Norman Fell
Norman Fell
A prolific character player whose lived-in face was his fortune, Norman Fell attended Temple University, served in World War II, then took acting lessons at the American Academy of Dramatic Art and the Actors' Studio. Fell entered films in 1959, playing such peripheral roles as the radio technician in Inherit the Wind (1960) until achieving a measure of fame as a detective named Meyer Meyer on TV's 87th Precinct (1961). His meatier film assignments included the role of Mr. McCleery in The Graduate (1967) and a pushy American tourist in If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium (1969). In 1966, Fell was cast as the second lead in the pilot for the Girl From UNCLE series, but "skewed old" and was replaced by Noel Harrison. Fell finally achieved TV stardom as the sex-obsessed landlord Mr. Roper in the popular 1970s sitcom Three's Company, which resulted in a spin-off vehicle for Fell titled The Ropers (both series were based on British TV originals; the English equivalent of The Ropers was George and Mildred). A later video vehicle for Fell, 1982's Teachers Only, was less successful. Norman Fell made his final film appearance in the independent feature The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Norman Fell:
- Hexed with Arye Gross , R. Lee Ermey
- The Boatniks with Robert Morse , Phil Silvers , Mickey Shaughnessy , Wally Cox , Don Ameche , Vito Scotti , Joe E. Ross , Gil Lamb
- Catch-22 with Alan Arkin , Martin Balsam , Richard Benjamin , Jack Gilford , Buck Henry , Bob Newhart , Anthony Perkins , Paula Prentiss , Martin Sheen , Jon Voight , Orson Welles , Bob Balaban , Marcel Dalio , Charles Grodin , Elizabeth Wilson , Liam Dunn , Alan Alda
- Television: The First 50 Years with Tony Randall , Tom Hanks , Rod Steiger , Carol Burnett , David Duchovny , Robert Stack , Jerry Stiller , Tom Selleck , Hugh O'Brian , Dick VanPatten , Alan Young , Dale Evans , Lea Thompson , Tom Arnold , Charlton Heston , David Hasselhoff , Peter Graves , George Burns , Robert Fuller , Shecky Greene , James Arness , Anne Francis , Henry Winkler , Ron Howard , Robert Vaughn , Carroll O'Connor , Larry Hagman , Larry Storch , Ernest Borgnine , Adrienne Barbeau , Ed Asner , Carl Reiner , Ted Knight , Angie Dickinson , Gale Storm , Dennis Weaver , Steve Allen
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World with Spencer Tracy , Milton Berle , Sid Caesar , Buddy Hackett , Mickey Rooney , Ethel Merman , Phil Silvers , Dick Shawn , Jimmy Durante , Buster Keaton , Jonathan Winters , Edie Adams , Dorothy Provine , Eddie "Rochester" Anderson , Ben Blue , William Demarest , Peter Falk , Paul Ford , Leo Gorcey , Edward Everett Horton , Don Knotts , Carl Reiner , Andy Devine , Sterling Holloway , Marvin Kaplan , Charles McGraw , ZaSu Pitts , Madlyn Rhue , Arnold Stang , Jesse White , Lloyd Corrigan , Jim Backus , Joe E. Brown , Stanley Clements , Howard DaSilva , Larry Fine , Moe Howard , Allen Jenkins , Harry Lauter , Mike Mazurki , Roy Roberts , Terry-Thomas , Doodles Weaver , Jerry Lewis
- Roots: The Next Generations with Georg Stanford Brown , Olivia DeHavilland , Henry Fonda , Paul Koslo , Lynne Moody , Richard Thomas , Roger E. Mosley , Irene Cara , Ruby Dee , Dorian Harewood , Beah Richards , Paul Winfield , Debbie Allen , Marlon Brando , Al Jr. Freeman , James Earl Jones , Barbara Barrie , James Broderick , Diahann Carroll , Bernie Casey , Michael Constantine , Robert Culp , James Daly , Pam Grier , Andy Griffith , Kene Holliday , Claudia McNeil , Dina Merrill , Gerald S. O'Loughlin , Brock Peters , Logan Ramsey , Howard E. Jr. Rollins , Johnny Sekka , George Voskovec , Ossie Davis , John Rubinstein
- Ocean's Eleven with Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Sammy Jr. Davis , Peter Lawford , Angie Dickinson , Richard Conte , Cesar Romero , Joey Bishop , Akim Tamiroff , Henry Silva , Don "Red" Barry , Robert Foulk , John Holland , John Indrisano , Shirley MacLaine , Charles Meredith , Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton , George Raft , Red Skelton , George E. Stone , Hoot Gibson
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