Dan White
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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
Credits
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Touch of Evil (1958)
as Customs Officer (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
as Mob Leader (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Poor Man Walking with Woman in Transient Camp (uncredited)
Distant Drums (1951)
as Cpl. Peachtree
Duel in the Sun (1946)
as Ed (uncredited)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
as Trooper (uncredited)
I Married a Witch (1942)
Actor
Red River (1948)
as Laredo (uncredited)
Lonely are the Brave (1962)
as Convict (uncredited)
The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
as Barfly Getting Up from Table (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman (1951)
as Tex Kearns (uncredited)
The Tall Men (1955)
as San Antonio Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass (1947)
as Wake - Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Sheepman (1958)
as Rancher (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
as Barfly (uncredited)
The Gunfighter (1950)
as Card Player in Barber Shop (uncredited)
This Earth Is Mine (1959)
as Judge Gruber
Red Mountain (1951)
as Jim Braden, Assayer
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
as Will (uncredited)
The Country Girl (1954)
as Man (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
as Pub Patron (uncredited)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
as Porky Reed
Intruder in the Dust (1949)
as Will Legate (uncredited)
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
as Harley Burger
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
as Death Row Prisoner #1 (uncredited)
Great Day in the Morning (1956)
as Rogers (uncredited)
A Lady Without Passport (1950)
as Airport Dispatcher (uncredited)
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
as Tiswin Charlie
The Tall Target (1951)
as Passenger in Club Car (uncredited)
The Lusty Men (1952)
Actor
Rawhide (1951)
as Gilchrist (uncredited)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
as Pete Ketchum
The Proud Rebel (1958)
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Born to Be Wild (1938)
as Striker (uncredited)
The Lonely Man (1957)
Actor
Cover Up (1949)
as Gabe
They Call It Murder (1971)
as Judge Farraday
San Antonio (1945)
Actor
The Last Hunt (1956)
as Deputy
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
as Doc Thomas
Four Faces West (1948)
as Clint Waters
The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
as Sheriff
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
as Loafer (uncredited)
Horizons West (1952)
as Dennis (uncredited)
Suddenly (1954)
as Burg (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James (1939)
as Irate Townsman (uncredited)
Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
as Townsman
The Road to Denver (1955)
as Man in Buckboard
Station West (1948)
as Pete
Texas (1941)
as Ringsider (uncredited)
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle (1975)
as Caldas
Everybody's Old Man (1936)
Actor
Our Town (1940)
as Wedding Guest Talking to Constable
Shaggy (1948)
as Joe Simms
Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)
as Sheriff #2
El Paso (1949)
as Henchman (uncredited)
Apache Uprising (1965)
as Townsman
Voodoo Man (1944)
as Deputy
The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)
as Farmer (uncredited)
The Bounty Killer (1965)
as Marshal Davis (as Daniel M. White)
Gunfire at Indian Gap (1957)
as Fred Moran
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941)
as Townsman
Smoke In The Wind (1975)
as Col. Joab Cullen (as Daniel White)
Silver River (1948)
as Miner (uncredited)
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
as Abel Hatfield
Death Rides the Range (1939)
as Townsman
Forbidden Trails (1941)
as Barfly
Too Many Girls (1940)
as Faculty (uncredited)
Rough Riders' Round-up (1939)
as Border Patrolman
Tennessee Champ (1954)
as Baptist Minister
Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
as Rancher
The Return of the Durango Kid (1945)
as Kirby (uncredited)
Escape from Red Rock (1957)
as Al Farris (as Daniel White)
Gun Town (1946)
as Joe - Henchman
Gunmen from Laredo (1959)
Actor
Albuquerque (1948)
as Henchman Jackson
Born to the Saddle (1953)
as Sheriff
Inferno (1953)
as Lee - Ranch Hand (uncredited)
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941)
as Saloon Gambler (uncredited)
Dynamite (1949)
as Skipper Brown (uncredited)
The Kansan (1943)
as Barfly
Outlaws of Stampede Pass (1943)
as Kurt, Murdered cowhand
Red Tomahawk (1967)
as 1st prospector, Ned Crone
Unknown Island (1948)
as Crewman Edwards
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Texas Carnival (1951)
as Card Player (uncredited)
The Americano (1955)
as Barney Dent
Deadwood Dick (1940)
as Bank Teller / Stage Agent
Border Patrol (1943)
as Henchman
Raton Pass (1951)
as Scout (uncredited)
False Colors (1943)
as Bar Spectator
Sunset Carson Rides Again (1948)
as Sheriff Norton
Frontier Gun (1958)
as Sam Kilgore
The Fighting Renegade (1939)
as Henchman
Boss of Rawhide (1943)
as Minstrel
In Old Monterey (1939)
as Man at Meeting
Outlaw Country (1949)
as Jim McCord
Westward Bound (1944)
as Henchman Wade
Arizona Trail (1943)
as Sheriff Jones
Gunning for Justice (1948)
as Sheriff
The Phantom (1943)
as Braddock (uncredited)
Arizona Whirlwind (1944)
as Engineer Jim Lockwood
El Diablo Rides (1939)
as Henchman
Crazy Knights (1944)
as Electrician
Smart Guy (1943)
as Sheriff
Harmony Trail (1944)
as Henchman Bronco
The Utah Kid (1944)
as Henchman Slim
Blazing Guns (1943)
as Henchman Trigger