Dan White
Acting
- Born:
- 1908-03-25
- Died:
- 1980-07-07
- Place of birth:
- Falmouth, Florida, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
Smoke In The Wind
They Call It Murder
The Cheyenne Social Club
The High Chaparral
Red Tomahawk
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Apache Uprising
Green Acres
The Bounty Killer
Flipper
Petticoat Junction
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Virginian
Lonely are the Brave
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
The Rebel
Attack of the Giant Leeches
This Earth Is Mine
Gunmen from Laredo
Rawhide
Frontier Gun
Bat Masterson
The Rifleman
The Texan
The Proud Rebel
The Sheepman
Touch of Evil
Sea Hunt
Gunfire at Indian Gap
Escape from Red Rock
Maverick
Sugarfoot
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Lonely Man
West Point
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The First Traveling Saleslady
Great Day in the Morning
The Last Hunt
Telephone Time
Highway Patrol
The Tall Men
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Road to Denver
The Americano
The Country Girl
Suddenly
Lassie
Tennessee Champ
Taza, Son of Cochise
She Couldn't Say No
Inferno
Born to the Saddle
General Electric Theater
The Lusty Men
Horizons West
Cavalcade of America
Adventures of Superman
Hopalong Cassidy
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Distant Drums
Texas Carnival
The Red Badge of Courage
The Tall Target
His Kind of Woman
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Red Mountain
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Raton Pass
Rawhide
A Lady Without Passport
The Gunfighter
Intruder in the Dust
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Roseanna McCoy
The Cowboy and the Indians
El Paso
Cover Up
Dynamite
Outlaw Country
The Walls of Jericho
Gunning for Justice
Unknown Island
Red River
Sunset Carson Rides Again
Station West
Four Faces West
Shaggy
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Silver River
Albuquerque
The Sea of Grass
Duel in the Sun
Gun Town
San Antonio
The Return of the Durango Kid
Crazy Knights
Harmony Trail
The Utah Kid
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Arizona Whirlwind
Voodoo Man
Westward Bound
The Phantom
Smart Guy
Boss of Rawhide
False Colors
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
Blazing Guns
Arizona Trail
The Kansan
Border Patrol
I Married a Witch
Sheriff of Sage Valley
Forbidden Trails
Texas
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Too Many Girls
The Howards of Virginia
Deadwood Dick
Adventures of Red Ryder
Our Town
Beyond Tomorrow
The Grapes of Wrath
Days of Jesse James
Gone with the Wind
Death Rides the Range
El Diablo Rides
Destry Rides Again
The Fighting Renegade
In Old Monterey
Rough Riders' Round-up
Born to Be Wild
Everybody's Old Man