Biography
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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Destiny of Marty Fine
1996
as Daryl
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...
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
1995
as Grandpa Joe Dooley
It's time for the annual Dooley family reunion and Dooley matriarch Meemaw's 100th birthday celebration. But teenaged Billy is welcomingly distracted ...
Hexed
1993
as Herschel Levine
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...
The Naked Truth
1992
as The Dentist
Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his T...
For the Boys
1991
as Sam Schiff
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...
The Boneyard
1991
as Shepard
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...
You're Driving Me Crazy
1991
as Doctor 'F'
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...
With Friends Like These...
1991
as Narrator (voice)
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...
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
as Self
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989
as Tyler
A military experiment to create a race of super-warriors goes awry, as legions of murderous zombies are unleashed upon a suburban neighborhood.
Stripped to Kill
1987
as Ray
A Los Angeles policewoman's partner has her pose as a stripper to lure a killer of strippers.
Transylvania 6-5000
1985
as Mac Turner
Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman...
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
as Marty Forkins
The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama wo...
Don't Ask Me, Ask God
1984
as Jonesey
Don't Ask Me, Ask God is a TV Special starring Michael J. Fox.
Uncommon Valor
1983
as Garvin
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...
Magic with the Stars
1982
Hollywood celebrities assist magicians in a program of magic and illusion.
Paternity
1981
as Larry
Buddy Evans manages events at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He is a confirmed bachelor who lives with his housekeeper Celia. After coming in...
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1981
as Jack McGuire
Two long-time rival high school football coaches lead their respective teams into battle for the city football championship. However, before the openi...
On the Right Track
1981
as The Mayor
Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He's got this funny knack for picking the winning horses' names out of the paper while...
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1980
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980) A police detective investigates two messy murder cases involving lovers' triangles and jealous spouses
For the Love of It
1980
as Hall
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...
This Year's Blonde
1980
as Pat Toledo
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...
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
1980
as Sgt. Charles Wilentz
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...
Pat Boone and Family: A Christmas Special
1979
as Self
Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special presents a festive celebration of favorite holiday songs and comedic moments with The Hudson Brothers plus an a...
The End
1978
as Dr. Samuel Krugman
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his...
Rabbit Test
1978
as Segoynia's Father
Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!
Guardian of the Wilderness
1976
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...
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976
as Mr. Brockelman
A young private detective takes on his first case, a young woman with amnesia who doesn't know why a gunman is trying to kill her but believes she mig...
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
1975
as Stanly Nagel
When fellow operatives and friends disappear during a mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones comes to help. She discovers the disappearance involves Th...
Death Stalk
1975
as Frank Cody
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...
Airport 1975
1974
as Bill
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls....
Thursday's Game
1974
as Melvin Leonard
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...
Charley Varrick
1973
as Mr. Garfinkle
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 ...
The Stone Killer
1973
as Les Daniels
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
The Heist
1972
as Pat Dillon
An armored-car guard must convince the authorities he is innocent after he is forced to rob his own company.
The Boatniks
1970
as Max
Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him fr...
Catch-22
1970
as First Sgt. Towser
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a craz...
Three's a Crowd
1969
as Norman, the Elevator Operator
An airline pilot tries to balance two wives he has in two separate cities.
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Harve Blakely
A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.
Bullitt
1968
as Captain Baker
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...
The Young Runaways
1968
as Mr. Donford
Three unhappy teenagers run away from home, only to discover living on their own isn't as idyllic as they imagined.
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968
as Captain Stanley
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...
Sergeant Ryker
1968
as Sgt. Max Winkler
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...
The Graduate
1967
as Mr. McCleery
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Fitzwilly
1967
as Oberblatz
When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she is flat broke! Her loyal butler, Claude Fitzwilliam...
Ghostbreakers
1967
as Lieutenant P. J. Hartunain
A professor and his beautiful assistant investigate a murder which occurs in a supposedly haunted house.
The Young Warriors
1967
as Sgt. Wadley
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.
Quick, Before It Melts
1965
as George Snell
A reporter and a photographer become entwined with women, marriage, and a defecting Russian scientist while on an expedition to Antarctica for their m...
The Hanged Man
1964
as Gaylord Grebb
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...
The Killers
1964
as Mickey Farmer
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.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
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...
PT 109
1963
as Edmund Drewitch
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...
Ocean's Eleven
1960
as Peter Rheimer
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
The Rat Race
1960
as Telephone Repairman
An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance ...
Inherit the Wind
1960
as WGN Radio Technician
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the ne...
What Makes Sammy Run?
1959
as Sammy's Brother
An adaptation of Budd Schulberg's incendiary 1941 novel about the rise of an unscrupulous Hollywood producer. The production was divided into two part...
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as S/Sgt. Coleman
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied...
The Violators
1957
as Ray
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 ...
Twelve Angry Men
1954
as Juror #1 / Foreman
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...