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