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Jerry Paris

Acting

Born July 25, 1925 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died March 31, 1986

Also known as William Gerald 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Directing for a Comedy Series · 1964

Filmography45 titles

The Munsters

1964Director

The Odd Couple

1970Director

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Fred Piper

Happy Days

1974Director

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970Director

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961as TV Newsman

Only with Married Men

1974Director

Marty

1955as Tommy

The Fugitive

1963as Jim Prestwick

Steve Canyon

as Maj. 'Willie' Williston

Laverne & Shirley

1976Director

McCloud

1970Director

The Caine Mutiny

1954as Ens. Barney Harding

Bright Victory

1951as Reynolds the Medic (uncredited)

The Great Impostor

1960as Defense Lieutenant

Cyrano de Bergerac

1950as Cadet

D.O.A.

1949as Bellhop (uncredited)

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

1968Director

Here's Lucy

1968Director

Zero Hour!

1957as Tony Decker

Monkey Business

1952as Scientist (uncredited)

Lux Video Theatre

as Richard

No Name on the Bullet

1959as Harold Miller

The Wild One

1953as Dextro (uncredited)

Outrage

1950as Frank Marini

My Foolish Heart

1950

The Caretakers

1963Screenstory, Story

Not as a Stranger

1955as Thompson (uncredited)

The Bob Cummings Show

1955as Capt. Henry Barnes

Never a Dull Moment

1968as Police Photographer (uncredited)

That Girl

1966Director

The Naked Street

1955as Latzi Franks

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

1985Director

Drive a Crooked Road

1954as Phil

The Joey Bishop Show

Director

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Joe Elliot

Viva Max!

1969Director

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

1986as Priest in Police Line-up (uncredited)

Submarine Command

1951as Sgt. Gentry

Star Spangled Girl

1971Director

D-Day the Sixth of June

1956as Raymond Boyce

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

as Assistant to the Director

The Grasshopper

1970Director

Leo and Loree

1980Director

Man on the Prowl

1957as Woody