Lee 'Lasses' White

Birthday: 1888-08-28
Deathday: 1949-12-16
Birthplace: Wills Point, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1950-11-15 The Texan Meets Calamity Jane Colorado Charley
1950-06-15 The Iroquois Trail
1949-12-16 Red Rock Outlaw Lasses
1949-05-28 Mississippi Rhythm Dixie Dalrymple
1949-03-22 El Paso
1948-12-15 The Valiant Hombre Whiskers
1948-12-11 Indian Agent Inky
1948-08-29 The Golden Eye Pete
1948-02-22 Panhandle Old Man Bush (uncredited)
1948-02-20 Albuquerque Stage Passenger with Juke (uncredited)
1947-11-15 Louisiana Old Timer
1947-10-08 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap Shotgun Rider (uncredited)
1947-06-06 Cheyenne Charlie (uncredited)
1947-05-30 Song of the Wasteland Doc Henderson
1947-04-14 Six-Gun Serenade Lasses
1947-02-08 Rainbow Over the Rockies Lasses
1947-01-04 Ginger Gramps McTavish
1946-11-28 Song of the Sierras 'Lasses' White
1946-06-28 Trail to Mexico 'Lasses' White
1946-05-13 Without Reservations Marine (uncredited)
1946-04-19 West of the Alamo Texas Ranger 'Lasses' White
1946-02-16 Moon Over Montana Lasses White
1945-12-08 Lonesome Trail Lasses White
1945-11-03 Riders of the Dawn Lasses White
1945-08-11 Saddle Serenade 'Lasses' White
1945-06-01 Springtime in Texas Lasses White
1945-05-15 In Old New Mexico Clem Petty
1944-12-27 Belle of the Yukon Wagon Driver (uncredited)
1944-12-01 Song of the Range Lasses
1944-11-18 Alaska Mark Bennett
1944-08-21 When Strangers Marry Old Man
1943-10-22 The Unknown Guest Joe Williams
1943-02-25 Something to Shout About Uncle Bert
1943-01-22 Cinderella Swings It Ed Potts
1942-12-18 Mug Town Pirkle
1942-08-20 The Talk of the Town Hound Keeper (uncredited)
1942-07-24 Thundering Hoofs Whopper Hatch
1942-06-05 Come on Danger Whopper
1942-04-17 Land of the Open Range Whopper
1942-02-27 Riding the Wind Whopper
1941-12-12 Dude Cowboy Prof. Whopper Hatch
1941-10-10 The Bandit Trail Whopper
1941-09-27 Sergeant York Luke - Target Keeper (uncredited)
1941-08-08 Six-Gun Gold Whopper
1941-06-13 Cyclone on Horseback Whopper
1941-05-23 Scattergood Pulls the Strings Ed Potts
1941-04-03 The Roundup Sam Snead
1941-02-21 Scattergood Baines Ed Potts
1941-02-18 Road Show Constable (uncredited)
1940-08-30 Dance, Girl, Dance Bailey Brothers' Stage Manager (uncredited)
1940-08-29 Oklahoma Renegades Jim Keith
1939-11-16 Rovin' Tumbleweeds Storekeeper