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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1908-03-25
- event Death Date 1980-07-07
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.3
- info Birth Place Falmouth, Florida, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Dan White
7.9
The Grapes of Wrath
1940-03-15
7.8
Touch of Evil
1958-03-30
5.6
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944-06-09
6
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
1960-02-03
5.7
The Walls of Jericho
1948-11-22
4.1
Attack of the Giant Leeches
1959-10-01
4
Dynamite
1949-01-18
6.1
Station West
1948-09-01
6.7
Rawhide
1951-03-25
5.7
San Antonio
1945-12-29
7
Born to Be Wild
1938-02-16
8
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945-04-19
5.4
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1948-05-23
6.4
The Howards of Virginia
1940-09-19
7.4
Intruder in the Dust
1949-11-22
5.8
Great Day in the Morning
1956-05-16
4.1
Sunset Carson Rides Again
1948-09-10
6.3
The Phantom
1943-12-24
6.6
Apache Uprising
1965-12-29
4.8
Raton Pass
1951-04-07
5.4
Forbidden Trails
1941-12-25
4.8
Harmony Trail
1944-12-01
5.6
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952-06-27
6.1
Roseanna McCoy
1949-10-12
5.8
Tennessee Champ
1954-03-03
6.4
Suddenly
1954-09-17
6.7
The Last Hunt
1956-04-30
5.9
The Proud Rebel
1958-07-01
4.1
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966-04-09
5
Smart Guy
1943-12-17
6.3
Distant Drums
1951-12-25
6
Blazing Guns
1943-10-08
4
Westward Bound
1944-01-17
5.5
Arizona Whirlwind
1944-02-21
5.6
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954-02-18
4.7
Gunmen from Laredo
1959-03-01
6.7
The Sheepman
1958-05-01
6.6
The Lusty Men
1952-10-24
6.8
The Cowboy and the Indians
1949-09-15
6
The Lonely Man
1957-06-21
6.4
Red Tomahawk
1967-01-01
6
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939-03-13
8
Gone with the Wind
1939-03-12
5.5
Days of Jesse James
1939-12-20
6
Death Rides the Range
1939-12-14
7.1
Destry Rides Again
1939-11-30
5.7
The Fighting Renegade
1939-08-31
8.1
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962-12-20
6.9
I Married a Witch
1942-10-30
5.6
El Paso
1949-03-22
4.7
Crazy Knights
1944-12-08
5.7
Four Faces West
1948-08-03
6.5
Texas
1941-10-09
6.7
Cover Up
1949-02-25
5.4
The First Traveling Saleslady
1956-08-01
7.3
The Gunfighter
1950-06-23
6.2
The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
5
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
1941-05-16
0
El Diablo Rides
1939-12-12
0
Deadwood Dick
1940-07-19
5.5
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940-06-28
6
The Road to Denver
1955-06-15
6.4
The Red Badge of Courage
1951-09-27
5.7
Our Town
1940-05-24
6.2
Beyond Tomorrow
1940-05-10
5.7
Too Many Girls
1940-10-08
6.9
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949-10-22
5.3
In Old Monterey
1939-08-14
4.6
Arizona Trail
1943-09-15
5.5
Boss of Rawhide
1943-11-20
4
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
1943-10-15
0
The Utah Kid
1944-08-25
0
Gun Town
1946-01-18
6.8
Albuquerque
1948-02-20
0
Gunning for Justice
1948-11-06
5.6
Sheriff of Sage Valley
1942-09-02
3.5
Outlaw Country
1949-01-07
5
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
1941-08-08
5
Born to the Saddle
1953-03-15
6
Border Patrol
1943-04-02
4
False Colors
1943-11-05
5.2
The Kansan
1943-09-10
6
Frontier Gun
1958-10-31
5
The Americano
1955-01-19
5.8
The Bounty Killer
1965-07-30
0
Escape from Red Rock
1957-12-01
5
Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957-12-11
4.8
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975-11-06
5.5
She Couldn't Say No
1954-02-15
5.2
Unknown Island
1948-10-15
7.4
Red River
1948-08-26
6.1
This Earth Is Mine
1959-07-08
4.9
A Lady Without Passport
1950-08-03
6.9
The Tall Target
1951-08-17
6.5
They Call It Murder
1971-12-17
6
Smoke In The Wind
1975-04-01
6.4
The Tall Men
1955-09-22
6.3
Duel in the Sun
1946-12-31
5
Voodoo Man
1944-02-21
6.1
Red Mountain
1951-11-01
5.7
Horizons West
1952-10-11
7.3
Green Acres
1965-09-15
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-09-26
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24
6.2
Flipper
1964-09-19
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
5.5
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
6.2
Lassie
1954-09-12
6.5
Sea Hunt
1958-01-04
7
Rawhide
1959-01-09
5.8
Highway Patrol
1955-10-03
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14
6.5
The High Chaparral
1967-09-10
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
5
West Point
1956-10-05
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955-09-06
6.6
Adventures of Superman
1952-09-19
3.7
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956-09-07
4.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951-04-15
5.3
The Rebel
1959-10-04
7
The Rifleman
1958-09-30
4.2
Sugarfoot
1957-09-17
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958-10-08
5.5
The Texan
1958-09-29
3.5
Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01
6.4
Telephone Time
1956-04-08
5.3
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951-08-11
6
Hopalong Cassidy
1952-09-19
6.9
Maverick
1957-09-22
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.5
The High Chaparral
1967-09-10
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958-10-08
3.5
Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01
7
Rawhide
1959-01-09