Arthur Treacher

Known For: Acting
Born: July 22, 1894
Place of Birth: Brighton, England, UK
Died: December 14, 1975

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

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

1993 · Self (archive footage)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 · Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Mary Poppins

1964 · Constable

How to Avoid Friendship

How to Avoid Friendship

1964 · Narrator

How to Live with a Neurotic Dog

1963 · Narrator

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962 · Arthur Pinckney

How to Win on the Thruway

How to Win on the Thruway

1962 · Narrator

Self Defense... for Cowards

1962 · Narrator

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958 · Graves the Butler

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957 · Self

Climax!

1954 · Bishop Thornley

Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland

1954 · The Cheshire Cat

Down You Go

1951 · Self - Panelist

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · Self

Love That Brute

1950 · Quentin, Hanley's Butler

That Midnight Kiss

1949 · Hutchins

The Countess of Monte Cristo

1948 · Hotel Managing Director

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948 · Uncle Fred

Slave Girl

1947 · Thomas Griswold

Fun on a Weekend

1947 · Benjamin O. Moffatt

That's the Spirit

1945 · Masters

Swing Out, Sister

1945 · Chumley

Delightfully Dangerous

1945 · Jeffers

National Velvet

1945 · Race Patron

In Society

1944 · Pipps, Butler

Chip Off the Old Block

1944 · Quentin

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1943 · Henderson

Forever and a Day

1943 · Second Air Raid Watcher

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942 · Arthur Treacher

Irene

1940 · Bretherton

Brother Rat and a Baby

1940 · Snelling

Barricade

1939 · Upton Ward

Bridal Suite

1939 · Lord Helfer

The Little Princess

1939 · Bertie Minchin

Up the River

1938 · Darby Randall

Always in Trouble

1938 · Rogers

My Lucky Star

1938 · Whipple

Mad About Music

1938 · Tripps

Heidi

1937 · Andrews

Thin Ice

1937 · Nottingham

You Can't Have Everything

1937 · Bevins

She Had to Eat

1937 · Carter

Step Lively, Jeeves!

1937 · Jeeves

Stowaway

1936 · Atkins

Under Your Spell

1936 · Botts

Mister Cinderella

1936 · Watkins, Randolph's Butler

Thank You, Jeeves!

1936 · Jeeves

Satan Met a Lady

1936 · Anthony Travers

Hearts Divided

1936 · Sir Harry

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

1936 · Griggsby

Anything Goes

1936 · Sir Evelyn Oakleigh

Magnificent Obsession

1935 · Horace

Hitch Hike Lady

1935 · Mortimer Wingate

Splendor

1935 · Major Ballinger

Remember Last Night?

1935 · Clarence Phelps

Personal Maid's Secret

1935 · Owen

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935 · Epilogue

I Live My Life

1935 · Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler

Orchids to You

1935 · Roger Morton

Bright Lights

1935 · Wilbur

Curly Top

1935 · The Butler

The Daring Young Man

1935 · Col. Baggott

Going Highbrow

1935 · Waiter

No More Ladies

1935 · Lord Knowleton

The Nitwits

1935 · Man with Tennis Equipment

Go Into Your Dance

1935 · Latimer

Cardinal Richelieu

1935 · Agitator

Let's Live Tonight

1935 · Ozzy Featherstone

The Woman in Red

1935 · Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)

The Winning Ticket

1935 · Horse Race Announcer

David Copperfield

1935 · Donkey Man (uncredited)

Forsaking All Others

1934 · Johnson (Uncredited)

The Captain Hates the Sea

1934 · Major Warringforth

Desirable

1934 · Butler

Here Comes the Groom

1934 · Butler

The Key

1934 · Merriman

Hollywood Party

1934 · Durante's Butler (uncredited)

Gambling Lady

1934 · Pryor (uncredited)

Fashions of 1934

1934 · The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)

School for Romance

1934 · Diana's suitor

The Battle of Paris

1929 · Harry

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