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