Arthur Treacher
Born Arthur Veary Treacher in Brighton, East Sussex, England, he was the son of a lawyer. He established a stage career after returning from World War I, and by 1928, he had come to America as part of a musical-comedy revue called Great Temptations. When his film career began in the early 1930s, Treacher was Hollywood's idea of the perfect butler, and he headlined as the famous butler Jeeves in Thank You, Jeeves! (1936) and Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937)--based on the P.G. Wodehouse character. He played a butler in numerous other films including: Personal Maid's Secret (1935), Mister Cinderella (1936), Bordertown (1935), and Curly Top (1935). By the mid 1960s, Treacher was a regular guest on The Merv Griffin Show (1962). The image of the proper Englishman served him well, and during his later years, he lent his name to a fast-food chain known as Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips.
Filmography (83 titles)
MovieShirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Self (archive footage) · 1993
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) · 1976
7.5MovieMary Poppins
Constable · 1964
How to Avoid Friendship
Narrator · 1964
7.0MovieHow to Live with a Neurotic Dog
Narrator · 1963
6.6ShowThe Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1962
6.9ShowThe Beverly Hillbillies
Arthur Pinckney · 1962
How to Win on the Thruway
Narrator · 1962
6.7MovieSelf Defense... for Cowards
Narrator · 1962
5.8ShowThe Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1961
6.5ShowShirley Temple's Storybook
Graves the Butler · 1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · 1957
3.8ShowClimax!
Bishop Thornley · 1954
MovieKraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
The Cheshire Cat · 1954
Down You Go
Self - Panelist · 1951
6.9ShowThe Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 1950
6.8MovieLove That Brute
Quentin, Hanley's Butler · 1950
6.2MovieThat Midnight Kiss
Hutchins · 1949
7.0MovieThe Countess of Monte Cristo
Hotel Managing Director · 1948
6.6ShowThe Philco Television Playhouse
Uncle Fred · 1948
7.5MovieSlave Girl
Thomas Griswold · 1947
7.2MovieFun on a Weekend
Benjamin O. Moffatt · 1947
6.7MovieThat's the Spirit
Masters · 1945
4.5MovieSwing Out, Sister
Chumley · 1945
5.3MovieDelightfully Dangerous
Jeffers · 1945
7.2MovieNational Velvet
Race Patron · 1945
5.9MovieIn Society
Pipps, Butler · 1944
7.0MovieChip Off the Old Block
Quentin · 1944
6.7MovieThe Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Henderson · 1943
7.5MovieForever and a Day
Second Air Raid Watcher · 1943