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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: Acting

Born: Brighton, England, UK, 1894-07-22

Died: 1975-12-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	The Battle of Paris	Harry	60
2	1934	School for Romance	Diana's suitor	30
3	1934	Fashions of 1934	The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)	64
4	1934	Gambling Lady	Pryor (uncredited)	63
5	1934	Hollywood Party	Durante's Butler (uncredited)	58
6	1934	The Key	Merriman	50
7	1934	Here Comes the Groom	Butler	40
8	1934	Desirable	Butler	73
9	1934	The Captain Hates the Sea	Major Warringforth	65
10	1934	Forsaking All Others	Johnson (Uncredited)	61
11	1935	David Copperfield	Donkey Man (uncredited)	67
12	1935	The Winning Ticket	Horse Race Announcer	35
13	1935	The Woman in Red	Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)	60
14	1935	Let's Live Tonight	Ozzy Featherstone	10
15	1935	Cardinal Richelieu	Agitator	74
16	1935	Go Into Your Dance	Latimer	68
17	1935	The Nitwits	Man with Tennis Equipment	61
18	1935	No More Ladies	Lord Knowleton	51
19	1935	Going Highbrow	Waiter	60
20	1935	The Daring Young Man	Col. Baggott	0
21	1935	Curly Top	The Butler	64
22	1935	Bright Lights	Wilbur	45
23	1935	Orchids to You	Roger Morton	0
24	1935	I Live My Life	Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler	64
25	1935	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Epilogue	64
26	1935	Personal Maid's Secret	Owen	55
27	1935	Remember Last Night?	Clarence Phelps	46
28	1935	Splendor	Major Ballinger	63
29	1935	Hitch Hike Lady	Mortimer Wingate	68
30	1935	Magnificent Obsession	Horace	74
31	1936	Anything Goes	Sir Evelyn Oakleigh	53
32	1936	The Case Against Mrs. Ames	Griggsby	40
33	1936	Hearts Divided	Sir Harry	50
34	1936	Satan Met a Lady	Anthony Travers	58
35	1936	Thank You, Jeeves!	Jeeves	60
36	1936	Mister Cinderella	Watkins, Randolph's Butler	60
37	1936	Under Your Spell	Botts	70
38	1936	Stowaway	Atkins	67
39	1937	Step Lively, Jeeves!	Jeeves	47
40	1937	She Had to Eat	Carter	50
41	1937	You Can't Have Everything	Bevins	57
42	1937	Thin Ice	Nottingham	66
43	1937	Heidi	Andrews	69
44	1938	Mad About Music	Tripps	69
45	1938	My Lucky Star	Whipple	53
46	1938	Always in Trouble	Rogers	60
47	1938	Up the River	Darby Randall	0
48	1939	The Little Princess	Bertie Minchin	66
49	1939	Bridal Suite	Lord Helfer	51
50	1939	Barricade	Upton Ward	50
51	1940	Brother Rat and a Baby	Snelling	52
52	1940	Irene	Bretherton	60
53	1942	Star Spangled Rhythm	Arthur Treacher	59
54	1943	Forever and a Day	Second Air Raid Watcher	74
55	1943	The Amazing Mrs. Holliday	Henderson	64
56	1944	Chip Off the Old Block	Quentin	40
57	1944	In Society	Pipps, Butler	58
58	1945	National Velvet	Race Patron	72
59	1945	Delightfully Dangerous	Jeffers	47
60	1945	Swing Out, Sister	Chumley	40
61	1945	That's the Spirit	Masters	40
62	1947	Fun on a Weekend	Benjamin O. Moffatt	70
63	1947	Slave Girl	Thomas Griswold	50
64	1948	The Countess of Monte Cristo	Hotel Managing Director	50
65	1949	That Midnight Kiss	Hutchins	50
66	1950	Love That Brute	Quentin, Hanley's Butler	53
67	1954	Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland	The Cheshire Cat	0
68	1962	Self Defense... for Cowards	Narrator	60
69	1962	How to Win on the Thruway	Narrator	0
70	1963	How to Live with a Neurotic Dog	Narrator	70
71	1964	How to Avoid Friendship	Narrator	65
72	1964	Mary Poppins	Constable	76
73	1993	Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Uncle Fred	63
2	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse		63
3	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
4	1951	Down You Go	Self - Panelist	0
5	1954	Climax!	Bishop Thornley	33
6	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	70
7	1958	Shirley Temple's Storybook	Graves the Butler	62
8	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
9	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	Arthur Pinckney	69
10	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
11	1962	The Merv Griffin Show		58