Jesse White (actor)

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Jesse White (actor) : biography

January 4, 1917 – January 9, 1997

Jesse White (January 4, 1917 – January 9, 1997) was an American television, film, and stage character actor. He is best remembered for having portrayed the Maytag repairman in television commercials, a role that he filled from 1967 to 1988.

Filmography

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  • Kiss of Death (Uncredited, 1947)
  • Gentleman’s Agreement (Uncredited, 1947)
  • Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven (Uncredited, 1948)
  • Harvey (1950)
  • Katie Did It (1951)
  • Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
  • Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
  • Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
  • Death of a Salesman (1951)
  • The Girl in White (1952)
  • Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
  • Gunsmoke, aka Roughshod, A Man’s Country (1953)
  • Champ for a Day (1953)
  • Forever Female (1953)
  • Witness to Murder (1954)
  • Hell’s Half Acre (1954)
  • Not as a Stranger (1955)
  • The Girl Rush (1955)
  • The Come On (1956)
  • He Laughed Last (1956)
  • Back from Eternity (1956)
  • The Bad Seed (1956)
  • Designing Woman (1957)
  • God Is My Partner (1957)
  • Johnny Trouble (1957)
  • Country Music Holiday (1958)
  • Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
  • The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
  • The Big Night (1960)
  • Three Blondes in His Life (1961)
  • A Fever in the Blood (1961)
  • Tomboy and the Champ (1961)
  • The Right Approach (1961)
  • On the Double (1961)
  • Sail a Crooked Ship (1961)
  • Period of Adjustment (Uncredited, 1962)
  • It’$ Only Money (1962)
  • The Yellow Canary (1963)
  • It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
  • Looking for Love (1964)
  • A House is Not a Home (1964)
  • Pajama Party (1964)
  • Dear Brigitte (1965)
  • The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
  • The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
  • The Spirit is Willing (1967)
  • Togetherness (1970)
  • Bless the Beasts and the Children (1971)
  • The Brothers O’Toole (1973)
  • Las Vegas Lady (1975)
  • Return to Campus (1975)
  • Nashville Girl (1976)
  • Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
  • The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
  • Monster in the Closet (1987)
  • Matinee (1993)

Television

  • Make Room for Daddy (1 episode, 1954)
  • The Loretta Young Show (1 episode, 1954)
  • Dear Phoebe (1 episode, 1954)
  • Treasury Men in Action (1 episode, 1954)
  • Lux Video Theatre (1 episode, 1955)
  • The Lone Ranger (1 episode, 1955)
  • Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (1 episode, 1955)
  • TV Reader’s Digest (1 episode, 1955)
  • Four Star Playhouse (1 episode, 1955)
  • Damon Runyon Theater (1 episode, 1955)
  • Cavalcade of America (1 episode, 1956)
  • Private Secretary (5 episodes, 1954–56)
  • Climax! (1 episode, 1957)
  • The 20th Century Fox Hour (4 episodes, 1956–57)
  • Circus Boy (1 episode, 1957)
  • The Real McCoys (1 episode, 1958)
  • The Bob Cummings Show (1 episode, 1958)
  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (2 episodes, 1958)
  • The Thin Man (1 episode, 1959)
  • The Donna Reed Show (1 episode, 1959)
  • The Texan (1 episode, 1959)
  • Lux Playhouse (1 episode, 1959)
  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1 episode, 1959)
  • The David Niven Show (1 episode, 1959)
  • Alcoa Theatre (1 episode, 1959)
  • Tightrope (2 episodes, 1959–60)
  • King of Diamonds (1 episode, 1960)
  • The Best of the Post (1 episode, 1961)
  • The Andy Griffith Show (1 episode, 1961)
  • Westinghouse Playhouse (2 episodes, 1961)
  • The Ann Sothern Show (6 episodes, 1960–61)
  • Angel (1 episode, as Max in "Promise to a Friend", 1961)
  • The Dick Van Dyke Show (1 episode, 1961)
  • General Electric Theater (3 episodes, 1954–61)
  • The Roaring 20s (1 episode, 1961)
  • 77 Sunset Strip (1 episode, 1961)
  • Pete and Gladys (1 episode, 1962)
  • Adventures in Paradise (1 episode, 1962)
  • Cain’s Hundred (1 episode, 1962)
  • The Twilight Zone (2 episodes, 1961–62)
  • Naked City (1 episode, 1962)
  • I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster (1 episode, 1963)