Three's Company Wiki
Mr. Penrose

Mr. Penrose (Macon McCalman) is the head of the law firm where Chrissy works who tries to make a pass at her in Season 3.
Personal Information
Gender: Male
Full name Herbert Penrose
Born: 1932
Died 2005
Occupation/
Career:
Lawyer, owner/president of law firm where Chrissy recently became employed as a secretary for J.C. Braddock, a partner in the firm
Character
description:
skirt-chasing, lecherous type who tries to make a pass at Chrissy at an executive party the firm throws for which Jack and the roommates are hired to be caterers/servers
Spouse(s): Mrs. Penrose
Character information
Appeared on: Three's Company
Episodes appeared in: "The Catered Affair" in Season 3
Character played by: Macon McCalman

Herbert Penrose is a character in the episode of Three's Company titled "The Catered Affair" in Season 3. The part of Mr. Penrose is played by character actor Macon McCalman, who later appears as Roland Wood, Janet's father, in two later episodes, "Janet's Secret" in Season 5, and "Hearing Is Believing" in Season 8.

About Mr. Penrose[]

Mr. Penrose is the president of the law firm for which Chrissy Snow was employed, where she worked as personal secretary for a female lawyer with the firm. He seems to have a roving eye when it comes to interacting with younger, attractive females, as he gets caught trying to make advances towards Chrissy in his backroom office. When she refuses, he tries to order J.C. to fire her. The roommates and J.C. work out a plan to get Chrissy's job back by using Chrissy to lure him, then get Mrs. Penrose (Bibi Osterwald) to catch him redhanded!