Arthur Treacher
Actor
Born July 22, 1894 in Brighton, England, UK
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
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Self (archive footage)
Mary Poppins
Constable
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
Narrator
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
Arthur Pinckney
Self Defense... for Cowards
Narrator
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Graves the Butler
Climax!
Bishop Thornley
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
The Cheshire Cat
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Love That Brute
Quentin, Hanley's Butler
That Midnight Kiss
Hutchins
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Hotel Managing Director
The Philco Television Playhouse
Uncle Fred
Slave Girl
Thomas Griswold
Fun on a Weekend
Benjamin O. Moffatt
That's the Spirit
Masters
Swing Out, Sister
Chumley
Delightfully Dangerous
Jeffers
National Velvet
Race Patron
In Society
Pipps, Butler
Chip Off the Old Block
Quentin
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Henderson
Forever and a Day
Second Air Raid Watcher
Star Spangled Rhythm
Arthur Treacher
Irene
Bretherton
Brother Rat and a Baby
Snelling
Barricade
Upton Ward
Bridal Suite
Lord Helfer
The Little Princess
Bertie Minchin
Up the River
Darby Randall
Always in Trouble
Rogers
My Lucky Star
Whipple
Mad About Music
Tripps
Heidi
Andrews
Thin Ice
Nottingham
You Can't Have Everything
Bevins
She Had to Eat
Carter
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Jeeves
Stowaway
Atkins
Under Your Spell
Botts
Mister Cinderella
Watkins, Randolph's Butler
Thank You, Jeeves!
Jeeves
Satan Met a Lady
Anthony Travers
Hearts Divided
Sir Harry
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Griggsby
Anything Goes
Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
Magnificent Obsession
Horace
Hitch Hike Lady
Mortimer Wingate
Splendor
Major Ballinger
Remember Last Night?
Clarence Phelps
Personal Maid's Secret
Owen
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Epilogue
I Live My Life
Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler
Orchids to You
Roger Morton
Bright Lights
Wilbur
Curly Top
The Butler
The Daring Young Man
Col. Baggott
Going Highbrow
Waiter
No More Ladies
Lord Knowleton
The Nitwits
Man with Tennis Equipment
Go Into Your Dance
Latimer
Cardinal Richelieu
Agitator
Let's Live Tonight
Ozzy Featherstone
The Woman in Red
Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
The Winning Ticket
Horse Race Announcer
David Copperfield
Donkey Man (uncredited)
Forsaking All Others
Johnson (Uncredited)
The Captain Hates the Sea
Major Warringforth
Desirable
Butler
Here Comes the Groom
Butler
The Key
Merriman
Hollywood Party
Durante's Butler (uncredited)
Gambling Lady
Pryor (uncredited)
Fashions of 1934
The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
School for Romance
Diana's suitor
The Battle of Paris
Harry