Arthur Treacher

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Arthur Veary Treacher, Jr. ( TREE-chər; 23 July 1894 – 14 December 1975) was an English film and stage actor active from the 1920s to the 1960s, and known for playing English types, especially butler and manservant roles, such as the P. G. Wodehouse valet character Jeeves (Thank You, Jeeves!, 1936) and the kind butlers opposite Shirley Temple in Curly Top (1935) and Heidi (1937). In the 1960s, he became well known on American television as an announcer and sidekick to talk show host Merv Griffin, and as the support character Constable Jones in Disney's Mary Poppins (1964). He lent his name to the Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips chain of restaurants.

Filmography (63 movies)

Mary Poppins movie poster
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7.6

Mary Poppins

1964

as Constable

Forever and a Day movie poster
7.4
7.4

Forever and a Day

1943

as Second Air Raid Watcher

Magnificent Obsession movie poster
7.3
7.3

Magnificent Obsession

1935

as Horace

Fun on a Weekend movie poster
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7.0

Fun on a Weekend

1947

as Benjamin O. Moffatt

Under Your Spell movie poster
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7.0

Under Your Spell

1936

as Botts

How to Live with a Neurotic Dog movie poster
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7.0

How to Live with a Neurotic Dog

1963

as Narrator

Mad About Music movie poster
6.9
6.9

Mad About Music

1938

as Tripps

Heidi movie poster
6.8
6.8

Heidi

1937

as Andrews

Hitch Hike Lady movie poster
6.8
6.8

Hitch Hike Lady

1935

as Mortimer Wingate

Go Into Your Dance movie poster
6.8
6.8

Go Into Your Dance

1935

as Latimer

Stowaway movie poster
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6.7

Stowaway

1936

as Atkins

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday movie poster
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6.7

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1943

as Henderson

The Little Princess movie poster
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6.6

The Little Princess

1939

as Bertie Minchin

Thin Ice movie poster
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6.6

Thin Ice

1937

as Nottingham

How to Avoid Friendship movie poster
6.5
6.5

How to Avoid Friendship

1964

as Narrator

I Live My Life movie poster
6.4
6.4

I Live My Life

1935

as Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler

Curly Top movie poster
6.4
6.4

Curly Top

1935

as The Butler

Splendor movie poster
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6.3

Splendor

1935

as Major Ballinger

A Midsummer Night's Dream movie poster
6.3
6.3

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935

as Epilogue

Going Highbrow movie poster
6.0
6.0

Going Highbrow

1935

as Waiter

The Woman in Red movie poster
6.0
6.0

The Woman in Red

1935

as Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)

Self Defense... for Cowards movie poster
6.0
6.0

Self Defense... for Cowards

1962

as Narrator

Mister Cinderella movie poster
6.0
6.0

Mister Cinderella

1936

as Watkins, Randolph's Butler

Irene movie poster
6.0
6.0

Irene

1940

as Bretherton

Thank You, Jeeves! movie poster
6.0
6.0

Thank You, Jeeves!

1936

as Jeeves

The Battle of Paris movie poster
6.0
6.0

The Battle of Paris

1929

as Harry

Always in Trouble movie poster
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6.0

Always in Trouble

1938

as Rogers

Forsaking All Others movie poster
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5.9

Forsaking All Others

1934

as Johnson (Uncredited)

The Captain Hates the Sea movie poster
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5.8

The Captain Hates the Sea

1934

as Major Warringforth

In Society movie poster
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5.8

In Society

1944

as Pipps, Butler

You Can't Have Everything movie poster
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5.7

You Can't Have Everything

1937

as Bevins

Satan Met a Lady movie poster
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5.6

Satan Met a Lady

1936

as Anthony Travers

Personal Maid's Secret movie poster
5.5
5.5

Personal Maid's Secret

1935

as Owen

Anything Goes movie poster
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5.3

Anything Goes

1936

as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh

Love That Brute movie poster
5.3
5.3

Love That Brute

1950

as Quentin, Hanley's Butler

Barricade movie poster
5.3
5.3

Barricade

1939

as Upton Ward

My Lucky Star movie poster
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5.3

My Lucky Star

1938

as Whipple

Brother Rat and a Baby movie poster
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5.2

Brother Rat and a Baby

1940

as Snelling

Bridal Suite movie poster
5.1
5.1

Bridal Suite

1939

as Lord Helfer

That Midnight Kiss movie poster
5.0
5.0

That Midnight Kiss

1949

as Hutchins

The Countess of Monte Cristo movie poster
5.0
5.0

The Countess of Monte Cristo

1948

as Hotel Managing Director

Hearts Divided movie poster
5.0
5.0

Hearts Divided

1936

as Sir Harry

That's the Spirit movie poster
5.0
5.0

That's the Spirit

1945

as Masters

Slave Girl movie poster
5.0
5.0

Slave Girl

1947

as Thomas Griswold

She Had to Eat movie poster
5.0
5.0

She Had to Eat

1937

as Carter

Step Lively, Jeeves! movie poster
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4.7

Step Lively, Jeeves!

1937

as Jeeves

Delightfully Dangerous movie poster
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4.7

Delightfully Dangerous

1945

as Jeffers

No More Ladies movie poster
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4.6

No More Ladies

1935

as Lord Knowleton

The Key movie poster
4.6
4.6

The Key

1934

as Merriman

Remember Last Night? movie poster
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4.3

Remember Last Night?

1935

as Clarence Phelps

Bright Lights movie poster
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4.2

Bright Lights

1935

as Wilbur

Here Comes the Groom movie poster
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4.0

Here Comes the Groom

1934

as Butler

Chip Off the Old Block movie poster
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4.0

Chip Off the Old Block

1944

as Quentin

Swing Out, Sister movie poster
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3.7

Swing Out, Sister

1945

as Chumley

The Case Against Mrs. Ames movie poster
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3.0

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

1936

as Griggsby

School for Romance movie poster
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3.0

School for Romance

1934

as Diana's suitor

Let's Live Tonight movie poster
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1.0

Let's Live Tonight

1935

as Ozzy Featherstone

Up the River movie poster

Up the River

1938

as Darby Randall

Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland movie poster

Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland

1954

as The Cheshire Cat

The Daring Young Man movie poster

The Daring Young Man

1935

as Col. Baggott

How to Win on the Thruway movie poster

How to Win on the Thruway

1962

as Narrator

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling movie poster

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

1993

as Self (archive footage)

Orchids to You movie poster

Orchids to You

1935

as Roger Morton

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