Dan White

Also Known As: Daniel, Daniel M. White, Daniel White

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Falmouth, Florida, USA

Birthday: March 25, 1908

Deathday: July 07, 1980

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

The Grapes of Wrath
Touch of Evil
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
The Walls of Jericho
Attack of the Giant Leeches
Dynamite
Station West
Rawhide
San Antonio
Born to Be Wild
The Return of the Durango Kid
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
The Howards of Virginia
Intruder in the Dust
Great Day in the Morning
Sunset Carson Rides Again
The Phantom
Apache Uprising
Raton Pass
Forbidden Trails
Harmony Trail
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Roseanna McCoy
Tennessee Champ
Suddenly
The Last Hunt
The Proud Rebel
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Smart Guy
Distant Drums
Blazing Guns
Westward Bound
Arizona Whirlwind
Taza, Son of Cochise
Gunmen from Laredo
The Sheepman
The Lusty Men
The Cowboy and the Indians
The Lonely Man
Red Tomahawk
Rough Riders' Round-up
Gone with the Wind
Death Rides the Range
Days of Jesse James
Destry Rides Again
The Fighting Renegade
To Kill a Mockingbird
I Married a Witch
El Paso
Crazy Knights
Four Faces West
Texas
Cover Up
The First Traveling Saleslady
The Gunfighter
The Sea of Grass
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
El Diablo Rides
Deadwood Dick
Adventures of Red Ryder
The Road to Denver
The Red Badge of Courage
Our Town
Beyond Tomorrow
Too Many Girls
In Old Monterey
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Arizona Trail
Boss of Rawhide
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
The Utah Kid
Gun Town
Albuquerque
Gunning for Justice
Sheriff of Sage Valley
Outlaw Country
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Born to the Saddle
Border Patrol
False Colors
The Kansan
Frontier Gun
The Americano
The Bounty Killer
Escape from Red Rock
Gunfire at Indian Gap
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
She Couldn't Say No
Unknown Island
Red River
This Earth Is Mine
A Lady Without Passport
The Tall Target
They Call It Murder
Smoke In The Wind
The Tall Men
Duel in the Sun
Voodoo Man
Red Mountain
Horizons West
Inferno
His Kind of Woman
Everybody's Old Man