Norman Fell
Norman Fell (born Norman Noah Feld; March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American actor of film and television. He is most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers. His film credits include Ocean's 11 (1960), The Graduate (1967), and Bullitt (1968). Early in his career, he was billed as Norman Feld.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1924, Fell 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). Fell died in 1998 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's retirement home in Woodland Hills CA, aged 74, survived by two daughters.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8693 |
| Birthday | 1924-03-24 |
| Place of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Also Known As | Norman Feld, |
1960
Ocean's Eleven
6.364/393
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
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Ocean's Eleven
1968
Bullitt
7.141/1280
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in pro...
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Bullitt
1975
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
5.7/27
When fellow operatives and friends disappear during a mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones comes to help. She discovers the disappearance involves Th...
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Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
1978
Rabbit Test
4.2/20
Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!
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Rabbit Test
1972
The Heist
8/2
An armored-car guard must convince the authorities he is innocent after he is forced to rob his own company.
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The Heist
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
6.974/681
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t...
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1964
The Killers
6.879/203
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
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The Killers
1980
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
2/1
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Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1973
The Stone Killer
6.139/90
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
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The Stone Killer
1973
Charley Varrick
7.3/279
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large...
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Charley Varrick
1987
Stripped to Kill
4.6/54
A Los Angeles policewoman's partner has her pose as a stripper to lure a killer of strippers.
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Stripped to Kill
1963
PT 109
5.984/32
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese...
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PT 109
1974
Airport 1975
5.759/290
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Airport 1975
1978
The End
5.538/66
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The End
1970
The Boatniks
5.2/28
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The Boatniks
1976
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
6/1
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Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1959
Pork Chop Hill
6.615/71
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Pork Chop Hill
1967
The Graduate
7.632/3652
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
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1981
On the Right Track
5.3/3
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On the Right Track
1991
You're Driving Me Crazy
3/4
Set within a mental ward, doctors try to cope with people suffering from a variety of ailments. Among the afflicted are a young man who believes his p...
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You're Driving Me Crazy
1989
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
4.3/87
A military experiment to create a race of super-warriors goes awry, as legions of murderous zombies are unleashed upon a suburban neighborhood.
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C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1981
Paternity
4.9/14
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Paternity
1991
The Boneyard
5.7/47
Children turned into zombies wreak havoc in a coroner's building with just a burned-out psychic, an experienced cop and two coroners to stop the madne...
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The Boneyard
1964
The Hanged Man
4.6/3
A gunman whose best friend has been murdered enacts a plan to blackmail the corrupt labor union leader responsible but finds he isn't the only one aft...
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The Hanged Man
1981
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
8/1
Two long-time rival high school football coaches lead their respective teams into battle for the city football championship. However, before the openi...
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The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1960
The Rat Race
6.559/17
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The Rat Race
1974
Thursday's Game
5.8/5
Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they deci...
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Thursday's Game
1992
The Naked Truth
2.4/9
Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his T...
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The Naked Truth
1982
Magic with the Stars
0/0
Hollywood celebrities assist magicians in a program of magic and illusion.
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Magic with the Stars
1975
Death Stalk
5.9/4
The whitewater raft trip of two couples is interrupted by a visit from four prison escapees who take the women hostage to aid in their escape. The hus...
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Death Stalk
1969
Three's a Crowd
6/2
An airline pilot tries to balance two wives he has in two separate cities.
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Three's a Crowd
1968
The Young Runaways
6/3
Three unhappy teenagers run away from home, only to discover living on their own isn't as idyllic as they imagined.
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The Young Runaways
1980
For the Love of It
3/1
An entrepreneur discovers a Russian plan for taking over the Middle East. He wants to use it to create a new video game but the KGB, the CIA and the F...
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For the Love of It
1967
Ghostbreakers
2/1
A professor and his beautiful assistant investigate a murder which occurs in a supposedly haunted house.
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Ghostbreakers
1984
The Jesse Owens Story
7.9/5
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The Jesse Owens Story
1967
Fitzwilly
6/33
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Fitzwilly
1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
0/0
Don't Ask Me, Ask God is a TV Special starring Michael J. Fox.
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Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1983
Uncommon Valor
0/0
The pilot for an unsold weekly series, Uncommon Valor stresses the courage and resourceful of a team of firefighters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Headed b...
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Uncommon Valor
1960
Inherit the Wind
7.656/464
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the ne...
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Inherit the Wind
1957
The Violators
8/1
A New York City probation officer, noted for his sympathy with delinquents, put to a severe test when his daughter falls for a boy whom circumstances...
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The Violators
1991
With Friends Like These...
4/3
Three short stories about three extraordinary friendships gone wrong; An antique car comes into the life of the young couple of Alex and Kathleen. The...
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1954
Twelve Angry Men
8/47
Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 S...
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1970
Catch-22
6.7/350
A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.
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Catch-22
1993
Hexed
4.7/34
Lowly hotel clerk Matthew Welch stumbles unto a chance to go on a date with supermodel Hexina by pretending he is someone else. But something goes wro...
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1968
Sergeant Ryker
6/8
During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and...
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Sergeant Ryker
1980
This Year's Blonde
5.7/3
First he seduced her. Then he made her a star. He was Johnny Hyde, 52-year-old agent, friend, lover. She was an unemployed starlet — destined to be Am...
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This Year's Blonde
1976
Guardian of the Wilderness
5.7/3
In 1861, miner Galen Clark learns he has consumption and decides to travel west in his final months. During the journey, he meets naturalist John Muir...
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Guardian of the Wilderness
1965
Quick, Before It Melts
2.7/3
A reporter and a photographer become entwined with women, marriage, and a defecting Russian scientist while on an expedition to Antarctica for their m...
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Quick, Before It Melts
1995
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
5.3/6
It's time for the annual Dooley family reunion and Dooley matriarch Meemaw's 100th birthday celebration. But teenaged Billy is welcomingly distracted...
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Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
1985
Transylvania 6-5000
5.3/162
Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman...
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Transylvania 6-5000
1959
What Makes Sammy Run?
7/1
An adaptation of Budd Schulberg's incendiary 1941 novel about the rise of an unscrupulous Hollywood producer. The production was divided into two part...
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What Makes Sammy Run?
1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
0/0
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
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Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1979
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
0/0
Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special presents a festive celebration of favorite holiday songs and comedic moments with The Hudson Brothers plus an a...
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Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
1980
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
4/2
Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. In this reediting of two episodes of Burt Reynolds' "Dan August" TV...
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Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1996
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1/1
Marty Fine is a small-time man with a big-time dream. One night, the ex-middleweight fighter sees something he shouldn't have - a mob hit. An old gang...
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The Destiny of Marty Fine
1968
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
6/38
When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orde...
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The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
5.8/34
A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1991
For the Boys
6.2/80
Talented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over the course of 5 decades from World War II to the Vi...
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For the Boys
1967
The Young Warriors
6/3
In World War II, a tough sergeant is put in charge of a squad of young recruits and assigned to lead them on a mission against the Germans.
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The Young Warriors
2011
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
7.2/9
On the 20th anniversary of their edgy little 90's cable show Underground Entertainment, the authors, along with many SF, horror and B celebrities in c...
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