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Sammy White

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Actor 1894–1960 On stage 19201948

Sammy White (né Samuel Kwait; 28 May 1894 Providence, Rhode Island – 3 March 1960 Beverly Hills, California) was an American vaudeville song-and-dance comedian who appeared in a few films. He appeared with Lew Clayton, as Clayton and White, in the Broadway show Schubert Gaieties of 1919.

On stage 6 productions, 28 years

1920 The Passing Show of 1921 Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by J. C. Huffman 191 perf.
1923 The Greenwich Village Follies [1923] Winter Garden Theatre · Original 140 perf.
1927 Show Boat Ziegfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Zeke Colvan 572 perf.
1932 Show Boat Casino Theatre · Revival 180 perf.
1946 Yours Is My Heart Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Theodore Bache 36 perf.
1948 Show Boat City Center · Revival 15 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Francis X. Mahoney 3 productions
Eva Puck 3 productions
Thomas Gunn 2 productions
Tess Gardella 2 productions
Tana Kamp 2 productions
Rose Mariella 2 productions
Phil Sheridan 2 productions
Norma Terris 2 productions
Laura Clairon 2 productions
Jack Daley 2 productions
J Louis Johnson 2 productions
Helen Morgan 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 7 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

In the literature2 passages

  • 5 . Charles Winninger (Cap’n Andy), Helen Morgan (Julie), and Sammy White (Frank) appeared in the original production and 1932 revival, Paul Robeson played Joe in the 1928 London production and the 1932 revival, and both Irene Dunne (Magnolia) and Allan Jones (Ravenal) had appeared in these roles in other Show Boat performances between 19…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
  • Frank Schultz and Ellie May Chipley (Sammy White and Eva Puck, married vaudevillians).ebooks/Mordden, Ethan/Anything Goes_ A History of American Musical Theatre - Ethan Mordden.txt

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