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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
Average
6
Climax!
Average
3

Climax!

(1954) Bishop Thornley
National Velvet
Average
7

National Velvet

(1945) Race Patron
Heidi
Average
7

Heidi

(1937) Andrews
David Copperfield
Average
7

David Copperfield

(1935) Donkey Man (uncredited)
Stowaway
Average
7

Stowaway

(1936) Atkins
How to Avoid Friendship
Average
6

How to Avoid Friendship

(1964) Narrator
The Key
Average
5

The Key

(1934) Merriman

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
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

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