Career
White appeared on numerous television series in the 1960s, such as The Fugitive, Mission: Impossible, Bonanza, Perry Mason, Have Gun - Will Travel and Dick Tracy. He appeared in two episodes of The Twilight Zone: "I Sing the Body Electric" and "A World of Difference". Though primarily known for television roles, White did have some minor roles in notable films in the 1950s and early 1960s, such as one of the philandering executives in The Apartment, Sweet Smell of Success, and a featured role in Sunrise at Campobello.
In 1964, White was cast as the sycophantic advertising executive Larry Tate on Bewitched, which he played for the show's entire run (1964–1972). The character was the President of the McMann and Tate advertising agency, for which the character of Darrin Stephens worked. Many of the show's episodes revolved around Larry's attempts to win an advertising account. This is the role for which he would become best-known both during his life and posthumously. Larry Tate's baby boy Jonathan was named after White's son.
Following the end of Bewitched, White was a popular character actor on numerous television series for the next decade, ranging from The Love Boat, Remington Steel, The Rockford Files and Rhoda, to Quincy, M.E., Cagney & Lacey and Dallas. He played the role of J. Jonah Jameson in the pilot episode of the TV series The Amazing Spider-Man. His final role came in 1986, on an episode of Dynasty. He also appeared in the movie The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington, Disney's Snowball Express, and had a prominent role in the Richard Pryor film Brewster's Millions.
David White and "Bewitched" co-star, Dick York, became close friends, on and off the set and remained so up until White's death.
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