Arthur White
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".
Known For
Acting History
2025
Prisoners in Space as Kinano
2010Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack as Self/P.C. Ernie Trigg
2008The Colour of Magic as Rerpf
2001Murder in Mind as Harry
1994Wycliffe as Taxi Driver
1993Goodnight Sweetheart
1992A Touch of Frost as Ernie Trigg
1992Virtual Murder
1992Anglo Saxon Attitudes as Larwood
1992Heartbeat as Albert Fogarty
1992As Time Goes By as Taxi Driver
1991The Darling Buds of May as Uncle Perce
1988Number 27 as Hardcastle
1988A Gentleman's Club
1988A Gentleman's Club as Hawkins
1984The Bill
1980The Nesbitts Are Coming
1980The Gentle Touch
1977The Professionals as Freddy
1977Secret Army as Louis Bastiat
1975Space: 1999 as Kinano
1974The Carnforth Practice
1974K Is for Killing as Charley Wilson
1973Thriller as Charley Wilson
1972The Train Now Standing
1972New Scotland Yard
1972Pardon My Genie
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as March
1971Detective Waiting as Laidlaw
1970Manhunt as Henri
1969The Main Chance as William Shelton
1969Oh! What a Lovely War as Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
1967The Prisoner as Stall Holder
1967Sanctuary
1965Orlando as Shish Kebab
1965Orlando as Ben Ali Kebab
1964Crossroads
1964Theatre 625 as Sergeant Holden
1964The Crunch as Signal Sergeant
1963Crane as Pirelli
1962The L-Shaped Room as Milkman
1959No Hiding Place
1956Armchair Theatre as Laidlaw
1953It's a Grand Life as Pvt. Prendergast









