Dan White
Acting • Born 1908-03-25 – Died 1980-07-07
Biography
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.
Filmography
147 credits
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie • 1940
Poor Man Walking with Woman in Transient Camp (uncredited)
Touch of Evil
Movie • 1958
Customs Officer (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Movie • 1944
Pub Patron (uncredited)
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
Movie • 1960
Sheriff #2
The Walls of Jericho
Movie • 1948
Loafer (uncredited)
Attack of the Giant Leeches
Movie • 1959
Porky Reed
Dynamite
Movie • 1949
Skipper Brown (uncredited)
Station West
Movie • 1948
Pete
Rawhide
Movie • 1951
Gilchrist (uncredited)
San Antonio
Movie • 1945
Born to Be Wild
Movie • 1938
Striker (uncredited)
The Return of the Durango Kid
Movie • 1945
Kirby (uncredited)
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Movie • 1948
Death Row Prisoner #1 (uncredited)
The Howards of Virginia
Movie • 1940
Will (uncredited)
Intruder in the Dust
Movie • 1949
Will Legate (uncredited)
Great Day in the Morning
Movie • 1956
Rogers (uncredited)
Sunset Carson Rides Again
Movie • 1948
Sheriff Norton
The Phantom
Movie • 1943
Braddock (uncredited)
Apache Uprising
Movie • 1965
Townsman
Raton Pass
Movie • 1951
Scout (uncredited)
Forbidden Trails
Movie • 1941
Barfly
Harmony Trail
Movie • 1944
Henchman Bronco
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Movie • 1952
Doc Thomas
Roseanna McCoy
Movie • 1949
Abel Hatfield
Tennessee Champ
Movie • 1954
Baptist Minister
Suddenly
Movie • 1954
Burg (uncredited)
The Last Hunt
Movie • 1956
Deputy
The Proud Rebel
Movie • 1958
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Movie • 1966
Pete Ketchum
Smart Guy
Movie • 1943
Sheriff
Distant Drums
Movie • 1951
Cpl. Peachtree
Blazing Guns
Movie • 1943
Henchman Trigger
Westward Bound
Movie • 1944
Henchman Wade
Arizona Whirlwind
Movie • 1944
Engineer Jim Lockwood
Taza, Son of Cochise
Movie • 1954
Tiswin Charlie
Gunmen from Laredo
Movie • 1959
The Sheepman
Movie • 1958
Rancher (uncredited)
The Lusty Men
Movie • 1952
The Cowboy and the Indians
Movie • 1949
Farmer (uncredited)
The Lonely Man
Movie • 1957
Red Tomahawk
Movie • 1967
1st prospector, Ned Crone
Rough Riders' Round-up
Movie • 1939
Border Patrolman
Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1939
Minor Role (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
Movie • 1939
Irate Townsman (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again
Movie • 1939
Barfly (uncredited)
Death Rides the Range
Movie • 1939
Townsman
The Fighting Renegade
Movie • 1939
Henchman
To Kill a Mockingbird
Movie • 1962
Mob Leader (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
Movie • 1942
El Paso
Movie • 1949
Henchman (uncredited)
Crazy Knights
Movie • 1944
Electrician
Four Faces West
Movie • 1948
Clint Waters
Texas
Movie • 1941
Ringsider (uncredited)
Cover Up
Movie • 1949
Gabe
The First Traveling Saleslady
Movie • 1956
Sheriff
The Gunfighter
Movie • 1950
Card Player in Barber Shop (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
Movie • 1947
Wake - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Movie • 1941
Townsman
El Diablo Rides
Movie • 1939
Henchman
Adventures of Red Ryder
Movie • 1940
Townsman
Deadwood Dick
Movie • 1940
Bank Teller / Stage Agent
The Road to Denver
Movie • 1955
Man in Buckboard (as Daniel White)
The Red Badge of Courage
Movie • 1951
Sergeant (uncredited)
Our Town
Movie • 1940
Wedding Guest Talking to Constable
Beyond Tomorrow
Movie • 1940
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Too Many Girls
Movie • 1940
Faculty Extra
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Movie • 1949
Trooper (uncredited)
In Old Monterey
Movie • 1939
Man at Meeting
Arizona Trail
Movie • 1943
Sheriff Jones
Boss of Rawhide
Movie • 1943
Minstrel
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
Movie • 1943
Kurt, Murdered cowhand
The Utah Kid
Movie • 1944
Henchman Slim
Gun Town
Movie • 1946
Joe - Henchman
Albuquerque
Movie • 1948
Henchman Jackson
Gunning for Justice
Movie • 1948
Sheriff
Sheriff of Sage Valley
Movie • 1942
Rancher
Outlaw Country
Movie • 1949
Jim McCord
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Movie • 1941
Saloon Gambler (uncredited)
Born to the Saddle
Movie • 1953
Sheriff
False Colors
Movie • 1943
Bar Spectator
Border Patrol
Movie • 1943
Henchman
The Kansan
Movie • 1943
Barfly
Frontier Gun
Movie • 1958
Sam Kilgore
The Americano
Movie • 1955
Barney Dent
The Bounty Killer
Movie • 1965
Marshal Davis (as Daniel M. White)
Escape from Red Rock
Movie • 1957
Al Farris (as Daniel White)
Gunfire at Indian Gap
Movie • 1957
Fred Moran
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
Movie • 1975
Caldas
She Couldn't Say No
Movie • 1954
Harley Burger
Unknown Island
Movie • 1948
Crewman Edwards
Red River
Movie • 1948
Laredo (uncredited)
This Earth Is Mine
Movie • 1959
Judge Gruber
A Lady Without Passport
Movie • 1950
Airport Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Tall Target
Movie • 1951
Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
They Call It Murder
Movie • 1971
Judge Farraday
Smoke In The Wind
Movie • 1975
Col. Joab Cullen (as Daniel White)
The Tall Men
Movie • 1955
San Antonio Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Duel in the Sun
Movie • 1946
Ed (uncredited)
Voodoo Man
Movie • 1944
Deputy
Red Mountain
Movie • 1951
Jim Braden, Assayer
Horizons West
Movie • 1952
Dennis (uncredited)
Inferno
Movie • 1953
Lee - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
Movie • 1951
Tex Kearns (uncredited)
Everybody's Old Man
Movie • 1936
The Country Girl
Movie • 1954
Man (uncredited)
Texas Carnival
Movie • 1951
Card Player (uncredited)
Silver River
Movie • 1948
Miner (uncredited)
Lonely are the Brave
Movie • 1962
Convict (uncredited)
Shaggy
Movie • 1948
Joe Simms
Green Acres
TV • 1965
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
1st Juror
Flipper
TV • 1964
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Ainsley
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Sheriff
Lassie
TV • 1954
Sea Hunt
TV • 1958
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Sheriff of Elkville
Highway Patrol
TV • 1955
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
Sheriff Prentiss
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Fox
West Point
TV • 1956
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
Settler
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
The Rebel
TV • 1959
Corby
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Kennedy
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Ben Taylor
The Texan
TV • 1958
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV • 1951
Hopalong Cassidy
TV • 1952
Maverick
TV • 1957
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Edwards
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Baggage Man
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Stableman
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Attendant
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Stocker
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Oldtimer
The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
Dirt Smith
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Sheriff Bart Sloane
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Stan
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Windy