From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jerry Hopper July 29 1907 December 17 1988 was an American film and television director active from the mid1940s 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 194648 Hopper went on to direct feature films such as The Atomic City 1952 Secret of the Incas 1954 and The Private War of Major Benson 1955 the later two with actor Charlton Heston He then moved primarily into episodic television helming a notable number of episodes from Bachelor Father Wagon Train Gunsmoke The Addams Family Burkes Law Perry Mason The Fugitive Gilligans Island and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea among many many others Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Hopper licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia