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.
110 movies · 29 shows
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975·5.0
Smoke In The Wind
1975·7.5
They Call It Murder
1971·6.3
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970·6.4
Red Tomahawk
1967·6.8
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966·4.3
Apache Uprising
1965·6.4
The Bounty Killer
1965·6.0
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962·8.0
Lonely are the Brave
1962·7.4
Ma Barker's Killer Brood
1960·6.2
Attack of the Giant Leeches
1959·4.1
This Earth Is Mine
1959·6.6
Gunmen from Laredo
1959·5.4
Frontier Gun
1958·6.8
The Proud Rebel
1958·6.1
The Sheepman
1958·6.9
Touch of Evil
1958·7.7
Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957·5.7
Escape from Red Rock
1957·7.0
The Lonely Man
1957·6.1
The First Traveling Saleslady
1956·5.6
Great Day in the Morning
1956·6.0
The Last Hunt
1956·6.9
The Tall Men
1955·6.5
The Road to Denver
1955·7.0
The Americano
1955·5.3
The Country Girl
1954·7.0
Suddenly
1954·6.4
Tennessee Champ
1954·6.5
Taza, Son of Cochise
1954·5.6
She Couldn't Say No
1954·5.7
Inferno
1953·6.1
Born to the Saddle
1953·5.7
The Lusty Men
1952·6.7
Horizons West
1952·6.4
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952·5.8
Distant Drums
1951·6.3
Texas Carnival
1951·5.4
The Red Badge of Courage
1951·6.5
The Tall Target
1951·6.9
His Kind of Woman
1951·6.8
Red Mountain
1951·6.7
Raton Pass
1951·4.9
Rawhide
1951·6.8
A Lady Without Passport
1950·5.3
The Gunfighter
1950·7.4
Intruder in the Dust
1949·7.3
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949·6.9
Roseanna McCoy
1949·6.1
The Cowboy and the Indians
1949·7.0
El Paso
1949·6.0
Cover Up
1949·6.6
Dynamite
1949·4.7
Outlaw Country
1949·4.5
The Walls of Jericho
1948·5.6
Gunning for Justice
1948·10.0
Unknown Island
1948·5.2
Red River
1948·7.3
Sunset Carson Rides Again
1948·5.3
Station West
1948·6.4
Four Faces West
1948·5.7
Shaggy
1948·10.0
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1948·5.6
Silver River
1948·6.2
Albuquerque
1948·6.8
The Sea of Grass
1947·6.1
Duel in the Sun
1946·6.4
Gun Town
1946·7.0
San Antonio
1945·6.1
The Return of the Durango Kid
1945·8.7
Crazy Knights
1944·5.2
Harmony Trail
1944·5.3
The Utah Kid
1944·7.0
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944·5.6
Arizona Whirlwind
1944·6.3
Voodoo Man
1944·5.0
Westward Bound
1944·5.7
The Phantom
1943·6.6
Smart Guy
1943·7.0
Boss of Rawhide
1943·6.7
False Colors
1943·4.7
Outlaws of Stampede Pass
1943·7.0
Blazing Guns
1943·7.3
Arizona Trail
1943·5.4
The Kansan
1943·6.0
Border Patrol
1943·6.2
I Married a Witch
1942·6.9
Sheriff of Sage Valley
1942·5.7
Forbidden Trails
1941·5.6
Texas
1941·6.7
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
1941·6.5
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
1941·5.0
Too Many Girls
1940·5.9
The Howards of Virginia
1940·6.8
Deadwood Dick
1940·7.0
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940·6.7
Our Town
1940·5.9
Beyond Tomorrow
1940·6.1
The Grapes of Wrath
1940·7.8
Days of Jesse James
1939·5.1
Gone with the Wind
1939·7.9
Death Rides the Range
1939·8.0
El Diablo Rides
1939·5.0
Destry Rides Again
1939·7.2
The Fighting Renegade
1939·6.8
In Old Monterey
1939·6.3
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939·5.3
Born to Be Wild
1938·7.5
Everybody's Old Man
1936·8.0