Actor
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 p ...

Known For
Acting
1993 -- Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling | Self (archive footage)
1964 -- Mary Poppins | Constable
1964 -- How to Avoid Friendship | Narrator
1963 -- How to Live with a Neurotic Dog | Narrator
1962 -- How to Win on the Thruway | Narrator
1962 -- Self Defense... for Cowards | Narrator
1954 -- Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland | The Cheshire Cat
1950 -- Love That Brute | Quentin, Hanley's Butler
1949 -- That Midnight Kiss | Hutchins
1948 -- The Countess of Monte Cristo | Hotel Managing Director
1947 -- Slave Girl | Thomas Griswold
1947 -- Fun on a Weekend | Benjamin O. Moffatt
1945 -- That's the Spirit | Masters
1945 -- Swing Out, Sister | Chumley
1945 -- Delightfully Dangerous | Jeffers
1945 -- National Velvet | Race Patron
1944 -- In Society | Pipps, Butler
1944 -- Chip Off the Old Block | Quentin
1943 -- The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Henderson
1943 -- Forever and a Day | Second Air Raid Watcher
1942 -- Star Spangled Rhythm | Arthur Treacher
1940 -- Irene | Bretherton
1940 -- Brother Rat and a Baby | Snelling
1939 -- Barricade | Upton Ward
1939 -- Bridal Suite | Lord Helfer
1939 -- The Little Princess | Bertie Minchin
1938 -- Up the River | Darby Randall
1938 -- Always in Trouble | Rogers
1938 -- My Lucky Star | Whipple
1938 -- Mad About Music | Tripps
1937 -- Heidi | Andrews
1937 -- Thin Ice | Nottingham
1937 -- You Can't Have Everything | Bevins
1937 -- She Had to Eat | Carter
1937 -- Step Lively, Jeeves! | Jeeves
1936 -- Stowaway | Atkins
1936 -- Under Your Spell | Botts
1936 -- Mister Cinderella | Watkins, Randolph's Butler
1936 -- Thank You, Jeeves! | Jeeves
1936 -- Satan Met a Lady | Anthony Travers
1936 -- Hearts Divided | Sir Harry
1936 -- The Case Against Mrs. Ames | Griggsby
1936 -- Anything Goes | Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
1935 -- Magnificent Obsession | Horace
1935 -- Hitch Hike Lady | Mortimer Wingate
1935 -- Splendor | Major Ballinger
1935 -- Remember Last Night? | Clarence Phelps
1935 -- Personal Maid's Secret | Owen
1935 -- A Midsummer Night's Dream | Epilogue
1935 -- I Live My Life | Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler
1935 -- Orchids to You | Roger Morton
1935 -- Bright Lights | Wilbur
1935 -- Curly Top | The Butler
1935 -- The Daring Young Man | Col. Baggott
1935 -- Going Highbrow | Waiter
1935 -- No More Ladies | Lord Knowleton
1935 -- The Nitwits | Man with Tennis Equipment
1935 -- Go Into Your Dance | Latimer
1935 -- Cardinal Richelieu | Agitator
1935 -- Let's Live Tonight | Ozzy Featherstone
1935 -- The Woman in Red | Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
1935 -- The Winning Ticket | Horse Race Announcer
1935 -- David Copperfield | Donkey Man (uncredited)
1934 -- Forsaking All Others | Johnson (Uncredited)
1934 -- The Captain Hates the Sea | Major Warringforth
1934 -- Desirable | Butler
1934 -- Here Comes the Groom | Butler
1934 -- The Key | Merriman
1934 -- Hollywood Party | Durante's Butler (uncredited)
1934 -- Gambling Lady | Pryor (uncredited)
1934 -- Fashions of 1934 | The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
1934 -- School for Romance | Diana's suitor
1929 -- The Battle of Paris | Harry
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