Jerry Hopper

Jerry Hopper
Born	29 July 1907 Guthrie, Oklahoma, USA
Died	17 December 1988 San Clemente, California
Occupation	Director

Jerry Hopper (July 29, 1907 - December 17, 1988) was an American film and television director, active from the mid-1940s through the early 1970s.

He was an editor at Paramount Pictures before moving to the directors' chair for several installments of their Musical Parade series (1946–48). Hopper went on to direct feature films, such as, The Atomic City (1952), Secret of the Incas (1954), and The Private War of Major Benson (1955), the later two with actor Charlton Heston. In 1958 he directed Brandon De Wilde and Lee Marvin in The Missouri Traveler.

He then moved primarily into episodic television, helming a notable number of episodes from "Bachelor Father", "Wagon Train", "Gunsmoke", "The Addams Family", "Burke's Law", "Perry Mason", "The Fugitive", "Gilligan's Island", and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", among many, many others.

Filmography

1. The Bull of the West (1971) (TV)
2. Madron (1970)
3. The Virginian (2 episodes, 1963–1970). TV episodes: The West vs. Colonel MacKenzie (1970) & Duel at Shiloh (1963)
4. Maharlika (1970) (as Jerr Hopper)
5. It Takes a Thief (1 episode, 1969). TV episode: Catspaw (1969)
6. Get Smart (2 episodes, 1968). TV episodes A Tale of Two Tails (1968) & Diamonds Are a Spy's Best Friend (1968)
7. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (15 episodes, 1965–1968). TV episodes: Attack! (1968) & Man-Beast (1968) & Terrible Leprechaun (1968) & Deadly Amphibians (1967) & Terror (1967) plus 10 more.
8. Mr. Terrific (1 episode, 1967). TV episode: Stanley and the Mountaineers (1967)
9. Gilligan's Island (7 episodes, 1966–1967): TV episodes: Splashdown (1967) & All About Eva (1966) & And Then There Were None (1966) & The Kidnapper (1966) & Gilligan vs. Gilligan (1966) plus 2 more.
10. It's About Time (4 episodes, 1966). TV episodes: The Mother-in-Law (1966) & Androcles and Clon (1966) & Cave Movies (1966) & The Champ (1966)
11. The Time Tunnel (1 episode, 1966). TV episode: Devil's Island (1966)
12. Laredo (1 episode, 1966). TV episode: The Dance of the Laughing Death (1966)
13. The Fugitive (14 episodes, 1963–1966). TV episodes: Coralee (1966) & Conspiracy of Silence (1965) & Escape into Black (1964) & Dark Corner (1964) & Nemesis (1964) plus 9 more.
14. Perry Mason (6 episodes, 1961–1966). TV episodes: The Case of the Misguided Model (1966) & The Case of the Counterfeit Crank (1962) & The Case of the Melancholy Marksman (1962) &The Case of the Tarnished Trademark (1962) & The Case of the Roving River (1961) & The Case of The Left-Handed Liar (1961)
15. A Man Called Shenandoah (1 episode, 1966). TV episode: The Last Diablo (1966)
16. Honey West (1 episode, 1965). TV episode: A Nice Little Till to Tap (1965)
17. Burke's Law (11 episodes, 1964–1965). TV episodes: A Little Gift for Cairo (1965) & The Man's Men (1965) & Who Killed the Card? (1965) & Who Killed the Rabbit's Husband? (1965) & Who Killed Nobody Somehow? (1965) plus 6 more
18. 12 O'Clock High (2 episodes, 1965). TV episodes: We're Not Coming Back (1965) & Big Brother (1965) TV episode
19. Valentine's Day (3 episodes, 1964). TV episodes: The Seasick Sailor (1964) & Yen Ku Horowitz (1964) & The Baritone Canary (1964)
20. The Addams Family (4 episodes, 1964). TV episodes: Morticia, the Matchmaker (1964) & Green-Eyed Gomez (1964) & The Addams Family Tree (1964) & Gomez, the Politician (1964)
21. Gunsmoke (4 episodes, 1963–1964). TV episodes: Owney Tupper Had a Daughter (1964) & The Glory and the Mud (1964) & Pa Hack's Brood (1963) & Carter Caper (1963)
22. Vacation Playhouse (1 episode, 1963). TV episode: Hooray for Love (1963)
23. Wagon Train (13 episodes, 1958–1963). TV episodes: Alias Bill Hawks (1963) & The Roger Bigelow Story (1960) & The Horace Best Story (1960) & The Dick Jarvis Story (1960) & The Alexander Portlass Story (1960) plus 8 more
24. Have Gun - Will Travel (3 episodes, 1962–1963). TV episodes : Unforgiving Minute (1963) & Bob Wire (1963) & Marshal of Sweetwater (1962)
25. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1 episode, 1962). TV episode: Day of Reckoning (1962)
26. The New Breed (1 episode, 1962). TV episode: Walk This Street Lightly (1962)
27. Tales of Wells Fargo (2 episodes, 1957–1961). TV episodes: Casket 7.3 (1961) & A Time to Kill (1957)
28. Westinghouse Playhouse (2 episodes, 1961). TV episodes: The Mrs. Harper Story (1961) & Buddy's Formal Dinner (1961)
29. Blueprint for Robbery (1961)
30. Bat Masterson (1 episode, 1960). TV episode: The Last of the Night Raiders (1960)
31. Cheyenne (1 episode, 1960). TV episode: Counterfeit Gun (1960)
32. Mr. Lucky (2 episodes, 1959–1960). TV episodes: Election Bet (1960) & My Little Gray Home (1959)
33. M Squad (3 episodes, 1959–1960). TV episodes: Diary of a Bomber (1960) & Race to Death (1960) & Shred of Doubt (1959)
34. Overland Trail (1 episode, 1960). TV episode: The O'Mara's Ladies (1960)
35. Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1 episode, 1959). TV episode: Ballad for a Bad Man (1959)
36. The Untouchables (1 episode, 1959). TV episode: The Dutch Schultz Story (1959)
37. Wichita Town (2 episodes, 1959). TV episodes: Drifting (1959) & The Night the Cowboys Roared (1959)
38. Law of the Plainsman (1 episode, 1959). TV episode: Full Circle (1959)
39. Markham (1 episode, 1959). TV episode: The Glass Diamond (1959)
40. The Rifleman (4 episodes, 1958–1959). TV episodes: The Angry Man (1959) & The Deadeye Kid (1959) & The Gaucho (1958) & End of a Young Gun (1958)
41. Zane Grey Theater (2 episodes, 1958–1959). TV episodes: Deadfall (1959) & Legacy of a Legend (1958)
42. Naked City (1 episode, 1958). TV episode: Meridian (1958)
43. Bachelor Father (15 episodes, 1957–1958). TV episodes: Uncle Bentley and the Matchmaker (1958) & Waiting Up for Kelly (1958) & Bentley and the Social Worker (1958) & Uncle Bentley Loans Out Peter (1958) & Bentley and His Junior Image (1958) plus 10 more
44. Jefferson Drum (1 episode, 1958). TV episode: Law and Order (1958)
45. How to Marry a Millionaire (1 episode, 1958). TV episode: A Call to Arms (1958)
46. The Missouri Traveler (1958)
47. Leave It to Beaver (1 episode, 1957). TV episode: It's a Small World (1957)
48. Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (1 episode, 1957). TV episode: The Wildcatter (1957)
49. Everything But the Truth (1956)
50. The Sharkfighters (1956)
51. The Toy Tiger (1956)
52. Never Say Goodbye (1956)
53. The Square Jungle (1955)
54. The Private War of Major Benson (1955)
55. One Desire (1955)
56. Smoke Signal (1955)
57. Naked Alibi (1954)
58. Secret of the Incas (1954)
59. Alaska Seas (1954)
60. Pony Express (1953)
61. Hurricane Smith (1952)
62. The Atomic City (1952)
63. The Cinematographer (1951) (uncredited)
64. History Brought to Life (1950) (uncredited)
65. Jingle, Jangle, Jingle (1948)
66. Smooth Sailing (1947)
67. Sweet and Low (1947)
68. Golden Slippers (1946)

External links

• Jerry Hopper at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Hopper, Jerry
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Date of birth	29 July 1907
Place of birth	Guthrie, Oklahoma, USA
Date of death	17 December 1988
Place of death	San Clemente, California