--- name: "Richard White" canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-white" fi1m_id: "richard-white" imdb_id: "nm0925369" tmdb_id: 108055 wikidata_id: "Q585604" roles: ["Actor"] born: "4 August 1953" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T21:48:53.043943+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Richard White ## Identity Richard White - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-white - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** richard-white - **IMDb ID:** nm0925369 - **TMDB ID:** 108055 - **Wikidata ID:** Q585604 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_White_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q585604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925369/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108055 Actor. Born 4 August 1953 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 4 August 1953, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_White_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q585604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925369/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108055 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Beauty and the Beast*](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast.md) (91) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Richard White > Richard White gives Gaston the full, assured voice his vanity demands, and makes the certainty ridiculous. It is a performance we warmly recommend, though his screen reputation rests largely on that one part. Gaston sounds as though disagreement is something that happens to other people. In Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale’s *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), Richard White gives him such untroubled vocal confidence that Belle’s lack of interest becomes a pleasure in itself. The performance is funny because White takes the man’s opinion of himself seriously. There is no need to add a knowing apology for his vanity. We hear just how pleased Gaston is with himself without being asked to share his assessment. His theatre and opera background helps explain how comfortably he handles a character who expects to be heard. White’s stage work stretches back to the late 1970s, and he created the title role in *Phantom* (1991), the same year as his defining screen part. For Gaston, that ample sound is useful before we have considered a word of the lyric. A boast delivered tentatively would be a different joke, and White gives this one the conviction it needs. Howard Ashman, the film’s lyricist and a creative guide during White’s recording sessions, gives that confidence plenty of help in ‘Gaston’. The song supplies musical encouragement so lavish that the man’s vanity briefly seems a reasonable response. We laughed because White’s certainty and the tune’s enthusiasm leave so little room for anyone to question him. Linda Woolverton’s screenplay and Paige O’Hara’s voice performance give Belle the necessary independence, and White makes her resistance more satisfying by sounding so sure of his appeal. The film’s comic bustle can crowd the romance, but his performance earns its place in it. Later appearances as Gaston in *House of Mouse* (2001–2003) kept White attached to the same screen character, while his stage work included the *Jekyll & Hyde* revival (2013). His screen reputation rests overwhelmingly on Gaston, so we would be cautious about making larger claims for his acting from this performance alone. There is enough precision here to reward another listen even when the songs are familiar. Start with *Beauty and the Beast*, and listen to how little doubt White allows into a man who could use some. ## Biography Richard White (born 4 August 1953) is an American actor, opera singer and voice actor. He is best known for voicing the character of Gaston in Disney's 1991 animated film *Beauty and the Beast*. White has appeared in stage productions including on Broadway in *The Most Happy Fella* and revivals of *Brigadoon*, *South Pacific* and *Auntie Mame*. He created the title role of Erik in the world premiere of the musical *Phantom* by Arthur Kopit and Maury Yeston. He also performed as Gaylord Ravenal in *Show Boat* at Paper Mill Playhouse and as Robert Mission in *The New Moon* at the New York City Opera. He has reprised the role of Gaston in *Disney's House of Mouse* (2001–2003) and later Disney projects including *Once Upon a Studio* (2023). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), Fi1m 91, as Gaston (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast.md) ## Complete filmography (9) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite* (2025), as Gaston (voice) - *Once Upon a Studio* (2023), as Gaston (voice) - *Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest* (2023), as Gaston (voice) - *Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess* (2006), as Gaston (voice) - *Disney's House of Mouse* (2001), series, as Gaston (voice), Gaston - *Kill Zone* (1993), as Medic - *Beauty and the Beast* (1991), as Gaston (voice) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast.md) - *Show Boat* (1989), as Gaylord - *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Gaylord Ravenal ## Gallery - ![Richard White](https://film.one/media/person/78776/gallery-68d0026b3cee.jpg) Richard White — Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Richard_White_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2019.jpg/500px-Richard_White_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Richard White at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2023](https://film.one/media/person/78776/gallery-7949b96bc9f5.jpg) Richard White at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2023 — Tim Blackmon for Galaxy Con, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Richard_White_%2852817916765%29.jpg/1280px-Richard_White_%2852817916765%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Richard White at Animate! Raleigh in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/78776/gallery-2bea474d298d.jpg) Richard White at Animate! Raleigh in 2024 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Richard_White_%2853471626702%29.jpg/960px-Richard_White_%2853471626702%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Richard White at Animate! Raleigh in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/78776/gallery-691706864560.jpg) Richard White at Animate! Raleigh in 2024 — Super Festivals from Ft. 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