Dan White

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 (137 Appearances)

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

1975

Smoke In The Wind

1975

They Call It Murder

1971

The High Chaparral

1967

Red Tomahawk

1967

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

1966

Apache Uprising

1965

Green Acres

1965

The Bounty Killer

1965

Flipper

1964

Petticoat Junction

1963

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

The Virginian

1962

Lonely are the Brave

1962

Ma Barker's Killer Brood

1960

The Rebel

1959

Attack of the Giant Leeches

1959

This Earth Is Mine

1959

Gunmen from Laredo

1959

Rawhide

1959

Frontier Gun

1958

Bat Masterson

1958

The Rifleman

1958

The Texan

1958

The Proud Rebel

1958

The Sheepman

1958

Touch of Evil

1958

Sea Hunt

1958

Gunfire at Indian Gap

1957

Escape from Red Rock

1957

Maverick

1957

Sugarfoot

1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

The Lonely Man

1957

West Point

1956

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

The First Traveling Saleslady

1956

Great Day in the Morning

1956

The Last Hunt

1956

Telephone Time

1956

Highway Patrol

1955

The Tall Men

1955

Gunsmoke

1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

The Road to Denver

1955

The Americano

1955

The Country Girl

1954

Suddenly

1954

Lassie

1954

Tennessee Champ

1954

Taza, Son of Cochise

1954

She Couldn't Say No

1954

Inferno

1953

Born to the Saddle

1953

General Electric Theater

1953

The Lusty Men

1952

Horizons West

1952

Cavalcade of America

1952

Adventures of Superman

1952

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

1952

Distant Drums

1951

Red Mountain

1951

Texas Carnival

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

1951

The Tall Target

1951

His Kind of Woman

1951

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

Raton Pass

1951

Rawhide

1951

A Lady Without Passport

1950

The Gunfighter

1950

Intruder in the Dust

1949

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949

Roseanna McCoy

1949

The Cowboy and the Indians

1949

El Paso

1949

Cover Up

1949

Dynamite

1949

Outlaw Country

1949

The Walls of Jericho

1948

Gunning for Justice

1948

Unknown Island

1948

Red River

1948

Sunset Carson Rides Again

1948

Station West

1948

Four Faces West

1948

Shaggy

1948

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

1948

Silver River

1948

Albuquerque

1948

The Sea of Grass

1947

Duel in the Sun

1946

Gun Town

1946

San Antonio

1945

The Return of the Durango Kid

1945

Crazy Knights

1944

Harmony Trail

1944

The Utah Kid

1944

The Invisible Man's Revenge

1944

Voodoo Man

1944

Arizona Whirlwind

1944

Westward Bound

1944

The Phantom

1943

Smart Guy

1943

Boss of Rawhide

1943

False Colors

1943

Outlaws of Stampede Pass

1943

Blazing Guns

1943

Arizona Trail

1943

The Kansan

1943

Border Patrol

1943

I Married a Witch

1942

Sheriff of Sage Valley

1942

Forbidden Trails

1941

Texas

1941

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

1941

The Lone Rider in Ghost Town

1941

Too Many Girls

1940

The Howards of Virginia

1940

Deadwood Dick

1940

Adventures of Red Ryder

1940

Our Town

1940

Beyond Tomorrow

1940

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

Days of Jesse James

1939

Gone with the Wind

1939

Death Rides the Range

1939

El Diablo Rides

1939

Destry Rides Again

1939

The Fighting Renegade

1939

In Old Monterey

1939

Rough Riders' Round-up

1939

Born to Be Wild

1938

Everybody's Old Man

1936 Debut
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