Role Voice actor Name Jerry Dexter | Children Jay Dexter Years active 1957-1990 Movies Downhill Racer | |
Full Name Jerry Morris Chrisman Born April 18, 1935 ( 1935-04-18 ) San Francisco, California, U.S. Occupation Actor and radio presenter Died June 21, 2013, Sonoma County, California, United States TV shows Josie and the Pussycats, Shazzan, Sealab 2020, Goober and the Ghost Ch, Fangface Similar People William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Alex Toth | ||
Cause of death injuries from a fall | ||
Jerry Dexter (April 18, 1935 – June 21, 2013) was an American actor and voice actor best known for playing teenage boys and young men in animated television series for Hanna-Barbera Productions from the late 1960s to the 1980s.
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Biography
Dexter was born Jerry Morris Chrisman in San Franscico, California. He began his radio career at KENO in Las Vegas in 1958. After a stop at KVI in Seattle, Dexter moved to Los Angeles and KMPC in late 1959. He took his show, The Dexter Affair, in October 1962 to KLAC radio in Los Angeles.
In 1964, Dexter had a semi-regular role, playing Corporal Johnson in Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.. He moved into a full-time television job in June 1968 with the launch of Good Day L.A. on KABC-TV.
Dexter's first cartoon voice work was in 1967 as Chuck in Shazzan. Among his roles were Gary Gulliver in The Adventures of Gulliver, Alan in Josie and the Pussycats, Ted in Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Hal in Sealab 2020, Biff in Fangface, Drak Jr. in Drak Pack, Superboy in an episode of Super Friends, and Sunfire in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.
He also voiced characters for Filmation Studios during the late 1960s, most notably as the voice of Aqualad in the series Aquaman. He later guest-starred on Challenge of the GoBots, the 1980s revival of The Jetsons, as well as Wildfire, Snorks, DuckTales and Fantastic Max.
In June, 2013, he suffered a fall in his home which resulted in head injuries. Jerry Dexter died on June 21, 2013.
Animation
Live-action
Filmography
Actor
1989
Ann Jillian (TV Series)
- Good Citizen Ann (1990)
- Buddy System (1989)
1988
Fantastic Max (TV Series) as
Additional Voices
- Boo Who? (1989) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Cooking Mother's Goose (1988) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Loon in the Moon (1988) - Additional Voices (voice)
1987
Snorks (TV Series) as
Additional Voices
- Daffney's Not So Great Escape/Willie's Best Fiend (1988) - Additional Voices (voice)
- All's Whale that Ends Whale/Allstar's Last Hour (1987) - Additional Voices (voice)
1987
DuckTales (TV Series)
- The Right Duck (1987) - (voice)
1986
Wildfire (TV Series) as
Watchman
- Dragons of Dar-Shan (1986) - Watchman (voice)
1986
Samson and Delilah (Video short)(voice)
1985
Paw Paws (TV Series) as
Additional Voices
- The Zip Zap 4-D Trap (1986) - Additional Voices (voice)
- S'no Business (1986) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Totem Time Trap (1986) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Lost Lake Monster (1986) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Great Paw Paw Turnaround (1986) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Two Heads Are Better Than None (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Egging Dark Paw On (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Genie Without a Lamp (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Dark Paw Under Wraps (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Dark Paw Totem Monster (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Waif Goodbye to the Paw Paws (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Totem Termi-Nation (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- A Honey of a Robbery (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Golden Falcon (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Genie-athalon (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Rise of the Evil Spirits (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Greedie Greenies (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Creepy Cave Creature (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Flying Horse-Napper (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Wishing Star Crystal (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Big Spill (1985) - Additional Voices (voice)
1985
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (TV Series short)
- Samson and Delilah (1985) - (voice)
1984
The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle (TV Series)(voice)
1984
Challenge of the GoBots (TV Series) as
Additional Voices (voice)
1981
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (TV Series) as
Sunfire / Shiro Yoshida
- Mission: Save the Guardstar (1983) - (voice)
- The X-Men Adventure (1983) - (voice)
- Spidey Meets the Girl from Tomorrow (1983) - (voice)
- The Origin of the Spider-Friends (1983) - (voice)
- Attack of the Arachnoid (1983) - (voice)
- The Education of a Superhero (1983) - (voice)
- The Bride of Dracula! (1983) - (voice)
- Spider-Man: Unmasked! (1983) - (voice)
- Along Came Spidey (1982) - (voice)
- A Fire-Star Is Born (1982) - (voice)
- The Origin of Iceman (1982) - (voice)
- Pawns of the Kingpin (1981) - (voice)
- Knights & Demons (1981) - (voice)
- The Vengeance of Loki (1981) - (voice)
- Spidey Goes Hollywood (1981) - (voice)
- The Prison Plot (1981) - (voice, credit only)
- Video-Man (1981) - (voice, credit only)
- 7 Little Superheroes (1981) - (voice)
- Swarm (1981) - (voice)
- Sunfire (1981) - Sunfire / Shiro Yoshida (voice)
- The Fantastic Mr. Frump (1981) - (voice, credit only)
- The Crime of All Centuries (1981) - (voice)
- The Triumph of the Green Goblin (1981) - (voice)
1983
Super Friends (TV Series) as
Superboy
- Return of the Phantoms/Bully for You/SuperClones (1983) - Superboy (voice)
1983
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (TV Series)
- Scooby the Barbarian/No Sharking Zone (1983) - (voice)
1980
Drak Pack (TV Series) as
Drak Jr.
- Dred's Photo Finish (1980) - Drak Jr. (voice)
- Dred Goes Hollywood (1980) - Drak Jr. (voice)
- Hideout Hotel (1980) - Drak Jr. (voice)
- Time Out for Dr. Dred (1980) - Drak Jr. (voice)
- International Graffiti (1980) - Drak Jr. (voice)
- Dr. Dred Is a Shrinker (1980) - Drak Jr. (voice)
- Grimmest Book of Records (1980) - Drak Jr. (voice)
1979
Plastic Man (TV Series)
- Plastic Mummy Meets Disco Mummy/Doctor Icicle/The Deep Sea Demon Caper/The Stone-Cold Dragon of Gold/City of Ice/The Glutunous Glop (1980) - (voice)
- Count Graffiti Meets Plastic Man/The Diabolical Dr. Locust/The Case of the Vicious Voodoo Villain/The Evil Design of Vulture Man's Mind/Sale of the Century/Where There's a Will, There's a Creep (1979) - (voice)
- Dr. Duplicator Strikes Again/The Malevolent Marble Man/The Mysterious Warnings of Doom/Royal Trouble With the King's Double/Thunderman/Evil Notions With Evila's Potions (1979) - (voice)
- The Terrible 5+1/Copycat/The Case of the Fearsome Phantom/A Goofy Bungle in the Filipino Jungle/Joggernaut/The Sinister Super Suit (1979) - (voice)
- The Kitty Katt Caper/The Video Villain/The Horrible Headless Horseman Caper/The Stone-Cold Dragon of Gold/The Colossal Crime of Commodore Peril/Krime Klown's Circus of Evil (1979) - (voice)
- Ghostfinger/Dog Gone Days/The Count Draculon Caper/The Film Fiasco of Director Disastro/Highbrow/The Evil Evo-Ray (1979) - (voice)
- Badladdin/Kragg the Conqueror/The Mad Mummy Mystery/The Defiant Casablanca Giant/Toyman/The Menacing Mindreader (1979) - (voice)
- The Maniacal Computerhead/The Fiendish Fishface/The Mysterious, Serious Circus Caper/The Ill-Will of Dr. Chill/The Hippotist/Catman (1979) - (voice)
- Empire of Evil/Bye Bye Biplane/The Creepy Creature Caper/The Sinister Plan of Lizard Man/The Corruptible Carrotman/Beach Bum's Crime Wave (1979) - (voice)
- The Dangerous Dr. Dinosaur/The Perils of Paulette/The Super-Duper Race Cage/Who Do the Voodoo/The Spider Takes a Bride/The Dangerous Dr. Gadgets (1979) - (voice)
- The Diabolical Dr. Dome/The Rooster/The Alien Egg Caper/A Time-Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship/Honey Bee/Rob Around the Clock (1979) - (voice)
- Superstein/Bad News Snooze/The Rickety Robbery/Dr. Lupiter and the Thing From Jupiter/Dogmaster/Coach Crime's Big Play (1979) - (voice)
- The Minuscule Seven/Trouble Brews When Glue Man Glues/The Golden Crystal Caper/A Scary Affair in the Skullman's Lair/Moonraider/Shake Up With Ms. Make-Up (1979) - (voice)
- The Horrible Half-Ape/Goldteeth's Bad Bite/The Spaceship Caper/The Creepy Goon from the Spooky Lagoon/Hugefoot/Baby Man (1979) - (voice)
- Wham-Bam! Beware of the Clam!/Anthead/The Mysterious Robot Critic Caper/There Is Nothing Worse Than A Stony Curse/The Day the Ocean Disappeared/Never Retire With Mr. & Mrs. Van Pire (1979) - (voice)
- The Weed/Mighty Man and Yukk/The Case of the Zombie Monster/The Evil Guider of the Giant Spider/Dr. Irwin and Mr. Meteor/Big Mouse the Bad Mouse (1979) - (voice)
1979
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (TV Series) as
Additional Voices (voice)
1978
Fangface (TV Series) as
Biff
- Don't Abra When You Cadabra (1978) - Biff (voice)
- A Heap of Trouble (1978) - Biff (voice)
1977
Fred Flintstone and Friends (TV Series)(voice)
1975
ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series) as
Pete Degley
- The Skating Rink (1975) - Pete Degley
1974
Apple's Way (TV Series) as
Harold
- The Applicant (1974) - Harold
1973
Goober and the Ghost Chasers (TV Series) as
Ted
- Old MacDonald Had a Ghost: Ee II Eeyow (1973) - Ted (voice)
- Inca Dinka Doo (1973) - Ted (voice)
- That Snow Ghost (1973) - Ted (voice)
- Is Sherlock Holme? (1973) - Ted (voice)
- A Hard Day's Knight (1973) - Ted (voice)
- Go West Young Ghost, Go West (1973) - Ted (voice)
- Venice Anyone? (1973) - Ted (voice)
- The Wicked Witch Dog (1973) - Ted (voice)
- The Haunted Wax Museum (1973) - Ted (voice)
- Mummy Knows Best (1973) - Ted (voice)
- The Ghost Ship (1973) - Ted (voice)
- The Singing Ghost (1973) - Ted (voice)
- The Galloping Ghost (1973) - Ted (voice)
- Brush Up Your Shakespeare (1973) - Ted (voice)
- Assignment: The Ahab Apparition (1973) - Ted (voice)
1973
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (TV Series) as
Additional Voices / Alan M. Mayberry
- The Haunted Candy Factory (1973) - Additional Voices (voice, credit only)
- The Weird Winds on Winona (1973) - Additional Voices (voice, credit only)
- The Exterminator (1973) - Additional Voices (voice, credit only)
- The Spirited Spooked Sports Show (1973) - Additional Voices (voice, credit only)
- Mystery in Persia (1973) - Additional Voices (voice, credit only)
- The Haunted Showboat (1973) - Alan M. Mayberry (voice)
- The Mystery of Haunted Island (1973) - Additional Voices (voice, credit only)
1972
Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space (TV Series) as
Alan M.
- Warrior Women of Amazonia (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- Outer Space Ark (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- All Hail Goddess Melody (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- The Hollow Planet (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- The Forward Backward People of Xarock (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- The Four-eyed Dragon of Cygnon (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- Now You See Them, Now You Don't (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- Anything You Can Zoo (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- The Space Pirates (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- The Mini-Man Menace (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- The Sun Haters (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- The Water Planet (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- Alien Alan (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- The Sleeping Planet (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- Make Way for the Multi-men (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
- Where's Josie? (1972) - Alan M. (voice)
1972
Sealab 2020 (TV Series) as
Hal Bryant
- The Arctic Story (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
- The Capture (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
- Collision of the Aquarius (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
- The Challenge (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
- The Deepest Dive (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
- Backfire (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
- Where Dangers Are Many (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
- The Basking Shark (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
- The Shark Lover (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
- The Singing Whale (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
- Green Fever (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
- Lost (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
- Deep Threat (1972) - Hal Bryant (voice)
1971
The Funky Phantom (TV Series) as
Elmo / Richard
- Ghost Grabbers (1972) - Elmo (voice)
- Mudsy and Muddlemore Manor (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- The Hairy Scarey Houndman (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- The Forest's Prime-Evil (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- April's Foolish Day (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- The Liberty Bell Caper (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- Pigskin Predicament (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- Mudsy Joins the Circus (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- Haunt in Inn (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- We Saw a Sea Serpent (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- Ghost Town Ghost (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- Spirit Spooked (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- The Headless Horseman (1971) - Elmo / Richard (voice)
- Who's Chicken (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- I'll Haunt You Later (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- Heir Scare (1971) - Elmo (voice)
- Don't Fool with a Phantom (1971) - Elmo (voice)
1970
Josie and the Pussycats (TV Series) as
Alan M.
- Don't Count on a Countess (1971) - Alan M. (voice)
- Jumpin' Jupiter Affair (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- Spy School Spoof (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- The Great Pussycat Chase (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- Melody Memory Mix-Up (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- All Wong in Hong Kong (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- Strangemoon Over Miami (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- Plateau of the Apes Plot (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- Never Mind a Master Mind (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- Chili Today and Hot Tamale (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- X Marks the Spot (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- Midas Mix-Up (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- Swap Plot Flop (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- The Secret Six Secret (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- A Greenthumb Is Not a Goldfinger (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- The Nemo's a No No Affair (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
1969
Downhill Racer as
Engel
1968
The Adventures of Gulliver (TV Series) as
Gary Gulliver
- The Hero (1969) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
- Gulliver's Challenge (1968) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
- The Missing Crown (1968) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
- The Masquerade (1968) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
- The Runaway (1968) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
- The Dark Sleep (1968) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
- The Rescue (1968) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
- Hurricane Island (1968) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
- The Perils of the Lilliputs (1968) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
- The Forbidden Pool (1968) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
- The Tiny Viking (1968) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
- The Capture (1968) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
- Dangerous Journey (1968) - Gary Gulliver (voice)
1967
Shazzan (TV Series) as
Chuck
- The Land of Neverwas/The Idol of Turaba (1967) - Chuck
- Lord of the Shadows/The Diamond of El Raphir (1967) - Chuck (voice)
- The Forest of Fear/Sorceress of the Mist (1967) - Chuck (voice)
- The Sky Pirates of Basheena/The Young Rajah of Kamura (1967) - Chuck (voice)
- City of the Tombs/Demon in the Bottle Returns (1967) - Chuck (voice)
- The Evil Jester of Masira/The Master Wizard of Mizwa (1967) - Chuck (voice)
- Ring of Samarra/City of Brass (1967) - Chuck (voice)
- Demon in the Bottle/The Underground World (1967) - Chuck (voice)
- Valley of the Giants/The Black Sultan (1967) - Chuck (voice)
- Master of Thieves/The Living Island (1967) - Chuck (voice)
1967
Aquaman (TV Series) as
Aqualad (voice)
1967
The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (TV Series) as
Aqualad (Garth) (voice)
1967
The Reluctant Astronaut as
Technician (uncredited)
1967
Dragnet 1967 (TV Series) as
Jerry Dexter
- The Subscription Racket (1967) - Jerry Dexter
1964
Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV Series) as
Corporal Johnson / Corporal
- Pay Day (1964) - Corporal
- Gomer Learns a Bully (1964) - Corporal Johnson
- Private Ralph Skunk (1964) - Corporal Johnson
- Gomer Overcomes the Obstacle Course (1964) - Corporal Johnson
1964
Hazel (TV Series) as
Cab Driver
- Welcome Back, Kevin (1964) - Cab Driver
1964
The Patsy (uncredited)
1963
Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) as
Physical Therapist
- The Broken Year (1963) - Physical Therapist
1963
McHale's Navy (TV Series) as
The Ensign
- The Captain Steals a Cook (1963) - The Ensign
1962
87th Precinct (TV Series) as
Pat
- Man in a Jam (1962) - Pat
1961
Checkmate (TV Series) as
The Ticketman
- To the Best of My Recollection (1961) - The Ticketman
Self
2011
Stu's Show (Podcast Series) as
Self - Guest
- Janet Waldo, Jackie Joseph, Barbara Pariot, Sherry Alberoni, and Jerry Dexter, and Earl Kress (2011) - Self - Guest
1970
In the Know (TV Series documentary) as
Alan M.
- Spirit of America (1970) - Alan M. (voice)
- Various (1970) - Alan M.
1969
Follow Me (Documentary) as
Narrator
References
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