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Gordo Jump of 'WKRP', Maytag ads dies!

Yes, yes. WKRP and Maytag. All true. But, I remember the Diff'rent Strokes "very special episode" when Gordo Jump was a child molester. He got Arnold and his friend to come over and play lions and lion tamers and take their shirts off.

Gordo Jump also received one of his best gigs later in life, as George's boss "Mr. Thomassoulo" in a couple of episodes of Seinfeld in 1997.

The imdb says Jump was born on April 1, 1932, in Dayton, Ohio.

Here's an AP obit:

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- 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. The illness causes scarring of the air sacs of the lungs, leading to heart or respiratory failure.

Wagner, of Arcanum, Ohio, said she learned of her cousin's death from her father, also named Gordon Jump. Her cousin was under hospice care at his home southeast of Los Angeles, she said.

Jump played Arthur Carlson in "WKRP in Cincinnati," which aired on CBS from 1978-82 and featured Gary Sandy, Loni Anderson, Tim Reid, Howard Hesseman and Richard Sanders as the ragtag station's crew.

A native of Dayton, Ohio, Jump began his career working at radio and TV stations in the Midwest. He worked behind the microphone and the camera, including jobs as a producer for Kansas and Ohio stations.

Jump portrayed the Maytag repairman "Ol' Lonely," a well-recognized advertising symbol, from 1989 until he retired from the role in July and another actor took over.

"Gordon was an incredibly talented actor and a remarkable human being," said Ralph Hake, chairman and chief executive officer of Maytag Corp.

Jump came to appreciate the attention he got for the ad campaign and the steady work it provided, Wagner said. But his heart was elsewhere professionally.

"What he loved more than anything was doing theater. He was a marvelous actor," she said, recalling a visit to Florida to watch him perform in "Norman, Is That You?"

Jump began his Hollywood career after moving to Los Angeles in 1963, appearing on series including "Daniel Boone," "Get Smart" and "The Partridge Family."

His dramatic roles included a part in the TV movie "Ruby and Oswald," about the assassination of President Kennedy, and "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes."

Jump is survived by his wife, four daughters and a son, Maytag said in a statement. He also had a brother, Wagner said.

Here's some pix:

Here's a filmography:

Filmography

  1. The Singles Ward (2002) .... An Airline Passenger
  2. A Dog's Tale (1999) .... Prof. Thadeus A. Widstone
  3. Bad Lie (1998) .... Will
  4. Honeymoon Academy (1990) .... Mr. Nelson ... aka For Better or for Worse (1990)
  5. Moving (1988) .... Simon Eberhart
  6. Making the Grade (1984) .... Mr. Harriman
  7. Evidence of Power (1979) .... Dr. Lawson
  8. House Calls (1978) .... Dr. O'Brien
  9. The Fury (1978) .... Mr. Nuckells
  10. Skateboard (1978) .... Harris ... aka Skateboard: The Movie (1978)
  11. Trouble Man (1972) .... Salter, Sangree Management Co.
  12. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) .... Auctioneer
  13. Flareup (1969) (uncredited) .... Security Guard
  14. Mormon Temple Film (1969) .... The Apostle Peter ... aka Project #134 (1969)
  15. Marriage: What Kind for You? (1967) .... Alan

TV Movies

  1. Bitter Vengeance (1994) (TV) .... Arnold Fulmer
  2. Justin Case (1988) (TV) .... Sheldon Wannamaker
  3. Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987) (TV)
  4. On Fire (1987) (TV) .... Chief Heller
  5. Gus Brown and Midnight Brewster (1985) (TV)
  6. Dirkham Detective Agency (1983) (TV)
  7. Just a Little More Love (1983) (TV) .... Timberlake
  8. For Lovers Only (1982) (TV) .... Harvey Pugh
  9. Midnight Offerings (1981) (TV) .... Sherm Sotherland
  10. The Big Stuffed Dog (1981) (TV)
  11. Goldie and the Boxer (1979) (TV) .... Alex
  12. Ruby and Oswald (1978) (TV) .... Clyde Gaydosh ... aka Four Days in Dallas (1978) (TV)
  13. Sybil (1976) (TV)
  14. Cop on the Beat (1975) (TV) .... Businessman ... aka Return of Joe Forrester, The (1975) (TV)
  15. Starsky and Hutch (1975) (TV) .... Vinnie, the Gym Owner
  16. A Cry for Help (1975) (TV) .... Lloyd Hogan ... aka End of the Line (1975) (TV)
  17. Rolling Man (1972) (TV)

Series TV

  1. "The New WKRP in Cincinnati" (1991) TV Series .... Arthur 'Big Guy' Carlson
  2. "Sister Kate" (1989) TV Series .... Lucas Underwood
  3. "Growing Pains" (1985) TV Series .... Edward 'Ed' Malone (1986-1991)
  4. "WKRP in Cincinnati" (1978) TV Series .... Arthur 'Big Guy' Carlson
  5. "Soap" (1977) TV Series .... Chief of Police Tinkler
  6. "McDuff, the Talking Dog" (1976) TV Series .... Amos Ferguson

Director Filmography

  1. "WKRP in Cincinnati" (1978) TV Series (1 episode)

Producer Filmography

  1. "The Tony Randall Show" (1976) TV Series (producer)

Notable TV Guest Appearances

  1. "Mike Hammer, Private Eye" (1997) playing "The General" in episode: "A New Leaf: Part 2" (episode # 2.17) 14 June 1998
  2. "Mike Hammer, Private Eye" (1997) playing "The General" in episode: "A New Leaf: Part 1" (episode # 2.16) 7 June 1998
  3. "Seinfeld" (1990) playing "Mr. Thomassoulo" in episode: "The Voice" (episode # 9.2) 2 October 1997
  4. "Seinfeld" (1990) playing "Mr. Thomassoulo" in episode: "The Butter Shave" (episode # 9.1) 25 September 1997
  5. "Married... with Children" (1987) playing "Mr. Tot" in episode: "How to Marry a Moron" (episode # 11.23) 5 May 1997
  6. "Caroline in the City" (1995) playing "Himself" in episode: "Caroline and the Kept Man" (episode # 2.14) 21 January 1997
  7. "Empty Nest" (1988) playing "Bud" in episode: "Single White Male" (episode # 7.11) 7 January 1995
  8. "Baywatch" (1989) playing "Max Edelman" in episode: "Livin' on the Fault Line: Part 2" (episode # 5.2) 3 October 1994
  9. "Baywatch" (1989) playing "Max Edelman" in episode: "Livin' on the Fault Line: Part 1" (episode # 5.1) 26 September 1994
  10. "Who's the Boss?" (1984) playing "Archie" in episode: "A Spirited Christmas" (episode # 5.8) 20 December 1988
  11. "Murder, She Wrote" (1984) playing "Frank Tilley" in episode: "If the Frame Fits" (episode # 2.22) 18 May 1986
  12. "The Golden Girls" (1985) playing "Leonard Barton" in episode: "Big Daddy" (episode # 1.24) 3 May 1986
  13. "Simon & Simon" (1981) playing "Ross Garrett" in episode: "Sunrise at Camp Apollo" (episode # 5.12) 2 January 1986
  14. "Amazing Stories" (1985) playing "Father" in episode: "Guilt Trip" (episode # 1.9) 1 December 1985
  15. "Night Court" (1984) playing "Martin Glasscock" in episode: "World War III" (episode # 2.21) 2 May 1985
  16. "The Love Boat" (1977) in episode: "Friend of the Family/Affair on Demand/Just Another Pretty Face" 29 October 1983
  17. "The Love Boat" (1977) in episode: "Putting on the Dog/Going to the Dogs/Women's Best Friend/Whose Dog Is It Anyway?" (episode # 6.25) 25 March 1983
  18. "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978) playing "Mr. Horton" in episode: "The Bicycle Man: Part 2" (episode # 5.17) 12 February 1983
  19. "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978) playing "Mr. Horton" in episode: "The Bicycle Man: Part 1" (episode # 5.16) 5 February 1983
  20. "The Love Boat" (1977) playing "Bill" in episode: "Invisible Maniac/September Song/Peekaboo" (episode # 3.27) 19 April 1980
  21. "The Incredible Hulk" (1978) playing "Matt" in episode: "Ricky" (episode # 2.4) 6 October 1978
  22. "Lou Grant" (1977) playing "National Editor" in episode: "Aftershock" (episode # 1.6) 25 October 1977
  23. "Good Times" (1974) playing "Mr. Rogers" in episode: "Willona, the Fuzz" (episode # 5.6) 19 October 1977
  24. "Lou Grant" (1977) playing "National Editor" in episode: "Nazi" (episode # 1.5) 18 October 1977
  25. "Lou Grant" (1977) playing "National Editor" in episode: "Henhouse" (episode # 1.4) 11 October 1977
  26. "Lou Grant" (1977) playing "National Editor" in episode: "Hoax" (episode # 1.3) 4 October 1977
  27. "Lou Grant" (1977) playing "National Editor" in episode: "Hostages" (episode # 1.2) 27 September 1977
  28. "Lou Grant" (1977) playing "National Editor" in episode: "Cophouse" (episode # 1.1) 20 September 1977
  29. "McMillan and Wife" (1971) playing "Medical Examiner" in episode: "Have You Heard About Vanessa?" (episode # 6.6) 24 April 1977
  30. "McMillan and Wife" (1971) playing "Doctor" in episode: "Affair of the Heart" (episode # 6.5) 20 March 1977
  31. "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (1976) playing "Sgt. Polk" in episode: "Last One for Hutch" (episode # 1.21) 8 March 1977
  32. "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" (1977) playing "Officer Hooper" in episode: "The Mystery of the Diamond Triangle" (episode # 1.4) 20 February 1977
  33. "Alice" (1976) playing "Sherrif McElroy" in episode: "Pay the Fifty Dollars" (episode # 1.4) 13 October 1976
  34. "City of Angels" (1976) playing "Waiter" in episode: "The Castle of Dreams" (episode # 1.10) 20 April 1976
  35. "The Rockford Files" (1974) playing "Appleby" in episode: "A Bad Deal in the Valley" (episode # 2.22) 19 March 1976
  36. "McMillan and Wife" (1971) playing "Doctor" in episode: "Greed" (episode # 5.6) 15 February 1976
  37. "The Bionic Woman" (1976) playing "Charles Butler" in episode: "Welcome Home, Jaime: Part 2" (episode # 1.2) 21 January 1976
  38. "Starsky and Hutch" (1975) playing "Vinnie" in episode: "The Deadly Imposter" (episode # 1.13) 10 December 1975
  39. "Switch" (1975) playing "Chuck Kreski" in episode: "Stung From Beyond" (episode # 1.4) 30 September 1975
  40. "Harry O" (1974) playing "Thornton Williams" in episode: "Anatomy of a Frame" (episode # 2.1) 11 September 1975
  41. "The Rockford Files" (1974) playing "Freddie" in episode: "Just by Accident" (episode # 1.22) 28 February 1975
  42. "That's My Mama" (1974) playing "Mr. O'Reilly" in episode: "The Witness" (episode # 1.20) 5 February 1975
  43. "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972) playing "Sergeant Lacy" in episode: "Murder By Proxy" (episode # 4.7) 1975
  44. "Apple's Way" (1974) playing "Coach Olsen" in episode: "The Winning Season" (episode # 2.8) 10 November 1974
  45. "Kojak" (1973) playing "Jonas" in episode: "Slay Ride" (episode # 2.6) 13 October 1974
  46. "Harry O" (1974) playing "Tanner Ross" in episode: "Guardian at the Gates" (episode # 1.3) 26 September 1974
  47. "That's My Mama" (1974) playing "Officer O'Reilly" in episode: "Cousin Albert" (episode # 1.4) 25 September 1974
  48. "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) playing "Hank Morton" in episode: "Hi There, Sports Fans" (episode # 4.5) 13 October 1973
  49. "The Partridge Family" (1970) playing "Zack Feldman" in episode: "The Strike-Out King" (episode # 4.4) 6 October 1973
  50. "Love, American Style" (1969) in episode: "Love and the Suspicious Husband" (episode # 5.2d) 21 September 1973
  51. "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" (1971) playing "FBI agent" in episode: "My Friend, the Public Enemy: Part 2" 21 January 1973
  52. "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) playing "Judy's Father" in episode: "The Courtship of Mary's Father's Daughter" (episode # 3.15) 23 December 1972
  53. "The Partridge Family" (1970) playing "Cop" in episode: "The Partridge Papers" (episode # 2.22) 3 March 1972
  54. "Love, American Style" (1969) in episode: "Love and the Bowling Ball" (episode # 3.12a) 10 December 1971
  55. "Cade's County" (1971) in episode: "Violent Echo" (episode # 1.5) 24 October 1971
  56. "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" (1971) playing "Mr. Garriman" in episode: "The Birth"
  57. "The Brady Bunch" (1969) playing "Mechanic" in episode: "Call Me Irresponsible" (episode # 2.9) 30 October 1970
  58. "The Partridge Family" (1970) playing "Man" in episode: "What? And Get Out of Show Business?" (episode # 1.1) 25 September 1970
  59. "Mannix" (1967) playing "Charlie" in episode: "Once Upon a Saturday" (episode # 3.25) 21 March 1970
  60. "The Brady Bunch" (1969) playing "Collins" in episode: "The Possible Dream" (episode # 1.25) 27 February 1970
  61. "Green Acres" (1965) playing "Salesman #1" in episode: "The Old Trunk" (episode # 4.24) 19 March 1969
  62. "Green Acres" (1965) playing "Surveyor" in episode: "How to Get From Hooterville to Pixley Without Moving" (episode # 4.12) 25 December 1968
  63. "The Outsider" (1968) playing "Carl" in episode: "Tell It Like It Is. . . And You're Dead" (episode # 1.11) 4 December 1968
  64. "Here Come the Brides" (1968) in episode: "Pilot" (episode # 1.1) 25 September 1968
  65. "Green Acres" (1965) playing "Mister Clark" in episode: "Das Lumpen" (episode # 3.10) 8 November 1967
  66. "Get Smart" (1965) playing "Man in Cab" in episode: "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" (episode # 3.5) 21 October 1967
  67. "T.H.E. Cat" (1966) in episode: "Twenty-One and Out" (episode # 1.25) 24 March 1967
  68. "Get Smart" (1965) playing "Hobson" in episode: "Casablanca" (episode # 2.6) 22 October 1966
  69. "Get Smart" (1965) playing "Hobson" in episode: "The Only Way to Die" (episode # 2.4) 8 October 1966
  70. "Daniel Boone" (1964) playing "Marcus Clements" in episode: "The Devil's Four" (episode # 1.21) 4 March 1965

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