Lee 'Lasses' White
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.
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Movie Appearances
The Talk of the Town
as Hound Keeper (uncredited)
1942
Scattergood Baines
as Ed Potts
1941
Cinderella Swings It
as Ed Potts
1943
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
as Ed Potts
1941
Panhandle
as Old Man Bush (uncredited)
1948
Without Reservations
as Marine (uncredited)
1946
The Iroquois Trail
1950
The Golden Eye
as Pete
1948
Dude Cowboy
as Prof. Whopper Hatch
1941
Road Show
as Constable (uncredited)
1941
Alaska
as Mark Bennett
1944
Riders of the Dawn
as Lasses White
1945
Saddle Serenade
as 'Lasses' White
1945
The Texan Meets Calamity Jane
as Colorado Charley
1950
Louisiana
as Old Timer
1947
Oklahoma Renegades
as Jim Keith
1940
The Unknown Guest
as Joe Williams
1943
Song of the Sierras
as 'Lasses' White
1946
Land of the Open Range
as Whopper
1942
Come on Danger
as Whopper
1942