David White | |
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Credits | |
Role | Larry Tate |
Biographical Information | |
Birthdate | April 4, 1916 |
Birthplace | Denver, Colorado, United States |
Death Date | November 27, 1990 (age 74) |
Death Place | North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
David White portrayed Larry Tate, Darrin Stephens' boss at McMann & Tate. He also directed the sixth season episode, "Samantha's Double Mother Trouble".
Biography[]
David White was an American stage actor who appeared frequently on television and occasionally, but impressively, in films. A Marine Corps veteran of the Second World War, he worked on Broadway and on tour in stage productions after the war. In the late 1950s, he became an increasingly familiar face on American television, following a strong performance in the film "Sweet Smell of Success" (1957), in which he played the smarmy fellow who gets a dalliance with the unwilling Barbara Nichols in exchange for a favor to Tony Curtis' Sidney Falco.
Cads and pompous politicians became White's strong suit, but he achieved his greatest fame as the unctuous Larry Tate on the hit television series Bewitched (1964). He continued to work in the theatre, particularly as a member of acclaimed Theatre West company in Los Angeles and at the Mark Taper Forum there. In December, 1988, White's 33-year-old son, Jonathan, was killed in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, United Kingdom. White, who had been widowed soon after Jonathan's birth, was embittered and enraged by this new tragedy. He became reclusive for a time, but was returning to some social activity and theatre work when he died of a massive heart attack in 1990, just a few days prior to the second anniversary of his son's death. He was survived by his daughter.
Bewitched Credits[]
Episode | Airdate |
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog | October 1, 1964 |
Help, Help, Don't Save Me | October 15, 1964 |
The Witches Are Out | October 29, 1964 |
Witch or Wife? | November 5, 1964 |
The Girl Reporter | November 12, 1964 |
Just One Happy Family | November 19, 1964 |
It Takes One to Know One | November 26, 1964 |
...And Something Makes Three | December 3, 1964 |
A Is for Aardvark | January 14, 1965 |
The Cat's Meow | January 21, 1965 |
Your Witch Is Showing | February 4, 1965 |
Ling Ling | February 11, 1965 |
Eye of the Beholder | February 25, 1965 |
Red Light, Green Light | March 4, 1965 |
George the Warlock | April 22, 1965 |
That Was My Wife | April 29, 1965 |
A Change of Face | May 13, 1965 |
Eat at Mario's | May 27, 1965 |
Cousin Edgar | June 3, 1965 |
Alias Darrin Stephens | September 18, 1965 |
A Very Special Delivery | September 23, 1965 |
My Grandson, the Warlock | October 7, 1965 |
The Joker Is a Card | October 14, 1965 |
Trick or Treat | October 28, 1965 |
The Very Informal Dress | November 4, 1965 |
Junior Executive | November 18, 1965 |
A Strange Little Visitor | December 2, 1965 |
My Boss, the Teddy Bear | December 9, 1965 |
Speak the Truth | December 16, 1965 |
The Magic Cabin | December 30, 1965 |
Maid to Order | January 6, 1966 |
Fastest Gun on Madison Avenue | February 3, 1966 |
Double Tate | February 17, 1966 |
Baby's First Paragraph | March 10, 1966 |
Double Split | March 24, 1966 |
Disappearing Samantha | April 7, 1966 |
Divided He Falls | May 5, 1966 |
The Catnapper | May 19, 1966 |
What Every Young Man Should Know | May 26, 1966 |
The Girl With the Golden Nose | June 2, 1966 |
Nobody's Perfect | September 15, 1966 |
The Moment of Truth | September 22, 1966 |
Witches and Warlocks Are My Favorite Things | September 29, 1966 |
Accidental Twins | October 6, 1966 |
Dangerous Diaper Dan | November 3, 1966 |
The Short, Happy Circuit of Aunt Clara | November 10, 1966 |
I'd Rather Twitch Than Fight | November 17, 1966 |
Oedipus Hex | November 24, 1966 |
Sam's Spooky Chair | December 1, 1966 |
My Friend Ben | December 8, 1966 |
Samantha for the Defense | December 15, 1966 |
A Gazebo Never Forgets | December 22, 1966 |
Sam in the Moon | January 1, 1967 |
Ho Ho the Clown | January 12, 1967 |
Super Car | January 19, 1967 |
The Corn Is as High as a Guernsey's Eye | January 26, 1967 |
The Trial and Error of Aunt Clara | February 2, 1967 |
Three Wishes | February 9, 1967 |
I Remember You...Sometimes | February 16, 1967 |
Art for Sam's Sake | February 23, 1967 |
Aunt Clara's Victoria Victory | March 6, 1967 |
The Crone of Cawdor | March 16, 1967 |
No More Mr. Nice Guy | March 23, 1967 |
How to Fail in Business with All Kinds of Help | April 6, 1967 |
Bewitched, Bothered and Infuriated | April 13, 1967 |
Nobody but a Frog Knows How to Live | April 27, 1967 |
There's Gold in Them Thar Pills | May 4, 1967 |
Toys in Babeland | September 14, 1967 |
Business, Italian Style | September 21, 1967 |
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble | September 28, 1967 |
Cheap, Cheap | October 5, 1967 |
No Zip in My Zap | October 12, 1967 |
Birdies, Bogeys and Baxter | October 19, 1967 |
A Safe and Sane Halloween | October 26, 1967 |
That Was No Chick, That Was My Wife | November 9, 1967 |
Solid Gold Mother-in-Law | November 30, 1967 |
My, What Big Ears You Have | December 7, 1967 |
I Get Your Nannie, You Get My Goat | December 14, 1967 |
Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here | December 21, 1967 |
Samantha's Da Vinci Dilemma | December 28, 1967 |
Snob in the Grass | January 11, 1968 |
If They Never Met | January 25, 1968 |
Hippie, Hippie, Hooray | February 1, 1968 |
A Prince of a Guy | February 8, 1968 |
To Twitch or Not to Twitch | March 14, 1968 |
Tabatha's Cranky Spell | March 28, 1968 |
I Confess | April 4, 1968 |
A Majority of Two | April 11, 1968 |
The No-Harm Charm | April 25, 1968 |
The Man of the Year | May 2, 1968 |
Samantha's Wedding Present | September 26, 1968 |
It's So Nice to Have a Spouse Around the House | October 24, 1968 |
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall | November 7, 1968 |
Samantha's French Pastry | November 14, 1968 |
Is It Magic or Imagination? | November 21, 1968 |
Samantha Fights City Hall | November 29, 1968 |
Samantha Loses Her Voice | December 5, 1968 |
Weep No More My Willow | December 19, 1968 |
Instant Courtesy | December 26, 1968 |
Cousin Serena Strikes Again (Part 1) | January 9, 1969 |
Cousin Serena Strikes Again (Part 2) | January 16, 1969 |
One Touch of Midas | January 23, 1969 |
Samantha the Bard | January 30, 1969 |
Samantha the Sculptress | February 6, 1969 |
Going Ape | February 27, 1969 |
The Battle of Burning Oak | March 13, 1969 |
Samantha and Darrin in Mexico City | April 24, 1969 |
Samantha's Yoo-Hoo Maid | September 25, 1969 |
Samantha's Caesar Salad | October 2, 1969 |
Samantha's Curious Cravings | October 9, 1969 |
...And Something Makes Four | October 16, 1969 |
To Trick or Treat or Not to Trick or Treat | October 30, 1969 |
A Bunny for Tabitha | November 6, 1969 |
Samantha's Secret Spell | November 13, 1969 |
Daddy Comes for a Visit | November 20, 1969 |
Darrin the Warlock | November 27, 1969 |
Samantha's Double Mother Trouble (director) | December 4, 1969 |
You're So Agreeable | December 11, 1969 |
Santa Comes to Visit and Stays and Stays | December 18, 1969 |
Samantha's Better Halves | January 1, 1970 |
The Phrase Is Familiar | January 15, 1970 |
Tabitha's Very Own Samantha | January 29, 1970 |
Super Arthur | February 5, 1970 |
What Makes Darrin Run? | February 12, 1970 |
Serena Stops the Show | February 19, 1970 |
Okay, Who's the Wise Witch? | March 12, 1970 |
A Chance on Love | March 19, 1970 |
If the Shoe Pinches | March 26, 1970 |
Mona Sammy | April 2, 1970 |
Turn on the Old Charm | April 9, 1970 |
Make Love, Not Hate | April 16, 1970 |
To Go or Not to Go, That Is the Question | September 24, 1970 |
Salem, Here We Come | October 1, 1970 |
Darrin on a Pedestal | October 22, 1970 |
Paul Revere Rides Again | October 29, 1970 |
Samantha's Bad Day in Salem | November 5, 1970 |
Samantha's Pet Warlock | November 19, 1970 |
Samantha's Old Man | December 3, 1970 |
The Corsican Cousins | December 10, 1970 |
Samantha's Magic Potion | December 17, 1970 |
Sisters at Heart | December 24, 1970 |
Mother-in-Law of the Year | January 14, 1971 |
The Good Fairy Strikes Again | January 28, 1971 |
The House That Uncle Arthur Built | February 11, 1971 |
Samantha and the Troll | February 18, 1971 |
This Little Piggie | February 25, 1971 |
Mixed Doubles | March 4, 1971 |
Money Happy Returns | March 18, 1971 |
Out of the Mouths of Babes | March 25, 1971 |
Samantha's Psychic Pslip | April 1, 1971 |
Samantha's Magic Mirror | April 8, 1971 |
Laugh, Clown, Laugh | April 15, 1971 |
Samantha's Not So Leaning Tower of Pisa | October 6, 1971 |
Bewitched, Bothered and Baldoni | October 13, 1971 |
The Ghost Who Made a Spectre of Himself | October 27, 1971 |
TV or Not TV | November 3, 1971 |
A Plague on Maurice and Samantha | November 10, 1971 |
Hansel and Gretel in Samanthaland | November 17, 1971 |
The Warlock in the Gray Flannel Suit | December 1, 1971 |
The Eight-Year Itch Witch | December 8, 1971 |
Three Men and a Witch on a Horse | December 15, 1971 |
Samantha's Magic Sitter | January 5, 1972 |
Serena's Richcraft | January 22, 1972 |
Serena's Youth Pill | February 5, 1972 |
George Washington Zapped Here (Part 2) | February 26, 1972 |
A Good Turn Never Goes Unpunished | March 11, 1972 |
The Truth, Nothing but the Truth, So Help Me Sam | March 25, 1972 |
Source[]
David White on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on November 5, 2019.