Leo White
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Leo White was a stage performer and appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin
films. He started his film career in 1911 and in 1913 moved to the Essanay Studios
. In 1915, he began appearing in Chaplin's comedies and continued through Chaplin's Mutual Film comedies. His last appearance in a Chaplin film was a small role in The Great Dictator
, released in 1940.
White also acted in and directed Triple Trouble
, Essanay's last Chaplin release. Chaplin himself acknowledged Triple Trouble in his autobiography but did not actually participate in its production (White filmed new scenes around existing footage of Chaplin).
White typically played dapper, continental villains or noblemen in films, and this typecast him for the rest of his screen career. Well into the 1940s, he was still playing excitable Frenchmen in short subjects and feature films. Before his death in 1948, White had appeared in over 400 films. He is buried in Glendale, California
's Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery
.
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
films. He started his film career in 1911 and in 1913 moved to the Essanay Studios
Essanay Studios
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture studio. It is best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies of 1915.-Founding:...
. In 1915, he began appearing in Chaplin's comedies and continued through Chaplin's Mutual Film comedies. His last appearance in a Chaplin film was a small role in The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator is a comedy film by Charlie Chaplin released in October 1940. Like most Chaplin films, he wrote, produced, and directed, in addition to starring as the lead. Having been the only Hollywood film maker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was...
, released in 1940.
White also acted in and directed Triple Trouble
Triple Trouble
Triple Trouble is a two-reel silent comedy film that was released in 1918. It starred Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Leo White. This film was not an official Chaplin film, even though it has many Chaplin directed scenes; it was edited together out of outtakes and newly shot footage by the...
, Essanay's last Chaplin release. Chaplin himself acknowledged Triple Trouble in his autobiography but did not actually participate in its production (White filmed new scenes around existing footage of Chaplin).
White typically played dapper, continental villains or noblemen in films, and this typecast him for the rest of his screen career. Well into the 1940s, he was still playing excitable Frenchmen in short subjects and feature films. Before his death in 1948, White had appeared in over 400 films. He is buried in Glendale, California
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
's Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery
Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery
Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery at 1341 GlenwoodRoad in Glendale, California was established in 1884 as Grand View Cemetery.The cemetery was purchased by Len C. Davis in the 1920s, renamed Grand View Memorial Park, and extensively remodeled. A 40 foot entrance arch was added on what is now...
.
Selected filmography
- CasablancaCasablanca (film)Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson. Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, in...
(1942) - Yankee Doodle DandyYankee Doodle DandyYankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American biographical musical film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owns Broadway". It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf, and features Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp and Jeanne Cagney.The movie was written by...
(1942) - The Great DictatorThe Great DictatorThe Great Dictator is a comedy film by Charlie Chaplin released in October 1940. Like most Chaplin films, he wrote, produced, and directed, in addition to starring as the lead. Having been the only Hollywood film maker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was...
(19401940 in filmThe year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney classics Pinocchio and Fantasia.-Events:*February 7 - Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio is released....
) - Tassels in the AirTassels in the AirTassels in the Air is the 30th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:...
(19381938 in filmThe year 1938 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of "Dorothy" in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. Ray Bolger is cast as the "Tinman" and Buddy Ebsen is cast as the "Scarecrow". At Bolger's insistence,...
) - Penrod and Sam (19371937 in filmThe year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.- Events :*April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US....
) - The Jade BoxThe Jade BoxThe Jade Box is a Universal movie serial. It was a partially sound film with large silent elements. Only an incomplete version survives today.-Plot:...
(19301930 in film-Events:* November 1: The Big Trail featuring a young John Wayne in his first starring role is released in both 35mm, and a very early form of 70mm film and was the first large scale big-budget film of the sound era costing over $2 million. The film was praised for its aesthetic quality and realism...
) - On the Front PageOn the Front Page-Cast:* Lillian Rich - Countess Polasky* Tyler Brooke - Young Hornby* Stan Laurel - Dangerfield* Bull Montana - Private secretary* Edwards Davis - James W. Hornby* Leo White - Beauty expert...
(19261926 in film-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
) - The Tower of LiesThe Tower of LiesThe Tower of Lies is a 1925 drama film directed by Victor Sjöström based upon Selma Lagerlöf's novel The Emperor of Portugallia . Released one year after He Who Gets Slapped, the film marks the second collaboration between Sjöström, Lon Chaney and Norma Shearer. Also starring are William Haines,...
(19251925 in film-Events:*November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand Premier*December 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...
) - Ben-HurBen-Hur (1925 film)Ben-Hur is a 1925 silent film directed by Fred Niblo. It was a blockbuster hit for newly merged Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This was the second film based on the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace...
(19251925 in film-Events:*November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand Premier*December 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...
) - Wolves of the NorthWolves of the NorthWolves of the North is a 1924 Northern drama film serial directed by and starring William Duncan. This serial is considered to be a lost film.-Cast:* William Duncan - Alan Gray* Edith Johnson - Helen Mears* Joseph W...
(19241924 in film-Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
) - Vanity FairVanity Fair (1923 film)Vanity Fair is a silent feature film directed by Hugo Ballin and released by Samuel Goldwyn.-Production background:The film included one sequence filmed in color by Prizmacolor. This silent film was a version of the novel Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray...
(1923) - Blood and Sand (1922)
- Married to OrderMarried to OrderMarried to Order is a 1920 film featuring Oliver Hardy. Prints of the film survive.-Cast:* Rosemary Theby - Rose* Oliver Hardy - Her Father * Charley Chase - The Suitor* Leo White* Bud Ross - Car Salesman...
(19201920 in filmThe year 1920 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 27 - The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1920:U.S.A. unless stated*The $1,000,000 Reward...
) - Pals and PugsPals and PugsPals and Pugs is a 1920 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Jimmy Aubrey - An outcast* Dixie Lamont - An heiress* Oliver Hardy - A bully * Leo White - Beau Brummel...
(1920) - Fists and FodderFists and FodderFists and Fodder is a 1920 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Jimmy Aubrey - A Tramp* Dixie Lamont - A Settlement Worker* Oliver Hardy - Her Father * Leo White - A Rival...
(1920) - The Devil's Pass KeyThe Devil's Pass Key (1920 film)The Devil's Pass Key was a 1920 silent drama film directed by Erich von Stroheim.The film was produced by Universal Pictures and distributed under their Jewel banner...
(1920) - The Hawk's TrailThe Hawk's TrailThe Hawk's Trail was a 1919 crime film serial directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The film is considered to be lost.-Cast:* King Baggot - Sheldon Steele / The Hawk* Grace Darmond - Claire Drake* Rhea Mitchell - Jean Drake...
(19191919 in filmThe year 1919 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists...
) - He's in AgainHe's in AgainHe's in Again is a 1918 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West - A Customer* Oliver Hardy - Head Waiter * Leo White - The Prize Fighter* Ethelyn Gibson* Charley Chase - Piano Player...
(19181918 in filmThe year 1918 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband....
) - The Brazen BeautyThe Brazen BeautyThe Brazen Beauty is a 1918 comedy film directed by Tod Browning.-Cast:* Priscilla Dean - Jacala Auehli* Gertrude Astor - Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael* Thurston Hall - Kenneth Hyde* Katherine Griffith - Aunt Ellen* Alice Wilson - Kate Dewey...
(1918) - The Straight and NarrowThe Straight and NarrowThe Straight and Narrow is a 1918 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West - Ex-convict* Oliver Hardy - His former cellmate * Leo White - Safecracker* Ethel Marie Burton* Rosemary Theby* Myrtle Lind...
(1918) - The Handy ManThe Handy Man (1918 film)The Handy Man is a 1918 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West* Leatrice Joy* Oliver Hardy - * Ethel Marie Burton* Leo White* Joe Bordeaux...
(1918) - The Messenger (1918)
- The ScholarThe Scholar (film)The Scholar is a 1918 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West - A Student* Oliver Hardy - * Ethel Marie Burton - The Teacher * Leatrice Joy* Leo White* Joe Bordeaux...
(1918) - Triple TroubleTriple TroubleTriple Trouble is a two-reel silent comedy film that was released in 1918. It starred Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Leo White. This film was not an official Chaplin film, even though it has many Chaplin directed scenes; it was edited together out of outtakes and newly shot footage by the...
(1918) - The OrderlyThe OrderlyThe Orderly is a 1918 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West - Sanitarium orderly* Oliver Hardy - * Leatrice Joy* Ethel Marie Burton* Leo White* Joe Bordeaux* Bud Ross...
(1918) - His Day OutHis Day OutHis Day Out is a 1918 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West - Billy* Leatrice Joy - Joy* Oliver Hardy - Oliver* Leo White* Joe Bordeaux* Ethel Marie Burton* Bud Ross - The Father * Slim Cole...
(1918) - The RogueThe RogueThe Rogue is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West - Billy* Oliver Hardy - Cafe Owner * Ethel Marie Burton - The Girl* Leo White - The Count* Rosemary Theby - The Sister* Joe Bordeaux* Bud Ross...
(1918) - Bright and EarlyBright and EarlyBright and Early is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West - A Bellboy* Oliver Hardy - The Boss * Rosemary Theby - His daughter* Leo White - An honest crook* Bud Ross - Old man* Fay Holderness - A Maid...
(1918) - The StrangerThe Stranger (1918 film)The Stranger is a 1918 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West - The Prospector* Leatrice Joy - Susie* Bud Ross - Susie's Father * Oliver Hardy - Oliver, the saloonkeeper* Leo White - The Greaser...
(1918) - The SlaveThe Slave (film)-Cast:* Billy West - Billy, the slave* Oliver Hardy - The Sultan of Bacteria* Leo White - The Vizier* Bud Ross - Haratius Crabbe, the collector * Leatrice Joy - Susie, his daughter* Gladys Varden - The Sultan's favorite* Ethel Cassity...
(19171917 in filmThe year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...
) - The Pest (1917)
- The HoboThe Hobo-Cast:* Billy West - The Hobo* Oliver Hardy - Harold * Leo White - Mr. Fox* Bud Ross* Virginia Clark - Dolly...
(1917) - The Candy KidThe Candy KidThe Candy Kid is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West* Ethel Cassity* Oliver Hardy * Leo White* Bud Ross* Leatrice Joy* Gladys Varden* Ellen Burford* Martha Dean* Ethelyn Gibson* Naomi Burstein...
(1917) - The Chief CookThe Chief CookThe Chief Cook is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West - The Star Boarder* Bud Ross - Boggs * Oliver Hardy - Babe * Ellen Burford - Dolly* Joe Cohen* Leo White - Ham...
(1917) - The Fly CopThe Fly Cop-Cast:* Billy West - The Fly Cop* Oliver Hardy - Proprietor * Bud Ross - Handyman * Leo White - The Mayor* Ellen Burford - Forelady* Charles Slattery - Chief of Police* Ethelyn Gibson - A Chicken...
(1917) - The GoatThe Goat (1917 film)The Goat is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West - An Inventor* Oliver Hardy - His Neighbor * Bud Ross* Leo White* Florence McLaughlin* Polly Bailey* Joe Cohen* Ethelyn Gibson* Agnes Neilson...
(1917) - The Millionaire (1917)
- The VillainThe Villain (1917 film)-Cast:* Billy West - Billy* Oliver Hardy - Babe * Florence McLaughlin - Florence * Bud Ross - Budd * Ethelyn Gibson* Leo White* Joe Cohen...
(1917) - Cupid's RivalCupid's RivalCupid's Rival is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West - Billy* Oliver Hardy - * Ethel Marie Burton - * Leo White* Bud Ross* Joe Cohen* Ethelyn Gibson - A Model...
(1917) - Dough NutsDough NutsDough Nuts is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Billy West - Billy, the New Baker* Ethel Marie Burton - Ethel, the Cashier * Oliver Hardy - Babe, the chef * Leo White - Camembert, the Proprietor...
(1917) - The HeroThe Hero (1917 film)-Cast:* Billy West - The Hero* Oliver Hardy - The Hero's Rival * Ethel Marie Burton - A Society Girl * Leo White - The Count* Bud Ross - The Butler * Polly Bailey - The Mother...
(1917) - Back StageBack Stage (1917 film)- Cast :* Billy West - Props* Ethel Marie Burton - Ethel * Polly Bailey - * Joe Cohen* Ethelyn Gibson - * Oliver Hardy - * Florence McLaughlin -...
(1917) - The VagabondThe VagabondThe Vagabond is a silent film by Charlie Chaplin and his third film with Mutual Films. Released to theaters on July 10, 1916, it co-starred Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White and Lloyd Bacon...
(19161916 in filmThe year 1916 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 17 - release of A Daughter of the Gods, the first US production with a million dollar budget, with the first nude scene by a major star....
) - The FiremanThe Fireman (film)The Fireman is the second film Charlie Chaplin created for Mutual Film Corporation in 1916. Released on June 12, it starred Chaplin as the fireman and Edna Purviance as the daughter to Lloyd Bacon....
(1916) - Burlesque on CarmenBurlesque on CarmenBurlesque on Carmen is Charlie Chaplin's thirteenth film for Essanay Films. It was released in 1915 and then later recut into a different version in 1916. Charlie Chaplin played Darn Hosiery and Edna Purviance played Carmen. Carmen was very popular at this time and one of the reasons Chaplin...
(1916) - Police (1916)
- A Night in the ShowA Night in the ShowA Night in the Show was Charlie Chaplin's 12th film for Essanay. It was made at Majestic Studio in Los Angeles the fall of 1915. Chaplin played two roles: one as Mr. Pest and one as Mr. Rowdy. The film was created from Chaplin's stage work from a play called Mumming Birds with the Karno Company...
(19151915 in filmThe year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...
) - ShanghaiedShanghaied (1915 film)Shanghaied is a 1915 American comedy silent film made by Essanay Studios starring Charlie Chaplin.-Synopsis:A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him...
(1915) - The Bank (1915)
- A WomanA WomanA Woman was Charlie Chaplin's ninth film for Essanay Films. It was made in Los Angeles at the Majestic Studio and released in 1915. The film starts with Chaplin meeting Edna and her parents in a park; the mother is played by Marta Golden and the father by Charles Insley. In this film, Chaplin...
(1915) - Work (1915)
- The TrampThe Tramp (film)The Tramp is Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Essanay Studios in 1915. Directed by Chaplin, it was the fifth and last film made at Essanay's Niles, California studio. The Tramp marked the beginning of The Tramp character most known today, even though Chaplin played the character in earlier films...
(1915) - A Jitney ElopementA Jitney ElopementA Jitney Elopement was Charlie Chaplin's fifth film for Essanay Films. It starred Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance as lovers, with Edna wanting Charlie to take her away from an arranged marriage her father had planned for her. Charlie does take her away in a jitney, a type of share taxi...
(1915) - The ChampionThe Champion (film)The Champion is a comedy film released in 1915 by Essanay Studios, starring Charlie Chaplin alongside Edna Purviance and Leo White. Essanay co-owner and star, Broncho Billy Anderson can be seen as an enthusiastic audience member in the boxing match scene....
(1915) - A Night OutA Night Out (film)A Night Out is a 1915 Charlie Chaplin comedy short. It was Chaplin's first film with Edna Purviance, who would continue as his leading lady for the following eight years. It was also Chaplin's first film with Essanay Film Company in Niles, California. Chaplin's first Essanay film, His New Job,...
(1915) - His New JobHis New JobHis New Job is a short 1915 film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. Gloria Swanson appears as an uncredited extra. The title is an inside reference to this being Chaplin's first film after leaving Keystone Studios for Essanay Studios....
(1915) - In the ParkIn the ParkIn the Park is Charlie Chaplin's fourth film released in 1915 by Essanay Films. It was his third film while at the Niles Essanay Studio. It was one of several films Charlie Chaplin created in a park setting...
(1915) - Fatty's Faithful FidoFatty's Faithful FidoFatty's Faithful Fido is a 1915 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Fatty* Minta Durfee - Fatty's girl* Al St...
(1915) - Leading Lizzie AstrayLeading Lizzie AstrayLeading Lizzie Astray is a 1914 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - A Farm Boy* Minta Durfee - Lizzie, the Farm Boy's Fiancée* Ed Brady - A City Slicker* Mack Swain - In from the Mines...
(19141914 in filmThe year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.-Events:*The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City....
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