Arthur Treacher
Acting
🎂 1894-07-22
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.
Cast credits(84)
Self
1961
Bishop Thornley
1954
Uncle Fred
1948
1948
Arthur Pinckney
1962
Self
1950
Self
1962
1962
Constable
1964
Graves the Butler
1958
Self
1957
Bertie Minchin
1939
Durante's Butler (uncredited)
1934
Hotel Managing Director
1948
Butler
1934
Andrews
1937
Pipps, Butler
1944
Epilogue
1935
Mortimer Wingate
1935
Quentin
1944
Arthur Treacher
1942
Upton Ward
1939
Pryor (uncredited)
1934
Benjamin O. Moffatt
1947
Horse Race Announcer
1935
Lord Helfer
1939
Donkey Man (uncredited)
1935
Nottingham
1937
Griggsby
1936
Merriman
1934
Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
1935
Race Patron
1945
The Butler
1935
Jeffers
1945
Henderson
1943
Snelling
1940
Latimer
1935
Diana's suitor
1934
Lord Knowleton
1935
Whipple
1938
Johnson (Uncredited)
1934
Agitator
1935
Atkins
1936
Watkins, Randolph's Butler
1936
Roger Morton
1935
Wilbur
1935
Owen
1935
Second Air Raid Watcher
1943
Thomas Griswold
1947
Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
1936
Horace
1935
Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler
1935
Hutchins
1949
Bevins
1937
Botts
1936
The Cheshire Cat
1954
Col. Baggott
1935
Man with Tennis Equipment
1935
Anthony Travers
1936
Waiter
1935
Jeeves
1937
Tripps
1938
Self (archive footage)
1993
Self - Panelist
1951
Bretherton
1940
Harry
1929
The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
1934
Rogers
1938
Major Warringforth
1934
Carter
1937
Chumley
1945
Jeeves
1936
Butler
1934
Masters
1945
Darby Randall
1938
Quentin, Hanley's Butler
1950
Clarence Phelps
1935
Ozzy Featherstone
1935
Sir Harry
1936
Major Ballinger
1935
Narrator
1962
Narrator
1964
Narrator
1963
Narrator
1962