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Gordon Jump
Gordon Jump
(4-1-1932 - 9-22-2003)
Born in Dayton, Ohio.
"He's a combination of the men who mismanage radio stations, types I used to work with in my radio days. He's the antagonist in most of the episodes, a bungling character who manages to be likeable and human."
-- Gordon Jump, 1979
Gordon Jump spent most of his career appearing on television. He got his start on the radio at station WIBW, Topeka following studies in broadcasting and communication at Kansas State University. He later worked on radio in Ohio until 1963 when he decided to move to Hollywood to launch an acting career. Through the '60s and '70s, he appeared on numerous series including Green Acres. In 1978, Gordon Jump was selected to play sweet-natured, slightly befuddled radio station manager Arthur Carlson on the classic sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. When the series ended in the early '80s, Jump returned to making guest appearances on other shows. Between 1991 and 1993, he reprised his role of Carlson on The New WKRP in Cincinnati. In 1997, Jump found steady work playing the "Lonely Repairman" in TV commercials for Maytag appliances. Was twice married with four daughters, Cythia, Kiva, Maggi Jo and Laura; 1 son, Chris.
Jump was a broadcasting veteran himself, and knew the type. To make the role his own, he says, "I worked off of three general managers I knew. Whenever I had to come up with a take-charge attitude, the one guy I used was a guy from the station I worked at in Kansas. He was that kind of guy, no-nonsense: 'I don't care what you want, this is what I want, and this is what we're going to do. Got anything to say about it?' That was the attitude." He grins. "His wife shot him to death."
-- PHOENIX NEW TIMES, 2001
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In Bexley, Ohio Ordinance number 223, of 09/09/19 prohibits the installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses.
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