White appeared on numerous television series in the 1950s and 1960s, including
One Step Beyond, where he played a police officer. He made two guest appearances on the
CBS courtroom drama
Perry Mason. In 1960, he played Henry De Garmo in "The Case of the Madcap Modiste" and in 1963, he played newspaper editor Victor Kendall in "The Case of the Witless Witness". He also appeared in
Peter Gunn,
Mr. Lucky,
The Untouchables,
The Fugitive,
Mission: Impossible,
My Three Sons,
Father Knows Best,
The Six Million Dollar Man,
Bonanza,
Have Gun – Will Travel,
My Favorite Martian, and
Dick Tracy. He appeared in two episodes of
The Twilight Zone: "
I Sing the Body Electric" and "
A World of Difference." Also in 1963, he appeared on
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Detective Burr in "An Out for Oscar", and as Lance Hawthorn in "The Dark Pool". Though primarily known for television work, White had several memorable supporting feature-film roles, including portraying a sleazy columnist in
Sweet Smell of Success (1957),
The Apartment (1960), in which he played a philandering executive, and
Sunrise at Campobello (also 1960) and
The Lawbreakers (1961). In 1964, White was cast as sycophantic advertising executive Larry Tate on
Bewitched, a role he played for the show's entire run (1964–1972). The character is president of the McMann & Tate advertising agency, workplace of
Dick York's (and later
Dick Sargent's) Darrin Stephens character. Many of the show's episodes revolved around Tate's attempts to land lucrative advertising accounts. 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. White also directed one season-six episode of
Bewitched, "Sam’s Double Mother Trouble". Following the end of
Bewitched, White was a popular character actor on numerous television series for the next decade, including
The Love Boat,
Remington Steele,
Adam-12,
The Rockford Files,
Columbo: Identity Crisis, ''
What's Happening!!, Rhoda, Quincy, M.E., The Odd Couple, Cagney & Lacey, Wonder Woman and Dallas. He played the role of J. Jonah Jameson in the pilot episode of the television series The Amazing Spider-Man. His final role came in 1986 on an episode of Dynasty. He also appeared in the movies The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington'' and Disney's
Snowball Express, and had a prominent role in the 1985 version of ''
Brewster's Millions'' starring
Richard Pryor. ==Personal life==