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Jerry Paris (July 25, 1925 - March 31, 1986) was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper, the next door neighbor of Rob and Laura Petrie, on The Dick Van Dyke Show. He was born William Gerald Grossman in San Francisco, California.

After the end of The Dick Van Dyke Show, Jerry Paris mainly devoted himself to directing, both in television and film, most memorably on the TV series Happy Days.

He was predeceased by his wife, the former Ruth Benjamin, who died in 1980; they had three children.

Jerry Paris died from complications from brain cancer surgery at the age of 60. He was residing in Los Angeles, California at the time of his death.

Filmography (actor)

• Leo and Loree (1980)
• Every Man Needs One (1972)
• Evil Roy Slade (1972)
• But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970)
• "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961)
• The Great Impostor (1961)
• "Michael Shayne" (1960)
• "Steve Canyon" (1958)
• "The Untouchables" (1959)
• Career (1959)
• No Name on the Bullet (1959)
• The Naked and the Dead (1958)
• Sing, Boy, Sing (1958)
• The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)
• The Female Animal (1958)
• "Those Whiting Girls" (1955)
• Man on the Prowl (1957)
• Zero Hour! (1957)
• I've Lived Before (1956)
• D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
• Never Say Goodbye (1956)
• Hell's Horizon (1955)
• Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
• The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
• The Naked Street (1955)
• Marty (1955)
• Unchained (1955)
• The Caine Mutiny (1954)
• Prisoner of War (1954)
• Drive a Crooked Road (1954)
• The Wild One (1953)
• Flight to Tangier (1953)
• Sabre Jet (1953)
• The Glass Wall (1953)
• Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
• Submarine Command (1951)
• The Flying Missile (1950)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)

Filmography (director)

• Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
• Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
• Leo and Loree (1980)
• Make Me an Offer (1980)
• "Blansky's Beauties" (1977)
• How to Break Up a Happy Divorce (1976)
• "Good Heavens" (1976)
• "When Things Were Rotten" (1975)
• The Fireman's Ball (1975)
• Only with Married Men (1974)
• "Happy Days" (1974)
• "Thicker Than Water" (1973) TV Series
• Every Man Needs One (1972) (TV)
• The Couple Takes a Wife (1972) (TV)
• Keeping Up with the Joneses (1972) (TV)
• Wednesday Night Out (1972) (TV)
• Evil Roy Slade (1972)
• Call Her Mom (1972)
• Star Spangled Girl (1971)
• What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971)
• Two on a Bench (1971) (TV)
• "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" (1971)
• Cat Ballou (1971)
• The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971)
• But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970)
• "Barefoot in the Park" (1970 TV series)
• "The Odd Couple" (1970)
• "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970)
• "McCloud" (1970)
• The Grasshopper (1970)
• Viva Max! (1969)
• "Love, American Style" (1969)
• "Here's Lucy" (1968)
• How Sweet It Is!" (1968)
• Never a Dull Moment (1968)
• Sheriff Who (1967)
• "Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River" (1968)
• "The Munsters" (1964)
• "The Farmer's Daughter" (1963)
• "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961)
• "The Joey Bishop Show" (1961)

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