Lee 'Lasses' White
Acting • Born 1888-08-28 – Died 1949-12-16
Biography
Leroy Robert White (August 28, 1888 – December 16, 1949), better known as Lee "Lasses" White or Leroy (sometimes Le Roy or Lee Roy) "Lasses" White, was an American vaudeville pianist, songwriter and entertainer who became an actor of the stage, screen and radio. He became famous doing minstrel shows during the early part of the 1900s, and wrote one of the first copyrighted twelve-bar blues, "Nigger Blues". After spending some time on radio, White entered the film industry in the late 1930s. During his eleven-year career he appeared in over 70 films.
Filmography
53 credits
The Talk of the Town
Movie • 1942
Hound Keeper (uncredited)
Scattergood Baines
Movie • 1941
Ed Potts
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Movie • 1941
Ed Potts
Cinderella Swings It
Movie • 1943
Ed Potts
Panhandle
Movie • 1948
Old Man Bush (uncredited)
Without Reservations
Movie • 1946
Marine (uncredited)
The Iroquois Trail
Movie • 1950
The Golden Eye
Movie • 1948
Pete
Dude Cowboy
Movie • 1941
Prof. Whopper Hatch
Road Show
Movie • 1941
Constable (uncredited)
Alaska
Movie • 1944
Mark Bennett
Saddle Serenade
Movie • 1945
'Lasses' White
Riders of the Dawn
Movie • 1945
Lasses White
The Texan Meets Calamity Jane
Movie • 1950
Colorado Charley
Louisiana
Movie • 1947
Old Timer
Oklahoma Renegades
Movie • 1940
Jim Keith
The Unknown Guest
Movie • 1943
Joe Williams
Song of the Sierras
Movie • 1946
'Lasses' White
Land of the Open Range
Movie • 1942
Whopper
Come on Danger
Movie • 1942
Whopper
Mississippi Rhythm
Movie • 1949
Dixie Dalrymple
West of the Alamo
Movie • 1946
Texas Ranger 'Lasses' White
Song of the Wasteland
Movie • 1947
Doc Henderson
Riding the Wind
Movie • 1942
Whopper
Trail to Mexico
Movie • 1946
'Lasses' White
Six-Gun Serenade
Movie • 1947
Lasses
Belle of the Yukon
Movie • 1944
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Thundering Hoofs
Movie • 1942
Whopper Hatch
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Movie • 1939
Storekeeper
Springtime in Texas
Movie • 1945
Lasses White
The Bandit Trail
Movie • 1941
Whopper
When Strangers Marry
Movie • 1944
Old Man
Six-Gun Gold
Movie • 1941
Whopper
Sergeant York
Movie • 1941
Luke - Target Keeper (uncredited)
Dance, Girl, Dance
Movie • 1940
Bailey Brothers' Stage Manager (uncredited)
El Paso
Movie • 1949
Mug Town
Movie • 1942
Pirkle
The Roundup
Movie • 1941
Sam Snead
Cyclone on Horseback
Movie • 1941
Whopper
In Old New Mexico
Movie • 1945
Clem Petty
The Valiant Hombre
Movie • 1948
Whiskers
Indian Agent
Movie • 1948
Inky
Red Rock Outlaw
Movie • 1949
Lasses
Rainbow Over the Rockies
Movie • 1947
Lasses
Something to Shout About
Movie • 1943
Uncle Bert
Song of the Range
Movie • 1944
Lasses
Moon Over Montana
Movie • 1946
Lasses White
Ginger
Movie • 1947
Gramps McTavish
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Movie • 1947
Shotgun Rider (uncredited)
Albuquerque
Movie • 1948
Stage Passenger with Juke (uncredited)
Lonesome Trail
Movie • 1945
Lasses White
Cheyenne
Movie • 1947
Charlie (uncredited)
Dillinger
Movie • 1945
Cement Contractor (uncredited)