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American actor and director (1925–1986)
Jerry Paris
Born
William Gerald Paris
(1925-07-25 ) July 25, 1925
Died March 31, 1986(1986-03-31) (aged 60 )
Alma mater
UCLA
The Actors Lab
Actors Studio
Occupation(s ) Actor, director Years active 1949–1986 Spouse
(m. 1954; died 1980)
Children 3
William Gerald Paris (July 25, 1925[1] – 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 , and for directing the majority of the episodes of the sitcom Happy Days .
Early life [ edit ]
Paris was born in San Francisco , California. His name, as frequently reported, was indeed Paris, and not Grossman, his stepfather's surname, which he never adopted.[2] Paris' mother's maiden name was Esther Mohr.[3]
After serving in the United States Navy during World War II , he attended New York University and the Actors Studio in New York City. After graduating, Paris moved to Los Angeles , where he attended UCLA and studied acting at the Actors Lab in Hollywood .[4] [5]
Paris had roles in films such as The Caine Mutiny , The Wild One , and Marty . He also played Martin "Marty" Flaherty, one of Eliot Ness's men, in a recurring role in the first season of ABC-TV 's The Untouchables , besides making guest appearances on other television series.
After having directed some episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show in which he also played the recurring character of next-door neighbor and dentist Jerry Helper, Paris won an Emmy Award in the 1963-64 season for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy for the series.[citation needed ] He later devoted himself to directing both in film and television, including The Partridge Family and Here's Lucy (including the famous third season opener featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton ), but he worked most notably on Happy Days , where he directed 237 of the show's 255 episodes. Imitating Hitchcock, he appeared uncredited in at least one episode of every season.
Paris also directed episodes of Laverne & Shirley , The Odd Couple , The Mary Tyler Moore Show , The Ted Knight Show , and Blansky's Beauties . He returned to directing feature films in 1985's Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment and 1986's Police Academy 3: Back in Training . In all, he is credited with directing episodes of 57 TV titles and as an actor in 105 titles.
Personal life and death [ edit ]
Paris married Ruth Lincoln Benjamin in Santa Barbara, California, on December 19, 1954.[6] They had three children, Tony, Julie, and Andy. They remained married until her death on August 13, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, at age 51.[7] [8]
On March 18, 1986, Paris was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , where doctors discovered he had a brain tumor. He underwent two surgeries, but doctors were unable to remove the tumor. Paris remained hospitalized until his death on March 31 at the age of 60.[5] A private memorial was held at Paris' home in Pacific Palisades on April 2.[1]
Filmography [ edit ]
Sword in the Desert (1949) as Levitan (uncredited)
Battleground (1949) as German Sergeant (uncredited)
My Foolish Heart (1949) as Usher at Football Game
Woman in Hiding (1950) as Customer at Newsstand (uncredited)
DOA (1950) as Bellhop (uncredited)
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) as Radio Station Call Boy (uncredited)
Outrage (1950) as Frank Marini
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) as Cadet
The Flying Missile (1950) as Crewman Andy Mason
Frenchie (1950) as Perry (uncredited)
Call Me Mister (1951) as Air Force Pilot in Skit (uncredited)
Her First Romance (1951) as Camp Counsellor (uncredited)
Bright Victory (1951) as Reynolds, the Medic (uncredited)
Submarine Command (1951) as Sergeant Gentry
Monkey Business (1952) as Scientist (uncredited)
Bonzo Goes to College (1952) as Lefty Edwards
The Glass Wall (1953) as Tom
Sabre Jet (1953) as Captain Bert Flanagan
Flight to Tangier (1953) as Policeman in Car (uncredited)
The Wild One (1953) as Dextro (uncredited)
Drive a Crooked Road (1954) as Phil
Prisoner of War (1954) as Axel Horstrom
The Caine Mutiny (1954) as Ensign Barney Harding
About Mrs. Leslie (1954) as Mr. Harkness (uncredited)
Unchained (1955) as Joe Ravens
Marty (1955) as Tommy
Not as a Stranger (1955) as Thompson (uncredited)
The Naked Street (1955) as Latzi Franks
Crossroads in "With All My Love" (1955) as Corporal Reynolds
The View from Pompey's Head (1955) as Ian Garrick
Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955) as Maurice Levine
Hell's Horizon (1955) as Corporal Pete Kinshaw
Crusader (CBS, 1956) as Barney
Never Say Goodbye (1956) as Joe
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) (Season 1 Episode 26: "Whodunit") as Wally Benson
D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) as Raymond Boyce
I've Lived Before (1956) as Russell Smith, Copilot
Hey, Jeannie! (1956) as Joe Grady
Those Whiting Girls (1957) as Artie the Accompanist / Artie
Zero Hour! (1957) as Tony Decker
Man on the Prowl (1957) as Woody
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) (Season 3 Episode 36: "The Safe Place") as Fred Piper
Colt .45 in "Blood Money" (1958) as Joe Bullock
The Female Animal (1958) as Hank Galvez (not Lopez)
The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958) as Willie Ridgely
Sing, Boy, Sing (1958) as Arnold Fisher
The Naked and the Dead (1958) as Goldstein
No Name on the Bullet (1959) as Harold Miller
Steve Canyon (1959) as Maj. 'Willie' Williston
Career (1959) as Allan Burke
The Untouchables (1959-1960) as Agent Martin Flaherty
The Alaskans in "Peril at Caribou Crossing" (1960) as Walter Collier
The Great Impostor (1961) as Defense Lieutenant
Michael Shayne (1960-1961) as Tim Rourke
77 Sunset Strip (1961) in "Big Boy Blue" as Tom Gardiner
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966) as Jerry Helper / Jack Sullivan / TV Newsman
The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962) in episode "Big Man, Little Bridge"
The Caretakers (1963) as Passerby Lorna Bumps on Street (uncredited)
The Eleventh Hour as Marty Kane in "What Did She Mean by Good Luck?" (1963)
The Fugitive (1963) as Jim Prestwick
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968) as Baseball Umpire
Never a Dull Moment (1968) as Police Photographer (uncredited)
But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970) as Harry
Evil Roy Slade (1972) as Souvenir Salesman (uncredited)
Every Man Needs One (1972) as Marty Ranier
Leo and Loree (1980) as Tony
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) as Priest in Police Line-up (uncredited) (final film role)
Director [ edit ]
The Silent Service , two episodes (1957)
The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963–66) (TV series, 84 episodes)
The Farmer's Daughter (1963)
The Munsters (1964)
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968)
That Girl (1966) (TV series, pilot)
Hey, Landlord (1966–67) (TV series)
Sheriff Who? (1967) (TV series, pilot)
Never a Dull Moment (1968)
How Sweet It Is! (1968)
Here's Lucy (1968) (TV series)
Love, American Style (1969)
Viva Max! (1969)
The Partridge Family (1970) (TV series, pilot)
The Grasshopper (1970)
McCloud (1970)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
The Odd Couple (1970–75) (TV series, 19 episodes)
Barefoot in the Park (1970) (TV series)
But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970) (TV )
The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971) (TV )
The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971)
Two on a Bench (1971) (TV )
What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971) (TV )
Star Spangled Girl (1971) (TV )
Call Her Mom (1972) (TV )
Evil Roy Slade (1972) (TV )
Wednesday Night Out (1972) (TV pilot)
Keeping Up with the Joneses (1972) (TV pilot)
The Couple Takes a Wife (1972) (TV )
Every Man Needs One (1972) (TV )
Thicker Than Water (1973) (TV series)
Break Up (1973) (TV special)
Happy Days (1974–84) (TV series, 237 episodes)
Only with Married Men (1974) (TV )
The Fireman's Ball (1975) (TV pilot)
When Things Were Rotten (1975) (TV series)
Good Heavens (1976) (TV series)
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce (1976) (TV )
Blansky's Beauties (1977) (TV series)
The Ted Knight Show (1978) (TV series)
Make Me an Offer (1980) (TV )
Leo and Loree (1980)
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
You Again? (1986) (TV series)
References [ edit ]
^ Steel, Bert (July 20, 1968). "Thumbnail of a young man who's really going places" . Windsor Star . p. D1. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Brant, Marley (2006). Happier Days: Paramount Television's Classic Sitcoms, 1974-1984 . Billboard Books. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8230-8933-8 .
^ a b Folkart, Burt A. (April 2, 1986). "Jerry Paris, TV Comic, Director, Dies" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 18, 2017 .
^ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953, William Gerald Paris and Ruth Lincoln Benjamin, 19 December 1954" . FamilySearch . Retrieved April 2, 2024 .
^ Death Notices. Paris, Ruth B. Los Angeles Times , August 15, 1980, p. A8. Retrieved June 11, 2024 in ProQuest Historical Newspapers (subscription required).
^ "California Death Index, 1940-1997, Ruth Benjamin Paris, 13 Aug 1980; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento" . FamilySearch . Retrieved June 11, 2024 .
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