Arthur Treacher
ActingAlso Known As
Arthur Veary 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.
Movies
(73 total)
Mary Poppins
as Constable
The Little Princess
as Bertie Minchin
National Velvet
as Race Patron
Heidi
as Andrews
David Copperfield
as Donkey Man (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Epilogue
Curly Top
as The Butler
Satan Met a Lady
as Anthony Travers
Stowaway
as Atkins
In Society
as Pipps, Butler
Fashions of 1934
as The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
Forsaking All Others
as Johnson (Uncredited)
Magnificent Obsession
as Horace
Gambling Lady
as Pryor (uncredited)
The Woman in Red
as Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
Hollywood Party
as Durante's Butler (uncredited)
Forever and a Day
as Second Air Raid Watcher
The Key
as Merriman
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Arthur Treacher
Mad About Music
as Tripps
TV Shows
(10 total)
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Arthur Pinckney
Climax!
as Bishop Thornley
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Uncle Fred
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Graves the Butler