Birthday
1917/01/03
Day of death
1997/01/09 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
Also know as
Cagey Calhoun, Jessie White, Jess White, Jesse Marc Weidenfeld
Jesse White (January 4, 1917 – January 9, 1997) was an American television, film, and stage character actor. He is best remembered for portraying the Maytag repairman in television commercials, a role he played from 1967 to 1988. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(1993) Matinee
as Mr. Spector
(1972) Harvey
as Duane Wilson
(1957) Designing Woman
as Charlie Arneg
(1958) Marjorie Morningstar
as Lou Michaelson
(1954) Hell's Half Acre
as Tubby Otis
(1962) It's Only Money
as Pete Flint
(1956) The Bad Seed
as Emory Wages
(1967) The Spirit Is Willing
as Fess Dorple
(1967) The Reluctant Astronaut
as Donelli
(1960) The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
as Leo 'Butcher' Bremer
(1951) Bedtime for Bonzo
as Babcock
(1954) Witness to Murder
as Police Sgt. Eddie Vincent
(1956) The Come On
as J.J. McGonigle
(1956) Back from Eternity
as Pete Boswick
(1961) Sail A Crooked Ship
as McDonald
(1976) Nashville Girl
as C.Y. Ordell
(1964) Pajama Party
as J. Sinister Hulk
(1951) Callaway Went Thataway
as Georgie Markham
(1955) Not as a Stranger
as Ben Cosgrove
(1966) The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
as J. Sinister Hulk
(1973) Brothers O'Toole
as Mayor
(1950) Katie Did It
as Jim Dilloway
(1956) He Laughed Last
as Max Lassiter
(1953) Forever Female
as Willie
(1961) Three Blondes In His Life
as Ed Kelly
(1964) Looking for Love
as Tiger Shay
(1952) The Girl in White
as Alec
(1964) A House Is Not a Home
as Rafferty
(1957) Johnny Trouble
as Parsons
(1961) The Right Approach
as Brian Freer
(1951) Francis Goes to the Races
as Frank Damer
(1948) Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Customer (uncredited)
(1950) Guilty Bystander
as Masher
(1986) Monster in the Closet
as Ben
(1960) The Big Night
as Charlie Wegg
(1961) Tomboy and the Champ
as Windy Skiles
(1990) Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1950) Harvey
as Wilson
(1970) Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
as ---
(1957) God Is My Partner
as Louis 'The Lump' Lumpkin
(1970) George M!
as E.F. Albee
(1951) Death of a Salesman
as Stanley
(1978) The Cat from Outer Space
as Earnest Ernie
(1955) The Girl Rush
as Ludwig - Pit Boss
(1961) A Fever in the Blood
as Sgt. Michael Beers
(1963) The Yellow Canary
as Ed Thornburg
(1947) Kiss of Death
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1955) The Return of Gentleman Jim
as Mike
(1952) Million Dollar Mermaid
as Doc Cronnol
(1971) Bless the Beasts & Children
as Sid Shecker
(1953) Gunsmoke
as Professor
(1970) Togetherness
as Henry
(1953) Champ for a Day
as Willie Foltis
(1943) Stage Door Canteen
as Jesse White (uncredited)
(1975) Return to Campus
as Sports announcer
(1976) It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1963) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Air Traffic Controller
(1961) On the Double
as Corporal Joseph Praeger
(1975) Las Vegas Lady
as Big Jake
(1972) Of Thee I Sing
as Matthew Fulton
(1976) Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Rudy's Agent
(1963) A Bob Hope Comedy Special
as Self
(1987) Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as Fred Boone
(1989) Seinfeld
as Ralph
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1969) My World and Welcome to It
as ---
(1964) Jonny Quest
as ---
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Rudy
(1965) Green Acres
as ---
(1954) December Bride
as ---
(1968) Here's Lucy
as Hickey
(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Emil Glueck
(1964) The Munsters
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Nat Keller
(1961) The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Bill
(1966) That Girl
as ---
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Harry Jones
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Mechanic
(1964) Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as ---
(1968) Land of the Giants
as Max Manfred
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Henry Sharp
(1958) Naked City
as Harold Slate
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1985) MacGyver
as ---
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Repair Man
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1964) Linus the Lionhearted
as C. Claudius Crow (voice)
(1979) Hart to Hart
as ---
(1957) Perry Mason
as Luke Hickey
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Mike
(1964) Mickey
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Wilson
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Harmon Cavender
(1974) Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as ---
(1960) Angel
as ---
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1972) Temperatures Rising
as ---
(1971) The Partners
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Sigmund
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1957) The Thin Man
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as Philly
(1957) Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Walt Conlin
(1957) The Real McCoys
as ---
(1982) Pandamonium
as ---
(1970) Make Room for Granddaddy
as ---
(1969) The Debbie Reynolds Show
as ---
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Frank Crayle
(1960) Pete and Gladys
as ---
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1958) The Donna Reed Show
as ---
(1953) Private Secretary
as ---
(1967) Accidental Family
as ---
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1964) The Addams Family
as Sgt. Haley
(1958) The Texan
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as ---
(1974) Devlin
as ---
(1967) Rango
as ---
(1959) Tightrope
as ---
(1960) The Roaring 20's
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Nick Pulaski
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Colonel Partridge
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Joe Maskowitz
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Simpson
(1957) Perry Mason
as Cecil
(1957) Perry Mason
as Burt Renshaw
(1957) Perry Mason
as Tony Cerro
(1957) Perry Mason
as Max Armstead
(1953) The Danny Thomas Show
as Danny’s Agent “Jess”
(1953) The Danny Thomas Show
as Jesse
(1969) Love, American Style
as Pun Jab
(1994) Burke's Law
as Jesse White
(1953) The Danny Thomas Show
as Jess
(1977) The Love Boat
as Harry
(1986) The New Gidget
as Washing Machine Repairman
(1973) The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
(1969) Love, American Style
as Bailiff
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as Sam
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1974) Happy Days
as Bander
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Colonel Oglethorpe
(1959) Tightrope
as Pete Granger