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Home/People/Arthur White
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Born
Jan 3, 1933
Age 93
Place of Birth
Finchley, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

9
Movies
41
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Arthur White

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".
Prisoners in Space poster

Prisoners in Space

as Kinano
2025
Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack poster

Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack

as Self/P.C. Ernie Trigg
2010
Number 27 poster

Number 27

as Hardcastle
1988
K Is for Killing poster

K Is for Killing

as Charley Wilson
1974
Detective Waiting poster

Detective Waiting

as Laidlaw
1971
Oh! What a Lovely War poster

Oh! What a Lovely War

as Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
1969
The Crunch poster

The Crunch

as Signal Sergeant
1964
The L-Shaped Room poster

The L-Shaped Room

as Milkman
1962
It's a Grand Life poster

It's a Grand Life

as Pvt. Prendergast
1953