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.
Movies
Mary Poppins Constable
The Little Princess Bertie Minchin
Stowaway Atkins
Satan Met a Lady Anthony Travers
Curly Top The Butler
In Society Pipps, Butler
Forever and a Day Second Air Raid Watcher
Thin Ice Nottingham
Mad About Music Tripps
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday Henderson
Love That Brute Quentin, Hanley's Butler
The Woman in Red Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
Fashions of 1934 The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream Epilogue
Thank You, Jeeves! Jeeves
That's the Spirit Masters
The Key Merriman
Remember Last Night? Clarence Phelps
That Midnight Kiss Hutchins
Star Spangled Rhythm Arthur Treacher
Forsaking All Others Johnson (Uncredited)
Irene Bretherton
No More Ladies Lord Knowleton
Delightfully Dangerous Jeffers
Orchids to You Roger Morton
Hitch Hike Lady Mortimer Wingate
Mister Cinderella Watkins, Randolph's Butler
Anything Goes Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
Hearts Divided Sir Harry
Fun on a Weekend Benjamin O. Moffatt
The Case Against Mrs. Ames Griggsby
Slave Girl Thomas Griswold
Swing Out, Sister Chumley
Barricade Upton Ward
Self Defense... for Cowards Narrator
How to Avoid Friendship Narrator
Always in Trouble Rogers
Here Comes the Groom Butler
David Copperfield Donkey Man (uncredited)
My Lucky Star Whipple
Bridal Suite Lord Helfer
You Can't Have Everything Bevins
Magnificent Obsession Horace
The Captain Hates the Sea Major Warringforth
Heidi Andrews
Splendor Major Ballinger
Chip Off the Old Block Quentin
National Velvet Race Patron
Going Highbrow Waiter
Cardinal Richelieu Agitator
Desirable Butler
Personal Maid's Secret Owen
The Nitwits Man with Tennis Equipment
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland The Cheshire Cat
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling Self (archive footage)
The Winning Ticket Horse Race Announcer
How to Win on the Thruway Narrator
How to Live with a Neurotic Dog Narrator
The Daring Young Man Col. Baggott
Brother Rat and a Baby Snelling
Step Lively, Jeeves! Jeeves
Hollywood Party Durante's Butler (uncredited)
I Live My Life Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler
Gambling Lady Pryor (uncredited)
Bright Lights Wilbur
The Battle of Paris Harry
The Countess of Monte Cristo Hotel Managing Director
Under Your Spell Botts
She Had to Eat Carter
Let's Live Tonight Ozzy Featherstone
Go Into Your Dance Latimer
School for Romance Diana's suitor
Up the River Darby Randall
Shows
The Colgate Comedy Hour Self
The Beverly Hillbillies Arthur Pinckney
The Merv Griffin Show Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Climax! Bishop Thornley
The Philco Television Playhouse Uncle Fred
Down You Go Self - Panelist
Tonight Starring Jack Paar Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
Shirley Temple's Storybook Graves the Butler
