Mike Rowe Maytag (2024)

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Was Mike Rowe ever the Maytag man? ›

For the record, The Maytag Man is an actor named Colin Ferguson. I used to watch him in a show called Eureka. He played the sheriff. And if I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty sure I saw him this year in a Christmas movie on Hallmark.

Point is, Colin and I are not the same people. I can see the resemblance, but the truth is, Colin is ten years younger than I am, which is annoying, and from Canada, which is far from Baltimore.

Colin Ferguson (born July 22, 1972) is a Canadian-American actor, director and producer. He is known for playing Sheriff Jack Carter on the Syfy series Eureka, the Maytag Man, and Lewis on Then Came You.

Colin Ferguson is a Canadian-American actor, director and producer who has appeared in numerous films and TV series since 1995, including leading man roles in multiple Hallmark movies. While he is well known in Hollywood circles, in the appliance world he is best known as the latest in a long line of Maytag men.

The campaign was so effective that Ol' Lonely went on to become the longest running flesh-and-blood advertising character on television, and “The Maytag Man” campaign has been lauded as one of the most recognizable in advertising history. Veteran character actor Jesse White was the first Ol' Lonely, circa 1967.

Puking was not a deliberate or salacious act, it was just a very relatable part of the job. In fact, my vomit occurred in the middle of a standup, and I was personally proud to have completed my thoughts after upchucking into the Atlantic.

Blues Brothers Derek and Barry Ferguson enjoyed great success during their trophy-laden spells at Ibrox and the older Fergie has nothing but fond memories despite being told to leave by Graeme Souness.

A native of Bettystown, County Meath a village located outside the town of Drogheda, Ferguson is the son of former professional footballer Barry Ferguson who played for Coventry City, Colchester United, Hartlepool United, Northampton Town, Longford Town, Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers and Sporting Fingal during his playing ...

My cousin, Carson(Ferguson), is in a Longhorn and he's pretty sharp in them and there's a couple of other guys that I've raced with for a long time that we could go ask if we're out in left field,” Ferguson stated.

Jesse White, a character actor who appeared in scores of film and stage productions but earned universal recognition in a television commercial as the Maytag repairman whose phone never rings, died on Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 79. Mr.

Who owns Maytag today? ›

The company has been owned by Whirlpool Corporation since April 2006.

The Maytag Man has been played by four different actors since his introduction in 1967, but his character hasn't changed until now. In his middle age, the Maytag Repairman has been swapped out for a newer model. After 46 years, the brand is giving its familiar mascot a makeover for the first time.

Lately, he's been part of the cast of Amazon's TV adaptation of author Jenny Han's young-adult book series The Summer I Turned Pretty. Oh — and he's also the current TV face of household appliance reliability, thanks to his long-running commercial acting gig as the ever-dependable Maytag Man.

Born on March 18, 1962, in Baltimore, Maryland, Rowe's career began not on television but on the opera stage. In 1984, he joined the Baltimore Opera to secure his union card. This early experience in performance laid the groundwork for what would become a diverse and successful career in entertainment.

He became an Eagle Scout in 1979 in Troop 16 in Overlea, and he read to students at the Maryland School for the Blind during his service project for Eagle Scout. He cites this as one of the reasons that he became interested in narrating and writing.

Dirty Jobs star Mike Rowe was in for a shock when a former fan of his sent him a critical note recently, saying that she used to be impressed by him, until she found out something about his past. That something was the fact that he had never volunteered to serve in the country's military.