- The death of Judie Aronson's character in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) was filmed on a very cold December night. It was so cold out in the lake that Judie started crying. White became angry at director Joseph Zito for being so insensitive to her discomfort and threatened to quit if they didn't give her a break from being out in the cold water.
- Though he disliked being involved with Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), he is considered by many fans to have been one of the best Jasons.
- On the recent "His Name Was Jason" documentary, Ted revealed that he was asked to do Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) and Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), but turned them down, and now wishes that he hadn't.
- Refused to talk to the other actors on the set of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), because he thought it would diminish their fear of Jason.
- Is the oldest actor/stuntman to portray Jason at 58 years old. White also the longest-lived Friday the 13th cast member at 96 years and 8 months 19 days.
- Played football for the University of Oklahoma.
- In 1987, he revealed in Fangoria magazine that his role as Jason in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) made him feel somewhat uneasy. Therefore, at his own insistence, his name was excluded from the credits.
- Like most of the other stunt men who portrayed Jason Voorhees, White was chosen simply because the director needed a large man for the role.
- Although he is not credited as Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), he is credited for his scenes that were used in the opening montage for Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988).
- In Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), White was approached because of his Marine Corps background when they needed a consultant for the layout of the island. That was when White met John Wayne and began doubling for him in 1952.
- He played football for the University of Oklahoma, then pursued a stuntman/acting career.
- A biography written by Larry K. Meredith about White's career was published in 2017, titled Cast a Giant Shadow.
- White had minor roles in several western films and in such television series as Daniel Boone; The Andy Griffith Show; Hunter; Magnum, P.I.
- In 1984, White played hockey masked murderer Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, after the director needed a large man for the part. White reluctantly accepted because he needed the money.
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