Actor Who Played Mr. Whipple Dies
November 19th, 2007 . by TexasFred
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Dick Wilson, the actor and pitchman who played the uptight grocer begging customers “Please, don’t squeeze the Charmin,” died Monday. He was 91.
The man famous as TV’s “Mr. Whipple” died of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, said his daughter Melanie Wilson, who is known for her role as a flight attendant on the ABC sitcom “Perfect Strangers.”
Over 21 years, Wilson made more than 500 commercials as Mr. George Whipple, a man consumed with keeping bubbly housewives from fondling the soft toilet paper. The punch line of most spots was that Whipple himself was a closeted Charmin-squeezer.
Wilson also played a drunk on several episodes of “Bewitched,” as appeared as various characters on “Hogan’s Heroes,”"The Bob Newhart Show,” and Walt Disney productions.
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The end of an American icon. May he rest in peace.
He gave me the creeps.
Well stated Robo. I wonder? Can I squeeze the Charmin now?