How Much Actors Got Paid for Some of the Most Successful Commercials of All Time

Quaker Oats Company Paid Him $10 Million

Quaker Oats Company, which is subsidiary of PepsiCo, produced the Life breakfast cereal and paid Gilchrist approximately $10 million for his 1970s commercial, which continued to air for more than 12 years. Then in the 1980s, Gilchrist reprised his role as a college student. And later he went on to become the director of media sales for MSG Network.