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