Arthur Treacher
English actor (1894-1975) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 81
Arthur Veary Treacher, Jr. was an English film and stage actor active from the 1920s to the 1960s, and known for playing English types, especially butler and manservant roles, such as the P. G. Wodehouse valet character Jeeves and the kind butlers opposite Shirley Temple in Curly Top (1935) and Heidi (1937).
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Mary PoppinsFilm, Constable1962
The Beverly HillbilliesSeries, Arthur Pinckney
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries, 19621961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1958
Shirley Temple's StorybookSeries, Graves the Butler1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries1954
Climax!Series, Bishop Thornley1951Down You GoSeries1950
The Colgate Comedy HourSeries
Love That BruteFilm, 1950Quentin, Hanley's Butler1948
The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries, Uncle Fred1945
Delightfully DangerousFilm, Jeffers1944
In SocietyFilm, Pipps, Butler1943
Forever and a DayFilm, Second Air Raid Watcher1942
Star Spangled RhythmFilm, Arthur Treacher1940
IreneFilm, Bretherton1939
Bridal SuiteFilm, Lord Helfer1938
Mad About MusicFilm, Tripps1937
HeidiFilm, Andrews1936
Anything GoesFilm, Sir Evelyn Oakleigh1935
A Midsummer Night's DreamFilm, Epilogue1934
DesirableFilm, Butler
Fashions of 1934Film, 1934The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)1894Born23 July 1894Known for
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Mary Poppins 1964
National Velvet 1945
Heidi 1937
David Copperfield 1935
The Little Princess 1939
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Darryl F. Zanuck Produced Heidi, The Little Princess and Thin Ice
William Dieterle Directed A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
William A. Seiter Directed The Little Princess and Stowaway
Norman Taurog Directed Mad About Music and That Midnight Kiss- Henry Blanke Produced A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Reginald Owen Also in Mary Poppins and Fashions of 1934
Bruce Manning Directed Mad About Music (1938)
Shirley Temple Also in Heidi, Curly Top and Stowaway
George Cukor Directed David Copperfield and No More Ladies
Lewis Milestone Directed Anything Goes (1936)
David O. Selznick Produced David Copperfield and Viva Villa!
Irving Thalberg Produced No More Ladies and Hollywood Party
Leo White Also in Viva Villa! and Fashions of 1934
Allan Dwan Directed Heidi and Hollywood Party
Edmund Goulding Directed Hollywood Party and Forever and a Day- Robert Stevenson Directed Mary Poppins and Forever and a Day
Robert Florey Directed The Woman in Red (1935)
Verree Teasdale Also in Fashions of 1934 and Madame Du Barry
Joe Pasternak Produced Mad About Music and That Midnight Kiss
Charles Lamont Directed Slave Girl and That's the Spirit
Herbert Wilcox Directed Forever and a Day and Irene
Leonard Mudie Also in Viva Villa! and Magnificent Obsession- John Stone Produced Under Your Spell (1936)
Nella Walker Also in Fashions of 1934 and Madame Du Barry
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In the 1960s, he became well known on American television as an announcer and sidekick to talk show host Merv Griffin, and as the support character Constable Jones in Disney's Mary Poppins (1964). He lent his name to the Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips chain of restaurants.
