Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, Michigan, United States
Profession
Art Department, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew
Education
University of Arizona (1988–1989)
Spouse
Donna Weiss Ballard (m. 1972)
Children
Robert Ballard
Siblings
Sam Ballard
Star Sign
Gemini
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Fact
1
As the creative and technical consultant on Friday the 13th Part 3 and Friday the 13th The Final Chapter, he is the main reason why the film's psychopathic killer Jason Voorhees became so famous for wearing a hockey mask. While also playing the role of a State Trooper on Friday the 13th Part 3, Ballard brought an old 1950s hockey mask to the set to joke around with the other cast members and director Steve Miner and the writers thought a hockey mask would go great into the script and to have Jason wear it. When Ballard returned to work on Friday the 13th The Final Chapter, the filmmakers decided to keep the hockey mask with Jason Voorhees and it has been used in every Friday the 13th film since then.
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The A-Team
1984-1985
TV Series property master - 21 episodes
Meatballs Part II
1984
property master
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
1983
TV Movie property master
The Man Who Wasn't There
1983
property master
Fly Away Home
1981
TV Movie property master
Evita Peron
1981
TV Movie property master
The Chisholms
1980
TV Mini-Series property master - 9 episodes
She's Dressed to Kill
1979
TV Movie property master
Hawaii Five-O
1979
TV Series property master - 1 episode
Friendly Fire
1979
TV Movie property master
The New Adventures of Heidi
1978
TV Movie property master
The President's Mistress
1978
TV Movie property master
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
1977
TV Movie property master
Ants
1977
TV Movie property master
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
1977
TV Movie property master
Roots
1977
TV Mini-Series property master - 2 episodes
Trackdown
1976
property master
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975
property master
Petrocelli
1974-1975
TV Series property master - 8 episodes
The Last Survivors
1975
TV Movie property master
A Boy and His Dog
1975
property master
The Take
1974
property master
A Dream for Christmas
1973
TV Movie property master
Cleopatra Jones
1973
property master - uncredited
Soylent Green
1973
property master
Black Gunn
1972
property master
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
prop master - uncredited
The Face of Fear
1971
TV Movie property master
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
property
The Wild Country
1970
props - uncredited
The Criminal Mind
1993
property master
Murderous Vision
1991
TV Movie property master
Nightmare on the 13th Floor
1990
TV Movie property master - as Terry Ballard Miller
The New Mike Hammer
1984-1987
TV Series property master - 8 episodes
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Deadly Intent
1988
Video
Restaurant Extra
Fire in the Night
1986
Sheriff
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984
State Trooper (uncredited)
Friday the 13th Part III
1982
State Trooper #2
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Incorporated
2000
production assistant
China Cry: A True Story
1990
property master
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984
executive consultant
Friday the 13th Part III
1982
technical advisor
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fire in the Night
1986
associate producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
Video documentary in memory of
Known for movies
Soylent Green (1973) as Art Department
A Boy and His Dog (1975) as Art Department
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) as Art Department
$7 Million
