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