Jerry Houser

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Jerry Houser
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From left to right: Bill Ratner, Gregg Berger, Jerry Houser, Mary McDonald-Lewis, and Loren Lester
Born (1952-07-14) July 14, 1952 (age 71)
OccupationActor
Years active1971–2006

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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Early years

Houser was born in Los Angeles,[ citation needed ] 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,[ citation needed ] 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

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
  3. 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.