Norman Fell
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 Norman Fell in the opening credits of Three's Company |
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| Born | Norman Feld March 24, 1924 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Died | December 14, 1998 (aged 74) Los Angeles, California |
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| Other name(s) | Norman Noah Fell | ||||||
| Years active | 1955-1998 | ||||||
| Spouse(s) | Karen Weingard (1975-1995) Diane Weiss (1961-1973) |
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Norman Noah Fell[1] (born Norman Feld March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was a Golden Globe award-winning American film and television actor most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the popular sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Fell was born Norman Feld in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a Jewish family, and studied drama at Temple University after serving as a tail gunner in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.[2]
[edit] 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 also played a landlord), Bullitt, and Catch-22 as Sergeant Towser. He appeared alongside Ronald Reagan in Reagan's last film, The Killers.
During the filming of Ocean's Eleven, Norman was considered a member of the infamous Rat Pack.
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.
[edit] Death
Norman Fell died of cancer at the age of 74 in Los Angeles, California, and was interred there at the Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.
[edit] Popular Culture
- Fell is mentioned on the Family Guy episode Da Boom in the news slide show of people we have lost in the past 1000 years.
- In The Simpsons episode Selma's Choice, Fell is said to star as Zeus in The Erotic Adventures of Hercules.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 1996 | The Destiny of Marty Fine | Daryl | |
| 1995 | Beach House | ||
| 1993 | Hexed | Herschel Levine | |
| 1992 | The Naked Truth | The Dentist | |
| 1991 | For the Boys | Sam Schiff | |
| With Friends Like These... | Narrator | Direct-to-Video Release | |
| The Boneyard | Shepard | Direct-to-Video Release | |
| 1990 | You're Driving Me Crazy | Doctor 'F' | |
| 1989 | C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. | Tyler | |
| 1987 | Stripped to Kill | Ray | |
| 1985 | Transylvania 6-5000 | Mac Turner | |
| 1981 | Paternity | Larry | |
| The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats | Jack McGuire | ||
| On the Right Track | The Mayor | ||
| 1978 | The End | Dr. Samuel Krugman | |
| Rabbit Test | Segoynia's Father | ||
| 1976 | Guardian of the Wilderness | ||
| 1975 | Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | Stanley Nagel | |
| 1974 | Airport 1975 | Bill | |
| 1973 | Charley Varrick | Mr. Garfinkle | |
| The Stone Killer | Lt. Les Daniels Captain of Detectives LAPD | ||
| 1970 | The Boatniks | Max | |
| Catch-22 | First Sgt. Towser | ||
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Harve Blakely | |
| 1968 | Bullitt | Captain Baker | |
| The Young Runaways | Mr. Donford | ||
| The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Capt. Stanley | ||
| Sergeant Ryker | Sgt. Max Winkler | ||
| 1967 | The Graduate | Mr. McCleery | |
| Fitzwilly | Oberblatz | ||
| The Young Warriors | Sergeant Wadley | ||
| 1964 | Quick Before it Melts | George Snell | |
| The Killers | Mickey Farmer | ||
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Detective | |
| PT 109 | Edmund Drewitch | ||
| 1960 | Ocean's Eleven | Peter Rheimer | |
| The Rat Race | Telephone Repairman | ||
| Inherit the Wind | WGN Radio Technician | ||
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill | Sgt. Coleman | |
| 1957 | The Violators | Ray |
[edit] 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 Bull |
Episode: Fred Van Winkle Episode: Texas Tea |
| Hooperman | Pete Cosgrove, Ventriloquist | Episode: Dog Day Afternoon, Morning and Night | |
| The Boys | Dave | ||
| 1985, 1988 | Murder, She Wrote | Vince Shackman Lt. Rupp |
Episode: Dead Heat Episode: Just Another Fish Story |
| 1987 | 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 Races |
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| 1986 | 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 Thornwood |
Episode: Wolf Episode: One of Our Cops is Crazy |
| 1977 | 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 Doctor |
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| Lucas 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 Clinic |
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| 1972 | 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. Haines |
Episode: An Inside Job Episode: Seeing Is Believing |
| 1965, 1968, 1969 | The F.B.I. | Ted Cullinan Ken Haney Victor Green |
Episode: All the Streets Are Silent Episode: The Mercenary Episode: The Catalyst |
| 1969 | 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-American |
| 1966 | 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 Berger |
Episode: I'll Get on My Ice Floe and Wave Goodbye Episode: Where Does the Boomerang Go? |
| 1965 | The Fugitive | Lt. Germak Lt. Green |
Episode: May God Have Mercy Episode: Stranger in the Mirror |
| Dr. Kildare | Dr. Keith Myers Arnold Vitnack |
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| The 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) |
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| The Dick Powell Show | Dr. Joseph Greer | Episode: The Last of the Big Spenders | |
| The Lloyd Bridges Show | Episode: Gym in January Episode: Sheridan Square |
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| The Eleventh Hour | Lionel | Episode: Five Moments Out of Time | |
| 1961, 1962 | 87th Precinct | Det. Meyer Meyer | Episode: The Floater Episode: Man in a Jam |
| 1962 | 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 |
| Studio One | Juror #1 | Episode: Twelve Angry Men | |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Episode: Miss Look-Alike | ||
| Goodyear Television Playhouse | Episode: The Huntress |
[edit] 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.
[edit] External links
- Norman Fell at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved on 2008-01-25
