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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 ...
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Born:in San Francisco, California, USADied:(age 60) in Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Director (59 credits)
Director (59 credits)
1974-1984
Happy Days
(TV Series) (237 episodes)
- Fonzie's Spots
(1984)
- Good News, Bad News
(1984)
- School Dazed
(1984)
- Low Notes
(1984)
- So How Was Your Weekend?
(1984)
1977
Blansky's Beauties
(TV Series) (8 episodes)
- My Nephew's Debut
(1977)
- Nancy Meets Pa Bates
(1977)
- Nancy Remembers Laverne
(1977)
- Anthony Falls in Love
(1977)
- Nancy Goes Sheik
(1977)
1970-1975
The Odd Couple
(TV Series) (18 episodes)
- 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)
1973-1974
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV Series) (7 episodes)
- Lt. Preston of the 4th Cavalry
(1974)
- Mr. Dazzle
(1973)
- What Your Best Friend Doesn't Know
(1973)
- Preston al Naturale
(1973)
1973
Thicker Than Water
(TV Series) (9 episodes)
- 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)
1971
Mary Tyler Moore
(TV Series) (3 episodes)
- Don't Break the Chain
(1971)
- And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter
(1971)
- He's No Heavy... He's My Brother
(1971)
1970
The Partridge Family
(TV Series) (2 episodes)
- This Is My Song
(1970)
- What? and Get Out of Show Business?
(1970)
1970
Barefoot in the Park
(TV Series) (3 episodes)
- In Sickness and in Health
(1970)
- You'll Never Walk Alone
(1970)
- The Bed
(1970)
1970
Here's Lucy
(TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Lucy and the Drum Contest
(1970)
- Lucy Meets the Burtons
(1970)
1969-1970
Love, American Style
(TV Series) (3 episodes)
- 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 Good Deal/Love and the Former Marriage
(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")
1966-1967
Hey, Landlord
(TV Series) (6 episodes)
- Same Time, Same Station, Same Girl
(1967)
- Go Directly to Jail
(1967)
- By the Sea, or at Least Rent It
(1966)
- Safari
(1966)
- The Shapes of Wrath
(1966)
1963-1966
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV Series) (84 episodes)
- The Last Chapter
(1966)
- The Gunslinger
(1966)
- Long Nights Journey Into Day
(1966)
- Love Thy Other Neighbor
(1966)
- You Ought to Be in Pictures
(1966)
1965
The Munsters
(TV Series) (3 episodes)
- Herman the Rookie
(1965)
- Movie Star Munster
(1965)
- Bats of a Feather
(1965)
1963-1965
The Bill Dana Show
(TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 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) (2 episodes)
- The Nielsen Box
(1964)
- Joey Goes to CBS
(1964)
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Actor (111 credits)
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Producer (5 credits)
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Personal Details
Other Works:
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 »Alternate Names:
Gerald ParisHeight:
6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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[on the difficulties of being a tall actor] You ever see a picture called The Flying Missile (1950)? I was in it, and Glenn Ford starred. We were on a submarine, and I was looking out of the periscope all the time. Only it would look bad if we had to lower the periscope for Ford after I finished looking out of it. So I spent the whole picture crouched over. See more »Trivia:
There is some irony in Jerry Paris directing Henry Winkler as "The Fonz" in Happy Days (1974), Winkler's character deriving his style from Jerry and other Black Rebels Motorcycle Club members in The Wild One (1953). See more »Trademark:
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