Cast & creator
Arthur White
Best known for The Bill, Heartbeat, Crossroads
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".
10
film credits
46
television credits
56
1953–2025 · acting roles
7.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (56)
Showing 56 of 56 credits
The Bill
1984
Heartbeat
Albert Fogarty
1992
Crossroads
1964
The Professionals
Freddy
1977
Theatre 625
Sergeant Holden
1964
A Touch of Frost
PC Ernie Trigg
1992
No Hiding Place
1959No Hiding Place
Greek chef
1959
Space: 1999
Kinano
1975
Wycliffe
Taxi Driver
1994
New Scotland Yard
Joe Morris
1972
Secret Army
Louis Bastiat
1977
The Prisoner
Stall Holder
1967
Thriller
Charley Wilson
1973
As Time Goes By
Taxi Driver
1992
The Duchess of Duke Street
Mr Holdron
1976
Goodnight Sweetheart
Newsagent
1993
The Main Chance
William Shelton
1969
Murder in Mind
Harry
2001
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
March
1971
The Gentle Touch
1980
The Darling Buds of May
Uncle Perce
1991
Bless This House
Tramp
1971
Manhunt
Henri
1970
The Colour of Magic
Rerpf
2008
Redcap
Jenkins
1964Orlando
Shish Kebab
1965Orlando
Ben Ali Kebab
1965
Boy Meets Girl
Tom
1967
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Alf
1977A Sharp Intake of Breath
Bert
1977Crane
Pirelli
1963
Armchair Theatre
Laidlaw
1956
Virtual Murder
Security Guard
1992
The Carnforth Practice
Sgt Armstrong
1974
You're Only Young Twice
Mr Smith
1977
Teenage Health Freak
Uncle Bobby
1991
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Larwood
1992
The River
Inspector Snape
1988Sanctuary
1967Striker
Mr Robson
1975
Oh! What a Lovely War
Sergeant in Dugout (uncredited)
1969
The L-Shaped Room
Milkman
1962A Gentleman's Club
1988A Gentleman's Club
Hawkins
1988The Nesbitts Are Coming
1980
Pardon My Genie
1972Safety and the Supervisor
Bert Barnes
1978
A Place to Hide
Bill Smith
1976
Prisoners in Space
Kinano
2025
K Is for Killing
Charley Wilson
1974
Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack
Self/P.C. Ernie Trigg
2010
It's a Grand Life
Pvt. Prendergast
1953
The Crunch
Signal Sergeant
1964
Number 27
Hardcastle
1988
Detective Waiting
Laidlaw
1971