Jerry Michael Supiran is a former American child actor

Child actor

The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...

. Supiran is best known for playing Jamie Lawson on the situation comedy

Situation comedy

A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...

 Small Wonder, which aired from 1985 to 1989.

He has been credited with roles in 19 television and movie performances, including guest-starring roles in several noted series of the era, including Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie (TV series)

Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books...

, Mr. Belvedere

Mr. Belvedere

Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series was based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty...

, Newhart

Newhart

Newhart is a television situation comedy starring comedian Bob Newhart and actress Mary Frann as an author and wife who owned and operated an inn located in a small, rural Vermont town that was home to many eccentric characters. The show aired on the CBS network from October 25, 1982 to May 21, 1990...

, Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...

, Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable surgeon who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986....

, St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood...

, and Archie Bunker's Place

Archie Bunker's Place

Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons, until its cancellation in 1983...

, along with several made-for-TV movies and a feature film called Uncommon Valor

Uncommon Valor

Uncommon Valor is a 1983 action/war film written by Joe Gayton and directed by Ted Kotcheff, about a Marine officer who puts together a team to try to rescue his son, who he believes is among those still held in Laos after the Vietnam War...

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Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Galactica 1980 Galactica 1980 Galactica 1980 is a science fiction television series, and a spin-off from the 1978–1979 series Battlestar Galactica. It was first broadcast on the ABC network in the United States from January 27 to May 4, 1980.-Development:...	Super Scout	4 episodes
1981	Little House on the Prairie Little House on the Prairie (TV series) Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books...	Young Almanzo	Episode: "A Christmas They Never Forgot"
1982	Love, Sidney Love, Sidney Love, Sidney was an American situation comedy television series about a gay man, Sidney Shorr, and his relationship with a single mother and her five year-old daughter whom he invites to live with him...		Episode: "Sail Away"
1982	The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy	Little Lord Fauntleroy	Television movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
1982	Tales of the Gold Monkey Tales of the Gold Monkey Tales of the Gold Monkey is a 1982 television show broadcast by ABC. Most critics saw it as the network's attempt to capitalize on the fame of the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark the previous year, in the same vein as Bring 'Em Back Alive on CBS...	Paul	Episode: "The Lady and the Tiger"
1983	Archie Bunker's Place Archie Bunker's Place Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons, until its cancellation in 1983...	Peter McBride	Episode: "Relief Bartender"
1983	Lottery! Lottery! Lottery! is an American drama series premiered on ABC on September 9, 1983. The series aired for one season of 17 episodes and starred Ben Murphy as Patrick Sean Flaherty, and Marshall Colt as Eric Rush...		Episode: "Phoenix: Blood Brothers"
1983	Policewoman Centerfold	Tommy Oaks	Television movie
1983	Newhart Newhart Newhart is a television situation comedy starring comedian Bob Newhart and actress Mary Frann as an author and wife who owned and operated an inn located in a small, rural Vermont town that was home to many eccentric characters. The show aired on the CBS network from October 25, 1982 to May 21, 1990...	Ted Ward	Episode: "Animal Attractions"
1983	Uncommon Valor Uncommon Valor Uncommon Valor is a 1983 action/war film written by Joe Gayton and directed by Ted Kotcheff, about a Marine officer who puts together a team to try to rescue his son, who he believes is among those still held in Laos after the Vietnam War...	Frank at 9
1984	Trapper John, M.D. Trapper John, M.D. Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable surgeon who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986....	Matthew Riley	Episode: "Send in the Clowns"
1984	Young Hearts	Larry Fettis	Television movie
1984	Love Thy Neighbor	Joey Wilson	Television movie
1984	Fame Fame (1982 TV series) Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although...	Keith Donlon	Episode: "The Home Front"
1984	Obsessive Love	Bobby Stevens	Television movie
1984	St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood...	Matthew Auschlander	Episode: "Fade to White"
1985 to 1989	Small Wonder	Jamie Lawson	95 episodes
1986	Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...	Adam	Episode: "Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind"
1988	Mr. Belvedere Mr. Belvedere Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series was based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty...	Anderson	Episode: "Pigskin"
1988	Double Dare (1986 game show)	Himself

Award nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title of work
1985	Young Artist Award	Best Young Actor in a Family Film Made for Television	Policewoman Centerfold
1986	Young Artist Award	Best Young Actor Starring in a New Television Series	Small Wonder
1987	Young Artist Award	Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Starring in a Television Comedy or Drama Series	Small Wonder
1988	Young Artist Award	Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor in a Television Comedy Series	Small Wonder

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