Dan White
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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
Credits
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
Red River (1948)
as Laredo (uncredited)
Touch of Evil (1958)
as Customs Officer (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
Lonely are the Brave (1962)
as Convict (uncredited)
The Gunfighter (1950)
as Card Player in Barber Shop (uncredited)
I Married a Witch (1942)
Actor
Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Barfly (uncredited)
The Tall Men (1955)
as San Antonio Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Country Girl (1954)
as Man (uncredited)
Suddenly (1954)
as Burg (uncredited)
The Lusty Men (1952)
Actor
The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
as Barfly Getting Up from Table (uncredited)
The Sheepman (1958)
as Rancher (uncredited)
The Bounty Killer (1965)
as Marshal Davis (as Daniel M. White)
His Kind of Woman (1951)
as Tex Kearns (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Texas (1941)
as Ringsider (uncredited)
Rawhide (1951)
as Gilchrist (uncredited)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Silver River (1948)
as Miner (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass (1947)
as Wake - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
as Pub Patron (uncredited)
Cover Up (1949)
as Gabe
Shaggy (1948)
as Joe Simms
Horizons West (1952)
as Dennis (uncredited)
The Tall Target (1951)
as Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
Great Day in the Morning (1956)
as Rogers (uncredited)
The Last Hunt (1956)
as Deputy
This Earth Is Mine (1959)
as Judge Gruber
Red Mountain (1951)
as Jim Braden, Assayer
San Antonio (1945)
Actor
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
as Porky Reed
Station West (1948)
as Pete
The Lonely Man (1957)
Actor
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
as Will (uncredited)
Apache Uprising (1965)
as Townsman
The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
as Sheriff
Our Town (1940)
as Wedding Guest Talking to Constable
El Paso (1949)
as Henchman (uncredited)
Forbidden Trails (1941)
as Barfly
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
as Tiswin Charlie
Unknown Island (1948)
as Crewman Edwards
Texas Carnival (1951)
as Card Player (uncredited)
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Gun Town (1946)
as Joe - Henchman
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
as Loafer (uncredited)
The Road to Denver (1955)
as Man in Buckboard
A Lady Without Passport (1950)
as Airport Dispatcher (uncredited)
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
as Death Row Prisoner #1 (uncredited)
The Americano (1955)
as Barney Dent
Four Faces West (1948)
as Clint Waters
Inferno (1953)
as Lee - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
as Harley Burger
Raton Pass (1951)
as Scout (uncredited)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
as Pete Ketchum
Days of Jesse James (1939)
as Irate Townsman (uncredited)
They Call It Murder (1971)
as Judge Farraday
Voodoo Man (1944)
as Deputy
Tennessee Champ (1954)
as Baptist Minister
Red Tomahawk (1967)
as 1st prospector, Ned Crone
Border Patrol (1943)
as Henchman
Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)
as Sheriff #2
Gunmen from Laredo (1959)
Actor
Intruder in the Dust (1949)
as Will Legate (uncredited)
The Kansan (1943)
as Barfly
Albuquerque (1948)
as Henchman Jackson
The Phantom (1943)
as Braddock (uncredited)
Deadwood Dick (1940)
as Bank Teller / Stage Agent
Everybody's Old Man (1936)
Actor
Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
as Townsman
Too Many Girls (1940)
as Faculty (uncredited)
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
as Abel Hatfield
False Colors (1943)
as Bar Spectator
Rough Riders' Round-up (1939)
as Border Patrolman
Frontier Gun (1958)
as Sam Kilgore
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941)
as Saloon Gambler (uncredited)
In Old Monterey (1939)
as Man at Meeting
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941)
as Townsman
Born to Be Wild (1938)
as Striker (uncredited)
Death Rides the Range (1939)
as Townsman
Smart Guy (1943)
as Sheriff
Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
as Rancher
Escape from Red Rock (1957)
as Al Farris (as Daniel White)
Dynamite (1949)
as Skipper Brown (uncredited)
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle (1975)
as Caldas
The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)
as Farmer (uncredited)
The Fighting Renegade (1939)
as Henchman
Gunfire at Indian Gap (1957)
as Fred Moran
Crazy Knights (1944)
as Electrician
Harmony Trail (1944)
as Henchman Bronco
Smoke In The Wind (1975)
as Col. Joab Cullen (as Daniel White)
Westward Bound (1944)
as Henchman Wade
Boss of Rawhide (1943)
as Minstrel
Arizona Whirlwind (1944)
as Engineer Jim Lockwood
Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943)
as Kurt, Murdered cowhand
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
as Doc Thomas
Outlaw Country (1949)
as Jim McCord
Born to the Saddle (1953)
as Sheriff
Arizona Trail (1943)
as Sheriff Jones
The Utah Kid (1944)
as Henchman Slim
Blazing Guns (1943)
as Henchman Trigger
Gunning for Justice (1948)
as Sheriff
The Return of the Durango Kid (1945)
as Kirby (uncredited)
El Diablo Rides (1939)
as Henchman
Sunset Carson Rides Again (1948)
as Sheriff Norton