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