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Sep 24, 2003 · Gordon Jump, who played a befuddled radio station manager on the sitcom ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' and made his mark in commercials as the lonely Maytag repairman, died on Monday at his home...
In 1989, Jump took over the Maytag repairman role from Jesse White. In the 1990s, Jump starred in a short-lived revival of WKRP in Cincinnati entitled The New WKRP in Cincinnati. He appeared in the ninth and final season of Seinfeld, in which he played George Costanza's boss at a playground equipment company over two episodes.
Sept. 24, 2003 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Gordon Jump, the avuncular television actor best remembered as “the Big Guy” boss Arthur Carlson in the television series “WKRP in Cincinnati,” and...
In the last years of his life, he was readily recognizable as the lonely Maytag Washer repairman in commercials that ran on television for several years starting in 1989. He effectively portrayed Ol' Lonely until retiring from the role just before his death.
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Sep 23, 2003 · Gordon Jump, who played a befuddled radio station manager on the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" and made his mark in commercials as the lonely Maytag repairman, died Monday. He was 71. Jump...
Sep 22, 2013 · The Maytag Repairman. From 1989 until his death in 2003, Jump played the ever-bored Maytag repairman, taking over for previous “Ol’ Lonely” Jesse White in the series of TV commercials....
Sep 23, 2003 · LOS ANGELES — Gordon Jump, who played a befuddled radio station manager on the sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" and made his mark in commercials as the lonely Maytag repairman, died Monday. He was 71. Jump suffered from pulmonary fibrosis, said his cousin, Katherine Jump Wagner.
