Person Details
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Aliases: Arthur Veary Treacher
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Brighton, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 22
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1948) Uncle FredClimax!
(1954) Bishop ThornleyNational Velvet
(1945) Race PatronHeidi
(1937) AndrewsDavid Copperfield
(1935) Donkey Man (uncredited)Stowaway
(1936) AtkinsHow to Avoid Friendship
(1964) NarratorThe Key
(1934) MerrimanActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1964 | The Constable | |
Narrator | ||
1963 | Narrator | |
1962 | N/A | |
Self | ||
Arthur Pinckney | ||
Narrator | ||
Narrator | ||
1954 | Bishop Thornley | |
1951 | Self - Panelist | |
1950 | Self | |
Quentin, Hanley's Butler | ||
1949 | Hutchins | |
1948 | Hotel Managing Director | |
Uncle Fred | ||
N/A | ||
1947 | Thomas Griswold | |
Benjamin O. Moffatt | ||
1945 | Masters | |
Chumley | ||
Jeffers | ||
Race Patron | ||
1944 | Pipps, Butler | |
Quentin | ||
1943 | Henderson | |
Second Air Raid Watcher | ||
1942 | Arthur Treacher | |
1940 | Bretherton | |
Snelling | ||
1939 | Upton Ward | |
Lord Helfer | ||
Bertie Minchin | ||
1938 | Darby Randall | |
Rogers | ||
Whipple | ||
Tripps | ||
1937 | Andrews | |
Nottingham | ||
Bevins | ||
Carter | ||
Jeeves | ||
1936 | Atkins | |
Botts | ||
Watkins, Randolph's Butler | ||
Jeeves | ||
Anthony Travers | ||
Sir Harry | ||
Griggsby | ||
Sir Evelyn Oakleigh | ||
1935 | Horace | |
Mortimer Wingate | ||
Major Ballinger | ||
Clarence Phelps | ||
Owen | ||
Epilogue | ||
Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler | ||
Roger Morton | ||
Wilbur | ||
The Butler | ||
Col. Baggott | ||
Waiter | ||
Lord Knowleton | ||
Man with Tennis Equipment | ||
Latimer | ||
Agitator | ||
N/A | ||
Major Albert Casserly (uncredited) | ||
Horse Race Announcer | ||
Donkey Man (uncredited) | ||
1934 | Johnson (Uncredited) | |
Major Warringforth | ||
Butler | ||
Butler | ||
Merriman | ||
Durante's Butler (uncredited) | ||
Pryor (uncredited) | ||
The Duchess' Butler (uncredited) | ||
Diana's suitor | ||
1929 | Harry | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |