Alan White (actor)

{{Short description|Australian actor (1925–2013)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} '''Alan White''' (3 January 1925 – 4 October 2013) was an Australian actor who worked extensively in radio and on stage.

He later moved to England and had a successful career there. He was mentored by Peter Finch.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18198463 |title=Outstanding Comedy By Alan White. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 February 1951 |accessdate=20 October 2015 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23227968 |title=Awards to radio stars. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=16 February 1953 |accessdate=20 October 2015 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

His television credits included ''Ghost Squad'', ''Danger Man'', ''Man in a Suitcase'', ''The Prisoner'' (in the episode "Dance of the Dead"), ''The Champions'', ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Tenth Planet''. He also appeared in a number of British films, including ''No Time for Tears'' (1957) and ''Seven Keys'' (1961).

He won the 1952 Macquarie Award for male lead role, for his performance in ''Mr Tie Toe''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18357572 |title=Macquarie Awards |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=35,929 |date=16 February 1953 |access-date=27 December 2023 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>

==Select credits== *''Into the Straight'' (1949) - film<ref name="into">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-into-the-straight/|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|date=11 August 2025|access-date=11 August 2025|title=Forgotten Australian Films: Into the Straight}}</ref> *''Chips'' - radio serial *''Kain'' (1967)<ref name="kain">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-kain/|title=Forgotten Australian TV plays: Kain|first= Stephen|last= Vagg|date=June 8, 2021|access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref> *''A Lady Mislaid'' (1958) as Sgt. Bullock

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0924426}} *[https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/228648 Alan White's Australian theatre credits] at AusStage *[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=Person%3A%22%2FPerson%2Fkey%2F38488-1%22;querytype=;resCount=10 Alan White] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102163729/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=Person:%22%2FPerson%2Fkey%2F38488-1%22;querytype=;resCount=10 |date=2 November 2022 }} at National Film and Sound Archive

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