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Norman Fell 
Born Norman Noah Feld
March 24, 1924
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United StatesDied December 14, 1998 (aged 74)
Los Angeles, California,
United StatesCause of death Cancer Other names Norman Noah Fell Occupation Actor Years active 1955–98 Spouse Karen Weingard (1975-95)
Diane Weiss (1961-73)Norman Fell[1] (March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998), born Norman Noah Feld, 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.
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Early life
Fell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a Jewish family, and went to Central High School of Philadelphia. In college he studied drama at Temple University after serving as a tail gunner in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.[2]
Career
Though Fell mostly acted on television, he also had small character roles in several motion pictures including the original Ocean's Eleven, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, PT 109, The Graduate (in which he played a landlord), Bullitt, and Catch-22 as Sergeant Towser. He appeared alongside Ronald Reagan in Reagan's last film, The Killers.
From 1977-1979 he portrayed the main characters' hardnosed landlord Stanley Roper on the hit TV comedy Three's Company. He continued to play the character as the co-lead with Audra Lindley as his wife Helen on The Ropers, a spin-off which lasted a year in a less favorable time slot.
He received his Golden Globe Award in 1979, for Best TV Actor in a Supporting Role, for Three's Company. He was also nominated for an Emmy Award, but not for Three's Company, but rather for his dramatic performance in the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, in which he played Nick Nolte's character's boxing trainer. His final television appearance was in a cameo as Mr. Roper on an episode of the sitcom Ellen in 1997.
Death
Fell died of cancer in Los Angeles, California in 1998, and was interred there at the Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.
Filmography
Year Title Role Other notes 1957 The Violators Ray 1959 Pork Chop Hill Sgt. Coleman 1960 Inherit the Wind WGN Radio Technician The Rat Race Telephone Repairman Ocean's Eleven Peter Rheimer 1963 PT 109 Edmund Drewitch It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Detective 1964 The Killers Mickey Farmer Quick, Before it Melts George Snell 1967 The Young Warriors Sergeant Wadley Fitzwilly Oberblatz The Graduate Mr. McCleery 1968 Sergeant Ryker Sgt. Max Winkler The Secret War of Harry Frigg Capt. Stanley The Young Runaways Mr. Donford Bullitt Captain Baker 1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium Harve Blakely 1970 Catch-22 First Sgt. Towser The Boatniks Max 1973 The Stone Killer Lt. Les Daniels Captain of Detectives LAPD Charley Varrick Mr. Garfinkle 1974 Airport 1975 Bill 1975 Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold Stanley Nagel 1976 Guardian of the Wilderness 1977 The Life And Times Of Grizzly Adams- The Redemption of Ben Mitch Morgan 1978 Rabbit Test Segoynia's Father The End Dr. Samuel Krugman 1981 On the Right Track The Mayor Heartbreak High Jack McGuire Paternity Larry 1985 Transylvania 6-5000 Mac Turner 1987 The Erotic Adventures Of Hercules Zeus 1989 C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. Tyler 1990 You're Driving Me Crazy Doctor 'F' 1991 The Boneyard Shepard Direct-to-Video Release With Friends Like These... Narrator Direct-to-Video Release For the Boys Sam Schiff 1992 The Naked Truth The Dentist 1993 Hexed Herschel Levine 1995 Beach House 1996 The Destiny of Marty Fine Daryl Television
Year Title Role Other notes 1997 Ellen Mr. Roper Episode: Roommates 1995 Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare Grandpa Joe Dooley TV-Movie 1994 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air The Landlord Episode: What's Will Got to Do With It? 1993 Flying Blind Employer #2 Episode: Panic in Neil's Park 1990 Good Grief Slezar Episode: The Good, the Bad and the Mariachis 1989 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Fred Van Winkle
Ted BullEpisode: Fred Van Winkle
Episode: Texas TeaHooperman Pete Cosgrove, Ventriloquist Episode: Dog Day Afternoon, Morning and Night The Boys Dave 1985, 1988 Murder, She Wrote Vince Shackman
Lt. RuppEpisode: Dead Heat
Episode: Just Another Fish Story1987 Sledge Hammer! Episode: They Call Me Mr. Trunk Out of This World Dr. Hauser Episode: The Nightmare Matlock Dr. Norman Radburn Episode: The Doctors Magnum, P.I. David Albertson Episode: Solo Flight 1985, 1986 Crazy Like a Fox Episode: Some Day My Prints Will Come
Episode: A Fox at the Races1986 The New Twilight Zone Eddie O'Hara Episode: The Convict's Piano Webster Charlie Episode: Almost Home 1985 Simon & Simon Leo Nyquist Episode: Facets 1984 The Jesse Owens Story Marty Forkins TV-Movie 1983 Uncommon Valor Garvin TV-Movie 1982 Matt Houston Herman Episode: Joey's Here Teachers Only Ben Cooper 1976–1981 Three's Company Stanley Roper Golden Globe Award (won) 1979–1980 The Ropers Stanley Roper 1980 For the Love of It Hall TV-Movie This Year's Blonde Pat Toledo TV-Movie Getting There Jim TV-Movie 1979 Roots: The Next Generations Bernie Raymond Mini-Series 1978 The Love Boat Mr. McCoy, Julie's Father Episode: Julie's Dilemma/Who's Who/Rocky 1974, 1977 Police Story Sgt. Dell
Lieutenant Alfred ThornwoodEpisode: Wolf
Episode: One of Our Cops is Crazy1977 Charlie's Angels Sammy Episode: Angels in Paradise The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams Episode: The Redemption of Ben 1976 Executive Suite Bernie Episode: Re-The Sounds of Silence Switch Episode: Gaffing the Skim Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours Mr. Brockelman TV-Movie The Streets of San Francisco Juror Episode: The Thrill Killers (1)
Episode: The Thrill Killers (2)The Bionic Woman Milt Bigelow Episode: In This Corner, Jaime Sommers Risko Max Unsold TV-Pilot Ellery Queen Errol Keyes Episode: The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley Rich Man, Poor Man Smitty Mini-Series
Emmy Award (nominated)1975 Starsky and Hutch Sammy Grovner Episode: Shootout Cannon Police Lieutenant Episode: The Games Children Play Rhoda Dr. Henry Gerber Episode: Chest Pains
Episode: Ida's DoctorLucas Tanner Abe Lydecker Episode: The Noise of a Quiet Weekend McMillan & Wife Allan Kovacs Episode: Love, Honor and Swindle Death Stalk Frank Cody TV-Movie 1974 Thursday's Game Melvin Leonard TV-Movie Medical Center Frank Episode: The World's Balloon 1973 Griff Episode: Hammerlock Needles and Pins Nathan Davidson Going Places Mr. Shaw TV-Movie Marcus Welby, M.D. Episode: Catch a Ring That Isn't There 1969, 1972 Love, American Style Segment: Love and the Good Deal
Segment: Love and the Clinic1972 McCloud Lt. Ed Feldman Episode: The Park Avenue Rustlers The Heist Pat Dillon TV-Movie O'Hara, U.S. Treasury Leo Walsh Episode: Operation - Smokescreen 1970–1971 Dan August Sgt. Charles Wilentz 1971 The Partridge Family Mr. Bruner Episode: The Undergraduate 1970 Double Jeopardy Sgt. Charles Wilentz TV-Movie 1967, 1969 Ironside Capt. Lauren
Lt. HainesEpisode: An Inside Job
Episode: Seeing Is Believing1965, 1968, 1969 The F.B.I. Ted Cullinan
Ken Haney
Victor GreenEpisode: All the Streets Are Silent
Episode: The Mercenary
Episode: The Catalyst1969 Three's a Crowd Norman, the Elevator Operator TV-Movie The Name of the Game Winston Polk Episode: A Hard Case of the Blues 1968 Judd, for the Defense Harry Green Episode: The Sound of the Plastic Axe That Girl Bernie Episode: Sixty-Five on the Aisle 1967 Mannix Daniel Brewer Episode: Coffin for a Clown I Spy Karin Episode: The Medarra Block Ghostbreakers Lt. P.J. Hartunain TV Pilot The Invaders Neal Taft Episode: The Betrayed 1964, 1966 Twelve O'Clock High Lt. Canello Episode: An Act of War
Episode: The All-American1966 Bewitched Dr. Freud Episode: I'd Rather Twitch Than Fight Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Eddie Carr Episode: Dear Deductible A Man Called Shenandoah Capt. Arnold Dudley Episode: Muted Fifes, Muffled Drums The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Mark Slate Episode: The Moonglow Affair The Wild Wild West Jeremiah Ratch Episode: The Night of the Whirring Death 1964, 1965 Ben Casey Arnold Halbert
Manny BergerEpisode: I'll Get on My Ice Floe and Wave Goodbye
Episode: Where Does the Boomerang Go?1965 The Fugitive Lt. Germak
Lt. GreenEpisode: May God Have Mercy
Episode: Stranger in the MirrorDr. Kildare Dr. Keith Myers
Arnold VitnackThe Trials of O'Brien Mickey the Miser Episode: How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Mr. Novak Barney Sanders Episode: And Then I Wrote... 1964 The Hanged Man Gaylord Grebb TV-Movie The Defenders George Capp Episode: Moment of Truth 1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Al Norman Episode: The Dividing Wall East Side/West Side Eddie Best Episode: Not Bad for Openers Kraft Suspense Theatre Sgt. Max Winkler Episode: The Case Against Paul Ryker (1)
Episode: The Case Against Paul Ryker (2)The Dick Powell Show Dr. Joseph Greer Episode: The Last of the Big Spenders The Lloyd Bridges Show Episode: Gym in January
Episode: Sheridan SquareThe Eleventh Hour Lionel Episode: Five Moments Out of Time 1961, 1962 87th Precinct Det. Meyer Meyer Episode: The Floater
Episode: Man in a Jam1962 Sam Benedict Alex McConnell Episode: Where There's a Will 1961 Cain's Hundred Driscoll Episode: Cain's Final Judgement Checkmate Shep Stryker Episode: Hot Wind in a Cold Town The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Cole Episode: Be It Ever So Humble The Aquanauts Oliver Pappas Episode: The Rainbow Adventure Peter Gunn Danny Barber Episode: A Kill and a Half The Tab Hunter Show Emory Farnsworth Episode: Me and My Shadow The Law and Mr. Jones Fred Cook Episode: Lethal Weapons 1960 The Tom Ewell Show Episode: Salesmanship Lesson The Untouchables Reiner Episode: The Rusty Heller Story Perry Mason Caspar Pedley Episode: The Case of the Mythical Monkeys Johnny Staccato Bill Lentz Episode: The Man in the Pit 1959 Hallmark Hall of Fame Wint Selby Episode: Ah, Wilderness! 1956 The United States Steel Hour Detective Episode: Hunted Playwrights '56 Nick Zervas Episode: Nick and Letty Star Tonight Sharp Episode: Faith and Patience The Alcoa Hour Marvie Episode: Finkle's Comet 1955 Joe & Mabel Mike 1954 The Elgin Hour Morton Episode: Hearts and Hollywood Westinghouse Studio One Juror #1 Episode: Twelve Angry Men The Philco Television Playhouse Episode: Miss Look-Alike Goodyear Television Playhouse Episode: The Huntress References
- ^ Full name, a .JPG image of a memorial for Norman Noah Fell 1924-1998: AmazonAWS imagestore for Findagrave.com website. Retrieved on January 10, 2008.
- ^ Profile for Norman Fell: Findagrave.com website. Retrieved on January 10, 2008.
External links
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (1970–1989) James Brolin (1970) · Edward Asner (1971) · James Brolin (1972) · McLean Stevenson (1973) · Harvey Korman (1974) · Edward Asner/Tim Conway (1975) · Edward Asner (1976) · Norman Fell (1978) · Danny DeVito/Vic Tayback (1979) · Pat Harrington, Jr./Vic Tayback (1980) · John Hillerman (1981) · Lionel Stander (1982) · Richard Kiley (1983) · Paul Le Mat (1984) · Edward James Olmos (1985) · Jan Niklas (1986) · Rutger Hauer (1987) · Barry Bostwick/John Gielgud (1988) · Dean Stockwell (1989)
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