death_place death_date birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
san clemente , california , u.s. 17 december 1988 guthrie , oklahoma , u.s. 29 july 1907 marsha hunt -lrb- actress -rrb- -lrb- 1938-1945 -rrb- jerry hopper
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jerry hopper

jerry hopper -lrb- july 29 , 1907 - december 17 , 1988 -rrb- 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 -lrb- 1946 -- 48 -rrb- .
hopper went on to direct feature films , such as , `` the atomic city '' -lrb- 1952 -rrb- , `` pony express '' -lrb- 1953 -rrb- , `` secret of the incas '' -lrb- 1954 -rrb- , and `` the private war of major benson '' -lrb- 1955 -rrb- , the latter three with actor charlton heston .
in 1958 he directed brandon de wilde and lee marvin in `` the missouri traveler '' .
he then moved primarily into episodic television , having appeared in `` colt .45 '' , `` 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 others .
