Person file · Acting
Leo White
Born 1873-11-09Graudenz, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire [now Grudziadz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]
Leo White (born Leo Weiss) grew up in England and began his stage career there. In 1910 he came to the United States and the following year started working in Silent films. Typically cast as a dapper continental villain or a nobleman, White frequently played uncredited bit parts and as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin productions. Multiple online sites indicate that he was born in 1882. However his grave marker clearly presents birth year as having been 1873.
Screen work
Movies & roles
The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2RoleThe Best of Laurel and HardySailor at Table (archive footage) (uncredited)A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"RoleThe FountainheadPedestrian Onlooker (uncredited)HomicideHotel TenantSilver RiverThe Barber (uncredited)So You Want to Be a GamblerDrug Store Manager (uncredited)Always TogetherInterior Decorator (uncredited)Hollywood WonderlandSketch Artist Taking Tour / Gypsy (the latter a clip from "Gypsy Sweetheart", 1935) (uncredited)The UnfaithfulSpectator Arriving at CourtroomSo You Want to Be in PicturesWaiter at Brown Derby (uncredited)So You're Going to Be a FatherPsychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)The VerdictCabbie (uncredited)So You Want to Play the HorsesCigar Store Bookmaker (uncredited)DevotionWaiter (uncredited)Movieland MagicMakeup man (uncredited)Three StrangersNews Hawker (uncredited)The Great American MugRival Barber (uncredited)Lady on a TrainRoleThe Big Show-OffPicasso PutschnikArsenic and Old LaceMan in Phone Booth (uncredited)Mr. SkeffingtonHenri's Assistant (uncredited)Charlie's Triple TroubleCount (archive footage)Northern PursuitTrain Passenger (uncredited)