Arthur Treacher
Acting • Born 1894-07-22 – Died 1975-12-14
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
83 credits
Mary Poppins
Movie • 1964
Constable
The Little Princess
Movie • 1939
Bertie Minchin
Stowaway
Movie • 1936
Atkins
Satan Met a Lady
Movie • 1936
Anthony Travers
Curly Top
Movie • 1935
The Butler
In Society
Movie • 1944
Pipps, Butler
Forever and a Day
Movie • 1943
Second Air Raid Watcher
Thin Ice
Movie • 1937
Nottingham
Mad About Music
Movie • 1938
Tripps
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie • 1943
Henderson
Love That Brute
Movie • 1950
Quentin, Hanley's Butler
The Woman in Red
Movie • 1935
Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
Fashions of 1934
Movie • 1934
The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1935
Epilogue
Thank You, Jeeves!
Movie • 1936
Jeeves
That's the Spirit
Movie • 1945
Masters
The Key
Movie • 1934
Merriman
Remember Last Night?
Movie • 1935
Clarence Phelps
That Midnight Kiss
Movie • 1949
Hutchins
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie • 1942
Arthur Treacher
Forsaking All Others
Movie • 1934
Johnson (Uncredited)
Irene
Movie • 1940
Bretherton
No More Ladies
Movie • 1935
Lord Knowleton
Delightfully Dangerous
Movie • 1945
Jeffers
Orchids to You
Movie • 1935
Roger Morton
Hitch Hike Lady
Movie • 1935
Mortimer Wingate
Mister Cinderella
Movie • 1936
Watkins, Randolph's Butler
Anything Goes
Movie • 1936
Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
Hearts Divided
Movie • 1936
Sir Harry
Fun on a Weekend
Movie • 1947
Benjamin O. Moffatt
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Movie • 1936
Griggsby
Slave Girl
Movie • 1947
Thomas Griswold
Swing Out, Sister
Movie • 1945
Chumley
Barricade
Movie • 1939
Upton Ward
Self Defense... for Cowards
Movie • 1962
Narrator
How to Avoid Friendship
Movie • 1964
Narrator
Always in Trouble
Movie • 1938
Rogers
Here Comes the Groom
Movie • 1934
Butler
David Copperfield
Movie • 1935
Donkey Man (uncredited)
My Lucky Star
Movie • 1938
Whipple
Bridal Suite
Movie • 1939
Lord Helfer
You Can't Have Everything
Movie • 1937
Bevins
Magnificent Obsession
Movie • 1935
Horace
The Captain Hates the Sea
Movie • 1934
Major Warringforth
Heidi
Movie • 1937
Andrews
Splendor
Movie • 1935
Major Ballinger
Chip Off the Old Block
Movie • 1944
Quentin
National Velvet
Movie • 1945
Race Patron
Going Highbrow
Movie • 1935
Waiter
Cardinal Richelieu
Movie • 1935
Agitator
Desirable
Movie • 1934
Butler
Personal Maid's Secret
Movie • 1935
Owen
The Nitwits
Movie • 1935
Man with Tennis Equipment
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 1954
The Cheshire Cat
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
The Winning Ticket
Movie • 1935
Horse Race Announcer
How to Win on the Thruway
Movie • 1962
Narrator
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
Movie • 1963
Narrator
The Daring Young Man
Movie • 1935
Col. Baggott
Brother Rat and a Baby
Movie • 1940
Snelling
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Movie • 1937
Jeeves
Hollywood Party
Movie • 1934
Durante's Butler (uncredited)
I Live My Life
Movie • 1935
Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler
Gambling Lady
Movie • 1934
Pryor (uncredited)
Bright Lights
Movie • 1935
Wilbur
The Battle of Paris
Movie • 1929
Harry
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Movie • 1948
Hotel Managing Director
Under Your Spell
Movie • 1936
Botts
She Had to Eat
Movie • 1937
Carter
Let's Live Tonight
Movie • 1935
Ozzy Featherstone
Go Into Your Dance
Movie • 1935
Latimer
School for Romance
Movie • 1934
Diana's suitor
Up the River
Movie • 1938
Darby Randall
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Arthur Pinckney
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Climax!
TV • 1954
Bishop Thornley
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Uncle Fred
Down You Go
TV • 1951
Self - Panelist
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Graves the Butler
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self