Arthur White

Born: 1933-01-03

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".


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Oh! What a Lovely War

as Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
Released: 1969-03-10

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys...

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The L-Shaped Room

as Milkman
Released: 1962-11-20

Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in...

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Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack

as Self/P.C. Ernie Trigg
Released: 2010-04-06

Cast and crew discuss the final series of A Touch of Frost

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Detective Waiting

as Laidlaw
Released: 1971-09-14

A cat and mouse game develops between a big man of crime and a young detective constable. But...

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It's a Grand Life

as Pvt. Prendergast
Released: 1953-11-28

Classic British comedy following an accident-prone army Private, played by music hall legend...

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K is for Killing

as Charley Wilson
Released: 1974-03-02

A husband and wife team are hired to protect an eccentric millionaire from an assassin but a...

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The Crunch

as Signal Sergeant
Released: 1964-01-19

A megalomaniac dictator, in charge of a former colony, installs a nuclear bomb in its London...

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Crossroads

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-11-02

Crossroads is a British television soap opera set in a fictional motel near Birmingham, England....

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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A Touch of Frost

as Ernie Trigg
First aired: 1992-12-06

Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and...

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Heartbeat

as Albert Fogarty
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Space: 1999

as Kinano
First aired: 1975-09-04

The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon...

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The Professionals

as Freddy
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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No Hiding Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...

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As Time Goes By

as Taxi Driver
First aired: 1992-01-12

Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.

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The Wednesday Play

as Tregembo
First aired: 1964-09-30

The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from...

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Thriller

as Charley Wilson
First aired: 1973-04-14

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is...

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Armchair Theatre

as Laidlaw
First aired: 1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...

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The Prisoner

as Stall Holder
First aired: 1967-09-29

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but...

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Wycliffe

as Taxi Driver
First aired: 1994-07-24

Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective...

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The Main Chance

as William Shelton
First aired: 1969-06-18

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...

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Murder in Mind

as Harry
First aired: 2001-04-22

Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories...

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Goodnight Sweetheart

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-11-18

Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working...

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as March
First aired: 1971-09-20

Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

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The Gentle Touch

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-04-11

The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television...

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The Darling Buds of May

as Uncle Perce
First aired: 1991-04-07

An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm...

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Secret Army

as Louis Bastiat
First aired: 1977-09-07

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being...

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New Scotland Yard

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-04-22

New Scotland Yard is a police drama series produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV...

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Virtual Murder

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-07-24

John Cornelius (called JC) is a university don who also works for his city police force as a...

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Manhunt

as Henri
First aired: 1970-01-02

Manhunt is a World War II drama series consisting of 26 episodes, produced by London Weekend...

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The Cleopatras

as Bolis
First aired: 1983-01-19

Eight-part drama covering the lives of the queens of Egypt from Cleopatra II in 145 BC to the...

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Pardon My Genie

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-04-10

Pardon My Genie was a children's comedy series produced by British ITV contractor Thames...

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