Over the course of his Hollywood acting career, White has frequently portrayed police detectives in television and film.
He also acted in Back to the Future Part II and has a long television resume, including roles in popular shows Wonder Woman, The Jeffersons.
The Incredible Hulk and The Dukes of Hazzard, and more recently CSI: Miami and The King of Queens.
White, who was raised in San Francisco, California from an early age, decided to embark on an acting career after he had been employed as a janitor in Golden Gate Park for eight years.
In 1975, the group went to the Soviet Union for a bicentennial cultural exchange, performing at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, as well as in Leningrad and Riga.