Leo White

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Casablanca (1943) — Emile - Waiter (uncredited)
2. The Great Dictator (1940) — Hynkel's Barber (uncredited)
3. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) — Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
4. The Invisible Man (1933) — 2nd Man Calling Police ('Frost')(uncredited)
5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) — Barber (uncredited)
6. The Thin Man (1934) — Leo (uncredited)
7. Grand Hotel (1932) — Hotel Porter (uncredited)
8. The Roaring Twenties (1939) — Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
9. The Letter (1940) — Man at Trial (uncredited)
10. Easy Street (1917) — Policeman (uncredited)
11. The Lost World (1925) — Percy Potts
12. The Fountainhead (1949) — Pedestrian Onlooker (uncredited)
13. The Sea Hawk (1940) — (uncredited)
14. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
15. The Tramp (1915) — First Thief
16. The Vagabond (1916) — Old Jew / Gypsy Woman (uncredited)
17. She Done Him Wrong (1933) — Pedestrian Tipping Hat to Lou (uncredited)
18. The Champion (1915) — Crooked gambler
19. The Floorwalker (1916) — Elegant Customer
20. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) — Sanballat
21. The Fireman (1916) — Owner of Burning House
22. Work (1915) — The Secret Lover
23. Behind the Screen (1916) — Stagehand (uncredited)
24. Lady for a Day (1933) — Pierre (uncredited)
25. The Walking Dead (1936) — Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
26. A Night in the Show (1915) — Frenchman / Negro in Balcony
27. The Count (1916) — Count Broko
28. Police (1916) — Fruitseller / Flop House Manager / Policeman
29. His New Job (1915) — Actor, Hussar Officer
30. A Burlesque on Carmen (1915) — A Civil Guard
31. Marked Woman (1937) — Waiter (uncredited)
32. A Night Out (1915) — 'French' Dandy / Desk clerk
33. The Bank (1915) — Clerk
34. In the Park (1915) — The Count, Elegant Masher
35. A Woman (1915) — Idler in the Park
36. Mr. Skeffington (1944) — Henri's Assistant (uncredited)
37. Gentleman Jim (1942) — Headwaiter (uncredited)
38. Shanghaied (1915) — Third Shanghaied Seaman
39. Each Dawn I Die (1939) — Taxi Driver (uncredited)
40. A Jitney Elopement (1915) — Count Chloride de Lime, Edna's Suitor

Directed

1. Triple Trouble (1918) — Director
2. A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen" (1951) — Director