Jerry Hopper
Born: 1907-07-29 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 1988-12-17
Known For: Directing
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
Filmography
1972
- The Bull of the West ... (Director)
1966
- The Time Tunnel ... (Director)
- It's About Time ... (Director)
1965
- Get Smart ... (Director)
- Laredo ... (Director)
- Honey West ... (Director)
- Amos Burke: Secret Agent ... (Director)
1964
- The Addams Family ... (Director)
- Gilligan's Island ... (Director)
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ... (Director)
- 12 O'Clock High ... (Director)
- Valentine's Day ... (Director)
1963
- The Fugitive ... (Director)
- Burke's Law ... (Director)
- Vacation Playhouse ... (Director)
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ... (Director)
- The Virginian ... (Director)
1961
- The New Breed ... (Director)
- Blueprint for Robbery ... (Director)
1960
- Overland Trail ... (Director)
1959
- Law of the Plainsman ... (Director)
- Mr. Lucky ... (Director)
- Wichita Town ... (Director)
1958
- The Rifleman ... (Director)
- Naked City ... (Director)
- Bat Masterson ... (Director)
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse ... (Director)
- The Missouri Traveler ... (Director)
- Jefferson Drum ... (Director)
1957
- Perry Mason ... (Director)
- Wagon Train ... (Director)
- Have Gun, Will Travel ... (Director)
- M Squad ... (Director)
- Bachelor Father ... (Director)
- How to Marry a Millionaire ... (Director)
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ... (Director)
- The Sharkfighters ... (Director)
- Toy Tiger ... (Director)
- Never Say Goodbye ... (Director)
- Everything But the Truth ... (Director)
1955
- Cheyenne ... (Director)
- Gunsmoke ... (Director)
- One Desire ... (Director)
- Smoke Signal ... (Director)
- The Private War of Major Benson ... (Director)
- The Square Jungle ... (Director)
1954
- Naked Alibi ... (Director)
- Alaska Seas ... (Director)
- Secret of the Incas ... (Director)
1953
- Pony Express ... (Director)
1952
- Hurricane Smith ... (Director)
- The Atomic City ... (Director)
1951
- The Cinematographer ... (Director)
1950
- History Brought to Life ... (Director)
1948
- Jingle, Jangle, Jingle ... (Director)
1947
- Sweet and Low ... (Director)