Arthur Treacher
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-07-22
Day of Death
1975-12-14 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Brighton, England, UK
Arthur Treacher
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.
Known For
Acting
(1993)
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self (archive footage)
(1964)
Mary Poppins
as Constable
(1964)
How to Avoid Friendship
as Narrator
(1963)
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
as Narrator
(1962)
How to Win on the Thruway
as Narrator
(1962)
Self Defense... for Cowards
as Narrator
(1954)
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
as The Cheshire Cat
(1950)
Love That Brute
as Quentin, Hanley's Butler
(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
(1947)
Slave Girl
as Thomas Griswold
(1945)
National Velvet
as Race Patron
(1945)
Swing Out, Sister
as Chumley
(1945)
Delightfully Dangerous
as Jeffers
(1945)
That's the Spirit
as Masters
(1944)
In Society
as Pipps, Butler
(1944)
Chip Off the Old Block
as Quentin
(1943)
Forever and a Day
as Second Air Raid Watcher
(1943)
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Henderson
(1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Arthur Treacher
(1940)
Irene
as Bretherton
(1940)
Brother Rat and a Baby
as Snelling
(1939)
The Little Princess
as Bertie Minchin
(1939)
Bridal Suite
as Lord Helfer
(1939)
Barricade
as Upton Ward
(1938)
Mad About Music
as Tripps
(1938)
My Lucky Star
as Whipple
(1938)
Always in Trouble
as Rogers
(1938)
Up the River
as Darby Randall
(1937)
Heidi
as Andrews
(1937)
You Can't Have Everything
as Bevins
(1937)
She Had to Eat
as Carter
(1937)
Thin Ice
as Nottingham
(1937)
Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Jeeves
(1936)
Stowaway
as Atkins
(1936)
Anything Goes
as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
(1936)
Satan Met a Lady
as Anthony Travers
(1936)
Mister Cinderella
as Watkins, Randolph's Butler
(1936)
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Jeeves
(1936)
Under Your Spell
as Botts
(1936)
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
as Griggsby
(1936)
Hearts Divided
as Sir Harry
(1935)
David Copperfield
as Donkey Man (uncredited)
(1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Epilogue
(1935)
Curly Top
as The Butler
(1935)
The Winning Ticket
as Horse Race Announcer
(1935)
I Live My Life
as Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler
(1935)
No More Ladies
as Lord Knowleton
(1935)
The Daring Young Man
as Col. Baggott
(1935)
Splendor
as Major Ballinger
(1935)
Magnificent Obsession
as Horace
(1935)
The Woman in Red
as Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
(1935)
Go Into Your Dance
as Latimer
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
as Agitator
(1935)
The Nitwits
as Man with Tennis Equipment
(1935)
Remember Last Night?
as Clarence Phelps
(1935)
Hitch Hike Lady
as Mortimer Wingate
(1935)
Bright Lights
as Wilbur
(1935)
Going Highbrow
as Waiter
(1935)
Personal Maid's Secret
as Owen
(1935)
Let's Live Tonight
as Ozzy Featherstone
(1935)
Orchids to You
as Roger Morton
(1934)
Hollywood Party
as Durante's Butler (uncredited)
(1934)
Fashions of 1934
as The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
(1934)
Gambling Lady
as Pryor (uncredited)
(1934)
Forsaking All Others
as Johnson (Uncredited)
(1934)
Desirable
as Butler
(1934)
School for Romance
as Diana's suitor
(1934)
Here Comes the Groom
as Butler
(1934)
The Captain Hates the Sea
as Major Warringforth
(1934)
The Key
as Merriman
(1929)
The Battle of Paris
as Harry