Arthur Treacher

Arthur Treacher

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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Movies starring Arthur Treacher (74)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)

Self - Tribute Montage (Archive Footage)

Love That Brute (1950)

Quentin, Hanley's Butler

Slave Girl (1947)

Thomas Griswold

Fun on a Weekend (1947)

Benjamin O. Moffatt

In Society (1944)

Pipps, Butler

Forever and a Day (1943)

Second Air Raid Watcher

Irene (1940)

Bretherton

Up the River (1938)

Darby Randall

Thin Ice (1937)

Nottingham

Mister Cinderella (1936)

Watkins, Randolph's Butler

Anything Goes (1936)

Sir Evelyn Oakleigh

Hitch Hike Lady (1935)

Mortimer Wingate

Splendor (1935)

Major Ballinger

I Live My Life (1935)

Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler

No More Ladies (1935)

Lord Knowleton

The Nitwits (1935)

Man With Tennis Equipment

Let's Live Tonight (1935)

Ozzy Featherstone

The Woman in Red (1935)

Major Albert Casserly (Uncredited)

The Winning Ticket (1935)

Horse Race Announcer

David Copperfield (1935)

Donkey Man (Uncredited)

Forsaking All Others (1934)

Johnson (Uncredited)

Hollywood Party (1934)

Durante's Butler (Uncredited)

Gambling Lady (1934)

Pryor (Uncredited)

Fashions of 1934 (1934)

The Duchess' Butler (Uncredited)

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Same first name: Arthur

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