White, who had an 8 season run as Darrin Stephens mad men boss on the classic sitcom BEWITCHED, was born on April 4th, 1916. White died of a heart attack on November 27th, 1990. He was 74.



Only Elizabeth Montgomery and Agnes Moorehead appeared in more episodes of BEWITCHED than White, who had 2 Darrin's to contend with at the advertising agency, McMann & Tate: Dick York & Dick Sargent.




With his distinctive, premature, steel wool white hair and bristly brush moustache, he was also a familiar face on the big screen.




His specialty was pompous politicos, boorish scoundrels and unethical businessmen.

He played such memorable roles as smarmy Otis Elwell in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, philandering Mr. Eichelberger in THE APARTMENT, Mr. Lassiter in SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO, Burt Harris in THE GODDESS, Dr. Hammond in THE GREAT IMPOSTOR, Mr. Fowler in SNOWBALL EXPRESS, Sen. Rawlings in THE HAPPY HOOKER GOES TO WASHINGTON and Hume Cronyn's lawyer in 1985's BREWSTER'S MILLIONS.



Besides BEWITCHED, White had dozens of other TV appearances. He played a recurring role on the 1962-63 series McKEEVER & THE COLONEL and did guest spots on such shows as FATHER KNOWS BEST, THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, PETER GUNN, THE UNTOUCHABLES, MY THREE SONS, CHECKMATE, TALES OF WELLS FARGO, OUTLAWS, THE LLOYD BRIDGES, HAVE GUN-WILL TRAVEL, PERRY MASON, 77 SUNSET STRIP, THE FUGITIVE, MY FAVORITE MARTIAN, 12 O' CLOCK HIGH, INSIGHT, SEARCH, LOVE AMERICAN STYLE, BANACEK, ADAM-12, KOJAK, ROOM 222, THE ROOKIES, THE ROCKFORD FILES, CANNON, PHYLLIS, THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, CPO SHARKEY, THE A-TEAM, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, DYNASTY, DALLAS and more.




He also played Peter Parker's boss, J. Jonah Jameson, in the pilot for 1977's THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (Robert F. Simon played the part in the short-lived series).




In the 1950's, White also performed in such live plays and anthology programs as GOODYEAR PLAYHOUSE, STUDIO ONE, THE ALCOA HOUR, ROBERT MONTGOMERY PRESENTS, PLAYHOUSE 90 and KRAFT THEATRE.

White's other film credits include: MADISON AVENUE, FAST FORWARD, THE LAWBREAKERS and THE LOLLIPOP COVER.

He was also a busy stage actor. He appeared on Broadway in ROMANOFF AND JULIET, A ROOMFUL OF ROSES, THE PINK ELEPHANT and LEAF AND BOUGH.



Did you know...?

He served in the U.S.M.C. during WWII.

White had more than his fair share of tragedy in his life. His first wife, actress Mary Welch (PARK ROW, KRAFT THEATRE) died in 1958 from complications during child birth. White and Welch's son Jonathan (born 1955) was killed in the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie terrorist bombing.


White at work:

http://youtu.be/jQ2sNBdGIgA BEWITCHED episode The Moment of Truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRWyQELLODg&feature=share&list=PLDDF75AF7D08771AF
Scene from BREWSTER'S MILLIONS
http://youtu.be/x356ll3hTxg Scene from THE APARTMENT
http://youtu.be/WkK3jf0v_4A THE GREAT IMPOSTOR one of my favorites to watch on The Morning Movie in my youth