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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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- San Francisco, California, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
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After appearing as a regular in the series The Untouchables (1959) in 1959, Jerry found himself in classic company on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) in 1961 as next-door-neighbor Jerry Helper, and (of course) pal to Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore.
- July 25, 1925
- March 31, 1986
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.
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.
Apr 2, 1986 · Paris, who won an Emmy in the 1963-64 season for directing the Van Dyke show and was nominated for three others, was born in San Francisco and studied at the Actors Lab in Hollywood and the...
