- 1975: Starsky & Hutch as Sammy Grovner
- 1976: Ellery Queen as Errol Keyes
- 1976: Rich Man Poor Man as Smitty
- 1976: The Bionic Man as Milt Bigelow
- 1976: The Streets of San Francisco as Juror
- 1976: Switch as Marty
- 1976: Executive Suite as Bernie
- 1976: The Blue Knight as Breslin
- 1976–81: Three's Company as Stanley Roper
- 1979–80: The Ropers as Stanley Roper
- 1977: The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams as Mitch Morgan
- 1977: Charlie's Angels as Sammy Telford
- 1978: The Love Boat as Bill McCoy
- 1979: Roots The Next Generation as Paul Reynolds
- 1982: Matt Houston as Herman Burnham
- 1982–83: Teachers Only as Ben Cooper
- 1985: Simon & Simon as Leo Nyquist
- 1985–86: Crazy Like a Fox as Inspector Peyton (2 episodes)
- 1985–88: Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Ralph Rupp/Vince Shackman (2 episodes)
- 1986: Webster as Charlie Sands
- 1986: It's Garry Shandling's Show as Norman Fell
- 1986: The Twilight Zone as Eddie O'Hara
- 1987: Magnum, P.I. as David Albertson
- 1987: Matlock as Dr. Norman Radburn
- 1987: Out of This World (1987) as Dr. Hauser
- 1987: Sledge Hammer! as Doctor
- 1988: The Munsters Today as Mr. Maurice
- 1988–89: The Boys as Dave
- 1989: Murphys Law as Arnold Epstein
- 1989: Hooperman as Pete Cosgrove
- 1989: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! as Ted Bull/Fred Van Winkle (2 episodes)
- 1990: Good Grief as Slezar
- 1990: First And Ten as Artie
- 1992: The Ben Stiller Show as Norman Fell
- 1993: Flying Blind as Employer #2
- 1994: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as The Landlord
- 1997: The Naked Truth as Norman Fell
- 1997: Ellen as Mr. Roper
- 1998: Life with Louie as Vic
Theatre roles
- 1956–57: Uncle Willie as Leo
