- John Sylvester White
infobox actor
birthdate=birth date|1919|10|31
birthplace=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
deathdate=death date and age|1988|9|11|1919|10|31
deathplace=Waikiki, Hawaii
occupation=Television actor John Sylvester White (
October 31 ,1919 -September 11 ,1988 ) was aPhiladelphia ,Pennsylvania -born Americanactor .He was best known for his starring role as "Keith Barron" on the television
soap opera "Search for Tomorrow " from 1951 to 1952, and many years later, to a different generation as the crabby, diminutive high school Vice-Principal "Mr. Woodman", on thesitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter ", from 1975 until 1979.He died, aged 68, from
pancreatic cancer inWaikiki ,Hawaii .
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