Leo White

Actor

Born: November 9, 1873 (74 years old)

Died: September 20, 1948

Place of birth: Graudenz, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire [now Grudziadz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]

Biography

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.

Filmography (122)

• Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925, ★ 7.3)
• The Invisible Man (1933, ★ 7.5)
• The Roaring Twenties (1939, ★ 7.5)
• Anna Christie (1930, ★ 7.5)
• Casablanca (1943, ★ 8.1)
• The Great Dictator (1940, ★ 8.3)
• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927, ★ 7.8)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1944, ★ 7.6)
• The Thin Man (1934, ★ 7.5)
• The Sea Hawk (1940, ★ 7.2)
• The Letter (1940, ★ 7.3)
• The Count (1916, ★ 6.2)
• The Lost World (1925, ★ 6.8)
• The Tramp (1915, ★ 6.5)
• Beyond the Rocks (1922, ★ 5.9)
• Jewel Robbery (1932, ★ 6.5)
• She Done Him Wrong (1933, ★ 5.9)
• Why Worry? (1923, ★ 6.5)
• The Champion (1915, ★ 6.5)
• Fashions of 1934 (1934, ★ 6.5)
• Pop Goes the Easel (1935, ★ 7.1)
• A Night in the Show (1915, ★ 6.2)
• Shanghaied (1915, ★ 5.9)
• A Woman (1915, ★ 6)
• The Bank (1915, ★ 6.3)
• The Fireman (1916, ★ 6.3)
• Police (1916, ★ 6.3)
• Night After Night (1932, ★ 6.2)
• Northern Pursuit (1943, ★ 6)
• Tassels in the Air (1938, ★ 6.8)