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