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 &...
| Full Name | Norman Fell |
| Net Worth | $14 Million |
| Date Of Birth | March 24, 1924 |
| Died | December 14, 1998, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Death Cause | Cancer |
| Place Of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Height | 5' 9" (1.75 m) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Profession | Actor |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Education | Central High School, Temple University |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Karen Weingard, Diane Weiss |
| Nicknames | Norman Fell, Fell, Norman |
| IMDB | |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series, TV Land Favorite Cantankerous Couple Award |
| Movies | The Graduate, Bullitt, Ocean's 11, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Charley Varrick, Catch-22, The Stone Killer, Pork Chop Hill, Inherit the Wind, Airport 1975, If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, Hexed, Rich Man, Poor Man, The Boatniks, The Killers, The Boneyard, Transylvania 6-5000, Fitzwilly, ... |
| TV Shows | Win, Lose or Draw, Three's Company, Teachers Only, The Ropers, Needles and Pins, Dan August, 87th Precinct, Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad |
| Star Sign | Aries |
| # | Quote |
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| 1 | Hollywood sucks. I've got the bruises to prove it. |
| 2 | I was told, when I first started acting, that I had a face of a convicted sex pervert. One casting director actually told me I looked like a child molester. Shows that you can make a career out of anything in Hollywood. |
| 3 | When I tell people the movies I did, they don't believe me. I tell them I did Ocean's 11 (1960), they laugh at me. I tell them I did Bullitt (1968), they call me a liar. By the time I get around to telling them I was in The Graduate (1967), they're on the phone calling the nut house. |
| 4 | I've been in Hollywood for over 40 years. I've worked on over 100 shows and movies. But I'm famous for being a homophobic, perverted, leering, dirty old man who peeps on young girls and verbally abuses his wife. When I die, they're going to say "Mr. Roper died." They won't even use my real name. |
| 5 | [on rival Jack Klugman] What has he got that I haven't got? What did he do differently? I could have killed as Oscar. I would have been great as Quincy. I wouldn't have been so hammy. Klugman overacted every scene. You want the show to be good, pick me. You want a chain-smoking jackass who ruins any credibility for your project, I'll give you Klugman's number. |
| 6 | I liked [Dean Martin] and [Sammy Davis Jr.] and [Frank Sinatra]. They were great. [Joey Bishop] and [Peter Lawford] were creeps. Bishop kept looking at me funny when I changed. Don't get me started on Lawford. |
| 7 | If I could do it all over again, I'd be the mailman. I love housewives and I hate dogs. What more is there? |
| 8 | They made a Mr. Roper doll. It looked nothing like me. Some people said it was too ugly, some people said it was too good looking. |
| 9 | I enjoyed acting and marveled that one could get paid for doing it. |
| 10 | [interview in Prevu magazine, #13, 4/88] This hook nose and crab meister attitude has gotten me every job I've ever had. And more divorces than I care to remember. |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Had two daughters, Tracy and Mara, with his second wife. |
| 2 | First wife was his college sweetheart. |
| 3 | Credited with two kills over Japanese fighters while serving as a gunner on B-24 "Liberator" bomber aircraft in the Fifth Air Force (Pacific Theater) during WWII. |
| 4 | Was believed to have had a long, bitter and acrimonious feud with actor Jack Klugman that lasted over 40 years. However, it was later revealed that the feud was a hoax and the two actors were actually friends who grew up in the Philadelphia area. |
| 5 | Studied acting with Stella Adler. |
| 6 | 1946 graduate of Temple University. |
| 7 | Inurned at Mount Sinai Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California - Garden of Heritage, Columbarium of Tradition, Niche 1601A |
| 8 | He and Karen adopted a baby boy, Kasey, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 5 months. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Starsky and Hutch | 1975 | TV Series | Sammy Grovner |
| Fay | 1975 | TV Series | |
| Rhoda | 1975 | TV Series | Dr. Henry Gerber |
| Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | 1975 | | Stanley Nagel |
| Lucas Tanner | 1975 | TV Series | Abe Lydecker |
| McMillan & Wife | 1975 | TV Series | Allan Kovacs |
| Death Stalk | 1975 | TV Movie | Frank Cody |
| Airport 1975 | 1974 | | Bill |
| Thursday's Game | 1974 | TV Movie | Melvin Leonard |
| Medical Center | 1974 | TV Series | Frank |
| Needles and Pins | 1973-1974 | TV Series | Nathan Davidson |
| Griff | 1973 | TV Series | |
| Charley Varrick | 1973 | | Mr. Garfinkle |
| The Stone Killer | 1973 | | Detective Captain Les Daniels |
| Going Places | 1973 | TV Short | Mr. Shaw |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1973 | TV Series | George Manning |
| McCloud | 1972 | TV Series | Lt. Ed Feldman |
| The Heist | 1972 | TV Movie | Pat Dillon |
| Love, American Style | 1969-1972 | TV Series | Ralph Albertson (segment "Love and the Clinic") / Jack 'J.K.' Lewis (segment "Love and the Good Deal") |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | 1972 | TV Series | Leo Walsh |
| The Good Life | 1971 | TV Series | Randolph |
| The Partridge Family | 1971 | TV Series | Mr. Bruner |
| Dan August | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Sgt. Charles Wilentz |
| The Boatniks | 1970 | | Max |
| Catch-22 | 1970 | | First Sgt. Towser |
| Three's a Crowd | 1969 | TV Movie | Norman - Elevator Operator |
| Ironside | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Lt. Haines / Captain Lauren |
| The Name of the Game | 1969 | TV Series | Winston Polk |
| If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | 1969 | | Harve Blakely |
| The F.B.I. | 1965-1969 | TV Series | Victor Green / Ken Haney / Ted Cullinan |
| Judd for the Defense | 1968 | TV Series | Harry Green |
| Bullitt | 1968 | | Captain Baker |
| The Young Runaways | 1968 | | Mr. Donford |
| The Secret War of Harry Frigg | 1968 | | Capt. Stanley |
| That Girl | 1968 | TV Series | Bernard Paperny |
| The Graduate | 1967 | | Mr. McCleery |
| Fitzwilly | 1967 | | Oberblatz |
| Mannix | 1967 | TV Series | Daniel Brewer |
| I Spy | 1967 | TV Series | Karim |
| Ghostbreakers | 1967 | TV Movie | Lieutenant P.J. Hartunain |
| The Invaders | 1967 | TV Series | Neal Taft |
| Insight | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Attendant |
| The Young Warriors | 1966 | | Sergeant Wadley |
| Bewitched | 1966 | TV Series | Dr. Sigmund Freud |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1966 | TV Series | Eddie Carr |
| 12 O'Clock High | 1964-1966 | TV Series | Maj. George Praeger / Lt. Canello |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | 1966 | TV Series | Captain Arnold Dudley |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1966 | TV Series | Mark Slate |
| The Wild Wild West | 1966 | TV Series | Jeremiah Ratch |
| The Fugitive | 1965 | TV Series | Lieutenant Ed Green / Lieutenant Cermak |
| Dr. Kildare | 1965 | TV Series | Arnold Vitnack / Dr. Keith Mayes |
| The Trials of O'Brien | 1965 | TV Series | Mickey the Miser |
| Mr. Novak | 1965 | TV Series | Barney Sanders |
| Ben Casey | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Manny Berger / Arnold Halbert |
| The Hanged Man | 1964 | TV Movie | Gaylord Grebb |
| Quick Before It Melts | 1964 | | George Snell |
| The Killers | 1964 | | Mickey Farmer |
| Suspense | 1964 | TV Series | the Reporter |
| The Defenders | 1964 | TV Series | George Capp |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1963 | TV Series | Al Norman |
| East Side/West Side | 1963 | TV Series | Eddie Best |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | 1963 | | Detective at Grogan's Crash Site |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | 1963 | TV Series | Sgt. Max Winkler |
| The Lieutenant | 1963 | TV Series | Jerry Belman |
| Kraft Mystery Theater | 1963 | TV Series | |
| PT 109 | 1963 | | Machinist Edmund Drewitch |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | 1963 | TV Series | Dr. Joseph Greer |
| The Lloyd Bridges Show | 1963 | TV Series | Mel Baxter / Piggy |
| The Eleventh Hour | 1963 | TV Series | Lionel Harper |
| Sam Benedict | 1962 | TV Series | Alex McConnell |
| 87th Precinct | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Det. Meyer Meyer |
| Cain's Hundred | 1961 | TV Series | Driscoll |
| Checkmate | 1961 | TV Series | Shep Stryker |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | 1961 | TV Series | Dr. Caul |
| The Aquanauts | 1961 | TV Series | Oliver Pappas |
| Peter Gunn | 1961 | TV Series | Danny Carmichael |
| The Tab Hunter Show | 1961 | TV Series | Emory Farnsworth |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | 1961 | TV Series | Fred Cook |
| The Tom Ewell Show | 1960 | TV Series | |
| The Untouchables | 1960 | TV Series | Reiner - Accountant |
| Ocean's 11 | 1960 | | Peter Rheimer |
| The Rat Race | 1960 | | Telephone Repairman |
| Inherit the Wind | 1960 | | WGN Radio Technician |
| Perry Mason | 1960 | TV Series | Caspar Pedley |
| Johnny Staccato | 1960 | TV Series | Bill Lentz |
| Sunday Showcase | 1959 | TV Series | Sammy's Brother |
| Pork Chop Hill | 1959 | | Sgt. Coleman |
| Ah, Wilderness! | 1959 | TV Movie | Wint Selby (as Norman Feld) |
| The Violators | 1957 | | Ray (as Norman Feld) |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1956 | TV Series | Detective |
| Joe & Mabel | 1956 | TV Series | Harry / Mike |
| Playwrights '56 | 1956 | TV Series | Nick Zervas |
| Star Tonight | 1956 | TV Series | Sharp |
| The Alcoa Hour | 1956 | TV Series | Marvie |
| The Elgin Hour | 1954 | TV Series | Morton |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1954 | TV Series | Juror #1 / Foreman |
| The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse | 1954 | TV Series | |
| Goodyear Playhouse | 1954 | TV Series | |
| Life with Louie | 1998 | TV Series | Vic |
| Ellen | 1997 | TV Series | Mr. Roper |
| Beach House | 1996 | | Landlord |
| The Destiny of Marty Fine | 1996 | | Daryl |
| Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare | 1995 | TV Movie | Grandpa Joe Dooley |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | 1994 | TV Series | The Landlord |
| Flying Blind | 1993 | TV Series | Employer #2 |
| Hexed | 1993 | | Herschel Levine |
| The Ben Stiller Show | 1992 | TV Series | Norman Fell |
| The Naked Truth | 1992 | | The Dentist |
| For the Boys | 1991 | | Sam Schiff |
| The Boneyard | 1991 | | Shepard |
| With Friends Like These... | 1991 | Video | Narrator (voice) |
| You're Driving Me Crazy | 1990 | | Doctor 'F' |
| 1st & Ten: The Championship | 1990 | TV Series | Artie |
| Good Grief | 1990 | TV Series | Slezar |
| The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | 1989 | TV Series | Ted Bull / Fred Van Winkle |
| The Boys | 1988-1989 | TV Series | Dave |
| Hooperman | 1989 | TV Series | Pete Cosgrove, Ventriloquist |
| C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud | 1989 | | Tyler |
| Murphy's Law | 1989 | TV Series | Arnold Epstein |
| The Munsters Today | 1988 | TV Series | Mr. Maurice |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1985-1988 | TV Series | Lt. Ralph Rupp / Vince Shackman |
| Sledge Hammer! | 1987 | TV Series | Doctor |
| Out of This World | 1987 | TV Series | Dr. Hauser |
| Matlock | 1987 | TV Series | Dr. Norman Radburn |
| Stripped to Kill | 1987 | | Ray |
| Magnum, P.I. | 1987 | TV Series | David Albertson |
| The Twilight Zone | 1986 | TV Series | Eddie O'Hara |
| Crazy Like a Fox | 1985-1986 | TV Series | |
| Webster | 1986 | TV Series | Charlie |
| Simon & Simon | 1985 | TV Series | Leo Nyquist |
| Transylvania 6-5000 | 1985 | | Mac Turner |
| The Jesse Owens Story | 1984 | TV Movie | Marty Forkins |
| Don't Ask Me, Ask God | 1984 | TV Movie | Jonesey |
| Teachers Only | 1982-1983 | TV Series | Ben Cooper |
| Uncommon Valor | 1983 | TV Movie | Garvin |
| Matt Houston | 1982 | TV Series | Herman Burnham |
| Paternity | 1981 | | Larry |
| Heartbreak High | 1981 | | Jack McGuire |
| Three's Company | 1976-1981 | TV Series | Stanley Roper George Roper |
| On the Right Track | 1981 | | The Mayor |
| For the Love of It | 1980 | TV Movie | Hall |
| This Year's Blonde | 1980 | TV Movie | Pat Toledo |
| The Ropers | 1979-1980 | TV Series | Stanley Roper |
| Getting There | 1980 | TV Short | Jim |
| Dan August: Murder, My Friend | 1980 | TV Movie | Sgt. Charles Wilentz |
| Dan August: Once Is Never Enough | 1980 | TV Movie | Sgt. Charles Wilentz |
| Dan August: The Jealousy Factor | 1980 | TV Movie | Sgt. Charles Wilentz |
| Dan August: The Trouble with Women | 1980 | TV Movie | Sgt. Charles Wilentz |
| Roots: The Next Generations | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Bernie Raymond |
| The Love Boat | 1978 | TV Series | Bill McCoy |
| The End | 1978 | | Dr. Samuel Krugman |
| Rabbit Test | 1978 | | Segoynia's Father |
| Charlie's Angels | 1977 | TV Series | Sammy Telford |
| The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | 1977 | TV Series | |
| Police Story | 1974-1977 | TV Series | Lieutenant Alfred Thornwood / Sgt. Dell |
| Executive Suite | 1976 | TV Series | Bernie |
| Guardian of the Wilderness | 1976 | | |
| Switch | 1976 | TV Series | Marty |
| Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours | 1976 | TV Movie | Mr. Brockelman |
| The Streets of San Francisco | 1976 | TV Series | Juror |
| The Bionic Woman | 1976 | TV Series | Milt Bigelow |
| Risko | 1976 | TV Movie | Max |
| Rich Man, Poor Man | 1976 | TV Mini-Series | Smitty |
| Ellery Queen | 1976 | TV Series | Errol Keyes |
| The Blue Knight | 1976 | TV Series | Breslin |
| Cannon | 1975 | TV Series | Lt. Carl Masters |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Television: The First Fifty Years | 1999 | Video documentary | Himself - Interviewee |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Naked Truth | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| MTV Fifth Annual Rock n' Jock Softball Challenge | 1994 | TV Special | Homeboy's Coach |
| Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Detective |
| Win, Lose or Draw | 1987 | TV Series | Himself - Series Regular |
| It's Garry Shandling's Show. | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| Magic with the Stars | 1982 | TV Movie | Himself |
| All-Star Family Feud Special | 1979-1982 | TV Series | Himself - Contestant / Himself - Celebrity Contestant |
| Family Feud | 1978-1982 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Alan Thicke Show | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special | 1979 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1977-1979 | TV Series | Himself - Actor / Himself - Co-Host |
| The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1979 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actress / Actor in a Limited Series or a Special |
| The Alan Hamel Show | 1977-1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| Good Morning America | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 36th Annual Golden Globes Awards | 1979 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a TV-Series |
| Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers | 1978 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1973-1978 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration | 1978 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1974-1977 | TV Series | Himself |
| Celebrity Sweepstakes | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| Here's Hollywood | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
