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.
Irene Champlin Irene Champlin (born Irene Parsons March 16, 1931 in Waurika, Oklahoma, died July 10, 1990, Greenwich, Connecticut) was an American actress. Her most prominent role was as Dale Arden in the 1954-1955 syndicated television series "Flash Gordon". Her portrayal of Arden has been praised for breaking from the typical damsel in distress of the earlier comic strip and film serials to present the character as a trained scientist and a "quick thinker who often saved [Flash and Dr. Zarkov] from perishing." In addition to her role as Arden, Champlin had lead roles in the stage productions "Calculated Risk" and "For Crying Out Loud" and played the female lead in the motion picture "Resistance". Other television appearances included "The Perry Como Show", "The United States Steel Hour" and "The Guiding Light".