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
Constable
Mary Poppins
Bertie Minchin
The Little Princess
Atkins
Stowaway
Anthony Travers
Satan Met a Lady
The Butler
Curly Top
Pipps, Butler
In Society
Second Air Raid Watcher
Forever and a Day
Nottingham
Thin Ice
Tripps
Mad About Music
Henderson
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Quentin, Hanley's Butler
Love That Brute
Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
The Woman in Red
The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
Fashions of 1934
Epilogue
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jeeves
Thank You, Jeeves!
Masters
That's the Spirit
Merriman
The Key
Clarence Phelps
Remember Last Night?
Hutchins
That Midnight Kiss
Arthur Treacher
Star Spangled Rhythm
Johnson (Uncredited)
Forsaking All Others
Bretherton
Irene
Lord Knowleton
No More Ladies
Jeffers
Delightfully Dangerous
Roger Morton
Orchids to You
Mortimer Wingate
Hitch Hike Lady
Watkins, Randolph's Butler
Mister Cinderella
Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
Anything Goes
Sir Harry
Hearts Divided
Benjamin O. Moffatt
Fun on a Weekend
Griggsby
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Thomas Griswold
Slave Girl
Chumley
Swing Out, Sister
Upton Ward
Barricade
Narrator
Self Defense... for Cowards
Narrator
How to Avoid Friendship
Rogers
Always in Trouble
Butler
Here Comes the Groom
Donkey Man (uncredited)
The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger
Whipple
My Lucky Star
Lord Helfer
Bridal Suite
Bevins
You Can't Have Everything
Horace
Magnificent Obsession
Major Warringforth
The Captain Hates the Sea
Andrews
Heidi
Major Ballinger
Splendor
Quentin
Chip Off the Old Block
Race Patron
National Velvet
Waiter
Going Highbrow
Agitator
Cardinal Richelieu
Butler
Desirable
Owen
Personal Maid's Secret
Man with Tennis Equipment
The Nitwits
The Cheshire Cat
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
Self (archive footage)
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Horse Race Announcer
The Winning Ticket
Narrator
How to Win on the Thruway
Narrator
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
Col. Baggott
The Daring Young Man
Snelling
Brother Rat and a Baby
Jeeves
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Durante's Butler (uncredited)
Hollywood Party
Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler
I Live My Life
Pryor (uncredited)
Gambling Lady
Wilbur
Bright Lights
Harry
The Battle of Paris
Hotel Managing Director
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Botts
Under Your Spell
Carter
She Had to Eat
Ozzy Featherstone
Let's Live Tonight
Latimer
Go Into Your Dance
Diana's suitor
School for Romance
Darby Randall
Up the River
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
73
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-07-22
Place of Birth
Brighton, England, UK
Also Known As
Arthur Veary Treacher