- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAlexander Bayouth Jr.
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Ted White was born on January 25, 1926 in Krebs, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Starman (1984), Romancing the Stone (1984) and Escape from New York (1981). He was married to Jerilyn White. He died on October 14, 2022 in California, USA.
- SpouseJerilyn White(? - October 14, 2022) (his death, 2 children)
- The death of Judie Aronson's character in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) was filmed on a very cold December night. It was so cold out in the lake that Judie started crying. White became angry at director Joseph Zito for being so insensitive to her discomfort and threatened to quit if they didn't give her a break from being out in the cold water.
- Though he disliked being involved with Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), he is considered by many fans to have been one of the best Jasons.
- On the recent "His Name Was Jason" documentary, Ted revealed that he was asked to do Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) and Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), but turned them down, and now wishes that he hadn't.
- Refused to talk to the other actors on the set of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), because he thought it would diminish their fear of Jason.
- Is the oldest actor/stuntman to portray Jason at 58 years old. White also the longest-lived Friday the 13th cast member at 96 years and 8 months 19 days.
- [To Fangoria magazine in 1987, on why he played Jason in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)] "I did it for the bucks".
- "Even after completing the film, I felt a little uneasy about having done it, so I insisted my name not appear in the credits. That didn't stop the producers from asking me to play Jason again in Part V. But I turned them down. I had no desire to do it. I had played Jason once and once was enough." -- on his feelings about having portrayed hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984).
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