Arthur Treacher
Acting
Born: 1894-07-22 in Brighton, England, UK
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.
Known For
The Mike Douglas Show
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The Merv Griffin Show
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The Beverly Hillbillies
Arthur Pinckney
Climax!
Bishop Thornley
The Philco Television Playhouse
Uncle Fred
The Philco Television Playhouse
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
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Mary Poppins
Constable
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Graves the Butler
Heidi
Andrews
National Velvet
Race Patron
Hollywood Party
Durante's Butler (uncredited)
Slave Girl
Thomas Griswold
The Little Princess
Bertie Minchin
David Copperfield
Donkey Man (uncredited)
Curly Top
The Butler
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Epilogue
Forever and a Day
Second Air Raid Watcher
Anything Goes
Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
Here Comes the Groom
Butler
In Society
Pipps, Butler
You Can't Have Everything
Bevins
Fashions of 1934
The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
Stowaway
Atkins
Under Your Spell
Botts
That's the Spirit
Masters
Thank You, Jeeves!
Jeeves
Up the River
Darby Randall
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
The Cheshire Cat
Fun on a Weekend
Benjamin O. Moffatt
Brother Rat and a Baby
Snelling
Go Into Your Dance
Latimer
Cardinal Richelieu
Agitator
Gambling Lady
Pryor (uncredited)
Forsaking All Others
Johnson (Uncredited)
Thin Ice
Nottingham
Satan Met a Lady
Anthony Travers
Irene
Bretherton