Lee 'Lasses' White
August 28, 1888 (136 years old) in Wills Point, Texas, USA
Leroy Robert White (August 28, 1888 – December 16, 1949), better known as Lee "Lasses" White or Leroy (sometimes Le Roy or Lee Roy) "Lasses" White, was an American vaudeville pianist, songwriter and entertainer who became an actor of the stage, screen and radio. He became famous doing minstrel shows during the early part of the 1900s, and wrote one of the first copyrighted twelve-bar blues, "Nigger Blues". After spending some time on radio, White entered the film industry in the late 1930s. During his eleven-year career he appeared in over 70 films.
Known For
Credits
- 1950 · The Texan Meets Calamity Jane as Colorado Charley
- 1950 · The Iroquois Trail as
- 1949 · Red Rock Outlaw as Lasses
- 1949 · Mississippi Rhythm as Dixie Dalrymple
- 1949 · El Paso as
- 1948 · The Valiant Hombre as Whiskers
- 1948 · Indian Agent as Inky
- 1948 · The Golden Eye as Pete
- 1948 · Panhandle as Old Man Bush (uncredited)
- 1948 · Albuquerque as Stage Passenger with Juke (uncredited)
- 1947 · Louisiana as Old Timer
- 1947 · The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap as Shotgun Rider (uncredited)
- 1947 · Cheyenne as Charlie (uncredited)
- 1947 · Song of the Wasteland as Doc Henderson
- 1947 · Six-Gun Serenade as Lasses
- 1947 · Rainbow Over the Rockies as Lasses
- 1947 · Ginger as Gramps McTavish
- 1946 · Song of the Sierras as 'Lasses' White
- 1946 · Trail to Mexico as 'Lasses' White
- 1946 · Without Reservations as Marine (uncredited)
- 1946 · West of the Alamo as Texas Ranger 'Lasses' White
- 1946 · Moon Over Montana as Lasses White
- 1945 · Lonesome Trail as Lasses White
- 1945 · Riders of the Dawn as Lasses White
- 1945 · Saddle Serenade as 'Lasses' White
- 1945 · Springtime in Texas as Lasses White
- 1945 · In Old New Mexico as Clem Petty
- 1944 · Belle of the Yukon as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
- 1944 · Song of the Range as Lasses
- 1944 · Alaska as Mark Bennett
- 1944 · When Strangers Marry as Old Man
- 1943 · The Unknown Guest as Joe Williams
- 1943 · Something to Shout About as Uncle Bert
- 1943 · Cinderella Swings It as Ed Potts
- 1942 · Mug Town as Pirkle
- 1942 · The Talk of the Town as Hound Keeper (uncredited)
- 1942 · Thundering Hoofs as Whopper Hatch
- 1942 · Come on Danger as Whopper
- 1942 · Land of the Open Range as Whopper
- 1942 · Riding the Wind as Whopper
- 1941 · Dude Cowboy as Prof. Whopper Hatch
- 1941 · The Bandit Trail as Whopper
- 1941 · Sergeant York as Luke - Target Keeper (uncredited)
- 1941 · Six-Gun Gold as Whopper
- 1941 · Cyclone on Horseback as Whopper
- 1941 · Scattergood Pulls the Strings as Ed Potts
- 1941 · The Roundup as Sam Snead
- 1941 · Scattergood Baines as Ed Potts
- 1941 · Road Show as Constable (uncredited)
- 1940 · Dance, Girl, Dance as Bailey Brothers' Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1940 · Oklahoma Renegades as Jim Keith
- 1939 · Rovin' Tumbleweeds as Storekeeper