'''Norman Fell''' (born '''Norman Feld''' March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was an American film and television actor most famous for his role as landlord Mr. Roper on the popular sitcom ''Three's Company'' and its spin-off, ''The Ropers''.

Fell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and studied drama at Temple University after serving as a tail gunner in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Though he mostly acted on television, he also had small character roles in several motion pictures including ''Ocean's Eleven'' (1960), ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963), ''The Graduate'' (1967), in which he also played a landlord, ''Bullitt'' (1968), and ''Catch-22 (1970)''. He appeared alongside Ronald Reagan in Reagan's last film, ''The Killers'' (1964).

Norman Fell died of cancer at the age of 74 in Los Angeles, California, and was interred there at the Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.

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