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William Gerald Paris
- William Gerald Paris (July 25, 1925 – 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.
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William Gerald Paris (July 25, 1925 – 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.
Directed 84 of the 158 episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) after being hired as an actor to play next-door neighbor Jerry Helper, a dentist. He found he had a real talent for directing and went on to direct Happy Days (1974) and the pilot for Laverne & Shirley (1976) .
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Directed 84 of the 158 episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) after being hired as an actor to play next-door neighbor Jerry Helper, a dentist. He found he had a real talent for directing and went on to direct Happy Days (1974) and the pilot for Laverne & Shirley (1976) .
- July 25, 1925
- March 31, 1986
Apr 2, 1986 · Mr. Paris directed ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' in the 1960's, a situation comedy on CBS that starred Mr. Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore.
After playing small and medium-sized parts in 75 movies, including good performances in "Marty" and "The Caine Mutiny," Paris signed on as Dick Van Dyke's next door neighbor on TV. "But after a year of that," he said, "Carl Reiner suggested that he write me out of the show and I could start directing it. Which I did.