Actor. He is best remembered for his recurring portrayal of the level-headed Arthur Cates on "The Colbys". Born into a family of wealth and position, after attaining his degree in dramatic arts from the Yale School of Drama, he began his career as a leading man on the Broadway stage appearing in such productions as "The Boys in the Band" and "A Streetcar Named Desire". While touring in "Barefoot in the Park" he was mentored by the acclaimed character actress Myrna Loy. Impressed by his professionalism, intelligence, and remarkable sense of wisdom, she assisted him in expanding his career into the film industry beginning with him appearing in an episode of "N.Y.P.D.". From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable character actor appearing in over 50 features often typecast as husbands, fathers, bachelors, playboys, white-collared workers, businessman, salesman, bankers, authority figures, educators, clergymen, doctors, managers, policemen, detectives, reporters, historical figures, judges, curmudgeons, aristocrats, politicians, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "The Boys in the Band" (1970), "The Pursuit of Happiness" (1971), "Blade" (1973), "Diary of a Hitman" (1991), "Dave" (1993), "Mr. Wong" (1996), "Flubber" (1997), "Armageddon" (1998), "Passport to Paris" (1999), "Thirteen Days" (2000), "First Daughter" (2004), "South of Pico" (2007), and "Punching Henry" (2016). On television, he appeared in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Dan August," "The Bold Ones: The Senator," "Banyon," "All My Children," "Cannon," "The Feather & Father Gang," "The Greatest American Hero," "Hill Street Blues," "The Jeffersons," "Falcon Crest," "Boone," "Simon & Simon," "Knots Landing," "Hart to Hart," "Hardcastle and McCormick," "Dallas," "L.A. Law," "Matlock," "Amen," "Superboy," "Who's the Boss?," "Monsters," "The New Lease," "Murder, She Wrote," "Sisters," "Mad About You," "The Naked Truth," "Ally McBeal," "Profiler," "JAG," "Strong Medicine," "The X-Files," "The West Wing," "Strong Medicine," "NYPD Blue," "Miracles," "Saving Grace," and "Cold Case". During his career, he was an honorary member of Actors Equity, was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a politically active Democrat, was a regular parishioner of the Episcopal church, had been a commercial model for the Ford Agency, had been the celebrity spokesman for Mastercard and Eight O Clock Coffee, was a generous benefactor for several public libraries and state parks, and he presided on his local charters of the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity. Upon his 2016 retirement, White, who never married nor fathered any children, spent the remainder of his life living comfortably on the upper east side devoting his time to charitable and religious causes until his death from the complications of melanoma.