Actor Gordon Jump is best known as playing which fictional character on the tv sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati"?
Gordon Jump Alexander Gordon Jump (April 1, 1932 – September 22, 2003) was an American actor best known as the clueless radio station manager Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson in the TV series "WKRP in Cincinnati" and the incompetent "Chief of Police Tinkler" in the sitcom "Soap". Jump's most memorable guest starring role was on a two-part episode of the 1980s sitcom, "Diff'rent Strokes", where he portrayed a pedophile who attempts to molest main characters Arnold and his friend, Dudley. He also played the "Maytag Repairman" in commercials for Maytag brand appliances, from 1989 until his retirement from the role in July 2003.
Archie Bunker Archibald "Archie" Bunker is a fictional character from the 1970s American television sitcom "All in the Family" and its spin-off "Archie Bunker's Place", played by Carroll O'Connor. Bunker, a main character of the series, is a World War II veteran, reactionary conservative, blue-collar worker, and family man. Described as a "lovable bigot", he was first seen by the American public when "All in the Family" premiered on January 12, 1971, where he was depicted as the head of a family. In 1979, the show was retooled and renamed "Archie Bunker's Place"; it finally went off the air in 1983. Bunker lived at the fictional address of 704 Hauser Street in the borough of Queens, in New York City.