Arthur Treacher
Acting
1894-07-22 · Brighton, England, UK
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
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993 · Movie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Movie
Mary Poppins
1964 · Movie
How to Avoid Friendship
1964 · Movie
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
1963 · Movie
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Series
How to Win on the Thruway
1962 · Movie
Self Defense... for Cowards
1962 · Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Series
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Series
Climax!
1954 · Series
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
1954 · Movie
Down You Go
1951 · Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
Love That Brute
1950 · Movie
That Midnight Kiss
1949 · Movie
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948 · Movie
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
Slave Girl
1947 · Movie
Fun on a Weekend
1947 · Movie
That's the Spirit
1945 · Movie
Swing Out, Sister
1945 · Movie
Delightfully Dangerous
1945 · Movie
National Velvet
1945 · Movie
In Society
1944 · Movie
Chip Off the Old Block
1944 · Movie
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943 · Movie
Forever and a Day
1943 · Movie
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 · Movie
Irene
1940 · Movie
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940 · Movie
Barricade
1939 · Movie
Bridal Suite
1939 · Movie
The Little Princess
1939 · Movie
Up the River
1938 · Movie
Always in Trouble
1938 · Movie
My Lucky Star
1938 · Movie
Mad About Music
1938 · Movie
Heidi
1937 · Movie
Thin Ice
1937 · Movie
You Can't Have Everything
1937 · Movie
She Had to Eat
1937 · Movie
Step Lively, Jeeves!
1937 · Movie
Stowaway
1936 · Movie
Under Your Spell
1936 · Movie
Mister Cinderella
1936 · Movie
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936 · Movie
Satan Met a Lady
1936 · Movie
Hearts Divided
1936 · Movie
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936 · Movie
Anything Goes
1936 · Movie
Magnificent Obsession
1935 · Movie
Hitch Hike Lady
1935 · Movie
Splendor
1935 · Movie
Remember Last Night?
1935 · Movie
Personal Maid's Secret
1935 · Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935 · Movie
I Live My Life
1935 · Movie
Orchids to You
1935 · Movie
Bright Lights
1935 · Movie
Curly Top
1935 · Movie
The Daring Young Man
1935 · Movie
Going Highbrow
1935 · Movie
No More Ladies
1935 · Movie
The Nitwits
1935 · Movie
Go Into Your Dance
1935 · Movie
Cardinal Richelieu
1935 · Movie
Let's Live Tonight
1935 · Movie
The Woman in Red
1935 · Movie
The Winning Ticket
1935 · Movie
David Copperfield
1935 · Movie
Forsaking All Others
1934 · Movie
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934 · Movie
Desirable
1934 · Movie
Here Comes the Groom
1934 · Movie
The Key
1934 · Movie
Hollywood Party
1934 · Movie
Gambling Lady
1934 · Movie
Fashions of 1934
1934 · Movie
School for Romance
1934 · Movie
The Battle of Paris
1929 · Movie