Lee 'Lasses' White
Biography
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.
Filmography
The Texan Meets Calamity Jane
1950
as Colorado Charley
The Iroquois Trail
1950
as Taggart - a Villager (uncredited)
Red Rock Outlaw
1949
as Lasses
Mississippi Rhythm
1949
as Dixie Dalrymple
El Paso
1949
The Valiant Hombre
1948
as Whiskers
Indian Agent
1948
as Inky
The Golden Eye
1948
as Pete
Panhandle
1948
as Old Man Bush (uncredited)
Albuquerque
1948
as Stage Passenger with Juke (uncredited)
Louisiana
1947
as Old Timer
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947
as Shotgun Rider (uncredited)
Cheyenne
1947
as Charlie (uncredited)
Song of the Wasteland
1947
as Doc Henderson
Six-Gun Serenade
1947
as Lasses
Rainbow Over the Rockies
1947
as Lasses
Ginger
1947
as Gramps McTavish
Song of the Sierras
1946
as 'Lasses' White
Trail to Mexico
1946
as 'Lasses' White
Without Reservations
1946
as Marine (uncredited)
West of the Alamo
1946
as Texas Ranger 'Lasses' White
Moon Over Montana
1946
as Lasses White
Lonesome Trail
1945
as Lasses White
Riders of the Dawn
1945
as Lasses White