Arthur Malet
Biography
Arthur Malet (24 September 1927 – 18 May 2015) was an English actor. He was known for appearing in Mary Poppins (1964), Halloween (1978), The Secret of NIMH (1982), and Hook (1991). Malet was born in Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England in 1927. He emigrated to the United States in the 1950s, starting out onstage and winning two Drama Desk Awards in 1957. He came to some prominence in the 1960s, starring in films playing characters much older than his real age, such as Mr. Dawes, Jr. in Mary Poppins. He played Joe Fenwick in a 1972 episode of Columbo, "Dagger of the Mind". He went on to play a village elder in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein in 1974, and Tootles in Hook in 1991. His appearances on television include The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, “The McGregor Affair” (original air date November 23, 1964). Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Malet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Tootles
Hook
Mr. Dawes Jr.
Mary Poppins
Graveyard Keeper
Halloween
Village Elder
Young Frankenstein
Ulam
In the Heat of the Night
King Eidilleg (voice)
The Black Cauldron
Emcee at Ball
The Gift of Love
Mr. Ages (voice)
The Secret of NIMH
Owen Owens
Toys
Second Male Hitchhiker
Vanishing Point
Everett
Heaven Can Wait
Brother Watson
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Alfie
Munster, Go Home!
Pidge
Stormy Weathers
Umbrella Man
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Storekeeper
Convicts 4
Sir James Fryar-Smythe
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
White Hunter
The Helicopter Spies
Barney
The Man from Galveston
Travelling Man / Major Domo (voice)
Anastasia
Mr. Mayhew
Addicted to His Love
Hinton
The Scorpio Letters
Shoeshine Boy
Target Risk
Mr. Widdenfield (Museum Guard) (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Wendel
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
Stoddard
The Runestone
Librarian (uncredited)
S.O.S. Titanic
Innocent Bystander in Opening Action Sequence (uncredited)
The Enforcer
Night Man
Do You Take This Stranger?
MacGruder
Savage Harvest
Blakeley
King Rat
Hooten
Hotline
Doctor
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Diner Patron
Dick Tracy
Charles Randolph
A Little Princess
Major Higgins
Penelope
Southbound Conductor
Disaster on the Coastliner
Mr. Ages (voice)
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
Willie
Peter Gunn
Higgins
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dr. Damon
The Blue Knight
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
41
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-09-24
Place of Birth
Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England, UK
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