Dan White

Dan White

Birthday: 1908-03-25

Deathday: 1980-07-07

Place of birth: Falmouth, Florida, USA

Also known as: Daniel, Daniel M. White, Daniel White

imdb_id: nm0924643

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.

Played in movies:

The Return of the Durango Kid

Score: 8.0

To Kill a Mockingbird

Score: 8.0

Gone with the Wind

Score: 7.9

The Grapes of Wrath

Score: 7.8

Touch of Evil

Score: 7.8

Intruder in the Dust

Score: 7.4

Red River

Score: 7.3

The Gunfighter

Score: 7.3

Destry Rides Again

Score: 7.2

Born to Be Wild

Score: 7.0

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Score: 6.9

I Married a Witch

Score: 6.8

The Tall Target

Score: 6.8

Albuquerque

Score: 6.8

Cover Up

Score: 6.8

The Cowboy and the Indians

Score: 6.8

The Sheepman

Score: 6.7

The Last Hunt

Score: 6.7

Rawhide

Score: 6.7

His Kind of Woman

Score: 6.6

The Lusty Men

Score: 6.6

They Call It Murder

Score: 6.5

Texas

Score: 6.5

The Howards of Virginia

Score: 6.5

Red Mountain

Score: 6.4

Red Tomahawk

Score: 6.4

Suddenly

Score: 6.4

Apache Uprising

Score: 6.4

The Red Badge of Courage

Score: 6.4

Duel in the Sun

Score: 6.3

The Tall Men

Score: 6.3

The Sea of Grass

Score: 6.3

Inferno

Score: 6.2

Distant Drums

Score: 6.2

The Phantom

Score: 6.2

This Earth Is Mine

Score: 6.1

The Lonely Man

Score: 6.1

Roseanna McCoy

Score: 6.1

Station West

Score: 6.1

The Proud Rebel

Score: 6.0

Horizons West

Score: 6.0

Smoke In The Wind

Score: 6.0

Frontier Gun

Score: 6.0

Border Patrol

Score: 6.0

Beyond Tomorrow

Score: 6.0

The Road to Denver

Score: 6.0

Deadwood Dick

Score: 6.0

Death Rides the Range

Score: 6.0

Blazing Guns

Score: 6.0

Great Day in the Morning

Score: 5.9

Ma Barker's Killer Brood

Score: 5.9

The Bounty Killer

Score: 5.8

Tennessee Champ

Score: 5.8

Our Town

Score: 5.7

Too Many Girls

Score: 5.7

El Paso

Score: 5.7

The Fighting Renegade

Score: 5.7

San Antonio

Score: 5.7

The Walls of Jericho

Score: 5.7

She Couldn't Say No

Score: 5.6

Sheriff of Sage Valley

Score: 5.6

Four Faces West

Score: 5.6

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

Score: 5.6

The Invisible Man's Revenge

Score: 5.6

Boss of Rawhide

Score: 5.5

Adventures of Red Ryder

Score: 5.5

Rough Riders' Round-up

Score: 5.5

Taza, Son of Cochise

Score: 5.5

Arizona Whirlwind

Score: 5.5

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

Score: 5.5

The First Traveling Saleslady

Score: 5.4

Forbidden Trails

Score: 5.4

The Kansan

Score: 5.3

In Old Monterey

Score: 5.3

A Lady Without Passport

Score: 5.2

Unknown Island

Score: 5.2

The Americano

Score: 5.2

Days of Jesse James

Score: 5.2

Voodoo Man

Score: 5.0

Gunfire at Indian Gap

Score: 5.0

Born to the Saddle

Score: 5.0

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

Score: 5.0

The Lone Rider in Ghost Town

Score: 5.0

Smart Guy

Score: 5.0

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

Score: 4.8

Harmony Trail

Score: 4.8

Raton Pass

Score: 4.8

Gunmen from Laredo

Score: 4.7

Arizona Trail

Score: 4.6

Crazy Knights

Score: 4.6

Attack of the Giant Leeches

Score: 4.2

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

Score: 4.1

Sunset Carson Rides Again

Score: 4.1

False Colors

Score: 4.0

Outlaws of Stampede Pass

Score: 4.0

Westward Bound

Score: 4.0

Dynamite

Score: 4.0

Outlaw Country

Score: 3.7

Everybody's Old Man

Score: 0.0

Escape from Red Rock

Score: 0.0

Gunning for Justice

Score: 0.0

Gun Town

Score: 0.0

The Utah Kid

Score: 0.0

El Diablo Rides

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Have Gun, Will Travel

Score: 7.4

Green Acres

Score: 7.3

Rawhide

Score: 7.2

Rawhide

Score: 7.2

The Rifleman

Score: 7.0

Maverick

Score: 6.8

The Beverly Hillbillies

Score: 6.8

Adventures of Superman

Score: 6.7

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Sea Hunt

Score: 6.6

The Virginian

Score: 6.5

The Virginian

Score: 6.5

The Virginian

Score: 6.5

The Virginian

Score: 6.5

The High Chaparral

Score: 6.5

The High Chaparral

Score: 6.5

Telephone Time

Score: 6.3

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.3

Bat Masterson

Score: 6.1

Bat Masterson

Score: 6.1

Lassie

Score: 6.1

Flipper

Score: 6.1

Highway Patrol

Score: 5.8

Petticoat Junction

Score: 5.8

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Score: 5.3

Hopalong Cassidy

Score: 5.2

The Rebel

Score: 5.1

The Texan

Score: 5.0

West Point

Score: 5.0

Sugarfoot

Score: 4.8

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Score: 4.5

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Score: 3.7

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5