Houser, Jerry 1952–

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HOUSER, Jerry 1952


PERSONAL


Born July 14, 1952, in Los Angeles, CA. Education: Attended Valley Junior College.


Career: Actor. Appeared in television commercials, including Pep Boys, Chili's, Thomas Concrete, and as the voice of the Keebler Elf.


CREDITS


Film Appearances:

Oscy, Summer of '42, Warner Bros., 1971.

Arthur Simms, Bad Company, Paramount, 1972.

Oscy, Class of '44 (also known as Tre kompisar ), Warner Bros., 1973.

Killer Carlson, Slap Shot, MCA/Universal, 1977.

Cab driver, Magic, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1978.

Gas station attendant #1, Seems Like Old Times (also known as Neil Simon's Seems Like Old Times ), Columbia, 1980.

Gary Reed, Years of the Beast, Gospel Films, 1981.

Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines (animated), Sumbow Pictures, 1985.

Tim, Another You, 1991.

Voice of Slim, Annabelle's Wish (animated), 1997.

Voice, A Christmas Carol (animated), 1997.

Mark's father, Answer (short film), 2002.

Voice of Mr. Zuckerman, Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (animated), Paramount, 2003.


Film Work:

Additional voices, Aladdin (animated), 1992.


Television Appearances; Series:

Orderly Haskell, The New Temperatures Rising Show (also known as Temperatures Rising ), ABC, 1973.

Michael "Muff" Platt, We'll Get By, CBS, 1975.

Wally Logan, The Brady Brides, NBC, 1981.

Voice of Shiner, The Biskitts (animated), CBS, 1982.

Voice of SciFi, G.I. Joe (animated; also known as Chijo saikyo no Expert Team G.I. Joe ), syndicated, 1983.

Voice of Sandstorm, Transformers (animated; also known as Super God Robot Force, Tatakae! Cho robot seimeitai Tranformers, The Transformers, Transformers: 2010, and Transformers: Generation 1 ), syndicated, 1984.

Wally Logan, The Bradys, CBS, 1990.

Voice of SciFi, G.I. Joe (animated), 1990.

Voice of Grizzle, Zazoo U (animated), Fox, 1990.

Voice of Ben Shepard, Adventures in Odyssey (animated), 1998.


Television Appearances; Movies:

Daniel Marvin, S.O.S. Titanic, ABC, 1979.

Les Auge, Miracle on Ice, ABC, 1981.

Ed Appleton, The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite, syndicated, 1981.

Warren, Forbidden Love, CBS, 1982.

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, 1984.

The Three Kings, ABC, 1987.

Wally Logan, A Very Brady Christmas, CBS, 1988.

Voice of BammBamm Rubble, I YabbaDabba Do! (animated), ABC, 1993.

Voice of BammBamm Rubble, HollyrockaBye Baby (animated), ABC, 1993.

Nick, Nick and Noel, 1993.


Television Appearances; Pilots:

Muff Platt, We'll Get By, CBS, 1974.

Wes Daley, Three Times Daley, CBS, 1976.

Captain Jules Meyer, The Fighting Nightingales, CBS, 1978.

Jason Slatterly, Living in Paradise, NBC, 1981.

Wally Logan, The Brady Girls Get Married (also known as The Brady Brides ), NBC, 1981.

Voice of Niner, K9000, Fox, 1991.


Television Appearances; Specials:

Brandt Hillman, Goldie and the Bears, ABC, 1985.

Voice of Meako, ScoobyDoo Meets the Boo Brothers (animated), syndicated, 1987.

Voice of Ross, Cathy's Valentine (animated), CBS, 1989.

Gene, The Boss, PBS, 1989.

Voice of Papageno the Birdman, The Magic Flute (animated), ABC, 1994.

Himself, Brady Bunch: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1999.


Television Appearances; Episodic:

Bryan Welles, "Game of Terror," The F.B.I., ABC, 1971.

Paul Thayer, "The Murdering Class," Barnaby Jones, CBS, 1973.

Steve Frazier, "Maude's Nephew," Maude, CBS, 1976.

Manny Edison (some sources cite Monty Anderson), "The Killer on Campus," Barnaby Jones, CBS, 1977.

The robber, "Episode 11," Soap, ABC, 1977.

Danker, "The Grim Reaper," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1977.

Richard Foster, "Bright Flashes," CHiPs, NBC, 1982.

Jeff, "The Honeymoon Is Over," One Day at a Time, CBS, 1982.

Jeffe, "First Things First," One Day at a Time, CBS, 1982.

Calvin Greenfield, "Burden of the Beast," Simon & Simon, CBS, 1985.

Coach, "The Loyal Opposition," Buchanan H.S., syndicated, 1985.

Coach, "Deadline," Buchanan H.S., syndicated, 1985.

"Love and the Girl of My Dreams," New Love, American Style, ABC, 1986.

Philip "Phil" Monroe, Sr., The Adventures of McGee and Me (also known as McGee and Me ), 1986.

Craig Moore, "The Lovelorn," Matlock, 1988.

Voice of crook #1/kidnapper, "Molly Cuddled," TaleSpin, syndicated, 1990.

Voice of policeman, "Bullethead Baloo," TaleSpin, syndicated, 1991.

Voice of Hamstring, "Clash Reunion," Darkwing Duck (animated), ABC and syndicated, 1992.

"Zygote Music," Mighty Max, 1994.

Voices of Tronus and Larnus, "Planet of the Humans," Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys (animated), syndicated, 1997.

"Sex, Lies, and Activewear," Renegade, USA Network and syndicated, 1997.

Voice, "A Trophied Duck," Duckman (animated), USA Network, 1997.

Also appeared as Jeremy Fenton, It Takes Two, ABC; second attorney, Courthouse, CBS; voice, Droopy, Master Detective (animated); voice of Beast and Biker, "Queasy Rider," Goof Troop (animated); voice of Spud, "The Goof, The Bad and the Ugly/Nightmare on Goof S," Goof Troop (animated); voice of Wally the Con Man, "ORVINU," Goof Troop (animated); voice of Bartholomew, The Gary Coleman Show (animated), NBC; voice, Super Sunday (animated), syndicated; voice, Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (animated), ABC; voice, Tom and Jerry Kids Show (animated), Fox; voice, The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (animated), syndicated; voice, Prostars (animated), NBC; voice, WhatAMess (animated), ABC.


Television Work; Series:

Additional voices, The Smurfs (animated; also known as Smurfs' Adventures ), NBC, 1981.

Additional voices, A Pup Named ScoobyDoo (animated), ABC, 19881991.


Television Work; Episodic:

Provided additional voices, Fantastic Max (animated); additional voices, Foofur (animated); additional voices, The Further Adventures of Superted (animated).