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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Chris Owen to Bernadette Peters
Jerry Paris Biography (1925-1986)
Born July 25, 1925, in San Francisco, CA; died of a brain tumor in Los Angeles, CA, March 31, 1986; divorced; children: two sons and a daughter.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- July 25, 1925
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Death Details
- March 31, 1986
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Famous Works
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Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES
- Artie, Those Whiting Girls, CBS, 1957.
- Agent Martin Flaherty, The Untouchables, ABC, 1959-60.
- Major Willie Williston, Steve Canyon, NBC, then ABC, 1959-60.
- Tim Rourke, Michael Shayne, NBC, 1960-61.
- Jerry Helper, The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS, 1961-1966.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; EPISODIC; DIRECTOR
- That Girl, ABC, 1966-71.
- The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS, 1964.
- The Partridge Family, ABC, 1970-74.
- Love, American Style, ABC, 1969-74.
- The Odd Couple, ABC, 1970-83.
- and producer, Happy Days, ABC, 1974-84.
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Credits; MOVIES; DIRECTOR
- The Feminist and the Fuzz, ABC, 1970.
- Evil Roy Slade, 1971.
- How to Break Up a Happy Divorce, 1976.
- Make Me an Offer, 1980.
- Also directed The Beanes of Boston.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
- Cyrano de Bergerac, 1950.
- Call Me Mister, 1951.
- The Wild One, 1954.
- The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, 1954.
- Marty, United Artists, 1955.
- The View from Pompey's Head, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955.
- Good Morning Miss Dove, 1955.
- D-Day: The Sixth of June, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958.
- Zero Hour, Paramount, 1957.
- The Lady Takes a Flyer, Universal, 1958.
- The Naked and the Dead, Warner Brothers, 1958.
- The Great Imposter, Universal, 1961.
- Also appeared in Outrage.
- PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; DIRECTOR,EXCEPT AS NOTED Co-writer and associate producer, The Caretakers, United Artists, 1963.
- Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River, Columbia, 1968.
- Never a Dull Moment, Buena Vista, 1968.
- How Sweet It Is, National General, 1968.
- Viva Max, Commonwealth United, 1969.
- The Grasshopper, National General, 1970.
- The Star Spangled Girl, 1971.
- Leo and Loree, 1980.
- Police Academy 2, Their First Assignment, Warner Brothers, 1985.
- Police Academy 3, Back in Training, Warner Brothers, 1986.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
- Medea.
- Anna Christie.
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Credits; MAJOR TOURS
- The Front Page.
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