Arthur Treacher
Born July 22, 1894 (Age: 131)
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Brighton, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 99
Mary Poppins
1964
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as Constable
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Age: 70
No Image
How to Avoid Friendship
1964
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as Narrator
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Age: 69
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
1963
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as Narrator
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Age: 69
No Image
How to Win on the Thruway
1962
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as Narrator
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Age: 68
No Image
Self Defense... for Cowards
1962
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as Narrator
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Age: 67
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
1954
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as The Cheshire Cat
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Age: 59
Love That Brute
1950
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as Quentin, Hanley's Butler
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Age: 55
That's the Spirit
1945
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as Masters
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Age: 50
Swing Out, Sister
1945
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as Chumley
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Age: 50
Delightfully Dangerous
1945
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as Jeffers
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Age: 50
National Velvet
1945
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as Race Patron
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Age: 50
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
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as Arthur Treacher
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Age: 47