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 a member of the National Rifle Association. He finally succumbed to the condition when he was 71. Bush. 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. Schroder made an appearance on stage at the 2000 Republican National Convention, endorsing Presidential candidate George W. Jump also enjoyed working in theater. He has since moved to Scottsdale, AZ where he resides with his family.

After "WKRP" folded, Jump hosted the PBS series "Make Yourself at Home" and taught voice classes. He still commutes, having appeared in films even as he built a log cabin on his ranch. 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. Schroder only acted in NYPD Blue for three years, preferring to leave Hollywood with his family to life full-time on the family's ranch in Colorado. He took minor roles in television, on such shows as Get Smart, The Partridge Family and The Rockford Files. Still, it came as a surprise to much of the public when it was announced that he had been chosen to act in the series NYPD Blue, notorious for its partial nude scenes. He was a TV producer and on-air personality in Dayton, Ohio, when he decided to move to Los Angeles and study acting. His co-starring role in the Western mini-series Lonesome Dove and its sequel, Return to Lonesome Dove, helped Schroder's attempt at maturity.

He began his career working at radio and television stations in the United States Midwest, including Ohio and Kansas. He became well-known as star of the television series Silver Spoons, but as he grew older, he struggled to become known as a serious actor, changing his name from Ricky to Rick and preferring to take roles which helped him to stretch as an actor. Jump was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, the film bombed at the box office is generally forgotten. He is also well-known as the clueless radio station manager Arthur Carlson in the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati. In the following year, he made a Walt Disney film called The Last Flight Of Noah's Ark with Elliott Gould in which he gave a generally recognised as good performance. 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. Schroder debuted in the 1979 remake of the movie The Champ.

Rick Schroder (born Richard Schroder on April 13, 1970 on Staten Island, New York) (also known as Ricky Schroder) is an American actor who began his career as a child actor.