Acting credits
39
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Arthur White
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 9Series: 30
TMDB ID: 1215161
IMDb ID: nm0924476
Known for: Acting
Born: January 3, 1933
Age: 93
Place of birth: Finchley, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2025
Years active: 73
Average TMDB rating: 7.2
Wikidata: Q2695316
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".
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Arthur White.
Prisoners in Space
as Kinano
2025 Movie
Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack
as Self/P.C. Ernie Trigg
2010 Movie
Number 27
as Hardcastle
1988 Movie
K Is for Killing
as Charley Wilson
1974 Movie
Detective Waiting
as Laidlaw
1971 Movie
6.7
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
1969 Movie
The Crunch
as Signal Sergeant
1964 Movie
6.8
The L-Shaped Room
as Milkman
1962 Movie
6.5
It's a Grand Life
as Pvt. Prendergast
1953 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Arthur White.
6.8
The Colour of Magic
as Rerpf • 1 eps
2008 Series
8.4
Murder in Mind
as Harry • 1 eps
2001 Series
6.0
Wycliffe
as Taxi Driver • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.2
Goodnight Sweetheart
1 eps
1993 Series
7.5
A Touch of Frost
as Ernie Trigg • 10 eps
1992 Series
6.5
Virtual Murder
1 eps
1992 Series
4.0
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
as Larwood • 3 eps
1992 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Albert Fogarty • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.5
As Time Goes By
as Taxi Driver • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.8
The Darling Buds of May
as Uncle Perce • 2 eps
1991 Series
5.2
The River
as Inspector Snape • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.7
The Bill
6 eps
1984 Series
6.9
The Gentle Touch
1 eps
1980 Series
7.5
The Professionals
as Freddy • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.5
Secret Army
as Louis Bastiat • 1 eps
1977 Series
8.0
The Duchess of Duke Street
as Mr Holdron • 1 eps
1976 Series
7.1
Space: 1999
as Kinano • 1 eps
1975 Series
The Carnforth Practice
as Sgt Armstrong • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.6
Thriller
as Charley Wilson • 1 eps
1973 Series
The Train Now Standing
15 eps
1972 Series
5.5
New Scotland Yard
1 eps
1972 Series
5.5
Pardon My Genie
26 eps
1972 Series
7.4
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as March • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.5
Manhunt
as Henri • 1 eps
1970 Series