Arthur Treacher
Biography
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.
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Movies (41)
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Mary Poppins
as Constable
1964
How to Avoid Friendship
as Narrator
1964
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
as Narrator
1963
How to Win on the Thruway
as Narrator
1962
Self Defense... for Cowards
as Narrator
1962
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
as The Cheshire Cat
1954
Love That Brute
as Quentin, Hanley's Butler
1950
That Midnight Kiss
as Hutchins
1949
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Hotel Managing Director
1948
Slave Girl
as Thomas Griswold
1947
Fun on a Weekend
as Benjamin O. Moffatt
1947
That's the Spirit
as Masters
1945
Swing Out, Sister
as Chumley
1945
Delightfully Dangerous
as Jeffers
1945
National Velvet
as Race Patron
1945
In Society
as Pipps, Butler
1944
Chip Off the Old Block
as Quentin
1944
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Henderson
1943
Forever and a Day
as Second Air Raid Watcher
1943
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Arthur Treacher
1942
Irene
as Bretherton
1940
Brother Rat and a Baby
as Snelling
1940
Barricade
as Upton Ward
1939
Bridal Suite
as Lord Helfer
1939
The Little Princess
as Bertie Minchin
1939
Up the River
as Darby Randall
1938
Always in Trouble
as Rogers
1938
My Lucky Star
as Whipple
1938
Mad About Music
as Tripps
1938
Heidi
as Andrews
1937
Thin Ice
as Nottingham
1937
You Can't Have Everything
as Bevins
1937
She Had to Eat
as Carter
1937
Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Jeeves
1937
Stowaway
as Atkins
1936
Under Your Spell
as Botts
1936
Mister Cinderella
as Watkins, Randolph's Butler
1936
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Jeeves
1936
Satan Met a Lady
as Anthony Travers
1936
Hearts Divided
as Sir Harry
1936
TV Shows (9)
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Arthur Pinckney
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Graves the Butler
1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
Climax!
as Bishop Thornley
1954
Down You Go
as Self - Panelist
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Uncle Fred
1948