Jerry Ziesmer
Born: 1939-05-31 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Died: 2021-08-01
Known For: Directing
Biography
Jerry Ziesmer (May 31, 1939 – August 1, 2021) was an American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor. He is best known for his role as Jerry in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now in which he delivers the infamous line "terminate with extreme prejudice".
Filmography
2000
- Almost Famous ... (First Assistant Director)
1996
- Jerry Maguire as Trainer
1992
- Solar Crisis ... (First Assistant Director)
- Secrets ... (First Assistant Director)
1991
- Out for Justice ... (First Assistant Director)
1990
- Marked for Death ... (First Assistant Director)
- Love at Large ... (First Assistant Director)
1989
- Say Anything... as U.S. Attorney
1988
- Midnight Run ... (First Assistant Director)
1987
- Some Kind of Wonderful ... (First Assistant Director)
1986
- Short Circuit ... (First Assistant Director)
1985
- American Flyers ... (Assistant Director)
1984
- The River ... (First Assistant Director)
1983
- Scarface ... (First Assistant Director)
- Blue Thunder as Pilot
1981
- History of the World: Part I ... (Assistant Director)
1979
- Apocalypse Now as Jerry, Civilian
- Rocky II as Salesman (uncredited)
- 1941 ... (First Assistant Director)
1978
- The Bad News Bears Go to Japan as Eddie of Network
1977
- Black Sunday ... (Unit Production Manager)
1975
- Mitchell ... (Assistant Director)
1974
- Where Have All the People Gone ... (Assistant Director)
1973
- Lost Horizon ... (Second Assistant Director)
1972
- J.W. Coop ... (Second Assistant Director)
1971
- Something Big ... (Second Assistant Director)
1970
- The Great White Hope ... (Assistant Director)