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 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: Acting

Born: Falmouth, Florida, USA, 1908-03-25

Died: 1980-07-07

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1936	Everybody's Old Man		0
2	1938	Born to Be Wild	Striker (uncredited)	70
3	1939	Rough Riders' Round-up	Border Patrolman	40
4	1939	In Old Monterey	Man at Meeting	53
5	1939	The Fighting Renegade	Henchman	57
6	1939	Destry Rides Again	Barfly (uncredited)	72
7	1939	El Diablo Rides	Henchman	10
8	1939	Death Rides the Range	Townsman	60
9	1939	Gone with the Wind	Minor Role (uncredited)	79
10	1939	Days of Jesse James	Irate Townsman (uncredited)	47
11	1940	The Grapes of Wrath	Poor Man Walking with Woman in Transient Camp (uncredited)	78
12	1940	Beyond Tomorrow	Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)	60
13	1940	Our Town	Wedding Guest Talking to Constable	57
14	1940	Adventures of Red Ryder	Townsman	55
15	1940	Deadwood Dick	Bank Teller / Stage Agent	60
16	1940	The Howards of Virginia	Will (uncredited)	65
17	1940	Too Many Girls	Faculty Extra	57
18	1941	The Lone Rider in Ghost Town	Townsman	50
19	1941	The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury	Saloon Gambler (uncredited)	50
20	1941	Texas	Ringsider (uncredited)	65
21	1941	Forbidden Trails	Barfly	54
22	1942	Sheriff of Sage Valley	Rancher	56
23	1942	I Married a Witch		68
24	1943	Border Patrol	Henchman	60
25	1943	The Kansan	Barfly	53
26	1943	Arizona Trail	Sheriff Jones	46
27	1943	Blazing Guns	Henchman Trigger	60
28	1943	Outlaws of Stampede Pass	Kurt, Murdered cowhand	40
29	1943	False Colors	Bar Spectator	40
30	1943	Boss of Rawhide	Minstrel	55
31	1943	Smart Guy	Sheriff	50
32	1943	The Phantom	Braddock (uncredited)	62
33	1944	Westward Bound	Henchman Wade	40
34	1944	Arizona Whirlwind	Engineer Jim Lockwood	55
35	1944	Voodoo Man	Deputy	50
36	1944	The Invisible Man's Revenge	Pub Patron (uncredited)	56
37	1944	The Utah Kid	Henchman Slim	0
38	1944	Harmony Trail	Henchman Bronco	48
39	1944	Crazy Knights	Electrician	46
40	1945	The Return of the Durango Kid	Kirby (uncredited)	80
41	1945	San Antonio		57
42	1946	Gun Town	Joe - Henchman	0
43	1946	Duel in the Sun	Ed (uncredited)	63
44	1947	The Sea of Grass	Wake - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)	63
45	1948	Albuquerque	Henchman Jackson	68
46	1948	I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes	Death Row Prisoner #1 (uncredited)	55
47	1948	Four Faces West	Clint Waters	56
48	1948	Station West	Pete	61
49	1948	Sunset Carson Rides Again	Sheriff Norton	41
50	1948	Red River	Laredo (uncredited)	73
51	1948	Unknown Island	Crewman Edwards	52
52	1948	Gunning for Justice	Sheriff	0
53	1948	The Walls of Jericho	Loafer (uncredited)	57
54	1949	Outlaw Country	Jim McCord	37
55	1949	Dynamite	Skipper Brown (uncredited)	25
56	1949	Cover Up	Gabe	65
57	1949	El Paso	Henchman (uncredited)	57
58	1949	The Cowboy and the Indians	Farmer (uncredited)	68
59	1949	Roseanna McCoy	Abel Hatfield	61
60	1949	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	Trooper (uncredited)	69
61	1949	Intruder in the Dust	Will Legate (uncredited)	74
62	1950	The Gunfighter	Card Player in Barber Shop (uncredited)	73
63	1950	A Lady Without Passport	Airport Dispatcher (uncredited)	52
64	1951	Rawhide	Gilchrist (uncredited)	67
65	1951	Raton Pass	Scout (uncredited)	48
66	1951	His Kind of Woman	Tex Kearns (uncredited)	66
67	1951	The Tall Target	Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)	68
68	1951	The Red Badge of Courage	Sergeant (uncredited)	64
69	1951	Red Mountain	Jim Braden, Assayer	64
70	1951	Distant Drums	Cpl. Peachtree	62
71	1952	Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie	Doc Thomas	56
72	1952	Horizons West	Dennis (uncredited)	60
73	1952	The Lusty Men		66
74	1953	Born to the Saddle	Sheriff	50
75	1953	Inferno	Lee - Ranch Hand (uncredited)	62
76	1954	She Couldn't Say No	Harley Burger	56
77	1954	Taza, Son of Cochise	Tiswin Charlie	55
78	1954	Tennessee Champ	Baptist Minister	58
79	1954	Suddenly	Burg (uncredited)	63
80	1954	The Country Girl	Man (uncredited)	69
81	1955	The Americano	Barney Dent	52
82	1955	The Road to Denver	Man in Buckboard (as Daniel White)	60
83	1955	The Tall Men	San Antonio Hotel Clerk (uncredited)	63
84	1956	The Last Hunt	Deputy	67
85	1956	Great Day in the Morning	Rogers (uncredited)	59
86	1956	The First Traveling Saleslady	Sheriff	54
87	1957	The Lonely Man		61
88	1957	Escape from Red Rock	Al Farris (as Daniel White)	0
89	1957	Gunfire at Indian Gap	Fred Moran	50
90	1958	Touch of Evil	Customs Officer (uncredited)	78
91	1958	The Sheepman	Rancher (uncredited)	68
92	1958	The Proud Rebel	Court Clerk (uncredited)	59
93	1958	Frontier Gun	Sam Kilgore	60
94	1959	Gunmen from Laredo		47
95	1959	This Earth Is Mine	Judge Gruber	61
96	1959	Attack of the Giant Leeches	Porky Reed	42
97	1960	Ma Barker's Killer Brood	Sheriff #2	59
98	1962	To Kill a Mockingbird	Mob Leader (uncredited)	80
99	1965	The Bounty Killer	Marshal Davis (as Daniel M. White)	58
100	1965	Apache Uprising	Townsman	63
101	1966	Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter	Pete Ketchum	41
102	1967	Red Tomahawk	1st prospector, Ned Crone	64
103	1971	They Call It Murder	Judge Farraday	54
104	1975	Smoke In The Wind	Col. Joab Cullen (as Daniel White)	60
105	1975	Beyond the Bermuda Triangle	Caldas	48

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
2	1951	The Adventures of Kit Carson		53
3	1952	Adventures of Superman		67
4	1952	Hopalong Cassidy		52
5	1952	Cavalcade of America		35
6	1952	Cavalcade of America	Stan	35
7	1953	General Electric Theater	Sheriff	63
8	1954	Lassie		61
9	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp		68
10	1955	Gunsmoke	Ainsley	66
11	1955	Gunsmoke	Attendant	66
12	1955	Gunsmoke	Stocker	66
13	1955	Gunsmoke	Oldtimer	66
14	1955	Highway Patrol		58
15	1956	Telephone Time		63
16	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie	Settler	45
17	1956	West Point		50
18	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
19	1957	Sugarfoot	Kennedy	48
20	1957	Maverick		68
21	1958	Sea Hunt		66
22	1958	The Texan		55
23	1958	The Rifleman		70
24	1958	Bat Masterson	Ben Taylor	61
25	1958	Bat Masterson	Sheriff Bart Sloane	61
26	1959	Rawhide	Sheriff of Elkville	72
27	1959	Rawhide	Windy	72
28	1959	The Rebel	Corby	51
29	1962	The Virginian	Fox	65
30	1962	The Virginian	Edwards	65
31	1962	The Virginian	Baggage Man	65
32	1962	The Virginian	Stableman	65
33	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies		69
34	1963	Petticoat Junction	1st Juror	58
35	1964	Flipper		61
36	1965	Green Acres		73
37	1967	The High Chaparral	Sheriff Prentiss	65
38	1967	The High Chaparral	Dirt Smith	65

Dan White

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