Jerry Houser
Jerry Houser (born July 14, 1952) is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer in Summer of '42 and its sequel, Class of '44, as Dave "Killer" Carlson in Slap Shot, and the role of Wally Logan in various Brady Bunch spinoffs throughout the 1980s and '90s.
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | July 14, 1952
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1971–2006 |
Early years
Houser was born in Los Angeles, and attended North Hollywood High School.[1]
Career
From 1971 to 2006, he appeared in many films, TV series, animated series, and commercials. Some of his most notable appearances are Summer of '42, Slap Shot with Paul Newman, and in the Brady Bunch spin-off movies as Marcia's husband, Wally Logan.[2]
On television, Houser portrayed Muff on We'll Get By,[3] orderly Haskell on The New Temperatures Rising Show[2]: 758 Steve on season 4 episode 21 of Maude (TV series) playing Maude's nephew and Jeremy Fenton on It Takes Two[2]: 514 . He also provided the voices of Grizzle on Zazoo U,[2]: 1212 Sully on Danger Rangers[2]: 232 , and Bartholomew on The Gary Coleman Show.[2]: 379
Filmography
- Bad Company — Arthur Simms
- Summer of '42 — Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer
- Class of '44 (1973 film) — Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer
- Barnaby Jones — Monte
- The F.B.I. — Cliff Tetlow
- Seems Like Old Times — Gas Station Attendant
- Miracle on Ice — Les Auge
- Slap Shot — Dave "Killer" Carlson
- We'll Get By — Muff Platt
- M*A*S*H — Danker
- The Brady Brides — Wally Logan
- A Very Brady Christmas — Wally Logan
- The Bradys — Wally Logan
- McGee and Me! — Phillip "Phil" Monroe Sr.
- Magic — Taxi Driver
- S.O.S. Titanic — Daniel Marvin
- Years of the Beast — Gary Reed
- Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers — Meako
- Nick & Noel — Nick
- Annabelle's Wish — Slim
- Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure — Mr. Zuckerman
- The Smurfs — Additional Voices
- The Biskitts — Shiner
- Transformers — Sandstorm
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero — Sci-Fi
- Goof Troop — Duke, Spud, Beast
- Disney's Aladdin — Additional voices
- I Yabba-Dabba Do! — Bamm-Bamm Rubble
- Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby — Bamm-Bamm Rubble
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance — Hank Pym
- Darkness Before Dawn — Jellyfish
- Adventures in Odyssey — Ben Shepard and Jellyfish
- Secret Adventures — Mr. Toaster
- As Told by Ginger ― Principal Milty
- Danger Rangers — Sully (final role)
References
- Lewis, Jean (May 1, 1975). "Jerry Houser hoping series 'We'll Get By' will survive". Courier-News. Bridgewater, New Jersey. p. B-8. Retrieved June 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- Terrace, Vincent (January 10, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-7864-8641-0.
- McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the comprehensive guide to programming from 1948 to the present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA. p. 901. ISBN 978-0-1402-4916-3.
External links
- Jerry Houser at IMDb