---
name: "Sammy White"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sammy-white"
fi1m_id: "sammy-white"
imdb_id: "nm0925429"
tmdb_id: 110940
wikidata_id: "Q15461432"
roles: []
born: "27 May 1894"
died: "3 March 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:16:53.061682+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."
---

# Sammy White

## Identity

Sammy White

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sammy-white
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sammy-white
- **IMDb ID:** nm0925429
- **TMDB ID:** 110940
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15461432
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_White_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15461432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/110940

Actor. Born 27 May 1894 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Died 3 March 1960.

## Details

- **Born:** 27 May 1894, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- **Died:** 3 March 1960
- **Also known as:** Samuel Kwait
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_White_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15461432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/110940

## Biography

Sammy White, born Samuel Kwait, was an American actor and vaudeville performer. He began in vaudeville as part of the act Puck and White with his first wife, Eva Puck, and appeared on Broadway in shows including the Schubert Gaieties of 1919.

White originated the role of Frank Schultz in the 1927 Broadway production of *Show Boat*, reprising it in the 1932 revival and the 1936 film adaptation. He played the part again in a 1948 City Center revival. His film credits include *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952) as Gus, *Pat and Mike* (1952) as Barney Grau, *Somebody Up There Likes Me* (1956) as Whitey Bimstein, and *The Helen Morgan Story* (1957), in which he appeared as himself. He later married actress Beatrice Curtis.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952), Fi1m 84, as Gus — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bad-and-the-beautiful.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Helen Morgan Story* (1957), as Sammy White
- *Somebody Up There Likes Me* (1956), as Whitey Bimstein
- *Living It Up* (1954), as Waiter
- *About Mrs. Leslie* (1954), as Harry Willey
- *Remains to Be Seen* (1953), as Ben
- *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952), as Gus — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bad-and-the-beautiful.md)
- *Pat and Mike* (1952), as Barney Grau
- *Sound Off* (1952), as Joey Kirby
- *The Half-Breed* (1952), as Willy Wayne
- *711 Ocean Drive* (1950), as Chippie Evans
- *Breakdowns of 1938* (1938), as Performer (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Hit Parade* (1937), as Dancer
- *Cain and Mabel* (1936), as Specialty - Coney Island Number
- *Show Boat* (1936), as Frank Schultz

## Gallery

- ![L. to R.: Queenie Smith, Sammy White & Helen Westley in Show Boat - publicity still (cropped) (1936)](https://film.one/media/person/3869108/gallery-b561e69be16a.jpg) L. to R.: Queenie Smith, Sammy White & Helen Westley in Show Boat - publicity still (cropped) (1936) — unknown (Universal Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Show_Boat_%281936%29_still_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sammy White](https://film.one/media/person/3869108/gallery-4dd7f3ae0fd6.jpg) Sammy White — Frank Seltzer Productions / Columbia Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Sammy_White_in_711_Ocean_Drive.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sammy White](https://film.one/media/person/3869108/gallery-5a2f14a3027a.jpg) Sammy White — Image via TMDB

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