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
Movies
Ocean's Eleven
Peter Rheimer
Bullitt
Captain Baker
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
Stanly Nagel
The Heist
Pat Dillon
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
The Killers
Mickey Farmer
The Stone Killer
Les Daniels
Charley Varrick
Mr. Garfinkle
Stripped to Kill
Ray
PT 109
Edmund Drewitch
Airport 1975
Bill
The End
Dr. Samuel Krugman
The Boatniks
Max
The Graduate
Mr. McCleery
Pork Chop Hill
S/Sgt. Coleman
On the Right Track
The Mayor
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Tyler
Paternity
Larry
The Boneyard
Shepard
The Hanged Man
Gaylord Grebb
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
Jack McGuire
The Rat Race
Telephone Repairman
Thursday's Game
Melvin Leonard
The Naked Truth
The Dentist
Three's a Crowd
Norman, the Elevator Operator
Death Stalk
Frank Cody
The Young Runaways
Mr. Donford
The Jesse Owens Story
Marty Forkins
Ghostbreakers
Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
Fitzwilly
Oberblatz
Uncommon Valor
Garvin
Inherit the Wind
WGN Radio Technician
Twelve Angry Men
Juror #1 / Foreman
Catch-22
First Sgt. Towser
Hexed
Herschel Levine
Guardian of the Wilderness
Quick, Before It Melts
George Snell
Sergeant Ryker
Sgt. Max Winkler
This Year's Blonde
Pat Toledo
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
Grandpa Joe Dooley
Transylvania 6-5000
Mac Turner
What Makes Sammy Run?
Sammy's Brother
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
Himself
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
Sgt. Charles Wilentz
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Daryl
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
Captain Stanley
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Harve Blakely
For the Boys
Sam Schiff
Rabbit Test
Segoynia's Father
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Mr. Brockelman
For the Love of It
Hall
The Violators
Ray
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
Sgt. Charles Wilentz
You're Driving Me Crazy
Doctor 'F'
Magic with the Stars
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
Jonesey
With Friends Like These...
Narrator (voice)
Shows
Rhoda
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Sgt. Max Winkler
The Love Boat
Bill McCoy
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Landlord
The Twilight Zone
The F.B.I.
Ted Cullinan
Three's Company
Stanley Roper
E! True Hollywood Story
Perry Mason
Caspar Pedley
Studio One
Juror #1 / Foreman
Ironside
Crazy like a Fox
Inspector Peyton
87th Precinct
Detective Meyer Meyer
Police Story
The Fugitive
Lieutenant Cermak
Ben Casey
Needles and Pins
Nathan Davidson
Teachers Only
Principal Ben Cooper
Cain's Hundred
Frank Driscoll
Murder, She Wrote
Vince Shackman
Sledge Hammer!
Magnum, P.I.
The Ben Stiller Show
Starsky & Hutch
That Girl
Simon & Simon
The Bionic Woman
The Streets of San Francisco
Mannix
Charlie's Angels
Sammy Telford
Medical Center
Bewitched
Cannon
Johnny Staccato
Sam Benedict
Switch
Marty
Dan August
Sgt. Charles Wilentz
Peter Gunn
McCloud
Matt Houston
The Aquanauts
Oliver Pappas
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Judd for the Defense
Mr. Novak
Barney Sanders
Ellery Queen
Fay
The Lieutenant
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Keith Mayes
Murphy's Law
Playwrights '56
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Tom Ewell Show
The Ropers
Stanley Roper
Roots: The Next Generations
Bernie Raymond
Love, American Style
Jack 'J.K.' Lewis
The Invaders
Neal Taft
The Naked Truth
Norman Fell
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Al Norman
The Fugitive
Lieutenant Ed Green
The Defenders
George Capp
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Wint Selby
The F.B.I.
Ken Haney
The F.B.I.
Victor Green
Dr. Kildare
Arnold Vitnack
The Name of the Game
Winston Polk
Studio One
Jake
Stanley
Nick
The Wild Wild West
Jeremiah Ratch
The Tab Hunter Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
McMillan and Wife
Allan Kovacs
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Ted Bull
1st & Ten
Artie
Matlock
Dr. Norman Radburn
The Streets of San Francisco
Juror
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Mel Baxter