David White

Age: 74 (passed away Nov. 27th, 1990)
Height: 6' 1 1/2"

Birth Place: Denver, Colorado, USA
Born: Apr. 4th, 1916

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David White's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Bewitched	Larry Tate
The Betty Hutton Show	Mr. Strickl…

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

American stage actor who appeared frequently on television and occasionally but impressively in films. A Marine Corps veteran of the Second World War, he worked on Broadway and on tour in stage productions after the war. In the late 1950s, he became an increasingly familiar face on American television, following a strong performance in the film Sweet Smell of Success (1957), in which he played the smarmy fellow who gets a dalliance with the unwilling Barbara Nichols in exchange for a favor to Tony Curtis (I)'s Sidney Falco. Cads and pompous politicians became White's strong suit, but he achieved his greatest fame as the unctuous Larry Tate on the hit TV series "Bewitched" (1964). He continued to work in the theatre, particularly as a member of acclaimed Theatre West company in Los Angeles and at the Mark Taper Forum there. In December, 1988, White's 33-year-old son, Jonathan, was killed in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, UK. White, who had been widowed soon after Jonathan's birth, was embittered and enraged by this new tragedy. He became reclusive for a time, but was returning to some social activity and theatre work when he died of a massive heart attack in 1990, just a few days prior to the second anniversary of his son's death. He was survived by his daughter.

TRIVIA:

Served in the US Marine Corps in WW II.
Best remembered by the public for his role as Larry Tate in Bewitched (1964).
Had a son, Jonathan White who was killed on Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, UK.

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