Researching Brian White

Early in his career he forged links with Sid Griffiths, who had developed Jerry the Tyke and brought in White who had been one of the team of animators on the 1924 film of George E. Studdy's character Bonzo the dog. They latterly formed the company Griffiths and White in 1929, working from an office in the Charing Cross Road, London, initially producing animated advertisements for Superads where Carl Giles was first employed. Griffiths and White continued throughout the 1930s, eventually working at Anson Dyer's Anglia Films Stroud-based studio which was later taken over by Halas & Batchelor for the development of Animal Farm.

In collaboration with cousin Harold White, B&H Publications produced George Bernard Shaw Through The Camera in 1948.

Brian White worked for a year in 1952/3 on the first feature cartoon (75 minutes) Animal Farm, based on George Orwell's novel of the same name. An associate here was Sid Griffiths, with whom he had first collaborated 30 years earlier.

He is the grandfather of British sculptor Jon Edgar. White died at Rustington, West Sussex in 1984.

White made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Wiltshire in 1964 against Dorset. From 1964 to 1991, he represented the county in 162 Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire. White also represented Wiltshire in the MCCA Knockout Trophy making his debut in that competition against Shropshire. From 1983 to 1991, he represented the county in 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Devon.

White also represented Wiltshire in List-A cricket. His List-A debut came against Nottinghamshire in the 1965 Gillette Cup. From 1965 to 1991, he represented the county in 9 List-A matches, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1990 NatWest Trophy. He also played 8 List-A matches for Minor Counties South in the Benson and Hedges Cup between 1972 and 1974. In his combined 15 List-A matches, he scored 133 runs at a batting average of 8.86 and a high score of 29.