Gordon Jump
Gordon Jump was born in Dayton, Ohio, United States on April 1st, 1932 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 71, Gordon Jump biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Alexander Gordon Jump (April 1, 1932 – September 22, 2003) was an American actor best known for his roles as the clueless yet occasionally wise radio station manager Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson in Cincinnati and the ineffective "Chief of Police Tinkler" in the sitcom Soap.
Jump's most memorable guest appearance was on a two-part episode of the 1980s sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, in which he played a pedophile who tries to molest principal characters Arnold and his partner, Dudley.
From 1989 to his retirement in July 2003, he appeared in commercials for Maytag brand appliances.
Early life
Born Alexander Gordon Jump, Jump was born in Centerville, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. Jump graduated from Centerville High School and enrolled in Otterbein College. Jump transferred to Kansas State University, where he concentrated on broadcasting and communications and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Jump started working in television sales with WIBW-TV in Topeka, where he started working in radio broadcasting. He dabbled in "writing, directing, and acting." "17 Jump" was the title character in WIBW's "WIB the Clown" series, an educational children's program. Jump reported the weather on the same channel, but he wasn't always managed to get his clown makeup off in time.
In September 1961, he returned to Dayton and joined WLWD as the station's director of special broadcast services. Before moving to Los Angeles in 1963 to pursue acting, he worked as a producer and on-air personality for WLWD, a common show for younger children. Jump converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints later in life (LDS Church).: 1
Career
Jump's acting career began at age 32. Jump was cast in a drama at the Glendale Centre Theatre in Glendale, California, where he was spotted for talent and offered an agent. : 1 Nathan and Ruth Hale, a family that were members of the LDS Church, owned the theatre. Jump was among the first to hear about the LDS Church in St. John's house.
Jump's first appearance on television was his guest appearance as Samuel Clements in CBS's Daniel Boone, a number 18 where he had eight lines. 1 During the 1960s, he appeared on television shows such as Get Smart, Lancer, Here Come the Brides, and Green Acres. During the 1970s and 1990s, he appeared in a number of serials.
Jump converted to the LDS Church in the 1960s. He appeared in several church-produced instructional and educational publications, including When Thou Art Converted (1967), Pioneers In Petticoats (1969), and What About Thad (1969). (1970): A.K.A. (1970). He appeared as Lehi in the Burbank pageant People of the Book in 1967. In a 1969 film used as part of the church's temple services, he also appeared as Peter. Jump will return to church-related films with a small role in the 2002 comedy The Singles Ward. Jump and Robert Starling, an independent filmmaker, formed Associated Latter-day Media Artists (ALMA).
Jump's first regular appearance came in 1977, as the Chief of Police Tinkler in Soap. 18 He landed his iconic role of Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson on Cincinnati's situation comedy WKRP, portraying a bumbling radio station manager. Arthur Carlson's character was based on a true-world WQXI executive, according to iii Jump.: 7
Jump made an appearance on "The Bicycle Man" on two-part episodes of Diff'rent Strokes, shortly after WKRP in Cincinnati folded in 1982. He played Mr. Horton, the proprietor of a bicycle store who is attempting to molest series protagonist Arnold Jackson and his companion, Dudley. Genevieve Koski of the Los Angeles Times called this role a "daring career change," according to Genevieve Koski of the AV Club's roundtable, who found the chuckle in which the boys see nude photographs "horrifying." Donna Bowman, Koski's fellow roundtable member, disagreed, saying that the special humanized the situation.
Jump took over Jesse White's Maytag repairman job in 1989. Jump appeared in the 1990s in Cincinnati's brief-lived revival of WKRP called The New WKRP. He appeared in the ninth and final seasons of Seinfeld, in which he played George Costanza's boss at a playground equipment firm for two episodes. Jump's last film role was in the 2004 film Changing of the Guard, which was released after his death.