Non-Friday credits for Ted White include Tron, Hot Pursuit, and Starman
Actor Ted White died on Friday at the age of 96, according to Bloody Disgusting. In the horror community, White is most known for his portrayal of slasher icon Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter in 1984.
Sean Clark, a film producer, received word that White had died quietly in his sleep. "I've had the pleasure of knowing and working with him for nearly two decades." "He was my adopted grandfather and, hands down, the best storyteller you could ever meet," Clark wrote. "I'm going to miss you and those steak dinners we used to have. [...] My heart goes out to Jeri, his wife, and their two sons. It was a true honor, my friend. Take it easy. Ted, I adore you."
Ted White was born on January 25, 1926 in Snyder, Texas, and attended the University of Oklahoma before pursuing a career in acting. His debut feature film was 1949's The Sands of Iwo Jima, in which he portrayed a random marine and served as a consultant on the layout of the namesake island due to his military duty. It was in that picture that he met John Wayne, and he began working as a stunt double for the actor in 1952. His stuntman credits include Planet of the Apes (1968), Soylent Green (1973), Escape from New York (1981), and Gone in 60 Seconds (2000).
White's cinematic appearances were mostly uncredited cameos in films such as Tron and Romancing the Stone. He admitted that he agreed to play Jason because he needed the money at the moment. When approached to reprise his part in A New Beginning and Jason Lives, White declined. He would not return to the Friday the 13th franchise, despite appearing in two documentaries about the series in 2009 and 2013. Cast a Giant Shadow, a biography of White's career, was released in 2017 by writer Larry K. Meredith.
At this time, our hearts go out to the White family.
Jason Voorhees (/ˈvɔːrhiːz/) is a character from the Friday the 13th series. He first appeared in Friday the 13th (1980) as the young son of camp-cook-turned-killer Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom Savini, Jason was not originally intended to carry the series as the main antagonist. The character has subsequently been represented in various other media, including novels, video games, comic books, and a crossover film with another iconic horror film character, Freddy Krueger.
The character has primarily been an antagonist in the films, whether by stalking and killing the other characters, or acting as a psychological threat to the protagonist, as in the case of Friday the 13th: A New Beginning. Since Lehman's portrayal, the character has been represented by numerous actors and stuntmen, sometimes by more than one at a time; this has caused some controversy as to who should receive credit for the portrayal. Kane Hodder is the best known of the stuntmen to portray Jason Voorhees, having played the character in four consecutive films.
The character's physical appearance has gone through many transformations, with various special makeup effects artists, including Stan Winston, making their mark on the character's design. Tom Savini's initial design has been the basis for many of the later incarnations. The trademark hockey goalie mask did not appear until Friday the 13th Part III. Since Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, filmmakers have given Jason superhuman strength, regenerative powers, and near invulnerability. Some interpretations suggest that the audience has empathy for Jason, whose motivation for killing has been cited as being driven by the immoral actions of his victims and his own rage over having drowned as a child. Jason Voorhees has been featured in various humor magazines, referenced in feature films, parodied in television series, and was the inspiration for a horror punk band. Several toy lines have been released based on various versions of the character from the Friday the 13th films. Jason Voorhees's hockey mask is a widely recognized image in popular culture.
Jason Voorhees first appears during a nightmare of the main character Alice Hardy (Adrienne King) in the original Friday the 13th film; he becomes the main antagonist of the series in its sequels. As well as the films, there have been books and comics that have either expanded the universe of Jason, or been based on a minor aspect of him.
Jason has made an appearance in five video games. He first appeared in Friday the 13th, a 1985 Commodore 64 game. His next appearance was in 1989, when LJN, an American game company known for its games based on popular movies in the 1980s and early 1990s, released Friday the 13th on the Nintendo Entertainment System. The premise involved the gamer, who picks one of six camp counselors as their player, trying to save the campers from Jason, while battling various enemies throughout the game. On October 13, 2006, a Friday the 13th game was released for mobile phones. The game puts the user in the persona of Jason as he battles the undead. Jason also appears as a playable character in the fighting game Mortal Kombat X as a downloadable content bonus character. A new Friday the 13th video game was released in 2017, which allows players to take control of Jason or camp counselors in a multiplayer format focused on Jason trying to kill the counselors before they can escape or time runs out.
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