What Famous TV Commercial Actors Get Paid

The Maytag Man

Colin Ferguson is his name, and installing washer and dryer units is his game. Not really though, he actually got his career started by playing a cop on Eureka. He played out the strong, silent, authoritarian type character until he acted in The Vampire Diaries and Christmas in Paradise where he dropped the typecasted personality and dug his heels into being a dramatic actor.

The More You Know

The extremely popular British sci-fi television series Doctor Who ran from 1963 to 1989 and was re-booted in 2005; the title character, Dr. Who, has so far been played by 13 different actors, including female Jodi Whittaker, during its run.
The Cosby Show: Sondra was almost played by Whitney Houston instead of Sabrina Le Beauf...but she turned down the role to pursue music.
The actors who voiced Mickey and Minnie mouse got married in real life.
99% of American homes own at least one television set, and 66% has at least three.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.