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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.
As actor
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Mary Poppins
How to Avoid Friendship
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
Self Defense... for Cowards
How to Win on the Thruway
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
Love That Brute
That Midnight Kiss
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Fun on a Weekend
Slave Girl
That's the Spirit
Delightfully Dangerous
Swing Out, Sister
National Velvet
In Society
Chip Off the Old Block
Forever and a Day
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Star Spangled Rhythm
Irene
Brother Rat and a Baby
The Little Princess
Barricade
Bridal Suite
Mad About Music
Always in Trouble
My Lucky Star