Personal Info
Arthur Veary Treacher
Arthur Treacher
Acting
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 played a butler in numerous other films including: Personal Maid's Secret (1935), Mister Cinderella (…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Mary Poppins
as Constable
How to Avoid Friendship
as Narrator
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog
as Narrator
How to Win on the Thruway
as Narrator
Self Defense... for Cowards
as Narrator
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland
as The Cheshire Cat
Love That Brute
as Quentin, Hanley's Butler
That Midnight Kiss
as Hutchins
TV Shows
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Arthur Pinckney · 2 ep.
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 93 ep.
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1 ep.
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Graves the Butler · 1 ep.
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self · 5 ep.
Climax!
as Bishop Thornley · 1 ep.
Down You Go
as Self - Panelist · 7 ep.
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self · 1 ep.
The Philco Television Playhouse
2 ep.
