Jerry Paris Overview:

Actor, Jerry Paris, was born William Gerald Paris on Jul 25, 1925 in San Francisco, CA. Paris died at the age of 60 on Mar 31, 1986 in Los Angeles, CA .

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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985, )

on Sep 16, 2011 From The Stop Button

Julie Brown shows up at the end of Police Academy 2, which doesn’t make much sense since her character is only in one other scene and she doesn’t have a single line. I was left wondering if she didn’t have a bigger role and ended up cut out (she would have been Steve GuttenbergR... Read full article


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He directed 5 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 gift for directing and went on to direct "Happy Days" (1974) and the pilot for "Laverne & Shirley" (1976).

Told Roger Ebert that his career as an actor was hampered by his great height, as he towered over most leading men.

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).

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