House Peters Jr., the TV actor who became the original Mr. Clean on Proctor & Gamble's commercials for household cleaners died on October 1, 2008, aged 92.
Peters died of pneumonia at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in Los Angeles, confirmed his son, Jon Peters.
Peters Jr.'s 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, he helped advertise the famous household cleaner with the trademark jingle, "Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean."
Peters Jr. also 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.
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