Name
Dan White
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1908-03-25
Deathday
1980-07-07 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Falmouth, Florida, USA
Biography
Dan White (March 25, 1908 - July 7, 1980) was born to George & Orpha White about one mile from the Suwannee River in Falmouth, Florida. Falmouth was a small sleepy town then, as it is still today. He was one of 12 siblings who were moved to Lakeland sometime around WW I. Lakeland is where Dan was introduced into show business in 1922 at the age of 14. He ran away from home when the show moved on and traveled thousands of miles throughout the South in tent, minstrel, vaudeville and theater shows. Dan performed on stage with his brother Willard for nine years with a stock company in Tampa's old Rialto Theater. Frances Langford worked with him during this time and it was Dan who told her to go to Hollywood. During this period he met Matilda "Tilda" Mae Spivey on the stage, and married her on February 25, 1933. Tilda had a two-year-old child from a previous marriage by the name of Arthur "Art" Grant Gifford. Times were tough, so Dan had to get out of show business for a while to make some real money. In 1934 he found work with the Conservation Corps in Homestead, Florida, but show business was always in his heart. Dan knew he had what it took to "make it" in Hollywood, so he decided to make the move to California in 1935. They packed all their possessions into their Ford and started the long, arduous trek across the country. This was during the Great Depression, and money was very tight. They had to stop frequently in various cities across the country to make extra money to continue their journey. Dan was a very good auto mechanic and never had a problem finding this type of work wherever he went. This skill paid off once during the filming of To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). During the "mob" scene, one of the cars they were to drive away in would not start. Dan opened the hood, stepped onto the front bumper, and had the car running in no time flat.
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Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and fin...
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- 1940 The Grapes of Wrath as Poor Man Walking with Woman in Transient Camp (uncredited)
- 1958 Touch of Evil as Customs Officer (uncredited)
- 1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge as Pub Patron (uncredited)
- 1960 Ma Barker's Killer Brood as Sheriff #2
- 1948 The Walls of Jericho as Loafer (uncredited)
- 1959 Attack of the Giant Leeches as Porky Reed
- 1949 Dynamite as Skipper Brown (uncredited)
- 1948 Station West as Pete
- 1951 Rawhide as Gilchrist (uncredited)
- 1945 San Antonio
- 1938 Born to Be Wild as Striker (uncredited)
- 1945 The Return of the Durango Kid as Kirby (uncredited)
- 1948 I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes as Death Row Prisoner #1 (uncredited)
- 1940 The Howards of Virginia as Will (uncredited)
- 1949 Intruder in the Dust as Will Legate (uncredited)
- 1956 Great Day in the Morning as Rogers (uncredited)
- 1948 Sunset Carson Rides Again as Sheriff Norton
- 1943 The Phantom as Braddock (uncredited)
- 1965 Apache Uprising as Townsman
- 1951 Raton Pass as Scout (uncredited)
- 1941 Forbidden Trails as Barfly
- 1944 Harmony Trail as Henchman Bronco
- 1952 Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie as Doc Thomas
- 1949 Roseanna McCoy as Abel Hatfield
- 1954 Tennessee Champ as Baptist Minister
- 1954 Suddenly as Burg (uncredited)
- 1956 The Last Hunt as Deputy
- 1958 The Proud Rebel as Court Clerk (uncredited)
- 1966 Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter as Pete Ketchum
- 1943 Smart Guy as Sheriff
- 1951 Distant Drums as Cpl. Peachtree
- 1943 Blazing Guns as Henchman Trigger
- 1944 Westward Bound as Henchman Wade
- 1944 Arizona Whirlwind as Engineer Jim Lockwood
- 1954 Taza, Son of Cochise as Tiswin Charlie
- 1959 Gunmen from Laredo
- 1958 The Sheepman as Rancher (uncredited)
- 1952 The Lusty Men
- 1949 The Cowboy and the Indians as Farmer (uncredited)
- 1957 The Lonely Man
- 1967 Red Tomahawk as 1st prospector, Ned Crone
- 1939 Rough Riders' Round-up as Border Patrolman
- 1939 Gone with the Wind as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1939 Days of Jesse James as Irate Townsman (uncredited)
- 1939 Death Rides the Range as Townsman
- 1939 Destry Rides Again as Barfly (uncredited)
- 1939 The Fighting Renegade as Henchman
- 1962 To Kill a Mockingbird as Mob Leader (uncredited)
- 1942 I Married a Witch
- 1949 El Paso as Henchman (uncredited)
- 1944 Crazy Knights as Electrician
- 1948 Four Faces West as Clint Waters
- 1941 Texas as Ringsider (uncredited)
- 1949 Cover Up as Gabe
- 1956 The First Traveling Saleslady as Sheriff
- 1950 The Gunfighter as Card Player in Barber Shop (uncredited)
- 1947 The Sea of Grass as Wake - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
- 1941 The Lone Rider in Ghost Town as Townsman
- 1939 El Diablo Rides as Henchman
- 1940 Deadwood Dick as Bank Teller / Stage Agent
- 1940 Adventures of Red Ryder as Townsman
- 1955 The Road to Denver as Man in Buckboard
- 1951 The Red Badge of Courage as Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1940 Our Town as Wedding Guest Talking to Constable
- 1940 Beyond Tomorrow as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- 1940 Too Many Girls as Faculty (uncredited)
- 1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as Trooper (uncredited)
- 1939 In Old Monterey as Man at Meeting
- 1943 Arizona Trail as Sheriff Jones
- 1943 Boss of Rawhide as Minstrel
- 1943 Outlaws of Stampede Pass as Kurt, Murdered cowhand
- 1944 The Utah Kid as Henchman Slim
- 1946 Gun Town as Joe - Henchman
- 1948 Albuquerque as Henchman Jackson
- 1948 Gunning for Justice as Sheriff
- 1942 Sheriff of Sage Valley as Rancher
- 1949 Outlaw Country as Jim McCord
- 1941 The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury as Saloon Gambler (uncredited)
- 1953 Born to the Saddle as Sheriff
- 1943 Border Patrol as Henchman
- 1943 False Colors as Bar Spectator
- 1943 The Kansan as Barfly
- 1958 Frontier Gun as Sam Kilgore
- 1955 The Americano as Barney Dent
- 1965 The Bounty Killer as Marshal Davis (as Daniel M. White)
- 1957 Escape from Red Rock as Al Farris (as Daniel White)
- 1957 Gunfire at Indian Gap as Fred Moran
- 1975 Beyond the Bermuda Triangle as Caldas
- 1954 She Couldn't Say No as Harley Burger
- 1948 Unknown Island as Crewman Edwards
- 1948 Red River as Laredo (uncredited)
- 1959 This Earth Is Mine as Judge Gruber
- 1950 A Lady Without Passport as Airport Dispatcher (uncredited)
- 1951 The Tall Target as Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
- 1971 They Call It Murder as Judge Farraday
- 1975 Smoke In The Wind as Col. Joab Cullen (as Daniel White)
- 1955 The Tall Men as San Antonio Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1946 Duel in the Sun as Ed (uncredited)
- 1944 Voodoo Man as Deputy
- 1951 Red Mountain as Jim Braden, Assayer
- 1952 Horizons West as Dennis (uncredited)
- 1953 Inferno as Lee - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
- 1951 His Kind of Woman as Tex Kearns (uncredited)
- 1936 Everybody's Old Man
- 1954 The Country Girl as Man (uncredited)
- 1951 Texas Carnival as Card Player (uncredited)
- 1948 Silver River as Miner (uncredited)
- 1962 Lonely are the Brave as Convict (uncredited)
- 1948 Shaggy as Joe Simms
- 1970 The Cheyenne Social Club as Barfly Getting Up from Table (uncredited)
- 1965 Green Acres ( 2 episodes )
- 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1 episode )
- 1963 Petticoat Junction ( 1 episode ) as 1st Juror
- 1964 Flipper ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Ainsley
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff
- 1958 Sea Hunt ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff of Elkville
- 1955 Highway Patrol ( 2 episodes )
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode )
- 1967 The High Chaparral ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Prentiss
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Fox
- 1956 West Point ( 1 episode )
- 1955 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ( 1 episode )
- 1952 Adventures of Superman ( 1 episode )
- 1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie ( 1 episode ) as Settler
- 1951 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ( 2 episodes )
- 1959 The Rebel ( 1 episode ) as Corby
- 1958 The Rifleman ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Sugarfoot ( 1 episode ) as Kennedy
- 1958 Bat Masterson ( 1 episode ) as Ben Taylor
- 1958 The Texan ( 2 episodes )
- 1952 Cavalcade of America ( 1 episode )
- 1956 Telephone Time ( 1 episode )
- 1951 The Adventures of Kit Carson ( 1 episode )
- 1952 Hopalong Cassidy ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Edwards
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Baggage Man
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Stableman
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Attendant
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Stocker
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Oldtimer
- 1967 The High Chaparral ( 1 episode ) as Dirt Smith
- 1958 Bat Masterson ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Bart Sloane
- 1952 Cavalcade of America ( 1 episode ) as Stan
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Windy
- 1954 Lassie ( 1 episode ) as Amos Lovejoy
- 1955 Cheyenne ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff (uncredited)
