What Famous TV Commercial Actors Get Paid

The Pepperidge Farm Guy

You probably know the joke surrounding his likeness on Family Guy better than you know the character himself. Charles C. Welch, aka the Pepperidge Farm Guy, had a 16 year run as the lovable bow-tied pitchman for Pepperidge Farm's bakery. Unfortunately, he passed away from cancer in 2004. 

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