Arthur White

Arthur White

Actor Jan 3 (age 93) Finchley, London, England, UK 1953–2025 (72 year career)

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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 poli…

Known For

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost

Ernie Trigg

Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War

Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)

The L-Shaped Room

The L-Shaped Room

Milkman

The Prisoner

The Prisoner

Stall Holder

Space: 1999

Space: 1999

Kinano

The Colour of Magic

The Colour of Magic

Rerpf

Crossroads

Crossroads

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

Taxi Driver

Filmography

Acting (54)

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Movies (10)

Prisoners in Space

Prisoners in Space

as Kinano

Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack

Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack

as Self/P.C. Ernie Trigg

Number 27

Number 27

as Hardcastle

Safety and the Supervisor

as Bert Barnes

K Is for Killing

K Is for Killing

as Charley Wilson

Detective Waiting

Detective Waiting

as Laidlaw

Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War

as Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)

The Crunch

The Crunch

as Signal Sergeant

The L-Shaped Room

The L-Shaped Room

as Milkman

It's a Grand Life

It's a Grand Life

as Pvt. Prendergast

Television (44)

The Colour of Magic

The Colour of Magic

as Rerpf

Murder in Mind

Murder in Mind

as Harry

Wycliffe

Wycliffe

as Taxi Driver

Goodnight Sweetheart

Goodnight Sweetheart

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as Albert Fogarty

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost

as Ernie Trigg

A Touch of Frost

A Touch of Frost

as Ernie Trigg

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

as Taxi Driver

Virtual Murder

Virtual Murder

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

as Larwood

The Darling Buds of May

The Darling Buds of May

as Uncle Perce

Teenage Health Freak

Teenage Health Freak

as Uncle Bobby

A Gentleman's Club

as Hawkins

The River

The River

as Inspector Snape

All in Good Faith

All in Good Faith

as Harry

The Bill

The Bill

Johnny Jarvis

Johnny Jarvis

as Pauline's Dad

The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch

The Nesbitts Are Coming

The Professionals

The Professionals

as Freddy

Secret Army

Secret Army

as Louis Bastiat

You're Only Young Twice

You're Only Young Twice

as Mr Smith

A Sharp Intake of Breath

A Sharp Intake of Breath

as Alf

The Duchess of Duke Street

The Duchess of Duke Street

as Mr Holdron

Space: 1999

Space: 1999

as Kinano

Striker

as Mr Robson

The Carnforth Practice

The Carnforth Practice

as Sgt Armstrong

Thriller

Thriller

as Charley Wilson

New Scotland Yard

New Scotland Yard

Pardon My Genie

Pardon My Genie

The Train Now Standing

The Train Now Standing

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as March

Manhunt

Manhunt

as Henri

The Main Chance

The Main Chance

as William Shelton

The Prisoner

The Prisoner

as Stall Holder

Sanctuary

Orlando

as Shish Kebab

Orlando

as Ben Ali Kebab

Crossroads

Crossroads

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

as Sergeant Holden

Redcap

Redcap

as Jenkins

Crane

as Pirelli

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

as Laidlaw