Jerry Hopper
- Directing
- July 29, 1907 · Guthrie, Oklahoma, USA
- December 17, 1988
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Hopper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Filmography
- The Bull of the West · Director
- Madron · Director
- Maharlika · Director
- It's About Time · Director
- The Time Tunnel · Director
- Get Smart · Director
- Honey West · Director
- Laredo · Director
- Amos Burke: Secret Agent · Director
- Gilligan's Island · Director
- Valentine's Day · Director
- 12 O'Clock High · Director
- The Addams Family · Director
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea · Director
- Burke's Law · Director
- The Fugitive · Director
- Vacation Playhouse · Director
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · Director
- The Virginian · Director
- The New Breed · Director
- Blueprint for Robbery · Director
- Overland Trail · Director
- Mr. Lucky · Director
- Law of the Plainsman · Director
- Wichita Town · Director
- Bat Masterson · Director
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse · Director
- Naked City · Director
- The Rifleman · Director
- Jefferson Drum · Director
- The Missouri Traveler · Director
- How to Marry a Millionaire · Director
- Perry Mason · Director, Producer
- M Squad · Director
- Wagon Train · Director
- Bachelor Father · Director
- Have Gun, Will Travel · Director
- Everything But the Truth · Director
- The Sharkfighters · Director
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · Director
- Toy Tiger · Director
- Never Say Goodbye · Director
- The Square Jungle · Director
- Cheyenne · Director
- Gunsmoke · Director
- The Private War of Major Benson · Director
- One Desire · Director
- Smoke Signal · Director
- Naked Alibi · Director
- Secret of the Incas · Director
- Alaska Seas · Director
- Pony Express · Director
- Hurricane Smith · Director
- The Atomic City · Director
- The Cinematographer · Director
- History Brought to Life · Director
- Jingle, Jangle, Jingle · Director
- Sweet and Low · Director