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). His star is on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6930 Hollywood Boulevard. He finally succumbed to the condition when he was 71. In February 2002, he appeared on the animated series The Simpsons (episode DABF07, The Lastest Gun in the West) as the voice of aging Hollywood cowboy legend Buck McCoy. 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. He played a man who is illiterate and the film called attention to the problem of illiteracy. Jump also enjoyed working in theater. Weaver recieved probably the best reviews of his career when he starred in the 1987 film Bluffing It.

After "WKRP" folded, Jump hosted the PBS series "Make Yourself at Home" and taught voice classes. In 1983, he played a real estate agent addicted to cocaine in Cocaine: One Man's Seduction. 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. In 1980, he played Doctor Samuel Mudd, who was unjustly imprisoned for the Lincoln assassination, in The Ordeal Of Doctor Mudd. He took minor roles in television, on such shows as Get Smart, The Partridge Family and The Rockford Files. Dennis Weaver has appeared in many acclaimed television films. He was a TV producer and on-air personality in Dayton, Ohio, when he decided to move to Los Angeles and study acting. Poteet in the televsion miniseries Centennial on the episode entitled, The Longhorns.

He began his career working at radio and television stations in the United States Midwest, including Ohio and Kansas. In 1978, he played the trail boss R.J. Jump was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From 1973 to 1975, he was president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is also well-known as the clueless radio station manager Arthur Carlson in the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati. In 1975, he was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. 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. In 1974, he was nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series.

He received two Emmy Award nominations for his role on McCloud. From 1967-1969, he appeared on the television show Gentle Ben as Tom Wedloe. He received an Emmy Award in 1959 for Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series. It was while delivering flowers for one of these jobs that he heard he had landed the role of "Chester" on the new television series Gunsmoke.

Over the next three years, he played roles in a series of movies, but still had to work odd jobs in order to support his family. He made his film debut that same year in the movie The Redhead from Wyoming. In 1952, Winters aided him in getting a contract from Universal Studios. During the start of his acting career, he supported his family by doing a number of odd jobs, including selling vacuum cleaners, tricycles and women's hosiery.

Solidifying his choice to become an actor, Weaver entrolled in the Actor's Studio, where he met Shelley Winters. His first role on Broadway came as understudy to Chapman as "Turk Fisher" in Come Back, Little Sheba. He eventually took over the role from Chapman in the national touring company. After he failed to make the team, his college friend Lonny Chapman convinced him to come to New York to try his hand at acting. In 1948, he tried out for the US Olympic team to compete in the decathlon.

In 1945, he married Gerry Stowell, with whom he had three children. He served as pilot in the US Navy during the Second World War. He attended the University of Oklahoma, where he was a track star. He was in born in Joplin, Missouri.

June 4, 1924) is an American television actor, best known for his role as Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama McCloud which ran from 1970 to 1977. Dennis Weaver (b.