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Jerry Paris (I) (1925–1986)

Director | Actor | Producer

Glimpsed here and there throughout the 1950s in amiable acting supports on film, it was as a TV producer and director that Jerry Paris found his true calling. In front of the camera, however, most fans will remember him quite fondly as the neighborhood dentist to Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore on Van Dyke's treasured TV comedy sitcom of the 60s... See full bio »

Born:

William Gerald Paris
in San Francisco, California, USA

Died:

(age 60) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Jerry Paris
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1986 You Again? (TV series)
– Suspect (1986)
– Henry and Matt Get Sick (1986)
 
1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training
 
1985 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
 
1974-1984 Happy Days (TV series)
– Fonzie's Spots (1984)
– Good News, Bad News (1984)
– School Dazed (1984)
– Low Notes (1984)
– So How Was Your Weekend? (1984)
See all 238 episodes »
 
1980 Leo and Loree
 
1980 Make Me an Offer (TV movie)
 
1979 Beanes of Boston (TV movie)
 
1979 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– Never a Dull Moment (1979)
 
1978 The Ted Knight Show (TV series)
– Sweet Sixteen (1978)
 
1977 Best Friends (TV movie)
 
1977 Blansky's Beauties (TV series)
– My Nephew's Debut (1977)
– Nancy Meets Pa Bates (1977)
– Nancy Remembers Laverne (1977)
– Anthony Falls in Love (1977)
– Nancy Goes Sheik (1977)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1976 How to Break Up a Happy Divorce (TV movie)
 
1976 Good Heavens (TV series)
– The Big Break (1976)
 
1976 Laverne & Shirley (TV series)
– The Bachelor Party (1976)
 
1975 When Things Were Rotten (TV series)
– The Capture of Robin Hood (1975)
 
1975 The Fireman's Ball (TV movie)
 
1975 Karen (TV series)
– What Are Friends For? (1975)
– The Visitors (1975)
 
1970-1975 The Odd Couple (TV series)
– Your Mother Wears Army Boots (1975)
– One for the Bunny (1974)
– Felix Directs (1973)
– The Murray Who Came to Dinner (1973)
– The Odyssey Couple (1973)
See all 18 episodes »
 
1974 Paper Moon (TV series)
– Green Goods (1974)
– Manly Arts (1974)
 
1974 Only with Married Men (TV movie)
 
1973-1974 The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
– A Fake Matisse Is Better Than a Real Anzelowitz (1974)
– Lt. Preston of the 4th Cavalry (1974)
– Mr. Dazzle (1973)
– What Your Best Friend Doesn't Know (1973)
– Preston al Naturale (1973)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1974 McCloud (TV series)
– A Cowboy in Paradise (1974)
 
1973 ABC Late Night (TV series)
– Break-Up (1973)
 
1973 Thicker Than Water (TV series)
– The Mourning After (1973)
– Save This Kid (1973)
– The Return of Jake Paine (1973)
– A Majority of None (1973)
– The Jerk Who Came to Dinner (1973)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1973 Break Up (TV movie)
 
1972 Every Man Needs One (TV movie)
 
1972 The Couple Takes a Wife (TV movie)
 
1972 Wednesday Night Out (TV movie)
 
1972 Keeping Up with the Joneses (TV movie)
 
1972 Evil Roy Slade (TV movie)
 
1972 Call Her Mom (TV movie)
 
1971 Star Spangled Girl
 
1971 What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (TV movie)
 
1971 Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)
– Don't Break the Chain (1971)
– And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter (1971)
– He's No Heavy... He's My Brother (1971)
 
1971 Two on a Bench (TV movie)
 
1971/I Cat Ballou (TV movie)
 
1971 The Feminist and the Fuzz (TV movie)
 
1970 The Partridge Family (TV series)
– This Is My Song (1970)
– What? and Get Out of Show Business? (1970)
 
1970 Barefoot in the Park (TV series)
– In Sickness and in Health (1970)
– You'll Never Walk Alone (1970)
– The Bed (1970)
 
1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married! (TV movie)
 
1970 Here's Lucy (TV series)
– Lucy Meets the Burtons (1970)
 
1969-1970 Love, American Style (TV series)
– Love and the Safely Married Man/Love and the Uncoupled Couple/Love and the Many Married Couple (1970) (segment "Love and the Uncoupled Couple")
– Love and the Big Leap/Love and the Former Marriage/Love and the Good Deal (1969) (segment "Love and the Good Deal")
– Love and a Couple of Couples/Love and the Hustler/Love and the Pill (1969) (segment "Love and a Couple of Couples")
 
1969 Viva Max
 
1969 The Grasshopper
 
1968 How Sweet It Is!
 
1968 Never a Dull Moment
 
1968 Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
 
1967 Sheriff Who (TV movie)
 
1966 Hey, Landlord (TV series)
– By the Sea, or at Least Rent It (1966)
– The Shapes of Wrath (1966)
– Pursuit of a Dream (1966)
 
1963-1966 The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
– The Last Chapter (1966)
– The Gunslinger (1966)
– Long Night's Journey Into Day (1966)
– Love Thy Other Neighbor (1966)
– You Ought to Be in Pictures (1966)
See all 84 episodes »
 
1966 That Girl (TV series)
– What's in a Name? (1966)
 
1965 Tammy (TV series)
– Tammy Plays Cupid (1965)
– The Aristocratic Tates (1965)
 
1965 The Munsters (TV series)
– Herman the Rookie (1965)
– Movie Star Munster (1965)
– Bats of a Feather (1965)
 
1963-1965 The Bill Dana Show (TV series)
– Jose, the Old Man (1965)
– Glick the Strongman (1964)
– Tonsils for Two (1964)
– Jose and the Brat (1964)
– Honeymoon Suite (1963)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1964 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
– The Nielsen Box (1964)
– Joey Goes to CBS (1964)
 
1964 The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)
– The Morley Report (1964)
 
Show ShowActor (105 titles)
1975-1983 Happy Days (TV series)
Doctor / Heckler / Photographer / …
– The Ballad of Joanie and Chachi (1983) … Professor (uncredited)
– Scholarship (1981) … Doctor (uncredited)
– Fonzie Loves Pinky: Part 3 (1976) … Photographer (uncredited)
– The Not Making of a President (1975) … Heckler (uncredited)
 
1980 Leo and Loree
Tony
 
1974 Paper Moon (TV series)
– Manly Arts (1974)
 
1972 Every Man Needs One (TV movie)
Marty Ranier
 
1972 Evil Roy Slade (TV movie)
Souvenir Salesman (uncredited)
 
1970 Love, American Style (TV series)
Dr. Paul Meltz (segment "Love and the Psychiatrist")
– Love and the Hypnotist/Love and the Psychiatrist (1970) … Dr. Paul Meltz (segment "Love and the Psychiatrist")
 
1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married! (TV movie)
Harry
 
1968 Never a Dull Moment
Police Photographer (uncredited)
 
1968 Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Umpire (uncredited)
 
1966 That Girl (TV series)
The Director
– What's in a Name? (1966) … The Director (uncredited)
– What's in a Name? (1966) … The Director (uncredited)
 
1961-1966 The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
Jerry Helper / Jack Sullivan / Mr. Thompson on TV / …
– The Last Chapter (1966) … Jerry Helper
– The Gunslinger (1966) … Jerry Helper
– Long Night's Journey Into Day (1966) … Jerry Helper
– Love Thy Other Neighbor (1966) … Jerry Helper
– A Day in the Life of Alan Brady (1966) … Jerry Helper
See all 38 episodes »
 
1963 The Fugitive (TV series)
Jim Prestwick
– The Girl from Little Egypt (1963) … Jim Prestwick
 
1963 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Marty Kane
– What Did She Mean by Good Luck? (1963) … Marty Kane
 
1963 The Caretakers
Passerby Lorna Bumps on Street (uncredited)
 
1962 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Emmanuel Gruber
– The Private Mint of Clark, Gruber and Company (1962) … Emmanuel Gruber
 
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series)
Pete
– Little Man, Big Bridge (1962) … Pete
 
1962 Ben Casey (TV series)
Mr. Tarlow
– The Night That Nothing Happened (1962) … Mr. Tarlow
 
1962 87th Precinct (TV series)
Douglas Masters
– Girl in the Case (1962) … Douglas Masters
 
1962 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Larry Grossblatt
– Ten Days in the Sun (1962) … Larry Grossblatt
 
1962 The Detectives (TV series)
Michael Hearn
– Point of No Return (1962) … Michael Hearn
 
1961 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
Harry White
– Five for One (1961) … Harry White
 
1961 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Tom Gardiner
– Big Boy Blue (1961) … Tom Gardiner
 
1960-1961 Michael Shayne (TV series)
Tim Rourke
– Marriage Can Be Fatal (1961) … Tim Rourke
– The Body Beautiful (1961) … Tim Rourke
– Murder Is a Fine Art (1961) … Tim Rourke
– Strike Out (1961) … Tim Rourke
– Murder at the Convention (1961) … Tim Rourke
See all 26 episodes »
 
1961 The Great Impostor
Defense Lieutenant
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Grimes
– Incident at a Corner (1960) … Grimes
 
1960 The Alaskans (TV series)
Walter Collier
– Peril at Caribou Crossing (1960) … Walter Collier
 
1959-1960 The Untouchables (TV series)
Agent Martin Flaherty
– The St. Louis Story (1960) … Agent Martin Flaherty
– Star Witness (1960) … Agent Martin Flaherty
– The Noise of Death (1960) … Agent Martin Flaherty
– Syndicate Sanctuary (1960) … Agent Martin Flaherty
– The Underground Railway (1959) … Agent Martin Flaherty
See all 16 episodes »
 
1959 The Lawless Years (TV series)
Martin Flaherty
– The Billy Boy 'Rockabye' Creel Story (1959) … Martin Flaherty (uncredited)
 
1959 Career
Allan Burke
 
1959 Markham (TV series)
Paul Stevens
– Three Steps to Murder (1959) … Paul Stevens
 
1959-1960 Steve Canyon (TV series)
Maj. 'Willie' Williston
– Room 313 (1959) … Maj. 'Willie' Williston
– The Trap (1959) … Maj. 'Willie' Williston
– Strike Force (1959) … Maj. 'Willie' Williston
– Operation Intercept (1959) … Maj. 'Willie' Williston
– The Bomb (1959) … Maj. 'Willie' Williston
See all 11 episodes »
 
1959 No Name on the Bullet
Harold Miller
 
1958 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Cully Abbott
– Brink of Fear (1958) … Cully Abbott
 
1958 The Naked and the Dead
Goldstein
 
1956-1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Fred Piper / Wally Benson
– The Safe Place (1958) … Fred Piper
– Whodunit (1956) … Wally Benson
 
1958 Sing Boy Sing
Arnold Fisher
 
1958 The Lady Takes a Flyer
Willie Ridgely
 
1958 The Female Animal
Hank Galvez (not Lopez)
 
1958 Colt .45 (TV series)
Joe Bullock
– Blood Money (1958) … Joe Bullock
 
1957 Man on the Prowl
Woody
 
1957 The Silent Service (TV series)
– The Tang's Last Shot (1957)
– The Wahoo Story (1957)
– Tang vs. Truk (1957)
 
1957 Zero Hour!
Tony Decker
 
1957 Telephone Time (TV series)
– The Man the Navy Couldn't Sink (1957)
 
1957 The George Sanders Mystery Theater (TV series)
Howard
– Try It My Way (1957) … Howard
 
1957 Those Whiting Girls (TV series)
Artie the Accompanist / Artie
– A Man in the House (1957) … Artie
– Margaret Whiting's Sister (1957) … Artie the Accompanist
– The Army Camp Show (1957) … Artie the Accompanist
– Margaret's Romance (1957) … Artie the Accompanist
– What Price Publicity? (1957) … Artie the Accompanist
See all 13 episodes »
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Chevak
– The Dark Side of the Earth (1957) … Chevak
 
1957 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– Sound of Fear (1957)
 
1957 The Millionaire (TV series)
Bob Fielding
– The Bob Fielding Story (1957) … Bob Fielding
 
1956-1957 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Ferguson / Joe Elliot
– The Great American Hoax (1957) … Joe Elliot
– Yacht on the High Sea (1956) … Ferguson
 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Tower Room 14-A (1957)
 
1957 Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (TV series)
Doctor
– Marion Merrill Story (1957) … Doctor
 
1956 Hey, Jeannie! (TV series)
Joe Grady
– The Rock 'n' Roll Kid (1956) … Joe Grady
 
1956 Navy Log (TV series)
Al / Joe Gish
– The Big A (1956) … Al
– Little More Than a Brother (1956) … Joe Gish
 
1955-1956 You Are There (TV series)
Newsman / Sailor
– Decatur's Raid at Tripoli (February 16, 1804) (1956) … Sailor
– The Secret Message That Plunged America Into World War I (March 1, 1917) (1955) … Newsman
 
1956 I've Lived Before
Russell Smith, Copilot
 
1956 D-Day the Sixth of June
Raymond Boyce
 
1956 Big Town (TV series)
– Marine Story (1956)
 
1956 The Bob Cummings Show (TV series)
Capt. Henry Barnes
– Scramble for Grandpa (1956) … Capt. Henry Barnes
 
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV series)
– In a Small Motel (1956)
 
1955-1956 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
Associate Surgeon / Charles Sussman
– Uncle Sam's C Men (1956) … Charles Sussman
– Six Hours of Surgery (1955) … Associate Surgeon
 
1956 Never Say Goodbye
Joe
 
1955-1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Charlie Harris / Richard
– The Star (1956) … Richard
– The Hunted (1955) … Charlie Harris
 
1956 Crusader (TV series)
Barney
– The Sharks (1956) … Barney
 
1955 Hell's Horizon
Cpl. Pete Kinshaw
 
1955 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
Co-Pilot Bill Feldman
– Diamonds in the Sky (1955) … Co-Pilot Bill Feldman
 
1955 Good Morning, Miss Dove
Maurice 'Rab' Levine
 
1955 The View from Pompey's Head
Ian Garrick
 
1955 Crossroads (TV series)
Cpl. Reynolds
– With All My Love (1955) … Cpl. Reynolds
 
1955 The Naked Street
Latzi Franks
 
1955 Front Row Center (TV series)
Mark Eisen
– Kitty Foyle (1955) … Mark Eisen
 
1955 Not as a Stranger
Thompson (uncredited)
 
1955 The Lone Wolf (TV series)
Paul - Bartender
– The Las Vegas Story (1955) … Paul - Bartender
 
1955 Marty
Tommy
 
1955 Unchained
Joe Ravens
 
1954 About Mrs. Leslie
Mr. Harkness (uncredited)
 
1954 The Caine Mutiny
Ens. Barney Harding
 
1954 Prisoner of War
Axel Horstrom
 
1954 Drive a Crooked Road
Phil
 
1954 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Ed Hunnicutt / Eddie Nigh
– Mantrap (1954) … Ed Hunnicutt
– The Fugitives (1954) … Eddie Nigh
 
1953 The Wild One
Dextro (uncredited)
 
1953 Flight to Tangier
Policeman in Car (uncredited)
 
1953 Sabre Jet
Capt. Bert Flanagan
 
1953 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– The Traitor (1953)
 
1953 The Glass Wall
Tom
 
1953 The Web (TV series)
Frank Nelson
– A Time for Dying (1953) … Frank Nelson
 
1952 Bonzo Goes to College
Lefty Edwards
 
1952 Dragnet (TV series)
– The Big Sorrow (1952)
 
1952 Monkey Business
Scientist (uncredited)
 
1951 Submarine Command
Sgt. Gentry
 
1951 Out There (TV series)
– Misfit (1951)
 
1951 Bright Victory
Reynolds, the Medic (uncredited)
 
1951 Starlight Theatre (TV series)
Otis
– Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1951) … Otis
 
1951 Her First Romance
Camp Counsellor (uncredited)
 
1951 Call Me Mister
Air Force Pilot in Skit (uncredited)
 
1950 Frenchie
Perry (uncredited)
 
1950 The Flying Missile
Crewman Andy Mason
 
1950 Cyrano de Bergerac
Cadet
 
1950 Outrage
Frank Marini, the masher
 
1950 The Reformer and the Redhead
Radio Station Call Boy (uncredited)
 
1950 D.O.A.
Bellhop (uncredited)
 
1950 Woman in Hiding
Customer at Newsstand (uncredited)
 
1949 My Foolish Heart
Usher at Football Game
 
1949 Battleground
German Sergeant (uncredited)
 
1949 Sword in the Desert
Levitan (uncredited)
 
1949 The Lady Gambles
Horse Player (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
Happy Days (TV series) (producer - 117 episodes, 1976-1982) (supervising producer - 6 episodes, 1979)
– Tell-Tale Tart (1982) (producer)
– Great Expectations (1982) (producer)
– Hi Yo, Fonzie Away (1982) (producer)
– A Touch of Classical (1982) (producer)
– Poohba Doo Dah (1982) (producer)
See all 123 episodes »
 
1974 Ernie, Madge and Artie (TV movie) (producer)
 
1972 Every Man Needs One (TV movie) (producer)
 
1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married! (TV movie) (producer)
 
1963 The Caretakers (associate producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2007 Daily Cafe (TV series) (technical manager - 2007-2008)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1963 The Caretakers (screen story)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1992 Happy Days Reunion Special (TV special) (dedicated to the memory of)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2005 Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (TV movie)
Jerry Helper
 
1979 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1973) Unsold pilot: Directed a sitcom pilot called "The Friday Night Group" about a group of mismatched friends who meet to play cards, discuss the day's events and the problems in their lives. See more »

Height:

6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on becoming a film director] At last I can paint the whole canvas. How's that for a figure of speech, eh? When I was a character actor, I was painting only one color--blue or green, as it were. Now I can work on the whole movie. See more »

Trivia:

He directed 5 of the 158 episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show after being hired as an actor to play next-door neighbor Jerry Helper, a dentist. He found he had a real gift for directing and went on to direct Happy Days and the pilot for Laverne & Shirley. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently appears in a small (often one scene) role See more »

Star Sign:

Leo