| 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 | http://imdb.com/name/nm0001205 |
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
$14 Million
