
Arthur Treacher
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Mary Poppins
1964
as Constable
How to Avoid Friendship
1964
as Narrator

How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
1963
as Narrator

Self Defense... for Cowards
1962
as Narrator
How to Win on the Thruway
1962
as Narrator

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Arthur Pinckney

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Graves the Butler

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self

Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
1954
as The Cheshire Cat

Climax!
1954
as Bishop Thornley
Down You Go
1951
as Self - Panelist

Love That Brute
1950
as Quentin, Hanley's Butler

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self

That Midnight Kiss
1949
as Hutchins

The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948
as Hotel Managing Director

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Uncle Fred

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Benjamin O. Moffatt

Slave Girl
1947
as Thomas Griswold

That's the Spirit
1945
as Masters

Delightfully Dangerous
1945
as Jeffers

Swing Out, Sister
1945
as Chumley

National Velvet
1945
as Race Patron

In Society
1944
as Pipps, Butler

Chip Off the Old Block
1944
as Quentin

Forever and a Day
1943
as Second Air Raid Watcher

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Henderson

Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Arthur Treacher

Irene
1940
as Bretherton

Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
as Snelling

The Little Princess
1939
as Bertie Minchin

Barricade
1939
as Upton Ward

Bridal Suite
1939
as Lord Helfer

Mad About Music
1938
as Tripps

Always in Trouble
1938
as Rogers

My Lucky Star
1938
as Whipple

Up the River
1938
as Darby Randall

Thin Ice
1937
as Nottingham

You Can't Have Everything
1937
as Bevins

Heidi
1937
as Andrews

Step Lively, Jeeves!
1937
as Jeeves

She Had to Eat
1937
as Carter

Stowaway
1936
as Atkins

Satan Met a Lady
1936
as Anthony Travers

Thank You, Jeeves!
1936
as Jeeves

Mister Cinderella
1936
as Watkins, Randolph's Butler

Anything Goes
1936
as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh

Hearts Divided
1936
as Sir Harry

The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
as Griggsby

Under Your Spell
1936
as Botts

Curly Top
1935
as The Butler

The Woman in Red
1935
as Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
as Epilogue

Remember Last Night?
1935
as Clarence Phelps

No More Ladies
1935
as Lord Knowleton

Orchids to You
1935
as Roger Morton

Hitch Hike Lady
1935
as Mortimer Wingate

David Copperfield
1935
as Donkey Man (uncredited)

Magnificent Obsession
1935
as Horace

Splendor
1935
as Major Ballinger

Going Highbrow
1935
as Waiter

Cardinal Richelieu
1935
as Agitator

Personal Maid's Secret
1935
as Owen

The Nitwits
1935
as Man with Tennis Equipment

The Winning Ticket
1935
as Horse Race Announcer

The Daring Young Man
1935
as Col. Baggott

I Live My Life
1935
as Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler

Bright Lights
1935
as Wilbur

Let's Live Tonight
1935
as Ozzy Featherstone

Go Into Your Dance
1935
as Latimer

Fashions of 1934
1934
as The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)

The Key
1934
as Merriman

Forsaking All Others
1934
as Johnson (Uncredited)

Here Comes the Groom
1934
as Butler

The Captain Hates the Sea
1934
as Major Warringforth

Desirable
1934
as Butler

Hollywood Party
1934
as Durante's Butler (uncredited)

Gambling Lady
1934
as Pryor (uncredited)

School for Romance
1934
as Diana's suitor

The Battle of Paris
1929
as Harry