Lee 'Lasses' White
Born: 1888-08-28 in Wills Point, Texas, USA
Died: 1949-12-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1950
- The Iroquois Trail
- The Texan Meets Calamity Jane as Colorado Charley
1949
- El Paso
- Red Rock Outlaw as Lasses
- Mississippi Rhythm as Dixie Dalrymple
1948
- Albuquerque as Stage Passenger with Juke (uncredited)
- Panhandle as Old Man Bush (uncredited)
- The Golden Eye as Pete
- The Valiant Hombre as Whiskers
- Indian Agent as Inky
1947
- Cheyenne as Charlie (uncredited)
- Ginger as Gramps McTavish
- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap as Shotgun Rider (uncredited)
- Rainbow Over the Rockies as Lasses
- Louisiana as Old Timer
- Song of the Wasteland as Doc Henderson
- Six-Gun Serenade as Lasses
1946
- Without Reservations as Marine (uncredited)
- Moon Over Montana as Lasses White
- Song of the Sierras as 'Lasses' White
- West of the Alamo as Texas Ranger 'Lasses' White
- Trail to Mexico as 'Lasses' White
1945
- Dillinger as Cement Contractor (uncredited)
- Saddle Serenade as 'Lasses' White
- Lonesome Trail as Lasses White
- Riders of the Dawn as Lasses White
- In Old New Mexico as Clem Petty
- Springtime in Texas as Lasses White
1944
- When Strangers Marry as Old Man
- Belle of the Yukon as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
- Alaska as Mark Bennett
- Song of the Range as Lasses
1943
- Cinderella Swings It as Ed Potts
- The Unknown Guest as Joe Williams
- Something to Shout About as Uncle Bert
1942
- The Talk of the Town as Hound Keeper (uncredited)
- Mug Town as Pirkle
- Land of the Open Range as Whopper
- Riding the Wind as Whopper
- Thundering Hoofs as Whopper Hatch
- Come on Danger as Whopper
1941
- Sergeant York as Luke - Target Keeper (uncredited)
- Road Show as Constable (uncredited)
- The Bandit Trail as Whopper
- Dude Cowboy as Prof. Whopper Hatch
- Scattergood Pulls the Strings as Ed Potts
- The Roundup as Sam Snead
- Cyclone on Horseback as Whopper
- Scattergood Baines as Ed Potts
- Six-Gun Gold as Whopper
1940
- Dance, Girl, Dance as Bailey Brothers' Stage Manager (uncredited)
- Oklahoma Renegades as Jim Keith
1939
- Rovin' Tumbleweeds as Storekeeper