Renowned Death Hag
Renowned Death Hag
Gosh he was 92, bless him. RIP
Wanna see my grandkids?
Senior Death Hag
Later dude
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Don't forget to start your day with a nutritious breakfast!
RIP Mr Clean, I know you don't know me well. You didn't come out for a visit very often.
lol
I sure can't find any pic of him as Mr Clean.
House Peters Jr., aka 'Mr. Clean,' Dies
AP
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LOS ANGELES (Oct. 2) - 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.
TV Legends Lost
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House Peters Jr. (left), seen here with his silent film star dad House Peters Sr. in 1951, died at the age of 92 after a long career in Hollywood. While he acted in many movies, he was best known for his bald-headed Mr. Clean commercial character.
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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."
"He always played the heavy," Jon Peters said, referring to his father's customary roles as a villain or brawny character. "Even though he wasn't happy about being cast in those roles, he worked really hard at it."
His father's acting career spanned 1935-1967, according to his Web site. He also wrote an autobiography, "Another Side of Hollywood," in which he describes growing up the son of an actress and silent film actor in Beverly Hills. His father, Robert House Peters Sr., has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Peters Jr. was never a leading man, but played many character parts in cowboy movies and won a Golden Boot Award in 2000 for his lifetime contributions to the western genre, his son said.
Peters Jr. was born Jan. 12, 1916, in New Rochelle, N.Y., as Robert House Peters Jr. His son said Peters Jr. studied drama in high school and became inspired to pursue an acting career.
He also is survived by his wife, Lucy Pickett, a daughter, another son and four grandchildren.
Senior Death Hag
This has been posted already under actors/actresses
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Don't forget to start your day with a nutritious breakfast!
Senior Death Hag
HAHAHA! He seemed to have missed my house as well!Originally Posted by RaRaRamona
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Don't forget to start your day with a nutritious breakfast!
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Another clean skull gone. Makes me sad.
Stay in Drugs. Eat your School. Don't do Vegetables.
wow, I hadn't realized he was still living all these yrs, what a great age to be, RIP
My mop water will never be the same...My toilets will never sparkle like they once did...Wait, they never did sparkle...
Rest in peace, my fellow bald brother!
cleaniless is next to Godliness. lol
He had a good long life, wow 92.
God speed Mr Clean. RIP
Senior Death Hag
I'm sure he lived so long due to his clean living lifestyle.
DUDETTE!!! That was the lamest thing I have heard ALL DAY!!! LOLOLOL
Goodbye bald man!
Ha nice
I couldn't think of a good one. I need to start the coffeemaker.
Renowned Death Hag
I wonder if "pinesol" is going to pine for his soul .... Yep.. time for more coffee here also..................!
There's more to the truth than just the facts. ~Author Unknown
http://www.dlisted.com/files/103sharkman.jpg
Here's a pic Dlisted has up.
ok least i dont hafta make a mr clean joke
but i cant resist
ill never clean ever again
He will live on forever, I just used him to clean my cat's litter boxes last weekend.
Wow, I didn't realize he was still alive. Well, until he recently died, that is.
yup. kicked the bucket.
Senior Death Hag
the mop bucket that is.
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LOL mdespain.
RIP House Peters.
I didn't know about his other acting roles. I wonder what Twilight Zone he was on?
I shouldnt laugh, but I couldnt help myself.
I wonder why we can't find pics of him as Mr Clean? strange..oh well RIP clean guy
ok a little more searching and I came up with these
Senior Death Hag
lmao
I cried for shoes .... til I met a man with no feet.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Sorry, I missed it....maybe the Mod gods will be merciful & merge it 4 me
I find it ironic that he died of pneumonia......
heehee
I know! Weird
Ah nice job
C/b he was bald?
You would think he would be germ free!
That's the bitter irony--he cleaned so often he didn't build up any immune system to fight the pneumonia.
He was hot in his day
Wait a second.... you mean Mr. Clean wasn't always a cartoon?! Hmm, you learn something new every day!
thank you, Katrina! I don't feel so alone now...
Mr. Clean is now Mr. Dead.
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Bless you my child, it is merged.
The most dangerous woman of all is the one who refuses to rely on your sword to save her because she carries her own.
- R.H. Sin
Senior Death Hag
Thanks for your part in promoting cleaning products; godspeed Mr. C.
??If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.? - Michael Jackson
Renowned Death Hag
I always thought Mr. Clean was a genie.
I just looked up in wikipedia that most people also thought so.
He was actually a sailor.
I wonder what kind of sailor now!
What the artist was thinking of and what the sexual orientation of the artist was.
This is from wikipedia.
The product's Mascot is the character Mr. Clean.
In 1957, Harry Barnhart conceived the idea and Ernie Allen in the art department at the advertising agency Tatham-Laird & Kudner in Chicago,Illinois drew Mr. Clean as a muscular, tanned, bald man who cleans things very well.
According to Procter & Gamble, the original model for the image of Mr. Clean was a US Navy Sailor from the city of Pensacola, Fl.
Although most people think he is a genie based on his earring, folded arms, and tendency to magically appear at the appropriate time
It seems smart to rely on the strength of a brawny sailor to help get your kitchen in ship-shape. If he were a genie, I suppose we would have just wished for a clean house.
This leads us to wonder whether Mr. Clean and Sailor Jack (the Cracker Jack icon) have ever sailed together.
Ha! I always thought he was a genie too.
so glad I wasn't the only one surprised he wasn't just a cartoon. I wonder how betty boop is doing..
RIP mr. clean.. we named our hairless rat after him..
Genie...Fairy.....let's not split hairs. Oh, wait, he had none to split. I'd have been PROUD to have him batting for my team, btw. Mr. Clean was HAWT! R.I.P. and leave no rings.Ha! I always thought he was a genie too.
Wow, Mr. Clean takes a dirt nap...
RIP Mr. Clean, so young...only 41 but you've been through enough...
j/k
RIP House Peters, JR
Although I am sorry for his death, I gotta admit the commercials for Mr Clean used to creep me out as a child, kinda like the Burger King commercials do now--a man just pops up outta no where and looks like that!!Maybe it's just me.....but by today's standards, I would say he was kinda hot.....
He was super hot! Those BK commercials are horrifying!!!Although I am sorry for his death, I gotta admit the commercials for Mr Clean used to creep me out as a child, kinda like the Burger King commercials do now--a man just pops up outta no where and looks like that!!
I would like to get his book that he wrote about his childhood... anyone know if it's still in print?
House Peters, Jr and myself were both cancer survivors which gave us something in common enough to form a friendship..He was an easy-going gentleman who remained friends with all of his fellow workers, especially Roy Rogers and Dale Evans..He was always happy to greet fans and sign autographs..He truly deserves to be remembered.
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