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Jerry Paris
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Director, Actor Born: July 25, 1925 in San Francisco, CA Death: March 31, 1986 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Born in San Francisco, "Jerry Paris" was a graduate of New York University and UCLA, and joined the Actors Studio after serving in the navy during World War II. His earliest stage performances were in productions of Medea, Anna Christie, and The Front Page. He entered films in 1950, and his early screen credits include "Outrage", "Cyrano de Bergerac", "The Wild One", The Caine Mutiny, "Marty", and "The Naked and the Dead". Paris was also a regular on the series "The Untouchables" from 1959 thru 1961 in the role of G-man Martin Flaherty. In 1961, he joined the cast of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" as Jerry Helper, the next door neighbor to Rob and Laura Petrie. During the early run of the show, Paris began pestering producer "Carl Reiner" for a chance to direct, and was given his opportunity in 1962 with the classic episode "It May Look Like a Walnut," a comic take on science fiction chillers that... Full Biography
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