[6] 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.

[2] 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.

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

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

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