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'''Jerry Houser''' (born July 14, 1952) is an American television, film and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer in ''[[Summer of '42]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Class of '44]]'', and the role of Wally Logan in various ''[[Brady Bunch]]'' spinoffs throughout the 1980s and '90s.
'''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 as Wally Logan, the husband of [[Marcia Brady]], in various ''[[The Brady Bunch|Brady Bunch]]'' spinoffs throughout the 1980s and '90s.


==Early years==
==Early years==
Houser was born in [[Los Angeles, California]],{{Citation needed |date=June 2020}} and attended North Hollywood High School.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Jean |title=Jerry Houser hoping series 'We'll Get By' will survive |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53756454/jerry-houser/ |access-date=June 19, 2020 |work=The Courier-News |date=May 1, 1975 |location=New Jersey, Bridgewater |page=22 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
Houser was born in [[Los Angeles]],{{Citation needed |date=June 2020}} and attended North Hollywood High School.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Jean |title=Jerry Houser hoping series 'We'll Get By' will survive |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53756454/jerry-houser/ |access-date=June 19, 2020 |newspaper=[[Courier-News]] |date=May 1, 1975 |location=Bridgewater, New Jersey |page=B-8 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
From 1971 to 2006, he appeared in dozens of films, TV series, animated series, and commercials. Some of his most notable appearances are ''[[Summer of '42]]'', ''[[Slap Shot (film)|Slap Shot]]'' with [[Paul Newman]],{{Citation needed |date=June 2020}} and in the ''[[The Brady Bunch|Brady Bunch]]'' [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] movies as [[Marcia Brady|Marcia's]] husband, Wally Logan.<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=129|edition=2nd}}</ref>
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 (film)|Slap Shot]]'' with [[Paul Newman]],{{Citation needed |date=June 2020}} and in the ''[[The Brady Bunch|Brady Bunch]]'' [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]]s as [[Marcia Brady|Marcia]]'s husband, Wally Logan.<ref name="etvs">{{cite book| last1=Terrace| first1=Vincent| title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010| date=January 10, 2014| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&q=houser| publisher=McFarland| location=Jefferson, N.C.| isbn=978-0-7864-8641-0| page=129| edition=2nd}}</ref>


On television, Houser portrayed Muff on ''[[We'll Get By]]'',<ref name=tt>{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television|date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 901|edition=4th}}</ref> orderly Haskell on ''[[Temperatures Rising|The New Temperatures Rising Show]]''{{r|etvs|page1=758}} and Jeremy Fenton on ''[[It Takes Two (American TV series)|It Takes Two]]''{{r|etvs|page1=514}}. He also provided the voices of Grizzle on ''[[Zazoo U]]'',{{r|etvs|page1=1212}} Sully on ''[[Danger Rangers]]''{{r|etvs|page1=232}}, and Bartholomew on ''[[The Gary Coleman Show]]''.{{r|etvs|page1=379}}
On television, Houser portrayed Muff on ''[[We'll Get By]]'',<ref name=tt>{{cite book| last1=McNeil| first1=Alex| title=Total Television: the comprehensive guide to programming from 1948 to the present| year=1996| url=https://archive.org/details/totaltelevisionc0000mcne/page/900/mode/2up?q=houser| publisher=Penguin Books USA| location=New York, New York| isbn=978-0-1402-4916-3| page=901| edition=4th}}</ref> orderly Haskell on ''[[Temperatures Rising|The New Temperatures Rising Show]]''{{r|etvs|page1=758}} Steve Frazier, [[Maude Findlay]]'s nephew, on season 4 episode 21 of [[Maude (TV series)|''Maude'' (TV series)]], and Jeremy Fenton on ''[[It Takes Two (American TV series)|It Takes Two]]''{{r|etvs|page1=514}}. He also provided the voices of Grizzle on ''[[Zazoo U]]'',{{r|etvs|page1=1212}} Sully on ''[[Danger Rangers]]''{{r|etvs|page1=232}}, and Bartholomew on ''[[The Gary Coleman Show]]''.{{r|etvs|page1=379}}

== Personal life ==
Houser was friends with the late [[contemporary Christian music]] artists [[Larry Norman]] and [[Keith Green]].


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==

* ''[[Bad Company (1972 film)|Bad Company]]'' &mdash; Arthur Simms
* ''[[Bad Company (1972 film)|Bad Company]]'' &mdash; Arthur Simms
* ''[[Summer of '42]]'' &mdash; Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer
* ''[[Summer of '42]]'' &mdash; Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer
* ''[[Class of '44]]'' (1973 film) &mdash; Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer
* ''[[Class of '44]]'' (1973 film) &mdash; Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer
* ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' &mdash; Monte
* ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' &mdash; Monte
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* ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'' &mdash; Cliff Tetlow
* ''[[Seems Like Old Times (film)|Seems Like Old Times]]'' &mdash; Gas Station Attendant
* ''[[Seems Like Old Times (film)|Seems Like Old Times]]'' &mdash; Gas Station Attendant
* ''[[Miracle on Ice (1981 film)|Miracle on Ice]]'' &mdash; Les Auge
* ''[[Miracle on Ice (1981 film)|Miracle on Ice]]'' &mdash; [[Les Auge]]
* ''[[Slap Shot (film)|Slap Shot]]'' &mdash; Dave "Killer" Carlson
* ''[[Slap Shot (film)|Slap Shot]]'' &mdash; Dave "Killer" Carlson
* ''[[We'll Get By]]'' &mdash; Muff Platt
* ''[[We'll Get By]]'' &mdash; Muff Platt
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* ''[[Annabelle's Wish]]'' &mdash; Slim
* ''[[Annabelle's Wish]]'' &mdash; Slim
* ''[[Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure]]'' &mdash; Mr. Zuckerman
* ''[[Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure]]'' &mdash; Mr. Zuckerman
* ''[[The Smurfs (1981 TV series)|The Smurfs]]'' &mdash; Additional Voices

===Notable voice work===
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* ''[[The Smurfs (TV series)|The Smurfs]]'' &mdash; Additional Voices
* ''[[The Biskitts]]'' &mdash; Shiner
* ''[[The Biskitts]]'' &mdash; Shiner
* ''[[Transformers series|Transformers]]'' &mdash; [[Sandstorm (Transformers)|Sandstorm]]
* ''[[Transformers series|Transformers]]'' &mdash; [[Sandstorm (Transformers)|Sandstorm]]
* ''[[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' &mdash; [[Sci-Fi (G.I. Joe)|Sci-Fi]]
* ''[[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' &mdash; [[Sci-Fi (G.I. Joe)|Sci-Fi]]
* ''[[Tom & Jerry Kids]]'' &mdash; Urfo, Dragon
* ''[[Goof Troop]]'' &mdash; Duke, Spud, Beast
* ''[[Goof Troop]]'' &mdash; Duke, Spud, Beast
* [[Disney]]'s ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' &mdash; Additional Voices
* [[Disney]]'s ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' &mdash; Additional voices
* ''[[Droopy, Master Detective]]'' &mdash; Additional voices
* ''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'' &mdash; [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]]
* ''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'' &mdash; [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]]
* ''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]'' &mdash; [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]]
* ''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]'' &mdash; Bamm-Bamm Rubble
* ''[[Marvel: Ultimate Alliance]]'' &mdash; [[Hank Pym]]
* ''[[Marvel: Ultimate Alliance]]'' &mdash; [[Hank Pym]]
* ''[[Blackgaard saga##324: "Small Fires, Little Pools"|Darkness Before Dawn]]'' &mdash; Jellyfish
* ''[[Blackgaard saga##324: "Small Fires, Little Pools"|Darkness Before Dawn]]'' &mdash; Jellyfish
* ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]'' &mdash; Ben Shepard, Jellyfish
* ''[[Adventures in Odyssey]]'' &mdash; Ben Shepard and Jellyfish
* ''[[Secret Adventures]]'' &mdash; Mr. Toaster
* ''[[Secret Adventures]]'' &mdash; Mr. Toaster
* ''[[Danger Rangers]]'' &mdash; Sully
* ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'' ― Principal Milty
* [[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]- Al from Al’s Skate Shop- Season 1 Episode 9
* ''[[Danger Rangers]]'' &mdash; Sully (final role)
{{incomplete|every voice role he did|date=June 2022}}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 21:04, 27 November 2024

Jerry Houser
From left to right: Bill Ratner, Gregg Berger, Jerry Houser, Mary McDonald-Lewis, and Loren Lester
Born (1952-07-14) July 14, 1952 (age 72)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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 as Wally Logan, the husband of Marcia Brady, in various Brady Bunch spinoffs throughout the 1980s and '90s.

Early years

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Houser was born in Los Angeles,[citation needed] and attended North Hollywood High School.[1]

Career

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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-offs 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 Frazier, Maude Findlay's nephew, on season 4 episode 21 of Maude (TV series), 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

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  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. ^ a b c d e f 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.
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