Acting · Brighton, England, UK · Born July 22, 1894
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.
MovieShirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
MovieMary Poppins
1964
as Constable
How to Avoid Friendship
1964
as Narrator
MovieHow to Live with a Neurotic Dog
1963
as Narrator
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Arthur Pinckney
How to Win on the Thruway
1962
as Narrator
MovieSelf Defense... for Cowards
1962
as Narrator
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVShirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Graves the Butler
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
TVClimax!
1954
as Bishop Thornley
MovieKraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
1954
as The Cheshire Cat
Down You Go
1951
as Self - Panelist
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MovieLove That Brute
1950
as Quentin, Hanley's Butler
MovieThat Midnight Kiss
1949
as Hutchins
MovieThe Countess of Monte Cristo
1948
as Hotel Managing Director
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Uncle Fred
MovieSlave Girl
1947
as Thomas Griswold
MovieFun on a Weekend
1947
as Benjamin O. Moffatt
MovieThat's the Spirit
1945
as Masters
MovieSwing Out, Sister
1945
as Chumley
MovieDelightfully Dangerous
1945
as Jeffers
MovieNational Velvet
1945
as Race Patron
MovieIn Society
1944
as Pipps, Butler
MovieChip Off the Old Block
1944
as Quentin
MovieThe Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Henderson
MovieForever and a Day
1943
as Second Air Raid Watcher
MovieStar Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Arthur Treacher
MovieIrene
1940
as Bretherton
MovieBrother Rat and a Baby
1940
as Snelling
MovieBarricade
1939
as Upton Ward
MovieBridal Suite
1939
as Lord Helfer
MovieThe Little Princess
1939
as Bertie Minchin
MovieUp the River
1938
as Darby Randall
MovieAlways in Trouble
1938
as Rogers
MovieMy Lucky Star
1938
as Whipple
MovieMad About Music
1938
as Tripps
MovieHeidi
1937
as Andrews
MovieThin Ice
1937
as Nottingham
MovieYou Can't Have Everything
1937
as Bevins
MovieShe Had to Eat
1937
as Carter
MovieStep Lively, Jeeves!
1937
as Jeeves
MovieStowaway
1936
as Atkins
MovieUnder Your Spell
1936
as Botts
MovieMister Cinderella
1936
as Watkins, Randolph's Butler
MovieThank You, Jeeves!
1936
as Jeeves
MovieSatan Met a Lady
1936
as Anthony Travers
MovieHearts Divided
1936
as Sir Harry
MovieThe Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
as Griggsby
MovieAnything Goes
1936
as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
MovieMagnificent Obsession
1935
as Horace
MovieHitch Hike Lady
1935
as Mortimer Wingate
MovieSplendor
1935
as Major Ballinger
MovieRemember Last Night?
1935
as Clarence Phelps
MoviePersonal Maid's Secret
1935
as Owen
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
as Epilogue
MovieI Live My Life
1935
as Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler
MovieOrchids to You
1935
as Roger Morton
MovieBright Lights
1935
as Wilbur
MovieCurly Top
1935
as The Butler
MovieThe Daring Young Man
1935
as Col. Baggott
MovieGoing Highbrow
1935
as Waiter
MovieNo More Ladies
1935
as Lord Knowleton
MovieThe Nitwits
1935
as Man with Tennis Equipment
MovieGo Into Your Dance
1935
as Latimer
MovieCardinal Richelieu
1935
as Agitator
MovieLet's Live Tonight
1935
as Ozzy Featherstone
MovieThe Woman in Red
1935
as Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
MovieThe Winning Ticket
1935
as Horse Race Announcer
MovieDavid Copperfield
1935
as Donkey Man (uncredited)
MovieForsaking All Others
1934
as Johnson (Uncredited)
MovieThe Captain Hates the Sea
1934
as Major Warringforth
MovieDesirable
1934
as Butler
MovieHere Comes the Groom
1934
as Butler
MovieThe Key
1934
as Merriman
MovieHollywood Party
1934
as Durante's Butler (uncredited)
MovieGambling Lady
1934
as Pryor (uncredited)
MovieFashions of 1934
1934
as The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
MovieSchool for Romance
1934
as Diana's suitor
MovieThe Battle of Paris
1929
as Harry
