David White

David White

actor, director, writer

David White was born on Apr 04, 1916 in USA. David White's big-screen debut came with Sweet Smell of Success directed by Alexander Mackendrick in 1957, strarring Otis Elwell (uncredited). David White is known for Bewitched directed by William Asher, Elizabeth Montgomery stars as Samantha Stephens and Agnes Moorehead as Endora. The most recent award David White achieved is TV Land Awards. The upcoming new movie David White plays is Brewster's Millions which will be released on May 22, 1985.

American stage actor who appeared frequently on television and occasionally but impressively in films. A Marine Corps veteran of the Second World War, he worked on Broadway and on tour in stage productions after the war. In the late 1950s, he became an increasingly familiar face on American television, following a strong performance in the film Le Grand Chantage (1957), in which he played the smarmy fellow who gets a dalliance with the unwilling Barbara Nichols in exchange for a favor to Tony Curtis's Sidney Falco. Cads and pompous politicians became White's strong suit, but he achieved his greatest fame as the unctuous Larry Tate on the hit TV series Ma sorcière bien aimée (1964). He continued to work in the theatre, particularly as a member of acclaimed Theatre West company in Los Angeles and at the Mark Taper Forum there. In December, 1988, White's 33-year-old son, Jonathan, was killed in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, UK. White, who had been widowed soon after Jonathan's birth, was embittered and enraged by this new tragedy. He became reclusive for a time, but was returning to some social activity and theatre work when he died of a massive heart attack in 1990, just a few days prior to the second anniversary of his son's death. He was survived by his daughter.

  • Birthday

    Apr 04, 1916
  • Place of Birth

    Denver, Colorado, USA

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

TV Land Awards
2008
Mad Ad Man (or Woman) of the Year
Winner - TV Land Award

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