Jesse White: movies and TV shows
Jesse White has 175 credits in the archive: 65 films and 110 TV series, from 1943 to 1994. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1943 – 1994 · busiest year: 1953 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Burke's Law | Jesse White | TV | 6.8 | 77 |
| 1993 | Matinee | Mr. Spector | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | Film | 4.0 | 73 |
| 1989 | Seinfeld | Ralph | TV | 8.3 | 72 |
| 1988 | Here Today, Here Tomorrow | Grandpa | Film | — | 71 |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1986 | The New Gidget | Washing Machine Repairman | TV | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1986 | Monster in the Closet | Ben | Film | 4.9 | 69 |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Mel | TV | 7.7 | 68 |
| 1982 | Pandamonium | Chesty (voice) | TV | 6.7 | 65 |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | Ernie | TV | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1978 | The Cat from Outer Space | Earnest Ernie | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Harry | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Mechanic | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1976 | Nashville Girl | C.Y. Ordell | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Rudy's Agent | Film | 4.4 | 59 |
| 1975 | Las Vegas Lady | Big Jake | Film | 4.2 | 58 |
| 1975 | Return to Campus | Sports announcer | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 1974 | Happy Days | Bander | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | TV | 7.7 | 57 | |
| 1974 | Devlin | TV | 5.7 | 57 | |
| 1973 | The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | Self | TV | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1973 | Brothers O'Toole | Mayor | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1972 | Temperatures Rising | TV | 7.5 | 55 | |
| 1972 | Harvey | Duane Wilson | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1972 | Of Thee I Sing | Matthew Fulton | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1971 | The Partners | TV | 6.5 | 54 | |
| 1971 | Bless the Beasts & Children | Sid Shecker | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1970 | Make Room for Granddaddy | TV | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1970 | Make Room for Granddaddy | Phil | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1970 | Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? | Film | 8.0 | 53 | |
| 1970 | George M! | E.F. Albee | Film | 8.5 | 53 |
| 1970 | Togetherness | Henry | Film | 3.8 | 53 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Pun Jab | TV | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Bailiff | TV | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1969 | The Debbie Reynolds Show | TV | 7.8 | 52 | |
| 1969 | My World and Welcome to It | TV | 6.3 | 52 | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Nat Keller | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Hickey | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants | Max Manfred | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | TV | 6.1 | 51 | |
| 1967 | Mannix | Sam Westlake | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1967 | Accidental Family | TV | 6.5 | 50 | |
| 1967 | Rango | TV | — | 50 | |
| 1967 | The Reluctant Astronaut | Donelli | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1967 | The Spirit Is Willing | Fess Dorple | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1966 | That Girl | TV | 6.2 | 49 | |
| 1966 | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini | J. Sinister Hulk | Film | 5.1 | 49 |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Governor Lewis | TV | 7.6 | 48 |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie | Sam | TV | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1965 | Green Acres | George Jenkins | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1965 | Green Acres | Charlie | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1965 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Wally | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | The Owner | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Harry Krasna | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1964 | The Munsters | J. R. Finlater | TV | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1964 | The Addams Family | Sgt. Haley | TV | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1964 | Jonny Quest | TV | 8.1 | 47 | |
| 1964 | Mickey | TV | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 1964 | Looking for Love | Tiger Shay | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1964 | Pajama Party | J. Sinister Hulk | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1964 | A House Is Not a Home | Rafferty | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1964 | Linus the Lionhearted | C. Claudius Crow (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 47 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Marvin | TV | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Henry Sharp | TV | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Colonel Partridge | TV | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Emil Glueck | TV | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Radio Tower Operator at Rancho Conejo | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1963 | The Yellow Canary | Ed Thornburg | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1963 | A Bob Hope Comedy Special | Self | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 45 |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | H.H.H. Jones | TV | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Mr. Mortimer | TV | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1962 | I'm Dickens, He's Fenster | Hershey | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1962 | It's Only Money | Pete Flint | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1961 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Bill | TV | 7.6 | 44 |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | TV | 5.9 | 44 | |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Rudy | TV | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1961 | A Fever in the Blood | Sgt. Michael Beers | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1961 | Tomboy and the Champ | Windy Skiles | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1961 | Sail a Crooked Ship | McDonald | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1961 | On the Double | Corporal Joseph Praeger | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1961 | The Right Approach | Brian Freer | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1961 | Three Blondes In His Life | Ed Kelly | Film | 4.4 | 44 |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Fred Boone | TV | 7.6 | 43 |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | TV | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20's | TV | — | 43 | |
| 1960 | Angel | Max | TV | 4.2 | 43 |
| 1960 | The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond | Leo 'Butcher' Bremer | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1960 | The Big Night | Charlie Wegg | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Eskey | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Harmon Cavender | TV | 8.5 | 42 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Repair Man | TV | 8.5 | 42 |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Cedric | TV | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Frank Crayle | TV | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1959 | Tightrope | Pete Granger | TV | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1959 | Tightrope | Mike Davis | TV | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | Vance | TV | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Harold Slate | TV | 5.7 | 41 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Marvin Heywood | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1958 | The Texan | Sheriff Weeb Martin | TV | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | TV | 6.3 | 41 | |
| 1958 | Country Music Holiday | Sonny Moon | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1958 | Marjorie Morningstar | Lou Michaelson | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Luke Hickey | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Cecil | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Burt Renshaw | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Tony Cerro | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Max Armstead | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Walt Conlin | TV | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys | San Fernando Harry | TV | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | John Burke | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1957 | The Thin Man | TV | 7.6 | 40 | |
| 1957 | Designing Woman | Charlie Arneg | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1957 | God Is My Partner | Louis 'The Lump' Lumpkin | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1957 | Johnny Trouble | Parsons | Film | 4.6 | 40 |
| 1956 | The Bad Seed | Emory Wages | Film | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1956 | He Laughed Last | Max Lassiter | Film | 7.7 | 39 |
| 1956 | Back from Eternity | Pete Boswick | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1956 | The Come On | J.J. McGonigle | Film | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show | H.R. Hap Henderson | TV | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Eddie Hoke | TV | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | George Kirby | TV | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | George | TV | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Doberman | TV | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1955 | Not as a Stranger | Ben Cosgrove | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1955 | The Girl Rush | Ludwig - Pit Boss | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Philly | TV | 3.8 | 37 |
| 1954 | December Bride | TV | 6.3 | 37 | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | TV | 7.9 | 37 | |
| 1954 | Witness to Murder | Police Sgt. Eddie Vincent | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1954 | Hell's Half Acre | Tubby Otis | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1953 | The Danny Thomas Show | Danny’s Agent “Jess” | TV | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1953 | The Danny Thomas Show | Jesse Leeds | TV | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1953 | The Danny Thomas Show | Jess | TV | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1953 | The Danny Thomas Show | Jesse | TV | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1953 | Private Secretary | TV | 6.0 | 36 | |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Nick Pulaski | TV | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1953 | Topper | Wesley Farrington | TV | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Mike | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Joe Maskowitz | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | TV | 6.8 | 36 | |
| 1953 | Champ for a Day | Willie Foltis | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1953 | Gunsmoke | Professor | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1953 | Forever Female | Willie | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Joe the Ice Cream Man | TV | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Mr. Simpson | TV | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | TV | 4.6 | 35 | |
| 1952 | Deadline - U.S.A. | Rienzi Associate (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1952 | Million Dollar Mermaid | Doc Cronnol | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1952 | The Girl in White | Alec | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Moose | TV | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Wilson | TV | 8.8 | 34 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 34 | |
| 1951 | Death of a Salesman | Stanley | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1951 | Bedtime for Bonzo | Babcock | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1951 | Callaway Went Thataway | Georgie Markham | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1951 | Francis Goes to the Races | Frank Damer | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self - Sketch Performer (uncredited) | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Mr. Weber | TV | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Steve Burke | TV | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Sigmund | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1950 | Treasury Men in Action | Ronald Terni | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1950 | Harvey | Wilson | Film | 7.7 | 33 |
| 1950 | Katie Did It | Jim Dilloway | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1950 | Guilty Bystander | Masher | Film | 5.4 | 33 |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Colonel Oglethorpe | TV | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1948 | The Ford Theatre Hour | Doc | TV | — | 31 |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Customer (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1947 | Kiss of Death | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 30 |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Jesse White (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 26 |