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American television, film and voice actor

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.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1971–2006

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.

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

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

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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.