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
E! True Hollywood Story
The Naked Truth
The Ben Stiller Show
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Murphy's Law
Sledge Hammer!
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Matlock
The Twilight Zone
Crazy like a Fox
1st & Ten
Murder, She Wrote
Matt Houston
Teachers Only
Simon & Simon
Magnum, P.I.
The Ropers
Roots: The Next Generations
The Love Boat
Three's Company
Charlie's Angels
Rich Man, Poor Man
The Bionic Woman
Ellery Queen
Starsky & Hutch
Switch
Rhoda
Police Story
The Streets of San Francisco
McMillan & Wife
Cannon
Dan August
McCloud
Love, American Style
Medical Center
The Name of the Game
Mannix
Judd for the Defense
Ironside
The Invaders
That Girl
The F.B.I.
The Wild Wild West
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Bewitched
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Mr. Novak
The Fugitive
The Lieutenant
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Sam Benedict
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
87th Precinct
Cain's Hundred
The Defenders
The Tab Hunter Show
The Aquanauts
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Johnny Staccato
Peter Gunn
Perry Mason
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Studio One
The Graduate
Bullitt
Charley Varrick
