Arthur White (actor) Arthur White (actor) Arthur White (born 1933) is an English stage and screen actor, best known for his occasional role as 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 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 apisode of the hard-hitting 1970s British police drama "The Professionals", the episode entitled "When the Heat Cools
Jesse White (actor) couple had two daughters, Carole Ita White (who later became an actress) and Janet Jonas. On January 9, 1997, White died from a heart attack following surgery, six days after his 80th birthday. He is interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Jesse White (actor) Jesse White (born Jonah Marcus Weidenfeld, January 3, 1917 – January 9, 1997) was an American actor and voice actor. He is best remembered for having portrayed the Maytag repairman in television commercials from 1967 to 1988. White was born in Buffalo, New York, and was raised in Akron, Ohio to Jewish parents.