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