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Lee 'Lasses' White

Lee 'Lasses' White

Birthday: 1888-08-28 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1950
The Texan Meets Calamity Jane

as    Colorado Charley

1949
Mississippi Rhythm

as    Dixie Dalrymple

1948
Indian Agent

as    Inky

1948
The Golden Eye

as    Pete

1948
The Valiant Hombre

as    Whiskers

1947
Song of the Wasteland

as    Doc Henderson

1947
Six-Gun Serenade

as    Lasses

1945
In Old New Mexico

as    Clem Petty

1945
Riders of the Dawn

as    Lasses White

1944
Song of the Range

as    Lasses

1944
Alaska

as    Mark Bennett

1943
The Unknown Guest

as    Joe Williams

1942
Come on Danger

as    Whopper

1942
Land of the Open Range

as    Whopper

1942
Riding the Wind

as    Whopper

1942
Thundering Hoofs

as    Whopper Hatch

1941
Dude Cowboy

as    Prof. Whopper Hatch

1941
Six-Gun Gold

as    Whopper

1941
The Bandit Trail

as    Whopper

1941
Cyclone on Horseback

as    Whopper

1940
Oklahoma Renegades

as    Jim Keith

1939
Rovin' Tumbleweeds

as    Storekeeper