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)