Mr. Clean actor House Peters Jr. dead at 92

[meegbear]

House Peters Jr., a TV actor who became the original Mr. Clean in Proctor & Gamble's commercials for household cleaners, died Wednesday. He was 92.

Peters died of pneumonia at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in Los Angeles, said his son, Jon Peters.

The elder Peters' most memorable role came as Mr. Clean — a muscular man with a bald head, a hoop earring and a no-nonsense attitude toward dirt and grime. From the late 1950s and into the early 1960s, Peters Jr. helped advertise the famous household cleaner with the trademark jingle, "Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean."

Peters Jr. played many supporting roles through his career, including working with Roy Rogers and Gene Autry on their television shows. He also appeared in "Perry Mason," "Gunsmoke," "The Twilight Zone" and "Lassie."

http://www.comcast.net/articles/tv/20081002/Obit.Peters.Jr/

[jeff30997]

1. You mean that guy?

Well first Paul Newman and now Mr Clean...

Sad...Who's next ?

[SoxFan]

2. May I suggest a replacement?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. IBTL

In Before the Locke!

[applegrove]

3. I had a crush of the Mr. Clean of the 1970s as a kid. I guess I liked all the muscles.

[meegbear]

4. While risking a "porn war" ...

a saw a porn movie where a "Mr. Clean" type cleans a housewife's kitchen, and then the housewife shows her "appreciation".

[applegrove]

5. Oh my god. That is so.... icky.

[meegbear]

6. D'oh!

:hide:

[applegrove]

7. Actually I think it was the man from glad I had a crush on. It was definitely someone

with white hair. And Mr. Clean doesn't have any.

[swimboy]

9. My first man with an earring.

*Sigh*