Dan White

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

118

Movies

110

Born: March 25, 1908 – July 7, 1980
From: 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.

Works

110 films

Gone with the Wind

19397.9

To Kill a Mockingbird

19628.0

Touch of Evil

19587.7

Red River

19487.3

The Grapes of Wrath

19407.8

Distant Drums

19516.3

I Married a Witch

19426.9

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

19496.9

The Tall Men

19556.5

Duel in the Sun

19466.4

Lonely are the Brave

19627.4

The Gunfighter

19507.4

His Kind of Woman

19516.8

The Cheyenne Social Club

19706.4

The Lusty Men

19526.7

The Country Girl

19547.0

Destry Rides Again

19397.2

Forbidden Trails

19415.6

The Proud Rebel

19586.1

The Sheepman

19586.9

Red Mountain

19516.7

Great Day in the Morning

19566.0

Cover Up

19496.6

Rawhide

19516.8

The Invisible Man's Revenge

19445.6

Suddenly

19546.4

Gun Town

19467.0

The Bounty Killer

19656.0

The Lonely Man

19576.1

Inferno

19536.1

The Red Badge of Courage

19516.5

The First Traveling Saleslady

19565.6

Attack of the Giant Leeches

19594.1

Texas

19416.7

Horizons West

19526.4

San Antonio

19456.1

Shaggy

194810.0

Silver River

19486.2

Station West

19486.4

Taza, Son of Cochise

19545.6

A Lady Without Passport

19505.3

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

19485.6

Apache Uprising

19656.4

Raton Pass

19514.9

Intruder in the Dust

19497.3

The Tall Target

19516.9

The Howards of Virginia

19406.8

El Paso

19496.0

This Earth Is Mine

19596.6

The Sea of Grass

19476.1

Four Faces West

19485.7

Voodoo Man

19445.0

She Couldn't Say No

19545.7

Unknown Island

19485.2

Our Town

19405.9

Adventures of Red Ryder

19406.7

The Road to Denver

19557.0

The Lone Rider in Ghost Town

19415.0

The Last Hunt

19566.9

The Walls of Jericho

19485.6

Texas Carnival

19515.4

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

19664.3

The Cowboy and the Indians

19497.0

Death Rides the Range

19398.0

The Americano

19555.3

The Kansan

19436.0

Everybody's Old Man

19368.0

Born to Be Wild

19387.5

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

19525.8

Beyond Tomorrow

19406.1

Too Many Girls

19405.9

Rough Riders' Round-up

19395.3

They Call It Murder

19716.3

Gunmen from Laredo

19595.4

Border Patrol

19436.2

Roseanna McCoy

19496.1

Days of Jesse James

19395.1

Ma Barker's Killer Brood

19606.2

Red Tomahawk

19676.8

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

19416.5

The Phantom

19436.6

Deadwood Dick

19407.0

False Colors

19434.7

Frontier Gun

19586.8

Arizona Whirlwind

19446.3

Westward Bound

19445.7

Albuquerque

19486.8

Gunning for Justice

194810.0

Tennessee Champ

19546.5

Harmony Trail

19445.3

Sunset Carson Rides Again

19485.3

Gunfire at Indian Gap

19575.7

Outlaws of Stampede Pass

19437.0

Sheriff of Sage Valley

19425.7

In Old Monterey

19396.3

Arizona Trail

19435.4

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

19755.0

The Return of the Durango Kid

19458.7

Crazy Knights

19445.2

Escape from Red Rock

19577.0

The Utah Kid

19447.0

Dynamite

19494.7

Outlaw Country

19494.5

Smart Guy

19437.0

Smoke In The Wind

19757.5

Boss of Rawhide

19436.7

Blazing Guns

19437.3

The Fighting Renegade

19396.8

Born to the Saddle

19535.7

El Diablo Rides

19395.0