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Leo White

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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.

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  • 1915Career Start

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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

Poster for The Fountainhead
Pedestrian Onlooker (uncredited)
1949
Poster for The Verdict
1946
Poster for Three Strangers
News Hawker (uncredited)
1946
Poster for Kazablanka
Emile - Waiter (uncredited)
1943
Poster for The Hard Way
Graduation Photographer (Uncredited)
1943
Poster for Gentleman Jim
Headwaiter (uncredited)
1942
Poster for The Letter
Man at Trial (uncredited)
1940
Poster for Büyük Diktatör
Hynkel's Barber (uncredited)
1940
Poster for Gold Diggers of 1935
Clerk Selling Perfume (uncredited)
1935
Poster for Görünmez Adam
2nd Man Calling Police ('Frost')(uncredited)
1933
Poster for Berduş
First Thief
1915

Poster for Triple Trouble
1918

Poster for Triple Trouble
screenplay
1918
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