Norman Fell was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1924 He graduated from Temple University with a bachelors 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 Threes Company 1976 which debuted in 1977 and its short lived spinoff The Ropers 1979 Norman Fell died at the Motion Picture and Television Funds retirement home in Woodland Hills CA aged 74 survived by two daughters
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