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Jesse White, born Jesse Marc Weidenfeld, was an American actor who was best known for his portrayal as "Ol' Lonely" the repairman in Maytag television commercials from 1967 to 1988.
Birth Name
Jonah "Jesse" Marcus Weidenfeld
Born
Wednesday, 03 January 1917
Died
Thursday, 09 January 1997
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices | Self - Actor | 2008 |
| Burke's Law | Jesse White | 1994 |
| Matinee | Mr. Spector | 1993 |
| Seinfeld | Ralph | 1989 |
| Garfield and Friends | Howie / (voice) (as Jessie White) | 1988 |
| Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987 |
| The New Gidget | Washing Machine Repairman / Vern | 1986 |
| Monster in the Closet | Ben | 1986 |
| MacGyver | Mel | 1985 |
| Small Wonder | Sid | 1985 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices | Self - Actor | 2008 |
| Burke's Law | Jesse White | 1994 |
| Matinee | Mr. Spector | 1993 |
| Seinfeld | Ralph | 1989 |
| Garfield and Friends | Howie / (voice) (as Jessie White) | 1988 |
| Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987 |
| The New Gidget | Washing Machine Repairman / Vern | 1986 |
| Monster in the Closet | Ben | 1986 |
| MacGyver | Mel | 1985 |
| Small Wonder | Sid | 1985 |
| Inspector Gadget | Inspector Gadget | 1983 |
| The Music Shoppe | Spence (special guest star) | 1981 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Mac Mulligan | 1979 |
| Hart to Hart | Ernie | 1979 |
| B.J. and the Bear | Clearwater Institute Patient | 1978 |
| The Cat from Outer Space | Earnest Ernie | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | Harry | 1977 |
| ABC Weekend Specials | Mr. Gabby | 1977 |
| The Paul Ryan Show | Self | 1977 |
| Quincy M.E. | Mechanic | 1976 |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Rudy's Agent | 1976 |
| It's Showtime | Self | 1976 |
| Nashville Girl | C.Y. Ordell | 1976 |
| Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | Self | 1975 |
| Return to Campus | Sports announcer | 1975 |
| Las Vegas Lady | Big Jake | 1975 |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Security Guard | 1974 |
| Devlin | Additional Voices | 1974 |
| Happy Days | Bander | 1974 |
| Yogi's Gang | (credit only) | 1973 |
| The Brothers O'Toole | Mayor | 1973 |
| Of Thee I Sing | Matthew Fulton | 1972 |
| The New Temperatures Rising Show | Repairman | 1972 |
| Harvey | Duane Wilson | 1972 |
| The Partners | Murray Melnick | 1971 |
| Bless the Beasts & Children | Sid Shecker | 1971 |
| Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? | 1970 | |
| Make Room for Granddaddy | Phil | 1970 |
| Togetherness | Henry | 1970 |
| The Real Tom Kennedy Show | Self | 1970 |
| Can You Top This | Self | 1970 |
| Love, American Style | Bailiff (segment "Love and the Jury") / Pun Jab (segment "Love and the Divorce Sale") | 1969 |
| The Debbie Reynolds Show | Mayor Keiselbach | 1969 |
| My World and Welcome to It | Harold Berger | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Here's Lucy | Hickey | 1968 |
| Land of the Giants | Max Manfred | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Nat Keller | 1968 |
| Mannix | Sam Westlake | 1967 |
| Accidental Family | Mr. Fenton | 1967 |
| The Spirit Is Willing | Fess Dorple | 1967 |
| The Reluctant Astronaut | Donelli | 1967 |
| Rango | Gus | 1967 |
| Mr. Terrific | Mr. Finney | 1967 |
| The Pat Boone Show | Self - actor | 1966 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Bob Cosgrove / 'Swifty' Jenkins | 1966 |
| The Tammy Grimes Show | Gus | 1966 |
| That Girl | Eddy Edwards / Phil Bender / Hal Grissom / Clinton Hayworth | 1966 |
| The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini | J. Sinister Hulk | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | Sam | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Governor Lewis | 1965 |
| Green Acres | Charlie / George Jenkins | 1965 |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Wally | 1965 |
| Dear Brigitte | Cliff Argyle - the Bookie | 1965 |
| Pajama Party | J. Sinister Hulk | 1964 |
| Linus the Lionhearted | Claudius Crow | 1964 |
| Gomer Pyle: USMC | The Owner / Harry Krasna | 1964 |
| The Addams Family | Sgt. Haley | 1964 |
| Jonny Quest | Pasha Peddler | 1964 |
| Mickey | Sid | 1964 |
| A House Is Not a Home | Rafferty | 1964 |
| Looking for Love | Tiger Shay | 1964 |
| The Munsters | J. R. Finlater | 1964 |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | Radio Tower Operator at Rancho Conejo / Air Traffic Controller | 1963 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Emil Glueck | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Marvin | 1963 |
| Petticoat Junction | Henry Sharp / Colonel Partridge | 1963 |
| The Yellow Canary | Ed Thornburg | 1963 |
| You Don't Say | Self | 1963 |
| It's Only Money | Pete Flint | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| I'm Dickens, He's Fenster | Hershey | 1962 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Mr. Mortimer / H.H.H. Jones | 1962 |
| Oh! Those Bells | Ankles | 1962 |
| Three Blondes in His Life | Ed Kelly | 1961 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor / Himself | 1961 |
| Sail a Crooked Ship | McDonald | 1961 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Counterman | 1961 |
| Calvin and the Colonel | Sgt. Thomas | 1961 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Bill | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Mr. Barringer | 1961 |
| Ichabod and Me | Lippy Bourke | 1961 |
| Cain's Hundred | Rudy | 1961 |
| King of Diamonds | Sig Norge | 1961 |
| On the Double | Corporal Joseph Praeger | 1961 |
| Tomboy and the Champ | Windy Skiles | 1961 |
| The Right Approach | Brian Freer | 1961 |
| A Fever in the Blood | Police Sgt. Michael 'Mickey' Beers / Sgt. Michael Beers | 1961 |
| Westinghouse Playhouse | Fred Sanford | 1961 |
| The Best of the Post | Benny | 1960 |
| The Roaring 20's | Boots | 1960 |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | Harry Singer | 1960 |
| Angel | Max | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Fred Boone | 1960 |
| Pete and Gladys | Martin | 1960 |
| The Big Night | Wegg | 1960 |
| The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond | Leo 'Butcher' Bremer | 1960 |
| Hawaiian Eye | Cedric | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Frank Crayle | 1959 |
| The Alaskans | John Matthews | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Harmon Cavender / Repair Man | 1959 |
| The Dennis O'Keefe Show | Sign Painter in Oldsmobile Commercial | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Eskey | 1959 |
| Tightrope | Pete Granger / Mike Davis | 1959 |
| The David Niven Show | Paul Reisner | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Marvin Heywood | 1958 |
| Man with a Camera | Frankie Billings | 1958 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Bartender / Barney Snyder | 1958 |
| The Ann Sothern Show | Oscar Pudney / Simpson | 1958 |
| Lux Playhouse | Detective Drake | 1958 |
| Naked City | Harold Slate | 1958 |
| The Texan | Sheriff Weeb Martin | 1958 |
| The Donna Reed Show | Vance | 1958 |
| Marjorie Morningstar | Lou Michaelson | 1958 |
| Country Music Holiday | Sonny Moon | 1958 |
| The Frank Sinatra Show | Frank's Manager / Marty Potter / Self | 1957 |
| How to Marry a Millionaire | Jerry Wilson | 1957 |
| Alcoa Theatre | John Burke | 1957 |
| The Real McCoys | San Fernando Harry | 1957 |
| Johnny Trouble | Parsons | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Tony Cerro / Max Armstead / Luke Hickey / Cecil / Burt Renshaw | 1957 |
| The Thin Man | Nitro Noonan | 1957 |
| God Is My Partner | Louis 'The Lump' Lumpkin | 1957 |
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Walt Conlin | 1957 |
| Designing Woman | Charlie Arneg | 1957 |
| Mr. Adams and Eve | Director | 1957 |
| Circus Boy | Spike Marlin | 1956 |
| The Bad Seed | Emory Wages / Emory | 1956 |
| Back from Eternity | Pete Boswick | 1956 |
| He Laughed Last | Max Lassiter | 1956 |
| The Come On | J.J. McGonigle | 1956 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Doberman / Eddie Hoke / George Kirby / George | 1955 |
| The Girl Rush | Ludwig - Pit Boss | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Al | 1955 |
| Not as a Stranger | Ben Cosgrove | 1955 |
| Damon Runyon Theater | Chesty Charlie / One Shot Maloney | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | H.R. Hap Henderson | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Earnest Ernie | 1954 |
| Climax! | Philly | 1954 |
| Dear Phoebe | Murray Kragon | 1954 |
| Hell's Half Acre | Tubby Otis | 1954 |
| Duffy's Tavern | Slip | 1954 |
| Witness to Murder | Eddie Vincent / Police Sgt. Eddie Vincent | 1954 |
| Forever Female | Willie Wolfe / Willie | 1954 |
| Topper | Wesley Farrington | 1953 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Jesse Leeds | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Nick Pulaski | 1953 |
| Champ for a Day | Willie Foltis | 1953 |
| Gunsmoke | Professor | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Mike / Joe Maskowitz | 1953 |
| Private Secretary | Mickey Calhoun / 'Cagey' Calhoun / Mickey 'Cagey' Calhoun | 1953 |
| Million Dollar Mermaid | Doc Cronnol | 1952 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Joe the Ice Cream Man | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Mr. Simpson | 1952 |
| The Girl in White | Alec, Ambulance Driver / Alec | 1952 |
| Deadline - U.S.A. | Rienzi Associate | 1952 |
| Death of a Salesman | Stanley | 1951 |
| Callaway Went Thataway | Georgie Markham | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Moose - Prison Escapee | 1951 |
| Francis Goes to the Races | Frank Damer | 1951 |
| Bedtime for Bonzo | Babcock | 1951 |
| Harvey | Martin Wilson / Wilson | 1950 |
| Katie Did It | Jim Dilloway | 1950 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Mr. Weber / Steve Burke / Talent Agent Weber | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Sigmund | 1950 |
| Treasury Men in Action | Ronald Terni | 1950 |
| Guilty Bystander | Masher | 1950 |
| The Big Story | Harry McCormick | 1949 |
| The Lone Ranger | Colonel Oglethorpe | 1949 |
| The Ford Theatre Hour | Doc | 1948 |
| Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Customer | 1948 |
| Gentleman's Agreement | Elevator Starter | 1947 |
| Kiss of Death | Taxi Driver | 1947 |
| Stage Door Canteen | Jesse White | 1943 |
