John Sylvester White

Actor

Birthday October 31, 1919

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

DEATH DATE 1988-9-11, Waikiki, Hawaii, United States (68 years old)

Nationality United States

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1919

John Sylvester White Jr. (October 31, 1919 – September 11, 1988) was an American actor.

1927

John Sylvester White was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up in the new town of Colmar Manor, Maryland, a bedroom community suburb of northeast Washington, D.C., where his father, an attorney also of the same name, was elected the first mayor of the community in July 1927.

1940

White married Joan Stanton, known as Joan Alexander in the 1940s when she was the voice of Lois Lane on the radio version of "The Adventures of Superman", in 1944.

They later divorced.

1970

Before becoming known in the 1970s as the assistant principal (and later head principal) Mr. Woodman on the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, White had been best known for his starring role as Keith Barron, the first husband of Mary Stuart's character Joanne Gardner on the television soap opera Search for Tomorrow from 1951 to 1952.

Starting in 1970, he had guest appearances on various television shows, including Kojak and Baretta, and TV movies such as The Marcus-Nelson Murders, before landing a recurring role on the Kotter show.

1975

Best known as Mr. Michael Woodman in Welcome Back, Kotter (1975-1979).

1980

White moved to Hawaii in the early 1980s.

1983

In 1983, he appeared as Mr. Vogelman, the proprietor of the Raytown Travel Agency in the episode titled "Mama Gets a Job" (Season 1 - Episode 7) on Mama's Family.

1988

He died on September 11, 1988, from pancreatic cancer in Waikiki, Hawaii, at the age of 68.