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Arthur Treacher
Actor
Died December 14, 1975 (81 years)
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
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · as Actor 'Curly Top' |
| 1987 | Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Heigh-Ho · as Constable Jones |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins · as The Constable |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Graves, the Butler |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Bishop Thornley |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1949 | That Midnight Kiss · as Hutchins |
| 1948 | The Countess of Monte Cristo · as Hotel Managing Director |
| 1947 | Fun on a Weekend · as Benjamin O. Moffatt |
| 1945 | Delightfully Dangerous · as Jeffers |
| 1944 | National Velvet · as Race Patron |
| 1939 | The Little Princess · as Bertie Minchin |
| 1937 | Heidi · as Andrews |
| 1936 | Stowaway · as Atkins |
| 1936 | Satan Met a Lady · as Anthony Travers |
| 1935 | Curly Top · as The Butler |
| 1935 | David Copperfield · as Donkey Man (uncredited) |
| 1935 | I Live My Life · as Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler |
| 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream · as Epilogue |
| 1934 | Fashions of 1934 · as Grand Duchess's Butler |
| 1934 | Forsaking All Others · as Johnson (Uncredited) |
| 1934 | Gambling Lady · as Pryor (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Hollywood Party · as Durante's Butler (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Riptide · as Newspaper Reporter |