Editing Gordon Jump (section)

==Career==
Jump's acting career began when he was 32. Jump participated in a theatre production at the Glendale Centre Theatre in [[Glendale, California|Glendale]], California, where he was noticed and offered an agent.<ref name=":0" />{{rp|1}} The theatre was owned by Nathan and Ruth Hale, who were members of the LDS Church. It was there that Jump first learned about the LDS Church.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Andrew |title=2003 Mormon Literature Year in Review |url=https://www.associationmormonletters.org/2012/05/2003-mormon-literature-year-in-review/ |website=Dawning of a Brighter Day |publisher=The Association for Mormon Letters |date=11 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="meridian obituary">{{cite news |last1=Proctor |first1=Maurine Jensen |last2=Baggaley |first2=Thomas |title=LDS Actor, Gordon Jump Dies |url=https://latterdaysaintmag.com/article-1-1297/ |work=Meridian Magazine |date=24 September 2003}}</ref>

Jump's first break on television was his guest role as Marcus Clements in CBS's [[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]],<ref name=":2" />{{rp|18}} where he had eight lines.<ref name=":0" />{{rp|1}} During the 1960s, he landed minor roles in television on such shows as ''[[Get Smart]]'',<ref name=":3"/> ''[[Lancer (TV series)|Lancer]]'',<ref>{{cite book |title=TV Guide |date=1986 |publisher=Triangle Publications |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7d84AAAAIAAJ&q=lancer+%22gordon+jump%22 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Here Come the Brides]]'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GDvAAAAMAAJ&q=here+come+the+brides+gordon+jump|title=TV Guide|date=1990|publisher=Triangle Publications|language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Green Acres]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Tate|first1=Marsha Ann|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cD1ZEAAAQBAJ&dq=lancer+gordon+jump&pg=PA354|title=What America Watched: Television Favorites from the Cornfields to the Cosmos, 1960s-1990s|last2=Houser|first2=Earl|date=2022-01-14|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-8057-6|language=en}}</ref><ref name="actors credits">{{Cite book |last=Parish, James R. |first=and Vincent Terrace |title=The Complete Actors' Television Credits, 1948-1988 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press, Inc. |year=1989 |location=Metuchen, NJ, & London |pages=264–265}}</ref>

In the 1960s, Jump converted to the LDS Church. He acted in several church-produced instructional and educational productions, including ''When Thou Art Converted'' (1967), ''Pioneers In Petticoats'' (1969),<ref name="meridian obituary" /> and ''What About Thad?'' (1970),.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-11 |title=Latter-day Saint Video Vault: "What About Thad?" Offers Bleak Inspiration |url=https://www.thisweekinmormons.com/2019/10/latter-day-saint-video-vault-what-about-thad-offers-bleak-inspiration/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=This Week in Mormons |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1967, he played the role of [[Lehi (Book of Mormon prophet)|Lehi]] in the [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] [[List of pageants of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|pageant]] People of the Book''.<ref>"People of the [Other] Book" by [[Michael Hicks (musicologist)|Michael Hicks]]. ''Spencer Kimball's Record Collection: Essays on Mormon Music''. Signature Books. 2020. 9781560852865.</ref>'' He appeared as Peter, the apostle, in a 1969 film which was used in some of the church's [[Temple (LDS Church)|temple]] ceremonies.''<ref name=":4" /> ''He also acted in [[The Singles Ward (film series)|The Singles Ward]] in 2002, a LDS comedy series''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Singles Ward (2002) |url=http://www.ldsfilm.com/SW/SinglesWard.html |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=www.ldsfilm.com}}</ref>'' He and Robert Starling, an independent filmmaker, began Associated Latter-day Media Artists''.<ref name="meridian obituary" />''

Jump's first recurring role came in 1977, as Chief of Police Tinkler in ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]''.<ref name=":2" />{{rp|18}}<ref name=":3" /> In 1978, he landed his signature role of Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson on the situation comedy ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'', portraying a bumbling radio station manager.<ref name=":2"/>{{rp|iii}} Jump stated that the character of Arthur Carlson was based on a real-world [[WQXI (AM)|WQXI]] executive.<ref name=":2"/>{{rp|7}}

After ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' was cancelled in 1982, Jump made appearances on many other shows.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Hunter|first=James Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5oM1B1VE-yMC&dq=the+rockford+files+gordon+jump&pg=PA241|title=Mormons and Popular Culture: The Global Influence of an American Phenomenon|date=2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-39167-5|language=en|page=241}}</ref> These appearances include ''[[The Love Boat]]'', ''[[Night Court]]'', ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', and ''[[Who's the Boss?]]''. He had a recurring role as Maggie Seaver's father on ''[[Growing Pains]]''.

On a two part episode of ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'', titled "[[The Bicycle Man]]". He played Mr. Horton, the owner of a bicycle shop who attempts to molest series protagonist Arnold Jackson and his friend, Dudley.<ref name=":1" /> While his ''Los Angeles Times'' obituary called this role a "daring career turn",<ref name=":1" /> Genevieve Koski at the ''AV Club''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s roundtable found the laugh track that played during the scene in which the boys see nude photographs "horrifying".<ref name="av round">{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Erik |last2=Bowman |first2=Donna |last3=James |first3=Emily St. |last4=Koski |first4=Genevieve |last5=Sims |first5=David |last6=Dyess-Nugent |first6=Phil |last7=McGee |first7=Ryan |title=A "very special" Diff'rent Strokes that's terrifying for all the wrong reasons |url=https://www.avclub.com/a-very-special-diff-rent-strokes-that-s-terrifying-fo-1798240170 |access-date=14 March 2022 |work=The A.V. Club |language=en-us}}</ref> Koski's fellow roundtable member Donna Bowman disagreed, stating that the special humanized the situation.<ref name="av round" />

In 1989, Jump took over the Maytag repairman role from [[Jesse White (actor)|Jesse White]]. In the 1990s, Jump starred in a short-lived revival of ''WKRP in Cincinnati''<ref>{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Susan |title=Retro 'WKRP' in Los Angeles |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1 September 1991}}</ref> entitled ''[[The New WKRP in Cincinnati]]''. He appeared in the ninth and final season of ''[[Seinfeld]]'', in which he played [[George Costanza]]'s boss at a playground equipment company over two episodes. His last movie role was in the 2004 film ''Changing of the Guard'', released after his death.