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Jesse White

Acting

Born January 3, 1917 · Buffalo, New York, USA

Died January 9, 1997

Also known as Cagey Calhoun · Jessie White · Jess White

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

Filmography50+ titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Repair Man

Seinfeld

1989as Ralph

Jonny Quest

1964

The Addams Family

1964as Sgt. Haley

The Munsters

1964as J. R. Finlater

I Dream of Jeannie

1965as Sam

The Jack Benny Program

1950as Steve Burke

MacGyver

1985as Mel

Perry Mason

1957as Burt Renshaw

Harvey

1950as Wilson

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974

Happy Days

1974as Bander

The Wild Wild West

1965as Governor Lewis

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961as Bill

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Fred Boone

Quincy, M.E.

1976as Mechanic

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Bonanza

1959as Eskey

The Red Skelton Show

1951as Moose - Prison Escapee

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Nat Keller

Green Acres

1965as George Jenkins

The Bad Seed

1956as Emory Wages

Kiss of Death

1947as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963as Radio Tower Operator at Rancho Conejo

On the Double

1961as Corporal Joseph Praeger

Make Room for Granddaddy

as Phil

Hart to Hart

1979as Ernie

Bless the Beasts & Children

1971as Sid Shecker

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962as H.H.H. Jones

Forever Female

1953as Willie

Land of the Giants

1968as Max Manfred

Mannix

1967as Sam Westlake

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Mr. Simpson

The Lone Ranger

1949as Colonel Oglethorpe

Matinee

1993as Mr. Spector

Here's Lucy

1968as Hickey

Designing Woman

1957as Charlie Arneg

Back from Eternity

1956as Pete Boswick

Lux Video Theatre

as Sigmund

Gunsmoke

1953as Professor

Letter to Loretta

as Nick Pulaski

The Donna Reed Show

1958as Vance

Million Dollar Mermaid

1952as Doc Cronnol

The Love Boat

1977as Harry

Not as a Stranger

1955as Ben Cosgrove

The Bob Cummings Show

1955as H.R. Hap Henderson

Witness to Murder

1954as Police Sgt. Eddie Vincent

Stage Door Canteen

1943as Jesse White (uncredited)

Treasury Men in Action

as Ronald Terni

That Girl

1966