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Jerry Paris

Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter | * 07/25/1925 († 60, 03/31/1986) | San Francisco, California (United States of America (USA))
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William Gerald Paris (July 25, 1925 – March 31, 1986) was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper, the dentist and next-door neighbor of Rob and Laura Petrie, on The Dick Van Dyke Show, and for directing the majority of the episodes of the sitcom Happy Days. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny. ...

The Caine Mutiny

NR

1954 | 3.6/5 | 2h 4min
Drama
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Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly res ...

Marty

NR

1955 | 3.8/5 | 1h 30min
Drama, Romance / Love
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In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova. ...

Happy Days

NR

1974 | 3.9/5 | 22min per episode
Comedy
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The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with f ...

The Dick Van Dyke Show

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1961 | 3.7/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Jerry Paris

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
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Movies with Jerry Paris as Actor(40)

as himself1979 Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
as Marty Ranier1972 Every Man Needs One
as Souvenir Salesman (uncredited)1972 Evil Roy Slade
as Harry1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married!
as Defense Lieutenant1960 The Great Impostor
as Allan Burke1959 Career
as Harold Miller1959 No Name on the Bullet
as Willie Ridgely1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer
as Arnold Fisher1958 Sing Boy Sing
as Goldstein1958 The Naked and the Dead
as Hank Lopez1958 The Female Animal
as Tony Decker1957 Zero Hour!
as Chevak1957 The Dark Side of the Earth
as Woody1957 Man on the Prowl
as Joe1956 Never Say Goodbye
as Raymond Boyce1956 D-Day the Sixth of June
as Russell Smith, Copilot1956 I've Lived Before
as Maurice Levine1955 Good Morning, Miss Dove
as Tommy1955 Marty
as Joe Ravens1955 Unchained
as Cpl. Pete Kinshaw1955 Hell's Horizon
as Ian Garrick1955 The View from Pompey's Head
as Latzi Franks1955 The Naked Street
as Ens. Barney Harding1954 The Caine Mutiny
1954 Prisoner of War
as Phil1954 Drive a Crooked Road
as Bert Flanagan1953 Sabre Jet
as Dextro (uncredited)1953 The Wild One
as Tom1953 The Glass Wall
as Lefty Edwards1952 Bonzo Goes to College
as Camp Counsellor (uncredited)1951 Her First Romance
as Reynolds the Medic (uncredited)1951 Bright Victory
as Sgt. Gentry1951 Submarine Command
as Andy Mason1950 The Flying Missile
as Frank Marini1950 Outrage
as Cadet1950 Cyrano de Bergerac
as Radio Station Call Boy (uncredited)1950 The Reformer and the Redhead
1950 My Foolish Heart
as Perry (uncredited)1950 Frenchie
1949 D.O.A.

TV Shows/Series with Jerry Paris as Actor(23)

as Jim Prestwick1963 The Fugitive
as Harry White1961 Cain's Hundred
1961 Ben Casey
1961 87th Precinct
as Jerry Helper1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Tim Rourke1960 Michael Shayne
1959 The Detectives
1959 Startime
1959 The Alaskans
as Agent Martin Flaherty1959 The Untouchables
1959 Hawaiian Eye
1958 77 Sunset Strip
as Cully Abbott1957 Sugarfoot
as Joe Grady1956 Hey, Jeannie!
1955 Navy Log
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Wally Benson1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Grimes1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Fred Piper1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Robert R. 'Bob' Fielding1955 The Millionaire
as Larry Grossblatt1953 GE Theater
1953 You Are There
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Movies with Jerry Paris as Crew(27)

Directing/Director1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Directing/Director1985 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Directing/Director1980 Make Me an Offer
Directing/Director1980 Leo and Loree
Directing/Director1978 Sister Terri
Directing/Director1976 How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
Directing/Director1974 Only with Married Men
Writing/Writer1974 Only with Married Men
Directing/Director1972 The Couple Takes a Wife
Directing/Director1972 Every Man Needs One
Production/Producer1972 Every Man Needs One
Directing/Director1972 Call Her Mom
Directing/Director1972 Evil Roy Slade
Directing/Director1971 The Feminist and the Fuzz
Directing/Director1971 Two on a Bench
Directing/Director1971 What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
Directing/Director1971 Star Spangled Girl
Directing/Director1971 Cat Ballou
Directing/Director1970 The Grasshopper
Directing/Director1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Production/Producer1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Directing/Director1969 Viva Max!
Directing/Director1968 Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Directing/Director1968 Never a Dull Moment
Directing/Director1968 How Sweet It Is!
Writing/Story1963 The Caretakers
Writing/Screenstory1963 The Caretakers

TV Shows/Series with Jerry Paris as Crew(22)

Directing/Director1986 You Again?
Directing/Director1976 Laverne & Shirley
Directing/Director1976 Good Heavens
Directing/Director1975 When Things Were Rotten
Directing/Director1974 Happy Days
Directing/Director1974 Paper Moon
Directing/Director1971 The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Directing/Director1970 The Odd Couple
Directing/Director1970 Barefoot in the Park
Directing/Director1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Directing/Director1970 McCloud
Directing/Director1969 Love, American Style
Directing/Director1968 Here's Lucy
Directing/Director1966 That Girl
Directing/Director1966 Hey, Landlord
Directing/Director1965 Tammy
Directing/Director1965 The John Forsythe Show
Directing/Director1964 The Munsters
Directing/Director1963 The Bill Dana Show
Directing/Director1963 The Farmer's Daughter
Directing/Director1961 The Joey Bishop Show
Directing/Director1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show

Full Name: Jerry Paris
Born: Saturday, 07/25 1925 (July) in San Francisco, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 03/31 1986 (March) in Los Angeles (aged: 60)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: New York University, University of California, Los Angeles
Jerry Paris frequently works together with these people:
Garry Marshall (28x, Actor)
Raymond Bailey (18x, Actor)
Herb Vigran (18x, Actor)
Harry Tyler (17x, Actor)
Russell Collins (17x, Actor)
Ellen Corby (16x, Actress)
Harry Townes (16x, Actor)
Ray Teal (16x, Actor)
Virginia Gregg (16x, Actress)
Tyler McVey (16x, Actor)
Percy Helton (15x, Actor)
Hall Bartlett (8x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8467, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024