Jesse White
Born: 1917-01-03 in Buffalo, New York, USA
Died: 1997-01-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jesse White (January 4, 1917 – January 9, 1997) was an American television, film, and stage character actor. He is best remembered for portraying the Maytag repairman in television commercials, a role he played from 1967 to 1988. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
1994
- Burke's Law as Jesse White
1993
- Matinee as Mr. Spector
1990
- Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1989
- Seinfeld as Ralph
1988
- Here Today, Here Tomorrow as Grandpa
1987
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1986
- The New Gidget as Washing Machine Repairman
- Monster in the Closet as Ben
1985
- MacGyver as Mel
1982
- Pandamonium as Chesty (voice)
1979
- Hart to Hart as Ernie
1978
- The Cat from Outer Space as Earnest Ernie
1977
- The Love Boat as Harry
1976
- Quincy, M.E. as Mechanic
- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Rudy's Agent
- It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
- Nashville Girl as C.Y. Ordell
1975
- Las Vegas Lady as Big Jake
- Return to Campus as Sports announcer
1974
- Happy Days as Bander
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- Devlin
1973
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- Brothers O'Toole as Mayor
1972
- Temperatures Rising
- Harvey as Duane Wilson
- Of Thee I Sing as Matthew Fulton
1971
- The Partners
- Bless the Beasts & Children as Sid Shecker
1970
- Make Room for Granddaddy
- Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
- George M! as E.F. Albee
- Togetherness as Henry
1969
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Nat Keller
- Here's Lucy as Hickey
- Land of the Giants as Max Manfred
- The Mod Squad
1967
- Mannix as Sam Westlake
- Rango
- Accidental Family
- The Spirit Is Willing as Fess Dorple
- The Reluctant Astronaut as Donelli
1966
- That Girl
- The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini as J. Sinister Hulk
1965
- I Dream of Jeannie as Sam
- The Wild Wild West as Governor Lewis
- Green Acres as George Jenkins
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies as Wally
1964
- The Munsters as J. R. Finlater
- The Addams Family as Sgt. Haley
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as The Owner
- Jonny Quest
- Mickey
- Pajama Party as J. Sinister Hulk
- Linus the Lionhearted as C. Claudius Crow (voice)
- A House Is Not a Home as Rafferty
- Looking for Love as Tiger Shay
1963
- Petticoat Junction as Henry Sharp
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Marvin
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Emil Glueck
- The Yellow Canary as Ed Thornburg
- A Bob Hope Comedy Special as Self
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The Beverly Hillbillies as H.H.H. Jones
- I'm Dickens, He's Fenster as Hershey
- It's Only Money as Pete Flint
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Ben Casey
- The Dick Van Dyke Show as Bill
- Cain's Hundred as Rudy
- On the Double as Corporal Joseph Praeger
- A Fever in the Blood as Sgt. Michael Beers
- Three Blondes In His Life as Ed Kelly
- Sail a Crooked Ship as McDonald
- The Right Approach as Brian Freer
- Tomboy and the Champ as Windy Skiles
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Fred Boone
- Pete and Gladys
- The Roaring 20's
- Angel as Max
- The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond as Leo 'Butcher' Bremer
- The Big Night as Charlie Wegg
1959
- Bonanza as Eskey
- The Twilight Zone as Harmon Cavender
- Hawaiian Eye as Cedric
- Adventures in Paradise as Frank Crayle
- Tightrope as Pete Granger
1958
- Naked City as Harold Slate
- The Donna Reed Show as Vance
- 77 Sunset Strip as Marvin Heywood
- The Texan as Sheriff Weeb Martin
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- Marjorie Morningstar as Lou Michaelson
- Country Music Holiday as Sonny Moon
1957
- Perry Mason as Luke Hickey
- The Real McCoys as San Fernando Harry
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Walt Conlin
- The Thin Man
- Alcoa Theatre as John Burke
- Designing Woman as Charlie Arneg
- Johnny Trouble as Parsons
- God Is My Partner as Louis 'The Lump' Lumpkin
1956
- The Bad Seed as Emory Wages
- Back from Eternity as Pete Boswick
- The Come On as J.J. McGonigle
- He Laughed Last as Max Lassiter
1955
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Eddie Hoke
- The Bob Cummings Show as H.R. Hap Henderson
- Not as a Stranger as Ben Cosgrove
- The Girl Rush as Ludwig - Pit Boss
1954
- Climax! as Philly
- December Bride
- The Wonderful World of Disney
- Witness to Murder as Police Sgt. Eddie Vincent
- Hell's Half Acre as Tubby Otis
1953
- The Danny Thomas Show as Danny’s Agent “Jess”
- Topper as Wesley Farrington
- Letter to Loretta as Nick Pulaski
- Private Secretary
- General Electric Theater as Mike
- Gunsmoke as Professor
- Forever Female as Willie
- Champ for a Day as Willie Foltis
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Mr. Simpson
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Joe the Ice Cream Man
- Cavalcade of America
- Deadline - U.S.A. as Rienzi Associate (uncredited)
- Million Dollar Mermaid as Doc Cronnol
- The Girl in White as Alec
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Moose - Prison Escapee
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Wilson
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- Death of a Salesman as Stanley
- Bedtime for Bonzo as Babcock
- Callaway Went Thataway as Georgie Markham
- Francis Goes to the Races as Frank Damer
1950
- The Bob Hope Show as Self - Sketch Performer (uncredited)
- The Jack Benny Program as Mr. Weber
- Lux Video Theatre as Sigmund
- Treasury Men in Action as Ronald Terni
- Harvey as Wilson
- Guilty Bystander as Masher
- Katie Did It as Jim Dilloway
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Colonel Oglethorpe
1948
- The Ford Theatre Hour as Doc
- Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven as Customer (uncredited)
1947
- Kiss of Death as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1943
- Stage Door Canteen as Jesse White (uncredited)