He was brought to the United States under the aegis of Daniel Frohman, a Broadway producer.

His last appearance in a Chaplin film was a small role in The Great Dictator, released in 1940.

[3] White also acted in and directed Triple Trouble (1918), Essanay's last Chaplin release.

)[4] White typically played dapper, continental villains or noblemen in films, and this typecast him for the rest of his screen career.

White died in Glendale, California, of a heart attack at the age of 74 on September 20, 1948.