TV's "Mr. Clean" dies at age 92
Mr. Hole the Magnificent
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The actor who played muscular "Mr. Clean" in
hundreds of dirt-busting television commercials in the late 1950s and
early 1960s, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 92, his family
said.
House Peters Jr.'s bald-head, hoop earring and brawny arms was the
original public face of Proctor & Gamble's household cleaners with the
jingle "Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean." He died of pneumonia on Wednesday, his
family said.
Born into an acting family, House Peters Jr. started his career in
silent movies and later made a name for himself with character parts,
often as the muscled villain, in dozens of TV and movie westerns
including "Wagon Train", "Gunsmoke" and "The Lone Ranger."
He won a Golden Boot award in 2000 for his lifetime contribution to
the western genre.
Peters Jr. retired from acting in the late 1960s after filming his
last episode of "Lassie" on television, in which he had a recurring
role as Sheriff Jim Billings.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081002/tv_nm/us_peters;_ylt=Ap61lguJvGtDKbBhMscOgiVxFb8C
Jim
<Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote:
> LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The actor who played muscular "Mr. Clean" in
> hundreds of dirt-busting television commercials in the late 1950s and
> early 1960s, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 92, his family
> said.
>
> House Peters Jr.'s bald-head, hoop earring and brawny arms was the
> original public face of Proctor & Gamble's household cleaners with the
> jingle "Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean." He died of pneumonia on Wednesday, his
> family said.
>
I only saw an animated Mr. Clean. He died of ammonia not pneumonia.
Jim