Arthur White
Born: 1933-01-03 in Finchley, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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
2025
- Prisoners in Space as Kinano
2010
- Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack as Self/P.C. Ernie Trigg
2008
- The Colour of Magic as Rerpf
2001
- Murder in Mind as Harry
1994
- Wycliffe as Taxi Driver
1993
1992
- Heartbeat as Albert Fogarty
- A Touch of Frost as Ernie Trigg
- As Time Goes By as Taxi Driver
- Anglo Saxon Attitudes as Larwood
- Virtual Murder
1991
- The Darling Buds of May as Uncle Perce
1988
- Number 27 as Hardcastle
- A Gentleman's Club
1984
1977
- The Professionals as Freddy
- Secret Army as Louis Bastiat
1975
- Space: 1999 as Kinano
1974
- The Carnforth Practice
- K Is for Killing as Charley Wilson
1973
- Thriller as Charley Wilson
1971
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as March
- Detective Waiting as Laidlaw
1970
- Manhunt as Henri
1969
- The Main Chance as William Shelton
- Oh! What a Lovely War as Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
1967
- The Prisoner as Stall Holder
- Sanctuary
1965
- Orlando as Shish Kebab
1964
- Crossroads
- Theatre 625 as Sergeant Holden
- The Crunch as Signal Sergeant
1963
- Crane as Pirelli
1962
- The L-Shaped Room as Milkman
1959
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Laidlaw
1953
- It's a Grand Life as Pvt. Prendergast