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Arthur Treacher
Brighton, England, UK
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…
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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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1993
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
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1964
Mary Poppins
Movie Constable
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1964
How to Avoid Friendship
Movie Narrator
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1963
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
Movie Narrator
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV show Arthur Pinckney
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1962
How to Win on the Thruway
Movie Narrator
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1962
Self Defense... for Cowards
Movie Narrator
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self
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1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV show Graves the Butler
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1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV show Self
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1954
Climax!
TV show Bishop Thornley
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1954
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
Movie The Cheshire Cat
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1951
Down You Go
TV show Self - Panelist
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1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV show Self
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1950
Love That Brute
Movie Quentin, Hanley's Butler
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1949
That Midnight Kiss
Movie Hutchins
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1948
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Movie Hotel Managing Director
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1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV show Uncle Fred
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1947
Slave Girl
Movie Thomas Griswold
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1947
Fun on a Weekend
Movie Benjamin O. Moffatt
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1945
That's the Spirit
Movie Masters
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1945
Swing Out, Sister
Movie Chumley
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1945
Delightfully Dangerous
Movie Jeffers
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1945
National Velvet
Movie Race Patron
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1944
In Society
Movie Pipps, Butler
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1944
Chip Off the Old Block
Movie Quentin
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1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie Henderson
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1943
Forever and a Day
Movie Second Air Raid Watcher
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1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie Arthur Treacher
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1940
Irene
Movie Bretherton
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1940
Brother Rat and a Baby
Movie Snelling
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1939
Barricade
Movie Upton Ward
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1939
Bridal Suite
Movie Lord Helfer
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1939
The Little Princess
Movie Bertie Minchin
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1938
Up the River
Movie Darby Randall
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1938
Always in Trouble
Movie Rogers
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1938
My Lucky Star
Movie Whipple
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1938
Mad About Music
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