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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

44

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-01-03 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Finchley, London, England, UK

Also Known As

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

The L-Shaped Room

1962

The L-Shaped Room

as

Milkman

Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack

2010

Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack

as

Self/P.C. Ernie Trigg

It's a Grand Life

1953

It's a Grand Life

as

Pvt. Prendergast

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

as

Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)

Detective Waiting

1971

Detective Waiting

as

Laidlaw

The Crunch

1964

The Crunch

as

Signal Sergeant

K Is for Killing

1974

K Is for Killing

as

Charley Wilson

Number 27

1988

Number 27

as

Hardcastle

Prisoners in Space

2025

Prisoners in Space

as

Kinano

The Prisoner

The Prisoner

as

Stall Holder

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

Albert Fogarty

Thriller

Thriller

as

Charley Wilson

The Main Chance

The Main Chance

as

William Shelton

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost

as

Ernie Trigg

Secret Army

Secret Army

as

Louis Bastiat

Wycliffe

Wycliffe

as

Taxi Driver

Manhunt

Manhunt

as

Henri

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

as

Taxi Driver

Space: 1999

Space: 1999

as

Kinano

Crane

Crane

as

Pirelli

Orlando

Orlando

as

Shish Kebab

Orlando

Orlando

as

Ben Ali Kebab

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

as

Sergeant Holden

Production

Crew

Directing