Dan White
Acting
🎂 1908-03-25
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.
Cast credits(143)
1955
1954
1957
1958
1957
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1962
1951
1958
1955
Corby
1959
Ben Taylor
1958
Sheriff Bart Sloane
1958
1956
1951
Sheriff of Elkville
1959
Windy
1959
1956
Fox
1962
Edwards
1962
Baggage Man
1962
Stableman
1962
Kennedy
1957
Settler
1956
1952
1st Juror
1963
1964
1952
1965
Sheriff Prentiss
1967
Dirt Smith
1967
Ainsley
1955
Attendant
1955
Stocker
1955
Oldtimer
1955
1952
Stan
1952
Minor Role (uncredited)
1939
Mob Leader (uncredited)
1962
Sheriff
1953
Laredo (uncredited)
1948
Al Farris (as Daniel White)
1957
Customs Officer (uncredited)
1958
Burg (uncredited)
1954
Porky Reed
1959
1952
Death Row Prisoner #1 (uncredited)
1948
Wedding Guest Talking to Constable
1940
Deputy
1944
Poor Man Walking with Woman in Transient Camp (uncredited)
1940
Card Player in Barber Shop (uncredited)
1950
Trooper (uncredited)
1949
Ed (uncredited)
1946
San Antonio Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1955
Sergeant (uncredited)
1951
Clint Waters
1948
Man (uncredited)
1954
Rancher (uncredited)
1958
Will Legate (uncredited)
1949
Pub Patron (uncredited)
1944
Marshal Davis (as Daniel M. White)
1965
Harley Burger
1954
1942
Loafer (uncredited)
1948
Pete Ketchum
1966
Jim Braden, Assayer
1951
Gilchrist (uncredited)
1951
Cpl. Peachtree
1951
Barney Dent
1955
Court Clerk (uncredited)
1958
Barfly (uncredited)
1939
Dennis (uncredited)
1952
Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
1951
Barfly
1943
Ringsider (uncredited)
1941
Townsman
1965
Will (uncredited)
1940
1945
Tex Kearns (uncredited)
1951
Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)
1940
1957
Pete
1948
1959
Baptist Minister
1954
Lee - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1953
Bar Spectator
1943
Henchman (uncredited)
1949
Col. Joab Cullen (as Daniel White)
1975
Sheriff Norton
1948
Deputy
1956
Henchman Jackson
1948
Engineer Jim Lockwood
1944
Tiswin Charlie
1954
Wake - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1947
Gabe
1949
Rogers (uncredited)
1956
Kirby (uncredited)
1945
Border Patrolman
1939
Airport Dispatcher (uncredited)
1950
Sheriff
1956
Abel Hatfield
1949
Faculty Extra
1940
Striker (uncredited)
1938
Man in Buckboard (as Daniel White)
1955
Judge Gruber
1959
Braddock (uncredited)
1943
Townsman
1940
Henchman
1943
Skipper Brown (uncredited)
1949
Farmer (uncredited)
1949
Minstrel
1943
Irate Townsman (uncredited)
1939
Crewman Edwards
1948
Joe - Henchman
1946
Sheriff
1943
Townsman
1939
Townsman
1941
Sheriff
1948
Fred Moran
1957
Judge Farraday
1971
Henchman Wade
1944
Bank Teller / Stage Agent
1940
Sam Kilgore
1958
Henchman
1939
Man at Meeting
1939
Henchman Trigger
1943
Sheriff #2
1960
Henchman Slim
1944
Henchman Bronco
1944
Scout (uncredited)
1951
Saloon Gambler (uncredited)
1941
1st prospector, Ned Crone
1967
Barfly
1941
Caldas
1975
Rancher
1942
Electrician
1944
Kurt, Murdered cowhand
1943
Jim McCord
1949
Sheriff Jones
1943
Doc Thomas
1952
Sheriff
1953
1936
Henchman
1939