Peter White (actor)

Peter White (October 10, 1937 – November 1, 2023) was an American actor.

Early life and education
Peter White was born in New York City on October 10, 1937. He studied acting at the Yale School of Drama.

Career
In 1968, White received critical acclaim for his role as Alan McCarthy in off-Broadway's The Boys in the Band. White, and the rest of the original cast, appeared in the 1970 film version, directed by William Friedkin. He was touring in Barefoot in the Park with Myrna Loy when he was offered the part in Mart Crowley's controversial play about a group of gay friends in New York. He told Soap Opera Digest: "Things were sort of really moving for me; I was doing so well, and I thought, 'I don't need this kind of risk.' I talked to Myrna — she became my mentor — and she said, 'Peter, if you are going to be an actor, you are going to have to take some risks in your life.'"

White played Director of Central Intelligence John A. McCone in the film Thirteen Days.

In the 1970s, he began a 30-year stint playing the role of Phoebe Tyler's son, Lincoln 'Linc' Tyler, on the daytime soap opera All My Children, and in the 1980s appeared on nighttime soap operas including Dallas, Knots Landing and Falcon Crest. Among White's many television credits are appearances on The Feather and Father Gang, Ally McBeal, Hart to Hart, The West Wing, The Colbys and a recurring co-starring role as Dr. Thomas Reed on the television series Sisters.

In 2010, White appeared in filmmaker Crayton Robey's making-of The Boys in the Band documentary, Making the Boys.

Death
White died of melanoma in Los Angeles, on November 1, 2023, at the age of 86.