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Arthur Treacher

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1894-07-22

Day of Death

1975-12-14

Place of Birth

Brighton, England, UK

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.

Filmography (74)

⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

1993
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⭐ 0 Role: Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976
⭐ 7.5 Role: Constable

Mary Poppins

1964
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⭐ 7.0 Role: Narrator

How to Avoid Friendship

1964
⭐ 7.0 Role: Narrator

How to Live with a Neurotic Dog

1963
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⭐ 9.0 Role: Narrator

How to Win on the Thruway

1962
⭐ 6.7 Role: Narrator

Self Defense... for Cowards

1962
⭐ 0 Role: The Cheshire Cat

Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland

1954
⭐ 6.8 Role: Quentin, Hanley's Butler

Love That Brute

1950
⭐ 6.2 Role: Hutchins

That Midnight Kiss

1949
⭐ 7.0 Role: Hotel Managing Director

The Countess of Monte Cristo

1948
⭐ 7.5 Role: Thomas Griswold

Slave Girl

1947
⭐ 7.2 Role: Benjamin O. Moffatt

Fun on a Weekend

1947
⭐ 6.7 Role: Masters

That's the Spirit

1945
⭐ 4.5 Role: Chumley

Swing Out, Sister

1945