Editing Gordon Jump

{{short description|American actor (1932–2003)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name                  = Gordon Jump
| image                 = Gordon Jump (1979).jpg
| caption               = Jump in 1979
| birth_name            = Alexander Gordon Jump
| birth_date            = {{Birth date|1932|4|1|mf=y}}
| birth_place           = [[Dayton, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date            = {{Death date and age|2003|9|22|1932|4|1|mf=y}}
| death_place           = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| known_for             = {{hlist|[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]}}
| occupation            = Actor
| years_active          = 1959–2003
| spouse                = {{ubl
  | {{marriage|Olinda D. Kandt|1954|1962|end=divorced}}
  | {{marriage|Anna F. Inge Jump|1963|1992|end=divorced}}
  | {{marriage|Betty McKeever|1993}}
}}
| children              = 4
| alma_mater            = [[Kansas State University]]
}}

'''Alexander Gordon Jump''' (April 1, 1932 – September 22, 2003) was an American actor best known for playing [[Arthur Carlson|Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson]] in the series ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'' (1978–1982); he reprised the role in its spinoff ''[[The New WKRP in Cincinnati]]'' (1991–1993). He also played Chief Tinkler in the sitcom ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'' (1977–1978) and Mr. Horton on a [[The Bicycle Man|two-part episode]] of the sitcom ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'' (1983). He appeared in [[Maytag]] commercials as the "Maytag repairman" from 1989 until he retired in 2003.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|title= Gordon Jump, 71; Was 'Maytag Man' in Ads, 'Big Guy' on 'WKRP' TV Series|work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 24, 2003|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-24-me-jump24-story.html|access-date=2012-01-29|first=Myrna|last=Oliver}}</ref>

==Early life==
Born Alexander Gordon Jump, Jump was raised in [[Centerville, Ohio|Centerville]], a suburb of [[Dayton, Ohio]]. He graduated from Centerville High School and enrolled in [[Otterbein University|Otterbein College]]. After his first year, he transferred to [[Kansas State University]] studying broadcasting and communication; he was a member of [[Kappa Sigma]] fraternity. He got his first television job with [[WIBW-TV]] in [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]]. He dabbled in "writing, producing, and directing" while at the station.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Kassel|first=Michael B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x-esBmJWj3sC|title=America's Favorite Radio Station: WKRP in Cincinnati|date=1993-06-15|publisher=Popular Press|isbn=978-0-87972-584-6|language=en}}</ref>{{rp|17}} Jump was the title character in WIBW's "WIB the Clown", an educational children's program. He reported the weather on the channel and was not always able to get his clown makeup off in time.

In September 1961, he returned to Dayton and joined [[WDTN|WLWD]] as the station's director of special broadcast services.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/404253984/ |title=WLW-D names Gordon Jump |agency=[[Dayton Daily News]]|date=19 September 1961 |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> He continued as a producer and on-air personality at WLWD, hosting ''Gordon Jump{{'}}s Fun Time'', a popular show for younger children,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/394490197/ |title=Gordon makes successful Jump into local TV, not Minowland |agency=[[Dayton Daily News|The Journal-Herald (Dayton, Ohio)]]|date=27 September 1961 |access-date=25 October 2022}}</ref> and ''High Time'', a variety series,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/404380723/ | title=Dayton Daily News 09 Nov 1962, page 15 }}</ref> before moving to [[Los Angeles]] in 1963 to pursue acting.<ref name=":2" />{{rp|17}} Later in his life, Jump converted and became a member of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church).<ref name=":0" />{{rp|1}}

==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.

== Inspiration and Spirituality ==
Jump believed the film and television industry to be "the most powerful tool" that can "communicate" and "give... a positive outlook of life to many people."<ref name=":0">{{cite archive
|first=Gordon
|last=Jump
|item-url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCcmCXctipo
|type=interview transcript
|item-id=MSS OH 466
|date=1981 October 16
|page=
|pages=
|collection=Gordon Jump oral history interview
|collection-url=https://search.lib.byu.edu/byu/record/cat.668215.item.668215-1001?holding=knj9y8w28flbjms0
|institution=Brigham Young University
|location=Provo, Utah
}}</ref>{{rp|1}} According to his personal religious faith, he also believed theatre and television had the ability to uplift and edify individuals and felt that God uses a similar medium to guide his children.<ref name=":0" />{{rp|1}}

When scripts required Jump to act in ways that went against his religious convictions, he said that his acting required the same "honesty and judiciousness" as the rest of his life.<ref name=":0" />{{rp|5}} He portrayed the fictional character as accurately as possible to deliver an honest representation of the story to his audience. He warned against portraying all theatrical characters like "missionaries", and instead encouraged actors to "stay true to their craft", through which their inner virtue would shine through.<ref name=":0" />{{rp|7, 11}} Additionally, Jump did not believe in [[censorship]], claiming that "if you teach people correct principles, they can govern themselves", which is a paraphrase of a teaching by [[Joseph Smith]].''<ref name=":2" />''{{rp|95}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=News |first1=Deseret |title='TEACH THEM CORRECT PRINCIPLES': GOSPEL INFLUENCES LIFE, OUTLOOK OF FRESHMAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS |url=https://www.deseret.com/1993/1/23/20765272/teach-them-correct-principles-gospel-influences-life-outlook-of-freshman-member-of-congress |access-date=24 February 2022 |work=Deseret News |date=23 January 1993 |language=en}}</ref>

When Jump was offered the role of Chief Tinkler in ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'', he and the LDS Church [[Bishop (LDS Church)|bishop]] of his church were wary that the content of the program was contrary to his faith. Jump returned to the producers the next day with the intention of refusing the role. The directors heard his concerns and suggested that the underlying messages of the show were more aligned to his beliefs as a Latter-day Saint than he realized; he was encouraged to read the "retribution scenes" in the script. Impressed by the depth of the lessons told through humor,<ref name=":0" />{{rp|8}} Jump took the role in ''Soap'' and recommended that viewers of faith evaluate the lessons taught by the finished artistic product of a film or show rather than evaluate whether an actor would actually do some of the things which they portray on screen.<ref name=":0" />{{rp|7}}

==Death==
Jump died on September 22, 2003, from [[pulmonary fibrosis]] that led to [[respiratory failure]] at his home near Los Angeles. He is interred at the El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, California.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 24, 2003 |title=Gordon Jump, 71, 'WKRP' Actor Who Played Maytag's Repairman |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407E5D9163DF937A1575AC0A9659C8B63 |access-date=2007-07-21 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! Citation
|-
| 1965
| ''Marriage- What Kind For You?''
| Business Man at the New Years party
| rowspan=4|LDS Church film
|<ref>{{cite AV media
 | people = Carol Lynn Pearson, Wetzel O. Whitaker
 | date = 1968
 | title = Marriage: What Kind for You?
 | trans-title =
 | type = 
 | language =
 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCcmCXctipo
 | access-date = 17 March 2022
 | format = VHS
 | time = 0:50
 | location = Salt Lake City
 | publisher = The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 | id =
 | oclc = 22013770
 | quote =
 }}</ref>
|-
| 1967
| ''When Thou Art Converted''
| Typewriter Boss and Elders Quorum President
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=When Thou Art Converted |url=https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/works/when-thou-art-converted/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Mormon Literature & Creative Arts Database}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Jared |date=2020-01-24 |title=Latter-day Saint Video Vault: Find Business Advice and Basic Inspiration from "When Thou Art Converted" |url=https://www.thisweekinmormons.com/2020/01/latter-day-saint-video-vault-find-business-advice-and-basic-inspiration-from-when-thou-art-converted/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=This Week in Mormons |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=4|1969
| ''Pioneers In Petticoats''
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pioneers in Petticoats |url=https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/works/pioneers-in-petticoats/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Mormon Literature & Creative Arts Database}}</ref>
|-
| ''What About Thad?''
| Bishop in the LDS Church
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Jared |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=2022-02-28 |website=This Week in Mormons |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Flareup (film)|Flareup]]''
| Security Guard
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flareup |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75120/flareup |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temple Film''
| The Apostle Peter
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mormon Temple Film (1969) |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-ddz6fs/mormon-temple-film/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Radio Times |language=en |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228230223/https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-ddz6fs/mormon-temple-film/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2017-08-13 |title=Best Satan Part 2 |url=https://wheatandtares.org/2017/08/13/best-satan-part-2/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Wheat & Tares |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 1970
| ''Ransom Money''
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ransom Money |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/ransom-money/cast/2000276190/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3|1972
| ''[[Conquest of the Planet of the Apes]]''
| Auctioneer
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conquest of the Planet of the Apes |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/conquest-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/cast/2000030051/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Trouble Man (film)|Trouble Man]]''
| Salter
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gordon Jump Filmography |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/97423%7C62801/Gordon-Jump |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Rolling Man]]''
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rolling Man |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/478757/rolling-man |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
|1975
|''[[A Cry for Help (1975 film)|A Cry For Help]]''
|Lloyd Hogan
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Cry For Help |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/459992/a-cry-for-help |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 1976
| [[Sybil (1976 film)|Sybil]]
| 
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Sybil |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/sybil/cast/2000280985/ |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Skateboard (film)|Skateboard]]''
| Harris
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skateboard |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/skateboard/cast/2000105583/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=5|1978
|''[[Ruby and Oswald]]''
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruby and Oswald |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/24554/ruby-and-oswald |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''The Guilty''
|
| LDS Church film.
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Guilty |url=https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/works/the-guilty/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=Mormon Literature & Creative Arts Database}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Fury (1978 film)|The Fury]]''
| Nuckells
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fury |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-fury/cast/2000091998/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[House Calls (1978 film)|House Calls]]''
| Dr. O'Brien
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=House Calls |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/house-calls/cast/2030118237/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Small One]]''
| Joseph
| Voice, Short animated film
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Small One (Walt Disney Studios) |url=https://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=4191&cartoon=The%20Small%20One |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) |language=en}}{{dead link|date=January 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1979
|''[[Goldie and the Boxer]]''
|Alex
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goldie and the Boxer |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/21863/goldie-and-the-boxer |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''Evidence of Power''
| Dr. Lawson
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Evidence of Power |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/evidence-of-power/cast/2030122025/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|1980
|''[[Mr. Krueger's Christmas]]''
|Narrator
|LDS Church film
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr. Krueger's Christmas |url=https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/works/mr-kruegers-christmas/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Mormon Literature and Creative Arts Database}}</ref>
|-
|1981
|''[[Midnight Offerings]]''
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Midnight Offerings |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17990/midnight-offerings |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1982
|''For Lovers Only''
|Harvey Pugh
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=For Lovers Only |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3552/for-lovers-only |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''Families are Forever''
|
| LDS church film
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Families Are Forever (with Gordon Jump) |url=https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/works/families-are-forever-with-gordon-jump/ |accessdate=2022-03-10 |website=Mormon Literature & Creative Arts Database}}</ref>
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Making the Grade (1984 film)|Making the Grade]]''
| Mr. Harriman
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Making the Grade |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/making-the-grade/cast/2000031936/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|1985
|''Darlin' Clementine''
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Darlin' Clementine |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/415013/darlin-clementine |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1987
|''Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love''
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/307448/perry-mason-the-case-of-the-lost-love |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
|''On Fire''
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=On Fire |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/471573/on-fire |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1988
| ''[[Moving (1988 film)|Moving]]''
| Simon Eberhart
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moving |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/moving/cast/2030101835/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''Justin Case''
|Sheldon Wannamaker
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Justin Case |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/469325/justin-case |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Honeymoon Academy]]''
| Mr. Nelson
| Alternative title: ''For Better or For Worse''
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honeymoon Academy |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/honeymoon-academy/cast/2030280022/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|1994
|''Bitter Vengeance''
|Arnold Fulmer
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bitter Vengeance |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/309062/bitter-vengeance |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Turner Classic Movies |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 1999
| ''A Dog's Tale''
| Professor Thadeus A. Widstone
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Dog's Tale |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/a-dogs-tale/cast/2030348255/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Singles Ward]]''
| An Airline Passenger
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Singles Ward |url=https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/works/the-singles-ward/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=Mormon Literature & Creative Arts Database}}</ref>
|-
| 2003
| ''Dismembered''
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dismembered |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/dismembered/cast/2000039642/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! Citation
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]''
| Marcus Clements
| 1 episode
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Get Smart]]''
| Hobson
| 2 episodes "Casablanca" "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" 
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1967
| ''[[T.H.E. Cat]]''
|
| 1 episode
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1968
| ''[[Green Acres]]''
| Surveyor
| 1 episode: "How to Get from Hooterville to Pixley Without Moving".
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Lancer]]''
|
| 1 episode "The Homecoming" 
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Mannix]]''
| Charlie
| 1 episode "Once upon a Saturday"
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1970–1974
| ''[[The Partridge Family]]''
| Man #2 / Zack Feldman / Father
| 7 episodes
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| rowspan=2|1970
| ''[[The Brady Bunch]]''
| Mechanic / Collins
| 2 episodes
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[The Young Rebels]]''
|
| 1 episode "The Hostages"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1970–1973
| ''[[Love, American Style]]''
|
|
|<ref name=":3"/>
|-
| rowspan=3|1971
| ''[[The Doris Day Show]]''
| Mr. Robinson
| 1 episode
|<ref name=":3"/>
|-
| ''[[Bewitched]]''
|
| 2 episodes "The Return of Darrin the Bold" "Money Happy Returns"
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Cade's County]]''
| 
| 1 episode "Violent Echo"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1971-1974
| ''[[Partridge Family]]''
|
| 4 episodes "The Strike-Out King (1973)" "Art For Mom's Sake (1974)"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| rowspan=2|1971-1973
| ''[[Love, American Style]]''
|
| 2 episodes "Love and the Bowling Ball (1971)" "Love and the Suspicious Husband (1973)"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
|''[[The New Dick Van Dyke Show]]''
|
| 1 episode
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1972–1973
| ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''
| Hank Morton / Judy's Father 
| 2 episodes "The Courtship of Mary's Father's Daughter (1972)"
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| rowspan=2|1973
| ''[[A Touch of Grace]]''
| Greenwald
| 1 episode
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[The Paul Lynde Show]]''
| Larry
| 1 episode "The Congressman's Son"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| rowspan=6|1974
| ''[[Chase (1973 TV series)|Chase]]''
|
|1 episode "$35 Will Fly You to the Moon"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Kojak]]''
| Jonas
| 1 episode "Slay Ride" 
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''The Apple's Way''
|
|
|<ref name=":3"/>
|-
| ''[[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]]''
|
|
|<ref name=":3"/>
|-
| ''[[Friends and Lovers (TV series)|Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers]]''
| Mr. Mead
| 1 episode
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Girl With Something Extra]]''
|
|1 episode "Guess Who's Feeding the Pigeons?" 
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1975-1976
| ''[[The Rockford Files]]''
| Freddie
| 2 episodes "Just By Accident (1975)" "A Bad Deal in the Valley (1976)"
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1974–1975
| ''[[That's My Mama]]''
| Officer O'Reilley
| 3 episodes "The Last Haircut (1974)"
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
|rowspan=7|1975
| ''[[Harry O]]''
|
| 2 episodes "Anatomy of a Frame" & "Lester II"
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Police Woman]]''
|
| 1 episode "No Place to Hide" 
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Starsky and Hutch]]''
|
|
|<ref name=":3"/>
|-
| ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]''
| Sergeant Lacy
| 1 episode
|
|-
| ''[[Switch (American TV series)|Switch]]''
|
| 1 episode "Stung From Behind"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]''
|
| 1 episode "Fawn Story" 
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[The Lost Saucer]]''
| The Mayor
| 1 episode "The Tiny Years"
|
|-
| rowspan=6|1976
| ''[[The Bionic Woman]]''
| Charles Butler
| 1 episode "Welcome Home, Jaime" 
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[McMillan & Wife]]''
|
|
|<ref name=":3"/>
|-
| ''[[Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)|Rich Man, Poor Man]]''
| Dr. Simms
| 1 episode
|
|-
| ''[[Alice (American TV series)|Alice]]''
| Sheriff McElroy
| 1 episode
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[McDuff, the Talking Dog]]''
| Amos Ferguson
| 11 episodes
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''Archie''
| Mr. Andrews
| 1 episode "Pilot"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| rowspan=4|1977
| ''[[Baa Baa Black Sheep (TV series)|Black Sheep Squadron]]''
|
| 1 episode "Last One for Hutch"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Good Times]]''
|
|
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]''
| National Editor
| 6 episodes
|<ref name=":3"/>
|-
| ''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]''
| Officer Hooper
| 1 episode "Mystery of the Diamond Triangle"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1977-1978
| ''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]''
| Chief of Police Tinkler
| 12 episodes
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1978
| ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]''
| Mac
| 1 episode
|<ref name=":3"/>
|-
| 1978–1982
| ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]''
| Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson, Station Manager
| 88 episodes (90 in syndication)
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1980-1987
| ''[[The Love Boat]]''
|
| 6 episodes "The Invisible Maniac (1980)" "Putting on the Dog (1983)" "Aerobic April (1983)" "Frat Wars (1986)" "Who Killed Maxwell Thorn? (1987)" 
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1981
| ''Project Peacock''
|
| 1 episode "The Big Stuffed Dog (special)"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| rowspan=3|1983
| ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]''
| Mr. Horton
| 2 episodes: "[[The Bicycle Man]]" (two parts)
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Special Treat|Just a Little More Love]]''
|
| (NBC special)
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''Great Day''
|
| 1 episode "Pilot"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1984
| ''Second Edition''
|
| 1 episode "Pilot"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| rowspan=4|1985
| ''[[CBS Children's Mystery Theatre]]''
|
| 1 episode "The Dirkin Detective Agency"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Night Court]]''
| American agent
| 1 episode "World War III"
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]''
|
| 1 episode "Guilt Trip" 
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Tall Tales & Legends]]''
| Mr. Ripple
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1986–1991
| ''[[Growing Pains]]''
| Ed Malone 
| 11 episodes
|<ref name=":3"/>
|-
| rowspan=4|1986
| ''[[Simon & Simon]]''
| Ross Garrett
| 1 episode "Camp Apollo"
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Love, American Style|New Love American Style]]''
|
| 1 episode "Love and the Balcony"
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[The Golden Girls]]''
| Leonard Barton
| 1 episode
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Mayor Tilly
| 1 episode: "If the Frame Fits" 
|<ref name=":3"/><ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1987
| ''[[What a Country!|What a Country]]''
|
| 1 episode "The Love Potion" 
|<ref name="actors credits"/>
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Who's the Boss?]]''
| Archie
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Sister Kate (TV series)|Sister Kate]]''
| Lucas Underwood
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1991–1993
| ''[[The New WKRP in Cincinnati]]''
| Arthur 'Big Guy' Carlson
| 46 episodes
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1994
| ''[[Baywatch]]''
| Max Edelman
| 2 episodes
|<ref name=":3"/>
|-
| ''[[Kino's Storytime]]''
| Himself, narrator of [[Horton Hatches the Egg]]
| 1 episode
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Empty Nest]]''
| Bud
| 1 episode
|
|-
| rowspan=2|1997
| ''[[Married... with Children]]''
| Mr. Tot
| 1 episode
|<ref name=":3"/>
|-
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
| Mr. Thomassoulo
| 2 episodes
|<ref name=":3"/>
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Mike Hammer, Private Eye]]''
| Augustus Hancock Sterling, The General
| 2 episodes
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{IMDb name|0432410}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030925181042/http://entertainment.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?mp=b&c=359772 The MSN Entertainment entry on Jump]
* [https://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-09-22-jump-obit_x.htm The USA Today Obituary on Jump]
* [http://www.kshs.org/portraits/jump_gordon.htm Kansas State Historical Society biography of Gordon Jump]
* {{Find a Grave|7888233}}
* [http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/2374 Gordon Jump papers, MSS 3711] in the [[L. Tom Perry Special Collections]], [[Harold B. Lee Library]], [[Brigham Young University]]

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