
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.

The Return of the Durango Kid

アラバマ物語

風と共に去りぬ

怒りの葡萄

黒い罠

Lonely are the Brave

赤い河

Green Acres

Intruder in the Dust

拳銃王

Have Gun, Will Travel

Rawhide

砂塵

The Rifleman

Born to Be Wild

The Cowboy and the Indians

The Sheepman

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

The Country Girl

じゃじゃ馬億万長者

Maverick

The Last Hunt

I Married a Witch

Albuquerque

The Tall Target

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The High Chaparral

The Lusty Men

His Kind of Woman

Rawhide

Gunsmoke

Adventures of Superman

The Howards of Virginia

Sea Hunt

Red Mountain

Texas

Cover Up

Red Tomahawk

The Road to Denver

The Red Badge of Courage

たくましき男たち

General Electric Theater

バージニアン

Suddenly

白昼の決闘

Telephone Time

Station West

遠い太鼓

The Phantom

Apache Uprising

Horizons West

Flipper

Lassie

The Sea of Grass

This Earth Is Mine

Bat Masterson

The Proud Rebel

Inferno

Beyond Tomorrow

Blazing Guns

Death Rides the Range

Deadwood Dick

Frontier Gun

Smoke In The Wind

Silver River

Ma Barker's Killer Brood

San Antonio

Great Day in the Morning

The Lonely Man

Tennessee Champ

The Bounty Killer

Highway Patrol

The Fighting Renegade

El Paso

Our Town

ペチコート作戦

Roseanna McCoy

Four Faces West

Too Many Girls

Sheriff of Sage Valley

She Couldn't Say No

The Invisible Man's Revenge

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

Arizona Whirlwind

Taza, Son of Cochise

The First Traveling Saleslady

Adventures of Red Ryder

Boss of Rawhide

The Texan

Forbidden Trails

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

The Kansan

They Call It Murder

In Old Monterey

Border Patrol

The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Americano

A Lady Without Passport

Arizona Trail

Hopalong Cassidy

Smart Guy

The Lone Rider in Ghost Town

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

Born to the Saddle

Gunfire at Indian Gap

Unknown Island

West Point

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Voodoo Man

The Walls of Jericho

Sunset Carson Rides Again

Harmony Trail

Sugarfoot

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

Gunmen from Laredo

Days of Jesse James

Texas Carnival

The Rebel

Raton Pass

Crazy Knights

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

Attack of the Giant Leeches

Westward Bound

Rough Riders' Round-up

Outlaws of Stampede Pass

False Colors

Outlaw Country

Cavalcade of America

Dynamite

El Diablo Rides

The Utah Kid

Gun Town

Gunning for Justice

Escape from Red Rock

Everybody's Old Man

Shaggy