Mr. Clean was first introduced to television audiences in 1958 as a live-action mascot portrayed by actor House Peters Jr.

With his bald head, elfish pointed ears and well-muscled body, Bob Hoskins had been known as “Mr. Clean” since 1957. Robert Thomas Hoskins, who died of heart failure Aug. 30, 2001, at Barton Memorial ...

“Mr. Clean gets dirty. Mr. Clean proves he’s got what it takes to satisfy your needs in every room of the house,” the manufacturer explains, and indeed the animated hunk does just that in the ...