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Norman Fell
Biography
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
Known For
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
The Graduate
as Mr. McCleery
Ocean's Eleven
as Peter Rheimer
Bullitt
as Captain Baker
Inherit the Wind
as WGN Radio Technician
Airport 1975
as Bill
Catch-22
as First Sgt. Towser
The Jesse Owens Story
as Marty Forkins
Charley Varrick
as Mr. Garfinkle
Pork Chop Hill
as S/Sgt. Coleman
