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

The Graduate

as Mr. McCleery

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as The Landlord

Bullitt

as Captain Baker

Bewitched

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site

Inherit the Wind

as WGN Radio Technician

Magnum, P.I.

Murder, She Wrote

as Vince Shackman

Murder, She Wrote

as Lt. Ralph Rupp

Ocean's Eleven

as Peter Rheimer