# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-paris
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:58:43.185Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-paris"
name: "Jerry Paris"
slug: "jerry-paris"
description: "William Gerald Paris 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."
tagline: "American actor and director (1925-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerry_Paris_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1925-07-25"
deathDate: "1986-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.44
  momentum:             1.60336856010568
  historical:           14.91963866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661577/"
    handle:    "nm0661577"
sources:
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    title: "جیری پیرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jerry Paris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيري باريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جيرى باريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Paris"
    title: "Jerry Paris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "جری پاریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8E%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "جێری پاریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Paris"
    title: "Jerry Paris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Paris"
    title: "Jerry Paris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Paris"
    title: "Jerry Paris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "جری پاریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Paris"
    title: "Jerry Paris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Paris"
    title: "Jerry Paris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Paris"
    title: "Jerry Paris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EB%A6%AC_%ED%8C%A8%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "제리 패리스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Paris"
    title: "Jerry Paris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Paris"
    title: "Jerry Paris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1381411"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41720"
    title: "Jerry Paris"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump