Arthur Treacher

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

Died: 1975-12-14

Known For: Acting

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

1993

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling as Self (archive footage)

1976

Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

1951

Down You Go as Self - Panelist

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
Love That Brute as Quentin, Hanley's Butler

1949

That Midnight Kiss as Hutchins

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse as Uncle Fred
The Countess of Monte Cristo as Hotel Managing Director

1947

Slave Girl as Thomas Griswold
Fun on a Weekend as Benjamin O. Moffatt

1945

National Velvet as Race Patron
Swing Out, Sister as Chumley
That's the Spirit as Masters
Delightfully Dangerous as Jeffers

1944

In Society as Pipps, Butler
Chip Off the Old Block as Quentin

1943

Forever and a Day as Second Air Raid Watcher
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday as Henderson

1942

Star Spangled Rhythm as Arthur Treacher

1940

Irene as Bretherton
Brother Rat and a Baby as Snelling

1939

The Little Princess as Bertie Minchin
Bridal Suite as Lord Helfer
Barricade as Upton Ward

1938

Up the River as Darby Randall
My Lucky Star as Whipple
Mad About Music as Tripps
Always in Trouble as Rogers

1937

Heidi as Andrews
You Can't Have Everything as Bevins
Thin Ice as Nottingham
She Had to Eat as Carter
Step Lively, Jeeves! as Jeeves

1936

Hearts Divided as Sir Harry
Satan Met a Lady as Anthony Travers
Stowaway as Atkins
Anything Goes as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
Thank You, Jeeves! as Jeeves
The Case Against Mrs. Ames as Griggsby
Under Your Spell as Botts
Mister Cinderella as Watkins, Randolph's Butler

1935

Splendor as Major Ballinger
A Midsummer Night's Dream as Epilogue
The Woman in Red as Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
Curly Top as The Butler
David Copperfield as Donkey Man (uncredited)
I Live My Life as Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler
Bright Lights as Wilbur
Remember Last Night? as Clarence Phelps
Going Highbrow as Waiter
Go Into Your Dance as Latimer
No More Ladies as Lord Knowleton
The Nitwits as Man with Tennis Equipment
Magnificent Obsession as Horace
Cardinal Richelieu as Agitator
Personal Maid's Secret as Owen
Orchids to You as Roger Morton
Let's Live Tonight as Ozzy Featherstone
Hitch Hike Lady as Mortimer Wingate
The Winning Ticket as Horse Race Announcer
The Daring Young Man as Col. Baggott

1934

Gambling Lady as Pryor (uncredited)
Hollywood Party as Durante's Butler (uncredited)
Forsaking All Others as Johnson (Uncredited)
Fashions of 1934 as The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
Desirable as Butler
The Key as Merriman
Here Comes the Groom as Butler
School for Romance as Diana's suitor
The Captain Hates the Sea as Major Warringforth

1929

The Battle of Paris as Harry