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4 unusual facts about Al White


Al White

On screen, White is perhaps best known for his role in hit comedy Airplane! as the jive-talking man whose words have to be translated (he reprised the jive-talking for a courtroom scene in the sequel).

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In 1976, the group was sent to the Soviet Union for a bicentennial cultural exchange, performing at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, as well as in Leningrad and Rega.

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He also acted in Back to the Future Part II and has a long television resume, including roles in popular shows Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk and The Dukes of Hazzard, and more recently CSI: Miami and The King of Queens.

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White, who was raised in San Francisco, California from an early age, decided to embark on an acting career after he had been employed as a janitor in the Golden Gate Park for eight years.



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