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