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Jerry Paris

1925 - 1986

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Jerry Paris is the 9,551st most popular actor (down from 9,141st in 2024), the 14,299th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,415th in 2019) and the 4,445th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jerry Paris ranks 9,551 out of 13,578. Before him are Matt Lanter, Niki Karimi, Gigi Lai, Tom Tully, Olesia Zhurakivska, and Alice White. After him are Moses Chan, Chelsea Peretti, Gülben Ergen, Sonia Bergamasco, Nicola Peltz, and Tiffany Tang.

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Among people born in 1925, Jerry Paris ranks 534. Before him are Ebrahim Alkazi, Keshav Dutt, Nicholas Brathwaite, Alastair McCorquodale, Virginia Capers, and Eddie Baily. After him are Dickie Moore, Maryon Pittman Allen, Dale Bumpers, Bill Eckersley, Peggy Cummins, and Bill Dixon. Among people deceased in 1986, Jerry Paris ranks 304. Before him are Adolph Caesar, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Martin Gabel, Paul Frees, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, and Giorgio Pellini. After him are Ted Knight, Len Bias, Noel Streatfeild, Gordon MacRae, and Jerry Colonna.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Paris ranks 14,303 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Tully (1908), Montel Vontavious Porter (1973), Barbara Barrett (1950), Colin Brittain (1986), Alice White (1904), and Bob Knight (1940). After him are Chelsea Peretti (1978), Richard A. Knaak (1961), Ralph Beard (1927), Nicola Peltz (1995), David Dukes (1945), and Randall Jarrell (1914).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jerry Paris ranks 4,447. Before him are Timothy Busfield (1957), Michael Rispoli (1960), Hobart Cavanaugh (1886), Matt Lanter (1983), Tom Tully (1908), and Alice White (1904). After him are Chelsea Peretti (1978), Nicola Peltz (1995), David Dukes (1945), Lake Bell (1979), Jake Abel (1987), and Genevieve Tobin (1899).

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