James L. White
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Emerging from a modest upbringing in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, he was raised by his single mother, developed a love of reading, served in the U.S. Navy, and briefly attended the University of Massachusetts before leaving to take assorted jobs in Boston and eventually relocating to Los Angeles in the 1970s to chase a screenwriting career. A breakthrough arrived when actor Sidney Poitier hired him i…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources