Gordon Jump

"As God is my Witness, I thought turkeys could fly!" —Gordon Jump, playing Arthur Carlson, on WKRP in Cincinnati (after bombarding a shopping center with live turkeys). He is currently engaged to Tracy Hutson. He finally succumbed to the condition when he was 71. He has since returned as a regular cast member. Jump had been suffering from pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that leaves the lungs scarred, restricting oxygen to tissue in the body and eventually causing heart or respiratory failure. As of April 2003 it was reportedly in remission, and he began appearing on the program again, starting with the 150th episode. Jump also enjoyed working in theater. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in May 2002, and went on hiatus from 7th Heaven while he underwent treatment.

After "WKRP" folded, Jump hosted the PBS series "Make Yourself at Home" and taught voice classes. When he turned 19, Watson moved back to Los Angeles, where he worked parking cars at the House of Blues nightclub, and later found a minor role on the Aaron Spelling series Malibu Shores. Spelling's daughter Tori introduced him to his first wife, Laura. He also guest-starred on a number of television series, including a memorable and somewhat infamous appearance playing a child molester on Diff'rent Strokes. Afterwards, he moved back to Texas, and graduated from high school in Richardson in 1992. He took minor roles in television, on such shows as Get Smart, The Partridge Family and The Rockford Files. When he was fifteen, he moved to Burbank, California, soon finding a job on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. He was a TV producer and on-air personality in Dayton, Ohio, when he decided to move to Los Angeles and study acting. Watson moved to Dallas, Texas at the age of eight, and found some work as a model.

He began his career working at radio and television stations in the United States Midwest, including Ohio and Kansas. Michael Barrett "Barry" Watson (born April 23, 1974 in Traverse City, Michigan) is an American television actor, best known for his role in the series 7th Heaven. Jump was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is also well-known as the clueless radio station manager Arthur Carlson in the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati. Gordon Jump (April 1, 1932 - September 22, 2003) was an actor, known for his role as the "Maytag Repairman" (in commercials for the Maytag company), from 1989 until his retirement from the role in July 2003.