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John Sylvester White (October 31, 1919 - September 11, 1988) was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-born American actor.

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, tiny-sized principal "Mr. Woodman", on the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, from 1975 until 1979.

He died, aged 68, from pancreatic cancer in Waikiki, Hawaii.
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    Search for Tomorrow was a soap opera which started airing on Monday, September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS, its original broadcaster, on Friday, March 26, 1982, with NBC picking it up on the following Monday, March 29, 1982.
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    A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television, as one of its dominant narrative forms.
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    Welcome Back, Kotter (sometimes shortened to Welcome Back or Kotter) was an American television sitcom that originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975 to June 8, 1979.
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