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Apr 8, 2021 · Don Knotts also played Ralph Furley on ‘Three’s Company’. When actor Norman Fell left his role as Mr. Roper for the show’s spin-off The Ropers, the show’s producers reached out to Knotts...
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, and his film roles in Ocean's 11 (1960), The Graduate (1967), and Bullitt (1968). Early in his career, he was billed as ...
- TWO OTHER PILOTS WERE MADE BEFORE THEY GOT IT RIGHT. On the first attempt, M*A*S*H writer/producer Larry Gelbart wrote a Three's Company pilot script resembling Man About the House.
- BILLY CRYSTAL AUDITIONED TO PLAY JACK TRIPPER. Barry Van Dyke (Ritter hero Dick Van Dyke's son) and Michael Lembeck (later a director of sitcoms including Friends) also attempted to win the role.
- LONI ANDERSON AUDITIONED FOR CHRISSY. Anderson (later Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati) didn't get the part. Ritter, who claimed she had a great audition, theorized that Anderson wasn't selected because no one would believe she couldn't live in her own apartment.
- SUZANNE SOMERS WAS DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT. Desperately searching for the right Chrissy the day before production began, Silverman put in all of the audition tapes they had received and fast-forwarded through them.
Norman Fell as Stanley Roper (seasons 1–3; season 5, guest star) Audra Lindley as Helen Roper (seasons 1–3; season 5, guest star) Richard Kline as Larry Dallas (seasons 1–3, recurring; seasons 4–8, main) Don Knotts as Ralph Furley (seasons 4–8) Ann Wedgeworth as Lana Shields (season 4) Jenilee Harrison as Cindy Snow (seasons 5–6)
- Bill Hobin, Michael Ross, Dave Powers, Bob Priest
- Joe Raposo
Dec 15, 2023 · As a huge piece of the Three's Company puzzle (until he was replaced by Don Knotts) Norman Fell brought both a sense of humor and seriousness to the show. Following Three's Company, Fell...
Dec 15, 1998 · Lindley, 79, died in 1997 of complications from leukemia. Three's Company continued until 1984 with Don Knotts as the new landlord and other cast changes. A native of Philadelphia, Fell...
Character actor Norman Fell, born March 24, 1924, played Stanley Roper, landlord to Jack, Chrissy and Janet, but his credits on the big screen span from 1957's The Violators to 1996's Beach House ...
