Jerry Dexter

{{Infobox person

| name = Jerry Dexter

| image = Publicity_Photo_of_Jerry_Dexter.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Publicity Photo of Jerry Dexter

| birth_name = Jerry Morris Chrisman

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|4|18}}

| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|6|21|1935|4|18}}

| death_place = Sonoma, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1958–1990

| children = 2

}}

Jerry Dexter (April 18, 1935 – June 21, 2013) was an American actor and radio presenter best known for playing teenage boys and young men in animated television series for Hanna-Barbera Productions from the late 1960s to the 1980s.

Early life, family and education

Dexter was born Jerry Morris Chrisman in San Francisco, California.{{cite interview| title= Interview with Jay Dexter| first= Jay |last= Dexter| date= July 2, 2013| interviewer= | publisher= }}{{cite news| title= Jerry Morris Chrisman| publisher= California State Birth Records| date= }}

Career

He began his radio career at KENO in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1958.Radio Annual and Television Year Book, 1959, p. 1215 After a stop at KVI in Seattle, Washington, Dexter relocated to Los Angeles, California, and KMPC in late 1959.{{cite web| url= http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1959/Pages%20from%201959-12-21-BC.pdf |title= Profile| website= americanradiohistory.com| date= | publisher= | accessdate= April 12, 2016}} He took his show, The Dexter Affair, in October 1962 to KLAC radio in Los Angeles.Broadcasting magazine, October 1, 1962.

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.Los Angeles Times, June 24, 1968.

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.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

Personal life

Dexter resided in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Seattle, and Los Angeles.

Dexter died on June 21, 2013, following complications from a fall.{{cite web|author=Yowp|url=http://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/2013/07/jerry-dexter.html|title=Yowp: Jerry Dexter |publisher=Yowpyowp.blogspot.com|date=2013-07-02|accessdate=2013-07-11}}