Arthur White
Acting • Born 1933-01-03
Biography
Arthur B. White is an English stage and screen actor, best known for his occasional role as the collator (police archivist) Ernie Trigg in the crime drama A Touch of Frost, alongside his real-life younger brother David Jason. His parents were Arthur R White and Welsh-born Olwen Jones. He also appeared briefly along with his brother in two episodes of The Darling Buds of May. In 1978, White appeared as part of an underworld gang, playing the role of Freddy in an episode of the 1970s British police drama The Professionals, the episode entitled When the Heat Cools Off. In 2007, White played Albert Fogarty in the Heartbeat episode "The Dreams That You Dream". In 2008, he worked with Jason again on the comic fantasy The Colour of Magic, where he played a character called "Rerpf". In 2010, he featured in 13 Hours That Saved Britain, talking about his experiences of living during World War Two and living in London during the Blitz. White has also made appearances in television series such as Crossroads, The Professionals, London's Burning, As Time Goes By, Wycliffe, Family Affairs and The Prisoner episode "It's Your Funeral".
Filmography
48 credits
The L-Shaped Room
Movie • 1962
Milkman
Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack
Movie • 2010
Self/P.C. Ernie Trigg
It's a Grand Life
Movie • 1953
Pvt. Prendergast
Oh! What a Lovely War
Movie • 1969
Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
Detective Waiting
Movie • 1971
Laidlaw
The Crunch
Movie • 1964
Signal Sergeant
K Is for Killing
Movie • 1974
Charley Wilson
Number 27
Movie • 1988
Hardcastle
Prisoners in Space
Movie • 2025
Kinano
The Prisoner
TV • 1967
Stall Holder
Murder in Mind
TV • 2001
Harry
The Bill
TV • 1984
The Gentle Touch
TV • 1980
Crossroads
TV • 1964
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Albert Fogarty
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Laidlaw
Goodnight Sweetheart
TV • 1993
Virtual Murder
TV • 1992
Pardon My Genie
TV • 1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1971
March
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Sanctuary
TV • 1967
A Gentleman's Club
TV • 1988
The Train Now Standing
TV • 1972
The Nesbitts Are Coming
TV • 1980
New Scotland Yard
TV • 1972
Thriller
TV • 1973
Charley Wilson
The Main Chance
TV • 1969
William Shelton
A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Ernie Trigg
Secret Army
TV • 1977
Louis Bastiat
Wycliffe
TV • 1994
Taxi Driver
Manhunt
TV • 1970
Henri
As Time Goes By
TV • 1992
Taxi Driver
Space: 1999
TV • 1975
Kinano
The Professionals
TV • 1977
Freddy
The Darling Buds of May
TV • 1991
Uncle Perce
The Colour of Magic
TV • 2008
Rerpf
A Gentleman's Club
TV • 1988
Hawkins
Crane
TV • 1963
Pirelli
Orlando
TV • 1965
Shish Kebab
Orlando
TV • 1965
Ben Ali Kebab
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
TV • 1992
Larwood
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Sergeant Holden
The River
TV • 1988
Inspector Snape
The Carnforth Practice
TV • 1974
Sgt Armstrong
The Duchess of Duke Street
TV • 1976
Mr Holdron
Striker
TV • 1975
Mr Robson
You're Only Young Twice
TV • 1977
Mr Smith