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Jesse White

Jesse White

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.

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Matinee (1993)

A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie. ...

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Night of 100 Stars III (1990)

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy. ...

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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film. ...

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Monster in the Closet (1986)

After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor band together to uncover the mystery but not without involving the U.S. Army and mass panic. ...

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The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that gives it special powers, including the ability to communicate with humans, has eluded the authorities and seeks the help of a scientist in order to reclaim a ...

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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s. ...

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It's Showtime (1976)

A collection of film clips profiling animal actors. ...

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Nashville Girl (1976)

A Kentucky-born maiden realizes her dream of becoming a country music star. However, she discovers that her single-minded determination has caused her to lose things far more precious than fame or money when she gets involved with a group of corrupt music ...

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Return to Campus (1975)

A 55-year-old former high school football player finally gets to fulfill his life-long dream and play in the big game in this autobiographical fantasy. ...

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Las Vegas Lady (1975)

In Las Vegas, Lucky and two of her girlfriends, Carol and Lisa, plan to steal half a million dollars from the sadistic manager of the Circus Circus Casino. A shadowy man is their contact and organizer. Each of the women could be a weak link in a scheme tha ...

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Brothers O'Toole (1973)

The O'Toole Brothers are Eastern con men, exceptionally good at talking their way out of tight situations. When they ride into Molybdenum, Colorado, not suspecting the riches beneath the streets, they turn the sleepy mining town upside-down for their searc ...

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Of Thee I Sing (1972)

CBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series. ...

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Harvey (1972)

Elwood P. Dowd's constant companion is Harvey, a six-foot tall invisible rabbit. To his sister, his obsession with Harvey has been a thorn in her plans to marry off her daughter. However, when she decides to put Elwood in a mental institution, a mix-up occ ...

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Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)

A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter. ...

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Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? (1970)

A live-action short, using many avant-garde film techniques, that looks at American car culture in the late 1960s. The main section deals with the many trials and obstacles a teenager must face on the path to being able to drive. Surviving the driver's edu ...

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Togetherness (1970)

Nina, a gorgeous blonde communist, attracts the attention of two wealthy bon vivants. Prince Solomon and Jack attempt to impress the young woman and win out over their rival, surrounded by the stunning scenery of Greece. ...

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George M! (1970)

Based on the semi-hit Broadway musical of 1968 and starring original stage star Joel Grey, this TV version has been re-fashioned in significant ways. The premise here is that a small group of modern-day performers have gotten together in a rehearsal studi ...

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The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)

Roy Fleming is a small-town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is as a janitor, not a ...

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The Spirit Is Willing (1967)

When Ben and Kate Powell rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve gets blamed for the destruction caused by three unruly ghosts. ...

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The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)

A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored. ...

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Pajama Party (1964)

A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl. ...

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A House Is Not a Home (1964)

Story follows the life of Polly Adler, who grew to become one of New York's most successful bordello madams of the 1920s. ...

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Looking for Love (1964)

An aspiring young singer unexpectedly gets her big break by inventing a specialized clothes rack. ...

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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself. ...

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The Yellow Canary (1963)

Andy is an arrogant pop singer about to be divorced by his wife who treats his staff badly. On the same night he starts a job at a theater in Los Angeles his infant son is kidnapped. Despite requests from the lead police officer on the case, Lieutenant Bon ...

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It's Only Money (1962)

Lester is a clumsy and awkward TV repair man who is nevertheless gifted technically. In helping out a friend, he is drawn into a mystery involving a missing heir in a rich family. He begins to notice little things, like how much those family portraits look ...

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Three Blondes In His Life (1961)

Tough insurance investigator Mahoney goes to LA to look into the murder of a fellow investigator. It's found that the murdered man knew three different women — all blondes — and with each he had had a love affair. What is their connection to the crime? ...

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Sail A Crooked Ship (1961)

A bungling burglar, determined to go down in the annals of crime as a genius, steals a ship in New York in order to rob a bank in Boston. ...

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On the Double (1961)

American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and disguise, is asked to impersonate the Colonel, ostensibly to allow the Colonel to make a secret trip East. ...

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The Right Approach (1961)

An opportunistic young Hollywood singer, loyal only to himself, steps on everyone he meets in order to achieve success and fame. ...

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Tomboy and the Champ (1961)

A young Texas cowgirl raises a prize-winning calf, whose presence helps her recover from polio. ...

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A Fever in the Blood (1961)

A judge, a district attorney and a U. S. senator--each hoping to be elected the next governor--attempt to manipulate a murder trial to advance their own political ambitions. Director Vincent Sherman's 1961 drama stars Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Don Ameche, Jack ...

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The Big Night (1960)

Big money means big crime in this noir drama following the exploits of Frankie (Randy Sparks), a young man who stumbles on a stash of cash and finds himself way in over his head during the course of one sordid evening filled with greed, lust and violence. ...

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The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)

Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself and sets about getting close to gangster boss Arnold Rothstein to m ...

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Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie, he is an upper-middle-class New York Jew, but has fallen away fro ...

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Johnny Trouble (1957)

An elderly woman becomes convinced that a trouble-making college student is her grandson she's never met. ...

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God Is My Partner (1957)

A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, claiming that he's incompetent. ...

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Designing Woman (1957)

A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous. ...

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The Bad Seed (1956)

Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, ...

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Back from Eternity (1956)

A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle area in the middle of a storm. The passengers then discover they are in an area inhabited by vicious cannibals and must escape before they are found. A remake of ...

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He Laughed Last (1956)

A 1920s chorus girl inherits a slain gangster's empire. ...

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The Come On (1956)

A con woman tries to swindle her partner-in-crime husband with the help of one of her former marks. But is she to be trusted? ...

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The Girl Rush (1955)

When her compulsive-gambler father dies, leaving her with an inheritance that amounts to zip, single gal Kim Halliday jumps at a caller's claim that she's part-owner of a Las Vegas "hotel." But hilarity ensues when she flies to Sin City to see it. While a ...

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Not as a Stranger (1955)

Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has fr ...

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The Return of Gentleman Jim (1955)

Gentleman Jim Corbett (George Montgomery) returns in 1947 to fight Joe Louis (played by Louis himself) to settle the debate of who is the better fighter. However, the fight will be off if Jim falls in love on Earth and a country girl presents a problem. ...

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Hell's Half Acre (1954)

A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband. ...

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Witness to Murder (1954)

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window. ...

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Forever Female (1953)

An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore. ...

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Champ for a Day (1953)

An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western town over-run by racketeers, to fight a heavily-favored Frankie Sebastian. George arrives but his manager Dolan is nowhere to be found. But Ma and Pa Karlsen, ...

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Gunsmoke (1953)

Kittridge is hired by the villans but turns to defend the rancher Saxon after learning the true situation. Kittrige wins Saxon's ranch with a cut of the cards but Saxon has other reasons for loosing the gamble. Telford and Lake try everything from bushwack ...

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Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

After overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent. ...

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The Girl in White (1952)

The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though, they come to respect her and romance blossoms between her and the head doctor. ...

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Death of a Salesman (1951)

Willy Loman is an aging salesman who was recently fired from his job. Dealing with feelings of failure, Willy begins to relive events from the past that involve his older son, Biff, and his wife, Linda. Willy tries to learn from past mistakes and works to ...

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Callaway Went Thataway (1951)

Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in a photo, the marketing team hires ...

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Francis Goes to the Races (1951)

In this funny sequel to the popular Francis the Talking Mule, the talkative Mule and his pal Peter get a job working on a horse-breeder's ranch. They end up saving it from financial ruin when Francis, who has the inside track with the racehorses, provides ...

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Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)

College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development. ...

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Harvey (1950)

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of err ...

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Katie Did It (1950)

Katherine Standish, who has been brought up in a strict manner in a prudish New England town, falls in love with a city slicker commercial artist, Peter Van Arden. The romance blossoms until Katie falls victim of some false information, and becomes convinc ...

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Guilty Bystander (1950)

A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up. ...

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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)

Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the h ...

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Kiss of Death (1947)

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge. ...

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Stage Door Canteen (1943)

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. ...

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