Personal Info
Birth date
1925-07-25 (100 Years)
Day of death
1986-03-31
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known as
William Gerald Paris
Jerry Paris
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jerry 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Paris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Fugitive
7.2
Overview:
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.Love, American Style
6.105
Overview:
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.Happy Days
7.6
Overview:
In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.The Untouchables
7.8
Overview:
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.McCloud
7.1
Overview:
Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a special investigator.That Girl
6.3
Overview:
That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York to try to make it big in New York City. Ann has to take a number of offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts. Ted Bessell played her boyfriend Donald Hollinger, a writer for Newsview Magazine; Lew Parker and Rosemary DeCamp played Lew Marie and Helen Marie, her concerned parents. Bernie Kopell, Ruth Buzzi and Reva Rose played Ann and Donald's friends. That Girl was developed by writers Bill Persky and Sam Denoff, who had served as head writers on The Dick Van Dyke Show earlier in the 1960s.The Munsters
7.925
Overview:
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.Hawaiian Eye
5.2
Overview:
Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look into various matters. They're helped by their trusty right-hand man Kazuo Kim who runs a taxi company and is always eager to help them.The Dick Van Dyke Show
7.5
Overview:
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 fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley.77 Sunset Strip
6.7
Overview:
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.The Mary Tyler Moore Show
7.5
Overview:
30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.Laverne & Shirley
7.2
Overview:
Best friends, roommates, and polar opposites, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee and keep each other's spirits up at home.The Ford Television Theatre
7.3
Overview:
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.The Odd Couple
7.8
Overview:
Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.Sugarfoot
4.8
Overview:
Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Jack Elam is cast in occasional episodes as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7
Overview:
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.The 20th Century Fox Hour
5.4
Overview:
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.The Millionaire
5
Overview:
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.Viva Max!
5.5
Overview:
In order to prove his greatness to his unimpressed girlfriend, Mexican general Max takes a group of men across the border and recaptures the Alamo - international hijinks ensue!Navy Log
4.5
Overview:
Navy Log is an American drama anthology series that initially aired for one season on CBS. It relates the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy. This series premiered on September 20, 1955, but the following year, it was moved to ABC, where it aired until September 25, 1958. The program aired for a total of three seasons and 102 episodes.The Detectives
5.6
Overview:
The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC during its third and final season. The series, starring motion picture star Robert Taylor, was produced by Four Star Television. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) is head of the detective division of a large metropolitan police force—a man whose devotion to duty, professional brilliance, and quick judgment are reflected in his 20-year career on the force. His aides, Lt. Johnny Russo (Tige Andrews), Lt. Otto Lindstrom (Russ Thorson), and Sgt. Chris Ballard (Mark Goddard) form a team that is both proficient and warmly human. The stories stress the interrelationships between the men as well as the solutions to crimes and the apprehension of criminals, adding a dimension of human drama to the excitement, action, and suspense inherent in each story of the detectives' difficult, sometimes thankless, and frequently dangerous assignments.The Great Impostor
6.9
Overview:
Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite successfully.Lux Video Theatre
6.3
Overview:
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.Bright Victory
6.9
Overview:
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.Startime
6
Overview:
Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was aired Tuesday nights in the United States on the NBC Television network in the 1959-60 television season.D-Day the Sixth of June
5.4
Overview:
En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.The Alaskans
5.5
Overview:
The Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as "Reno McKee", a pair of adventurers intent on swindling travelers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush. Their plans are inevitably complicated by the presence of singer "Rocky Shaw", "an entertainer with a taste for the finer things in life". The show was the first regular work on American television for the British actor Roger Moore.Acting
1986Police Academy 3: Back in Training as Priest in Police Line-up (uncredited)
1979Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall as Self
1972Every Man Needs One as Marty Ranier
1972Evil Roy Slade as Souvenir Salesman (uncredited)
1970But I Don't Want to Get Married! as Harry
1969Love, American Style (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968How Sweet It Is! as Umpire with Agatzi Girl (uncredited)
1968Never a Dull Moment as Police Photographer (uncredited)
1963The Fugitive (1 Episode) as Jim Prestwick
1961The Dick Van Dyke Show (31, 1 Episode) as Jerry Helper, TV Newsman
1961Ben Casey (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Cain's Hundred (1 Episode) as Harry White
1960The Great Impostor as Defense Lieutenant
1960Michael Shayne (32 Episodes) as Tim Rourke
1959The Detectives (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959The Untouchables (1 Episode) as Agent Martin Flaherty
1959Career as Allan Burke
1959Hawaiian Eye (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Startime (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959The Alaskans (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959No Name on the Bullet as Harold Miller
195877 Sunset Strip (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1958Steve Canyon (1 Episode) as Maj. 'Willie' Williston
1958The Naked and the Dead as Goldstein
1958Sing Boy Sing as Arnold Fisher
1958The Lady Takes a Flyer as Willie Ridgely
1958The Female Animal as Hank Lopez
1957Man on the Prowl as Woody
1957Zero Hour! as Tony Decker
1957The Dark Side of the Earth as Chevak
1957Sugarfoot (1 Episode) as Cully Abbott
1957The Hired Man as Deputy Sheriff Stitts
1956Hey, Jeannie! (1 Episode) as Joe Grady
1956I've Lived Before as Russell Smith, Copilot
1956D-Day the Sixth of June as Raymond Boyce
1956Never Say Goodbye as Joe
1955Hell's Horizon as Cpl. Pete Kinshaw
1955Good Morning, Miss Dove as Maurice Levine
1955The View from Pompey's Head as Ian Garrick
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour (1, 1 Episode) as Joe Elliot, Ferguson
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1, 1 Episode) as Wally Benson, Fred Piper
1955Navy Log (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1955Unchained as Joe Ravens
1955The Naked Street as Latzi Franks
1955Those Whiting Girls (1 Episode) as Artie the Accompanist
1955Not as a Stranger as Thompson (uncredited)
1955Marty as Tommy
1955The Millionaire (1 Episode) as Robert R. 'Bob' Fielding
1955The Bob Cummings Show (1 Episode) as Capt. Henry Barnes
1954The Caine Mutiny as Ens. Barney Harding
1954Prisoner of War as Axel Horstrom
1954The Lone Wolf (1 Episode) as Paul
1954Drive a Crooked Road as Phil
1953The Wild One as Dextro (uncredited)
1953Sabre Jet as Bert Flanagan
1953The Glass Wall as Tom
1953General Electric Theater (1 Episode) as Larry Grossblatt
1953You Are There (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952The Ford Television Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Ed Hunnicutt, Eddie Nigh
1952Bonzo Goes to College as Lefty Edwards
1952Monkey Business as Scientist (uncredited)
1951Submarine Command as Sgt. Gentry
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 Episode) as Unknown
1951Bright Victory as Reynolds the Medic (uncredited)
1951Her First Romance as Camp Counsellor (uncredited)
1950Frenchie as Perry (uncredited)
1950The Flying Missile as Andy Mason
1950Cyrano de Bergerac as Cadet
1950Lux Video Theatre (1 Episode) as Richard
1950Outrage as Frank Marini
1950The Reformer and the Redhead as Radio Station Call Boy (uncredited)
1950My Foolish Heart as Unknown
1950Woman in Hiding as Customer at Newsstand (uncredited)
1949D.O.A. as Bellhop (uncredited)
Directing
1986Police Academy 3: Back in Training ... Director
1985Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment ... Director
1980Make Me an Offer ... Director
1980Leo and Loree ... Director
1979Beane's of Boston ... Director
1978Sister Terri ... Director
1976How to Break Up a Happy Divorce ... Director
1976Good Heavens (1 Episode) ... Director
1976Laverne & Shirley (1 Episode) ... Director
1975When Things Were Rotten (1 Episode) ... Director
1975Karen (2 Episodes) ... Director
1974Only with Married Men ... Director
1974Paper Moon (2 Episodes) ... Director
1974Happy Days (236 Episodes) ... Director
1972Every Man Needs One ... Director
1972The Couple Takes a Wife ... Director
1972Evil Roy Slade ... Director
1972Call Her Mom ... Director
1971Star Spangled Girl ... Director
1971What's a Nice Girl Like You...? ... Director
1971Two on a Bench ... Director
1971The New Dick Van Dyke Show (2 Episodes) ... Director
1971Cat Ballou ... Director
1971The Feminist and the Fuzz ... Director
1970But I Don't Want to Get Married! ... Director
1970The Odd Couple (18 Episodes) ... Director
1970Barefoot in the Park (3 Episodes) ... Director
1970The Mary Tyler Moore Show (2 Episodes) ... Director
1970The Grasshopper ... Director
1970McCloud (1 Episode) ... Director
1969Viva Max! ... Director
1969Love, American Style (3 Episodes) ... Director
1968Here's Lucy (2 Episodes) ... Director
1968How Sweet It Is! ... Director
1968Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River ... Director
1968Never a Dull Moment ... Director
1966Hey Landlord! (2 Episodes) ... Director
1966That Girl (1 Episode) ... Director
1965Tammy (1 Episode) ... Director
1965The John Forsythe Show (1 Episode) ... Director
1964The Munsters (3 Episodes) ... Director
1963The Bill Dana Show (3 Episodes) ... Director
1963The Farmer's Daughter (1 Episode) ... Director
1961The Dick Van Dyke Show (83 Episodes) ... Director
1961The Joey Bishop Show (1 Episode) ... Director
Writing
1963The Caretakers ... Story, Screenstory