Jerry Hopper
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 29, 1907
- Place of birth
- Guthrie, Oklahoma, USA
- Died
- December 17, 1988
Biography
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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.
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Movies directed by Jerry Hopper
- Secret of the Incas 1954 · ★ 5.9
- Naked Alibi 1954 · ★ 6.1
- Pony Express 1953 · ★ 5.8
- Never Say Goodbye 1956 · ★ 6.2
- The Atomic City 1952 · ★ 5.7
- The Private War of Major Benson 1955 · ★ 6.8
- Smoke Signal 1955 · ★ 6.9
- One Desire 1955 · ★ 6.1
- Madron 1970 · ★ 4.9
- The Sharkfighters 1956 · ★ 5.7
- The Bull of the West 1972 · ★ 5.7
- Blueprint for Robbery 1961 · ★ 5.6
- The Missouri Traveler 1958 · ★ 6.5
- The Square Jungle 1955 · ★ 6.1
- Alaska Seas 1954 · ★ 6.7
- Toy Tiger 1956 · ★ 6.9
- Hurricane Smith 1952 · ★ 6.4
- Maharlika 1970 · ★ 5.5
- Everything But the Truth 1956 · ★ 8.2
- The Cinematographer 1951 · ★ 4.0
- History Brought to Life 1950 · ★ 6.0
- Sweet and Low 1947 · ★ 10.0
- Jingle, Jangle, Jingle 1948 · ★ 9.0