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
Jerry Hopper has 38 screen credits in a career dating back to 1947. Signature works include Never Say Goodbye, Pony Express, The Missouri Traveler. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
