About J. Fisher White
Lived 1865 – 1945 (aged 79). J. Fisher White was a British actor, film actor and stage actor.
Joseph John Fisher White (1 May 1865 – 14 January 1945) was a British stage and film actor. The eldest of four sons of Rev. John White, of Ampfield, of that family formerly of Hursley, by his wife Martha, daughter of Rev. John Fisher, he was educated at Monkton Combe School and Oriel College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1887. He became a solicitor's clerk (1891 census).
White developed a reputation for playing character roles in the theatre and began to appear in a significant number of British films from the early 1920s onwards. He was Chairman of the Actors' Association. He was the uncle of the actor Wilfrid Hyde-White.
Selected filmography Damaged Goods (1919) Diana of the Crossways (1922) A Tale of Two Cities (1922) Owd Bob (1924) One Colombo Night (1926) The Island of Despair (1926) The Only Way (1927) Balaclava (1928) The City of Youth (1928) The Last Post (1929) Lily of Killarney (1929) Loose Ends (1930) Kissing Cup's Race (1930) Madame Guillotine (1931) A Man of Mayfair (1931) The Good Companions (1933) The Great Defender (1934) What Happened Then? (1934) The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) Turn of the Tide (1935) City of Beautiful Nonsense (1935) Hearts of Humanity (1936) Little Miss Somebody (1937) Dreaming Lips (1937) The Man Who Made Diamonds (1937) Under the Red Robe (1937) Pastor Hall (1940)
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Who was J. Fisher White?
British actor (1865-1945)
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J. Fisher White was born on 1 May 1865 in Bristol.
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J. Fisher White died on 14 January 1945 in London.
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J. Fisher White was an actor, film actor and stage actor.
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J. Fisher White was British.
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