Norman Fell

Norman Fell (born Norman Noah Feld, March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998), was an American actor of film and television, most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers. 2Early life Fell was born on March 24, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Samuel and Edna Feld. His father was an Austrian Jewish immigrant, and his maternal grandparents were Russian Jews. Samuel was a restaurateur and the family lived at 416 South 4th Street. He attended Central High School of Philadelphia. He studied drama at Temple University after serving as a tail gunner on a B-25 Mitchell in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He later honed his craft at The Actors Studio and the Black Hills Players. 2Career Aside from Fell's best-known television work, he also played minor character roles in several films, including the original Ocean's 11, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, PT 109, The Graduate, Bullitt and Catch-22 (as Sergeant Towser). He appeared alongside Ronald Reagan in Reagan's last film, The Killers. On TV, Fell portrayed Mike in Joe and Mabel (1955-1956),:536 Meyer Meyer in Ed McBain's 87th Precinct (1961-1962),:302 Charles Wilentz in Dan August (1970-1971), Nathan Davidson in Needles and Pins (1973),:748 Bernie Solkin in Executive Suite (1976-1977),:316 Richie's father in Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978),:893 and Ben Cooper in Teachers Only (1982*1983).:1056From 1977 to 1979, Fell portrayed the main characters' hardnosed landlord Stanley Roper on the hit sitcom Three's Company:1080-1081 (a role with some similarities to M