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Gordon Alexander Jump (born April 1, 1932 in Dayton , Ohio , USA , † September 22, 2003 in Los Angeles , California , USA ) was an American actor .
biography
Gordon Alexander Jump attended Centerville High School and graduated from Otterbein University in 1955 and from Kansas State University in 1957 . He then began working for radio and television in New York City and Topeka, Kansas. In 1959 he presented the weather on WIBW-TV and played in the children's program Wib the Clown . He then moved to Los Angeles to start his acting career. He made his debut in 1964 in an episode of the television series Daniel Boone and then played minor roles in several television series and television films. For household appliance manufacturer Maytag Corporation , Jump replaced Jesse White in 1989 as a lonely customer service technician who had nothing to do because Maytag's products were simply unbreakable. He embodied the advertising character until 2003.
Jump died on September 22, 2003 of pulmonary fibrosis .
Filmography (selection)
Movie
- 1969: Dead bees don't sing (Flareup)
- 1972: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (Conquest of the Planet of the Apes)
- 1974: Lawyer against the Court (The Law)
- 1978: home visits (House calls)
- 1978: Vicious Circle Alpha (The Fury)
- 1978: Before the Eyes of the World (Ruby and Oswald)
- 1984: Zoff at the Hoover Academy (Making the Grade)
- 1987: Perry Mason and the Lost Love (Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love)
- 1994: Bittersweet Retribution (Bitter Vengeance)
series
- 1964: Daniel Boone (One episode)
- 1970: Three Girls and Three Boys ( The Brady Bunch , two episodes)
- 1970–1974: The Partridge Family ( The Partridge Family , seven episodes)
- 1975–1976: Detective Rockford - a call is enough ( The Rockford Files , two episodes)
- 1975: Starsky & Hutch ( Starsky and Hutch , two episodes)
- 1986–1991: Our Loud Home ( Growing Pains , eleven episodes)
- 1994: Baywatch - The Lifeguards of Malibu ( Baywatch , two episodes)
- 1997: Seinfeld (two episodes)
Web links
- Gordon Jump in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Maytag Man through the years , The Globe Andt Mail , January 8, 2014
- ↑ Gordon Jump, 71, 'WKRP' Actor Who Played Maytag's Repairman , nytimes.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jump, Gordon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jump, Gordon Alexander (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dayton , Ohio , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 2003 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , USA |