For much of the 1930s, Sam White directed numerous musical sequences in films such as Roberta with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Irene Dunne; Old Man Rhythm with Betty Grable and Buddy Rogers; Top of the Town with George Murphy; and Hooray for Love, with Ann Sothern.
During World War II, White made six training films for the U.S. Armed forces.
He was also a successful businessman with his production facility in Pioneer Town and commercial real estate ventures in Los Angeles.
Throughout his later years, Sam remained interested in world affairs and traveled extensively as a valued ombudsman for the Directors Guild to cement relations between foreign and American filmmakers.
A retrospective was held in 2003 at the Motion Picture and Television Home where a wall of honor was dedicated to him.