Dan White
Known for Acting · 137 credits
- Born
- 1908-03-25
- Died
- 1980-07-07
- Place of birth
- Falmouth, Florida, USA
- Also known as
- Daniel · Daniel M. White · Daniel White
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.
Known For
TV Shows (28)
Lassie
1954
as Amos Lovejoy
The Rifleman
1958
Petticoat Junction
1963
as 1st Juror
Maverick
1957
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Virginian
1962
as Fox / Edwards / Baggage Man / Stableman
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Rawhide
1959
as Sheriff of Elkville / Windy
Green Acres
1965
The High Chaparral
1967
as Sheriff Prentiss / Dirt Smith
Gunsmoke
1955
as Ainsley / Attendant / Stocker / Oldtimer
Bat Masterson
1958
as Ben Taylor / Sheriff Bart Sloane
Sea Hunt
1958
Highway Patrol
1955
Sugarfoot
1957
as Kennedy
The Rebel
1959
as Corby
The Texan
1958
Telephone Time
1956
Adventures of Superman
1952
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
as Settler
Flipper
1964
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Stan
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
West Point
1956
General Electric Theater
1953
as Sheriff
Movies (109)
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Minor Role (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
Touch of Evil
1958
as Customs Officer (uncredited)
Red River
1948
as Laredo (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Poor Man Walking with Woman in Transient Camp (uncredited)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Trooper (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
1946
as Ed (uncredited)
Distant Drums
1951
as Cpl. Peachtree
Horizons West
1952
as Dennis (uncredited)
Suddenly
1954
as Burg (uncredited)
The Tall Men
1955
as San Antonio Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Rawhide
1951
as Gilchrist (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
The Sheepman
1958
as Rancher (uncredited)
Lonely are the Brave
1962
as Convict (uncredited)
The Gunfighter
1950
as Card Player in Barber Shop (uncredited)
Smart Guy
1943
as Sheriff
Unknown Island
1948
as Crewman Edwards
Texas Carnival
1951
as Card Player (uncredited)
Silver River
1948
as Miner (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Wake - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Country Girl
1954
as Man (uncredited)
Westward Bound
1944
as Henchman Wade
The Bounty Killer
1965
as Marshal Davis (as Daniel M. White)
Apache Uprising
1965
as Townsman
Blazing Guns
1943
as Henchman Trigger
Red Tomahawk
1967
as 1st prospector, Ned Crone
The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Will (uncredited)
The Phantom
1943
as Braddock (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
as Pub Patron (uncredited)
Station West
1948
as Pete
Texas
1941
as Ringsider (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Red Mountain
1951
as Jim Braden, Assayer
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Barfly (uncredited)
Great Day in the Morning
1956
as Rogers (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
1951
as Tex Kearns (uncredited)
El Paso
1949
as Henchman (uncredited)
Forbidden Trails
1941
as Barfly
San Antonio
1945
The Tall Target
1951
as Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
The Proud Rebel
1958
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
The Lonely Man
1957
Beyond Tomorrow
1940
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Our Town
1940
as Wedding Guest Talking to Constable
A Lady Without Passport
1950
as Airport Dispatcher (uncredited)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966
as Pete Ketchum
The Lusty Men
1952
Intruder in the Dust
1949
as Will Legate (uncredited)
The Last Hunt
1956
as Deputy
Four Faces West
1948
as Clint Waters
Tennessee Champ
1954
as Baptist Minister
Inferno
1953
as Lee - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954
as Tiswin Charlie
Frontier Gun
1958
as Sam Kilgore
The Kansan
1943
as Barfly
Everybody's Old Man
1936
Cover Up
1949
as Gabe
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1948
as Death Row Prisoner #1 (uncredited)
The Americano
1955
as Barney Dent
The Walls of Jericho
1948
as Loafer (uncredited)
Voodoo Man
1944
as Deputy
Roseanna McCoy
1949
as Abel Hatfield
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
1960
as Sheriff #2
Attack of the Giant Leeches
1959
as Porky Reed
This Earth Is Mine
1959
as Judge Gruber
The Road to Denver
1955
as Man in Buckboard
Albuquerque
1948
as Henchman Jackson
False Colors
1943
as Bar Spectator
They Call It Murder
1971
as Judge Farraday
Deadwood Dick
1940
as Bank Teller / Stage Agent
Boss of Rawhide
1943
as Minstrel
The First Traveling Saleslady
1956
as Sheriff
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
1941
as Saloon Gambler (uncredited)
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
as Townsman
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Irate Townsman (uncredited)
Gunmen from Laredo
1959
Border Patrol
1943
as Henchman
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939
as Border Patrolman
Harmony Trail
1944
as Henchman Bronco
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975
as Caldas
Raton Pass
1951
as Scout (uncredited)
Outlaw Country
1949
as Jim McCord
She Couldn't Say No
1954
as Harley Burger
In Old Monterey
1939
as Man at Meeting
Smoke In The Wind
1975
as Col. Joab Cullen (as Daniel White)
Too Many Girls
1940
as Faculty Extra
Born to Be Wild
1938
as Striker (uncredited)
The Utah Kid
1944
as Henchman Slim
The Cowboy and the Indians
1949
as Farmer (uncredited)
Death Rides the Range
1939
as Townsman
Arizona Whirlwind
1944
as Engineer Jim Lockwood
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
1943
as Kurt, Murdered cowhand
Dynamite
1949
as Skipper Brown (uncredited)
Sunset Carson Rides Again
1948
as Sheriff Norton
El Diablo Rides
1939
as Henchman
Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957
as Fred Moran
The Fighting Renegade
1939
as Henchman
Born to the Saddle
1953
as Sheriff
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
1941
as Townsman
Sheriff of Sage Valley
1942
as Rancher
Crazy Knights
1944
as Electrician
Escape from Red Rock
1957
as Al Farris (as Daniel White)
Shaggy
1948
as Joe Simms
Gun Town
1946
as Joe - Henchman
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952
as Doc Thomas
Arizona Trail
1943
as Sheriff Jones
Gunning for Justice
1948
as Sheriff
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945
as Kirby (uncredited)
About Dan White
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… With 137 credits spanning from 1936 to 1975, Dan White has appeared in 109 films and 28 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dan White Movies
- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as Minor Role (uncredited)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) — as Mob Leader (uncredited)
- Touch of Evil (1958) — as Customs Officer (uncredited)
- Red River (1948) — as Laredo (uncredited)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Poor Man Walking with Woman in Transient Camp (uncredited)
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