Arthur Treacher
Acting
1894-07-22 · Brighton, England, UK
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(84)
movieShirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self (archive footage) · 1993 · 0.0
movieBob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) · 1976 · 0.0
movieMary Poppins
as Constable · 1964 · 7.5
movieHow to Avoid Friendship
as Narrator · 1964 · 7.0
movieHow to Live with a Neurotic Dog
as Narrator · 1963 · 7.0
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1962 · 6.6
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
as Arthur Pinckney · 1962 · 6.9
movieHow to Win on the Thruway
as Narrator · 1962 · 9.0
movieSelf Defense... for Cowards
as Narrator · 1962 · 6.7
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961 · 5.8
tvShirley Temple's Storybook
as Graves the Butler · 1958 · 6.5
tvTonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self · 1957 · 7.5
tvClimax!
as Bishop Thornley · 1954 · 3.8
movieKraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
as The Cheshire Cat · 1954 · 0.0
tvDown You Go
as Self - Panelist · 1951 · 9.0
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self · 1950 · 6.9
movieLove That Brute
as Quentin, Hanley's Butler · 1950 · 6.8
movieThat Midnight Kiss
as Hutchins · 1949 · 6.2
movieThe Countess of Monte Cristo
as Hotel Managing Director · 1948 · 7.0
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
as Uncle Fred · 1948 · 6.6
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
as · 1948 · 6.6
movieSlave Girl
as Thomas Griswold · 1947 · 7.5
movieFun on a Weekend
as Benjamin O. Moffatt · 1947 · 7.2
movieThat's the Spirit
as Masters · 1945 · 6.7