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Jerry Paris (I) (1925–1986)


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 »

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Filmography

Hide HideDirector (56 titles)
1986 You Again? (TV series)
Suspect (1986)
 
1974-1984 Happy Days (TV series)
Fonzie's Spots (1984)
Good News, Bad News (1984)
School Dazed (1984)
Low Notes (1984)
 
1980 Leo and Loree
 
1980 Make Me an Offer (TV movie)
 
1979 Beanes of Boston (TV movie)
 
1978 The Ted Knight Show (TV series)
Sweet Sixteen (1978)
 
1977 Best Friends (TV movie)
 
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)
 
1975 The Fireman's Ball (TV movie)
 
1975 Karen (TV series)
The Visitors (1975)
 
1970-1975 The Odd Couple (TV series)
One for the Bunny (1974)
Felix Directs (1973)
The Odyssey Couple (1973)
 
1974 Paper Moon (TV series)
Green Goods (1974)
Manly Arts (1974)
 
1974 Only with Married Men (TV movie)
 
1974 McCloud (TV series)
 
1973 ABC Late Night (TV series)
Break-Up (1973)
 
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 What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (TV movie)
 
1971 Two on a Bench (TV movie)
 
1971/I Cat Ballou (TV movie)
 
1971 The Feminist and the Fuzz (TV movie)
 
1970 Barefoot in the Park (TV series)
The Bed (1970)
 
1970 Here's Lucy (TV series)
 
1969-1970 Love, American Style (TV series)
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
 
1967 Sheriff Who (TV movie)
 
1966 Hey, Landlord (TV series)
The Shapes of Wrath (1966)
Pursuit of a Dream (1966)
 
1966 That Girl (TV series)
What's in a Name? (1966)
 
1965 Tammy (TV series)
Tammy Plays Cupid (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)
 
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 Gunslinger (1966) … Jerry Helper
 
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
Strike Out (1961) … Tim Rourke
 
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 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
 
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 Wahoo Story (1957)
Tang vs. Truk (1957)
 
1957 Zero Hour!
Tony Decker
 
1957 Telephone Time (TV series)
 
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
 
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
 
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 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)
 
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
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1974) Unsold pilot: Produced a sitcom pilot for ABC called "The Fireman's Ball." The plot concerned the misadventures of a group of San Francisco firemen. ABC liked the concept enough to recast and re-shoot another pilot in 1975, with Johnny Brown and David Ketchum the only returning actors... See more »

Height:

6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on unnecessary violence in motion pictures] There have been violent pictures that were masterpieces. I think of pictures like Gone with the Wind, Bonnie and Clyde, "The Battle of Algiers" [aka The Battle of Algiers]) and All Quiet on the Western Front. These pictures knew how to employ violence. I took my kid to see "Gone with the Wind"... See more »

Trivia:

There is some irony in Jerry Paris directing Henry Winkler as "The Fonz" in Happy Days, Winkler's character deriving his style from Jerry and other Black Rebels Motorcycle Club members in The Wild One. See more »

Trademark:

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

Star Sign:

Leo