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Jerry Houser

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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)
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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