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Dan White 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 13 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.
Dan and his family lived in Panama City, Florida, and Shreveport, Louisiana for a while. They reached Texarkana, Arkansas in January 1937, and had to stop for a different reason this time. Tilda was carrying their unborn child, and it was showing signs that it could wait no longer. Tilda's sister Mary happened to live in Texarkana, and they were able to stay there for a few months until the baby was born and got big enough to travel. Daughter June Larue White was born February 14, 1937. On April 1, 1937, Dan, Tilda, Art and June continued their journey to Hollywood. They arrived 16 days later, and found a house to rent just an eye-shot away from the "HOLLYWOOD" sign. They lived in this house for 23 years where many movie deals were made, and scripts were written--right in their own living room! Upon arrival in Hollywood, Dan had a hard time finding work and found himself down in Panama working on the Pan American Highway for 6 months. When he returned home in 1938, he found work with Republic Pictures where he made at least 6 movies in his first year alone. His first known film was a western titled Prairie Moon (1938) with Gene Autry. Dan made $55 a week working on this production. Over the years in Hollywood, Dan claimed to have made nearly 300 films and 150 television appearances, with about 70% of all this work being in westerns. Among his most well-known pictures were The Yearling (1946), Distant Drums (1951), Red River (1948), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Giant (1956), Duel in the Sun (1946), Four Faces West (1948), Jailhouse Rock (1957), Touch of Evil (1958) and many, many more. Somehow during all this filming, Dan and Tilda found time to have their third child--Donald Curtis White, born November 9, 1941; just 28 days before Pearl Harbor was bombed. Dan made his reputation in the numerous "B" westerns in which often played the villain (or "henchie"). His weathered, high-cheek boned face with its tight-drawn, expressionless mouth and beady snake eyes chilled the blood of many a Saturday matinee-er in the 1940s and 1950s. Dan loved his work, especially all of his "outdoor" pictures. In the 1950s and 1960s, when work in western films started to dry up, Dan turned to television. He was offered the role of Sam the Bartender in Gunsmoke (1955), but he didn't want to commit to something like that. He told his best friend Glenn Strange to apply for the job, and the rest is history. Dan lived in California for almost 40 years, but his real love was Florida where he grew up. Upon his retirement, he returned home to Tampa, just down the street from the old Rialto Theater where it all started. He made appearances in "Western Film Round-Ups" and television talk shows, and was frequently visited by his family in California until his death on July 7, 1980 at the age of 72. Dan left behind three children and 12 grandchildren. Not only will he be recognized and remembered for all his films, but he will also be remembered as a great father and grandfather. He will be missed and loved forever.- Actor
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Dan White was born on 25 March 1980 in Falmouth, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for General Hospital (1963), Law & Order True Crime (2017) and Barbershop (2005).- Dan White was a former paratrooper in Vietnam who joined the San Francisco Police Department in 1969. In 1973, he left the force and joined the fire department, winning many awards for bravery. In 1977 he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. The following year, he resigned from the Board, frustrated by the low salary - $9,600 a year. A few days later he asked Mayor George Moscone to reappoint him. Moscone refused, and on November 27, 1978, White entered City Hall through a window in the parking area and shot and killed Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.
San Francisco, which was still reeling from the Jonestown massacre just nine days earlier, was indescribably shocked at the assassination of its mayor and popular supervisor Milk. Supervisor Dianne Feinstein was sworn in as the new mayor.
White was charged with first-degree murder and faced the death penalty, but was convicted only of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 7 years. The jury accepted a diminished capacity defense based on testimony that White was suffering from untreated depression--a misnomer that became known in the media as the "Twinkie defense." Outraged San Franciscans responded to the sentence by rioting at City Hall.
White was paroled in 1984 after serving just five years, and returned to San Francisco despite a request by Feinstein to stay away. Unable to make a new life for himself, White attached a hose to the exhaust pipe of the family car and took his life on the morning of October 21, 1985. White left suicide notes to members of his family and died clutching family photos. An Irish ballad, "The Town I Loved So Well", reportedly sounded from the car's cassette player. - Actor
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Dan White is known for Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock (2012), Godzilla: Save the Earth (2004) and Godzilla: Smash 3 (2014).- Camera and Electrical Department
Dan White is known for Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History (2018).- Camera and Electrical Department
Dan White is known for Lincoln (1992).- Dan White is a business executive for the Ray White Group, the largest real estate franchise group in Australasia. He joined the executive team in 2008, and ascended to the executive team as Managing Director in 2015. He leads the Ray White Commercial and White & Partners business units. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland.
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Dan White is known for The Nevers (2021).- Dan White is known for The Revolver 4 (2010).
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Dan White is known for Betrayal: The Perfect Husband (2023).- Producer
Dan White is known for Shallow (2021).- Camera and Electrical Department
Dan White is known for Mama Bear and Unsolved Mysteries (2020).- Music Department
Dan White is known for A Very Cold War Christmas (2022).- Camera and Electrical Department
Dan White is known for Betrayal: The Perfect Husband (2023).- Dan White is known for Bisabuelo (2013).
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Dan White is known for Ice Road Truckers (2007).- Dan White is known for Short Leash (2018).
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Dan White is known for Pimp My Ride (2004) and ABC News Breakfast (2008).- Composer
Dan White is known for Deuce (2018) and Give Blood - Whistle (2018).- Dan White is known for Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973).
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Dan White is known for Stop Leak (2013) and The Hamster Wheel (2011).- Camera and Electrical Department
Dan White is known for Kenyatta: Do Not Wait Your Turn (2023).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Dan White is known for Rest Stop (2015) and Albert Camus: The Sea Close By (2013).- Camera and Electrical Department
Dan White is known for We Need A Resolution (2019) and Lost in the Smoke (2019).- Writer
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Dan White is known for Still Doing the Safety Dance (2000), 3 Idiots w/GUNS (2000) and Outdoorsmen (2002).- Camera and Electrical Department
Dan White is known for Philadelphia: The Great Experiment (2011).- Sound Department
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Dan White is known for How to Fix a Drug Scandal (2020).- Dan White is known for The Final Obsession (2015).
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Dan White is known for Rough Cut (2016).- Dan White is known for Don't Burn the Breakfast (2016).
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Dan White is known for Tulipani: Liefde, eer en een fiets (2017).- Camera and Electrical Department
Dan White is known for Isabelle (2018).- Dan White is known for John Legend: Christmas Under the Stars (2019).
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Dan White is known for Murder Nation (2021).- Camera and Electrical Department
Dan Grease White is known for Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), The Conspiracy (2012) and I'll Follow You Down (2013).- Camera and Electrical Department
Dan White is known for Death & Grieving Men (2016).