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)
Swing Out, Sister
as Chumley
(1945)
National Velvet
as Race Patron
(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)
Bridal Suite
as Lord Helfer
(1939)
Barricade
as Upton Ward
(1939)
The Little Princess
as Bertie Minchin
(1938)
Always in Trouble
as Rogers
(1938)
Up the River
as Darby Randall
(1938)
Mad About Music
as Tripps
(1938)
My Lucky Star
as Whipple
(1937)
Heidi
as Andrews
(1937)
She Had to Eat
as Carter
(1937)
Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Jeeves
(1937)
Thin Ice
as Nottingham
(1937)
You Can't Have Everything
as Bevins
(1936)
Stowaway
as Atkins
(1936)
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
as Griggsby
(1936)
Hearts Divided
as Sir Harry
(1936)
Anything Goes
as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
(1936)
Under Your Spell
as Botts
(1936)
Satan Met a Lady
as Anthony Travers
(1936)
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Jeeves
(1936)
Mister Cinderella
as Watkins, Randolph's Butler
(1935)
The Winning Ticket
as Horse Race Announcer
(1935)
Go Into Your Dance
as Latimer
(1935)
Bright Lights
as Wilbur
(1935)
Cardinal Richelieu
as Agitator
(1935)
Curly Top
as The Butler
(1935)
Personal Maid's Secret
as Owen
(1935)
The Daring Young Man
as Col. Baggott
(1935)
Going Highbrow
as Waiter
(1935)
I Live My Life
as Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler
(1935)
The Woman in Red
as Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
(1935)
Splendor
as Major Ballinger
(1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Epilogue
(1935)
No More Ladies
as Lord Knowleton
(1935)
David Copperfield
as Donkey Man (uncredited)
(1935)
Remember Last Night?
as Clarence Phelps
(1935)
The Nitwits
as Man with Tennis Equipment
(1935)
Let's Live Tonight
as Ozzy Featherstone
(1935)
Magnificent Obsession
as Horace
(1935)
Orchids to You
as Roger Morton
(1935)
Hitch Hike Lady
as Mortimer Wingate
(1934)
Here Comes the Groom
as Butler
(1934)
The Captain Hates the Sea
as Major Warringforth
(1934)
Fashions of 1934
as The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
(1934)
Hollywood Party
as Durante's Butler (uncredited)
(1934)
The Key
as Merriman
(1934)
School for Romance
as Diana's suitor
(1934)
Desirable
as Butler
(1934)
Gambling Lady
as Pryor (uncredited)
(1934)
Forsaking All Others
as Johnson (Uncredited)
(1929)
The Battle of Paris
as Harry