Dan White
- Recitazione
- 25 marzo 1908 · Falmouth, Florida, USA
- 7 luglio 1980
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- Beyond the Bermuda Triangle · Caldas
- Smoke In The Wind · Col. Joab Cullen (as Daniel White)
- They Call It Murder · Judge Farraday
- Non stuzzicate i cowboys che dormono · Barfly Getting Up from Table (uncredited)
- Ai confini dell'Arizona · Sheriff Prentiss, Dirt Smith
- Il grido di guerra dei sioux · 1st prospector, Ned Crone
- Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter · Pete Ketchum
- Apache Uprising · Townsman
- La fattoria dei giorni felici
- Dollari maledetti · Marshal Davis (as Daniel M. White)
- Flipper
- Petticoat Junction · 1st Juror
- Il buio oltre la siepe · Mob Leader (uncredited)
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Il virginiano · Fox, Edwards
- Solo sotto le stelle · Convict (uncredited)
- La famiglia assassina di Ma' Barker · Sheriff #2
- The Rebel · Corby
- L'attacco delle sanguisughe giganti · Porky Reed
- La mia terra · Judge Gruber
- Gunmen from Laredo
- Gli uomini della prateria · Sheriff of Elkville, Windy
- Frontier Gun · Sam Kilgore
- Bat Masterson · Ben Taylor, Sheriff Bart Sloane
- The Rifleman
- The Texan
- L'orgoglio ribelle · Court Clerk (uncredited)
- La legge del più forte · Rancher (uncredited)
- L'infernale Quinlan · Customs Officer (uncredited)
- L'uomo del mare
- Gunfire at Indian Gap · Fred Moran
- Escape from Red Rock · Al Farris (as Daniel White)
- Maverick
- Sugarfoot · Kennedy
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- L'uomo solitario
- West Point
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie · Settler
- Vita di una commessa viaggiatrice · Sheriff
- L'alba del gran giorno · Rogers (uncredited)
- L'ultima caccia · Deputy
- Telephone Time
- La pattuglia della strada
- Gli implacabili · San Antonio Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- Cheyenne · Sheriff (uncredited)
- Gunsmoke · Ainsley, Attendant
- Le leggendarie imprese di Wyatt Earp
- Sangue di Caino · Man in Buckboard
- L'americano · Barney Dent
- La ragazza di campagna · Man (uncredited)
- Gangsters in agguato · Burg (uncredited)
- Lassie · Amos Lovejoy
- Tennessee Champ · Baptist Minister
- Il figlio di Kociss · Tiswin Charlie
- Bella ma pericolosa · Harley Burger
- Inferno · Lee - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
- Born to the Saddle · Sheriff
- General Electric Theater · Sheriff
- Il temerario
- Dan il terribile · Dennis (uncredited)
- Cavalcade of America · Stan
- Adventures of Superman
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie · Doc Thomas
- Tamburi lontani · Cpl. Peachtree
- Texas Carnival · Card Player (uncredited)
- La prova del fuoco · Sergeant (uncredited)
- Bersaglio eccellente · Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
- Il suo tipo di donna · Tex Kearns (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Kit Carson
- La montagna dei sette falchi · Jim Braden, Assayer
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- Il passo dell'avvoltoio · Scout (uncredited)
- L'uomo dell'est · Gilchrist (uncredited)
- L'amante · Airport Dispatcher (uncredited)
- Romantico avventuriero · Card Player in Barber Shop (uncredited)
- Nella polvere del profondo Sud · Will Legate (uncredited)
- I cavalieri del Nord Ovest · Trooper (uncredited)
- Roseanna McCoy · Abel Hatfield
- The Cowboy and the Indians · Farmer (uncredited)