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Lee 'Lasses' White (Leroy Robert White) was born on 28 August, 1888 in Wills Point, Texas, U.S., is an American actor (1888–1949). Discover Lee 'Lasses' White's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

Popular As Leroy Robert White
Occupation Actor, songwriter, pianist, comic entertainer
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 28 August 1888
Birthday 28 August
Birthplace Wills Point, Texas, U.S.
Date of death 16 December, 1949
Died Place Hollywood, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1888

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.

Leroy Robert White was born on August 28, 1888, in Wills Point, Texas.

He gained the nickname "Lasses" as a child because of his love of molasses.

1900

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".

1905

By the age of 12, after his father's death, he was living in Dallas with his mother and siblings, and by about 1905 had started to make a name for himself working in minstrel shows, such as the A.G. Fields Minstrels, and vaudeville.

1912

In 1912, he wrote one of the first blues songs ever published, "The Negro Blues", popularized as "Nigger Blues" and known more recently as "Lasses' Blues".

In 1912 he started a vaudeville troupe with partner Frank Hughes, and two years later joined a larger minstrel show run by George "Honey Boy" Evans, as a singer and comic entertainer.

1916

By 1916, after Evans' death, White had taken over the leadership of the company, renamed it Lasses White and his Southern Sunflowers, and toured widely.

As a 'blackface' entertainer he also performed in several other minstrel shows, notably Al G. Field's Greater Minstrels, while continuing his songwriting.

1920

Its lyrics became a standard blues form used in the 1920s and '30s.

In 1920 he formed Lasses White's All Star Minstrels, a group of about 50 performers.

In the mid-1920s he formed part of a duo with "Honey" Wilds, to whom White gave the nickname as a complement to his own, Lasses.

1930

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.

1932

In 1932 White hosted his own Friday night radio program on WSM.

1934

In 1934, White & Wilds were given a contract to work at the Grand Ole Opry, where they remained until 1939, having one of the most popular programs at the Opry.

Their routine included both songs and dialogues that parodied and satirized the growing commercialism in the United States, particularly in the South.

1939

In 1939 White, along with Wilds and their friend Chill Wills went to Hollywood to enter the film industry.

His first role was as a shopkeeper in the Gene Autry western Rovin' Tumbleweeds.

While both he and Wills remained in Hollywood, Wilds returned to Nashville.

1940

In the early 1940s, White became one of two sidekicks in a series of westerns starring Tim Holt at RKO.

He replaced Emmett Lynn, who had been one of Holt's dual sidekicks in the first four films Holt did at RKO.

1941

White, in the role of Whopper Hatch, worked on the next eight Holt oaters at Radio during 1941–42.

At the same time, White was also a regular in the Scattergood Baines films, playing Ed Potts, the husband of the town gossip.

He also appeared in other films during this period, including such notable ones as 1941's biopic Sergeant York, starring Gary Cooper.

1949

White died on December 16, 1949, in Hollywood, California, of leukemia.

He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

(Per AFI database)