Colin Ferguson 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.

In the 1970s, actor Jesse White played a repairman in commercials for appliances made by Maytag. The angle was that he was a lonely man seldom called because Maytag appliances were too reliable to require his work.

Jesse White Jesse White (born Jesse Marc Weidenfeld; January 3, 1917 – January 9, 1997) was an American actor, who was best known for his portrayal as "Ol' Lonely" the repairman in Maytag television commercials from 1967 to 1988.

"The Maytag Man is a creative interpretation of our motto, 'What's Inside Matters®,' illustrating all the human and relatable virtues that exist inside appliances - performance, dependability, power," said Oh.

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.

The Maytag Man has been played by four different actors since his introduction in 1967, but his character hasn't changed until now.

White died after complications of surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said his daughter, Carole White Ita. In the popular Maytag commercials, White humorously made the point that the washing machines rarely--if ever--needed repair, making his job unbearably dull.

In 1907, Frederick Maytag, during a slow winter selling the farm equipment he made, started building washing machines. From the beginning, Maytag staked its name on "dependability." "The Maytag repairman was bored because of the people of Newton building a quality product," Allen said.

Whirlpool Corporation The Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance company owned by Whirlpool Corporation since April 2006.

While Whirlpool has owned the Maytag name since 2006, Maytag is the oldest brand among laundry appliances made in the USA. Since its inception in 1893, Maytag has produced high-quality, USA made washer and dryer models. They continue to be one of the most reliable washing machine and dryer options.

Maytag Corporation, in business since 1893, is the third largest manufacturer of major household appliances in the United States, trailing Whirlpool Corporation and GE Appliances. 1893 Frederick Louis Maytag and three partners establish a company to produce threshing-machine band cutters and self-feeder attachments.

Maytag utilizes Whirlpool factories in Clyde, Ohio, and Marion, Ohio, for assembly of its Maxima and Bravos series of washers and dryers. Maytag dishwashers are also manufactured in Ohio, at Whirlpool's Findlay plant.