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.
Known for
The Philco Television Playhouse
Uncle Fred
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Beverly Hillbillies
Arthur Pinckney
Climax!
Bishop Thornley
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Graves the Butler
Mary Poppins
Constable
Delightfully Dangerous
Jeffers
Down You Go
Self - Panelist
The Little Princess
Bertie Minchin
David Copperfield
Donkey Man (uncredited)
Heidi
Andrews
National Velvet
Race Patron
Forsaking All Others
Johnson (Uncredited)
Stowaway
Atkins
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Epilogue
In Society
Pipps, Butler
Forever and a Day
Second Air Raid Watcher
Hollywood Party
Durante's Butler (uncredited)
That Midnight Kiss
Hutchins
You Can't Have Everything
Bevins
I Live My Life
Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler
Slave Girl
Thomas Griswold
Fashions of 1934
The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
The Nitwits
Man with Tennis Equipment
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Hotel Managing Director
Magnificent Obsession
Horace
Brother Rat and a Baby
Snelling
Irene
Bretherton
Curly Top
The Butler
Satan Met a Lady
Anthony Travers
Anything Goes
Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
Here Comes the Groom
Butler
Go Into Your Dance
Latimer
The Woman in Red
Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
Love That Brute
Quentin, Hanley's Butler
Bridal Suite
Lord Helfer
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Griggsby
No More Ladies
Lord Knowleton
Star Spangled Rhythm
Arthur Treacher
Personal Maid's Secret
Owen
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Henderson
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Self (archive footage)
Bright Lights
Wilbur
The Winning Ticket
Horse Race Announcer
The Daring Young Man
Col. Baggott
The Key
Merriman
Desirable
Butler
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
The Cheshire Cat
Fun on a Weekend
Benjamin O. Moffatt
My Lucky Star
Whipple
The Captain Hates the Sea
Major Warringforth
Chip Off the Old Block
Quentin
Remember Last Night?
Clarence Phelps
Gambling Lady
Pryor (uncredited)
Swing Out, Sister
Chumley
Thin Ice
Nottingham
Mister Cinderella
Watkins, Randolph's Butler
Cardinal Richelieu
Agitator
Mad About Music
Tripps
Under Your Spell
Botts
She Had to Eat
Carter
That's the Spirit
Masters
Orchids to You
Roger Morton
Thank You, Jeeves!
Jeeves
Up the River
Darby Randall
Splendor
Major Ballinger
Barricade
Upton Ward
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Jeeves
Hearts Divided
Sir Harry
Always in Trouble
Rogers
Hitch Hike Lady
Mortimer Wingate
School for Romance
Diana's suitor
Going Highbrow
Waiter
Let's Live Tonight
Ozzy Featherstone
The Battle of Paris
Harry
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
How to Avoid Friendship
Narrator
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
Narrator
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
How to Win on the Thruway
Narrator
Self Defense... for Cowards
Narrator
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self