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Arthur Veary Treacher was an English film and stage actor active from the 1920s to the 1960s, and known for playing English stereotypes, especially butler and manservant roles, such as the P.G. Wodehouse valet character Jeeves and the kind butler Andrews opposite Shirley Temple in Heidi (1937). In the 1960s, he became well-known on American television as an announcer/sidekick to talk show host Merv Griffin. He lent his name to the Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips chain of restaurants.
Birth Name
Arthur Veary Treacher
Born
Monday, 23 July 1894
Died
Sunday, 14 December 1975
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Lopez | Self | 2021 |
| The Sixties | Self | 2013 |
| Abbott and Costello in the Movies | Self | 2002 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Actor 'Curly Top' | 1997 |
| Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling | Self | 1993 |
| Hippodrome | Self | 1966 |
| Mary Poppins | The Constable | 1964 |
| How to Avoid Friendship | Narrator | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Himself / Himself - Announcer / Himself - Co-Host / Self | 1962 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Lopez | Self | 2021 |
| The Sixties | Self | 2013 |
| Abbott and Costello in the Movies | Self | 2002 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Actor 'Curly Top' | 1997 |
| Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling | Self | 1993 |
| Hippodrome | Self | 1966 |
| Mary Poppins | The Constable | 1964 |
| How to Avoid Friendship | Narrator | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Himself / Himself - Announcer / Himself - Co-Host / Self | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Arthur Pinckney | 1962 |
| Self Defense... for Cowards | Narrator | 1962 |
| You're in the Picture | Self - Panelist | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Play of the Week | Lawyer Busiris / The Mayor | 1959 |
| The Garry Moore Show | Self | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Graves, the Butler / Sterling | 1958 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
| Climax! | Bishop Thornley | 1954 |
| The George Gobel Show | Himself | 1954 |
| The Tonight Show | Self - Guest / Himself - Guest | 1954 |
| I've Got a Secret | Self - Guest | 1952 |
| The Name's the Same | Self | 1951 |
| The Kate Smith Evening Hour | Self | 1951 |
| Showtime, U.S.A. | Self | 1950 |
| All Star Revue | The Butler (Sketch) | 1950 |
| Penthouse Party | Self | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self | 1950 |
| Love That Brute | Quentin, Hanley's Butler | 1950 |
| That Midnight Kiss | Hutchins | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | Ghost of Christmas Past | 1949 |
| The Countess of Monte Cristo | Hotel Managing Director | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Uncle Fred | 1948 |
| The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | Mr. Jones | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Comic Actor | 1948 |
| Slave Girl | Thomas 'Liverpool' Griswold / Thomas Griswold | 1947 |
| Fun on a Weekend | Benjamin O. Moffatt | 1947 |
| Kraft Theatre | The Cheshire Cat | 1947 |
| That's the Spirit | Masters | 1945 |
| Swing Out, Sister | Chumley | 1945 |
| Delightfully Dangerous | Jeffers | 1945 |
| National Velvet | Race Patron | 1945 |
| In Society | Pipps / Pipps, Butler | 1944 |
| Chip Off the Old Block | Quentin | 1944 |
| The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Henderson | 1943 |
| Forever and a Day | Second Air Raid Watcher | 1943 |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | Arthur Treacher- 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number / Arthur Treacher | 1942 |
| Irene | Bretherton | 1940 |
| Brother Rat and a Baby | Snelling | 1940 |
| Barricade | Upton Ward | 1939 |
| Bridal Suite | Lord Helfer | 1939 |
| The Little Princess | Bertie Minchin | 1939 |
| Up the River | Darby Randall | 1938 |
| Always in Trouble | Rogers | 1938 |
| My Lucky Star | Whipple | 1938 |
| Mad About Music | Tripps | 1938 |
| Heidi | Andrews | 1937 |
| You Can't Have Everything | Bevins | 1937 |
| She Had to Eat | Carter | 1937 |
| Thin Ice | Nottingham | 1937 |
| Step Lively, Jeeves! | Jeeves | 1937 |
| Stowaway | Atkins | 1936 |
| Under Your Spell | Botts | 1936 |
| Mister Cinderella | Watkins, Randolph's Butler / Watkins- Randolph's Butler | 1936 |
| Thank You, Jeeves! | Jeeves | 1936 |
| Satan Met a Lady | Anthony Travers | 1936 |
| Hearts Divided | Sir Harry | 1936 |
| The Case Against Mrs. Ames | Griggsby | 1936 |
| Anything Goes | Sir Evelyn Oakleigh | 1936 |
| Magnificent Obsession | Horace | 1935 |
| Hitch Hike Lady | Mortimer Wingate | 1935 |
| Splendor | Major Ballinger | 1935 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Epilogue | 1935 |
| Remember Last Night? | Phelps / Clarence Phelps | 1935 |
| Personal Maid's Secret | Owen / Owen Johnson | 1935 |
| I Live My Life | Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler / Gallup | 1935 |
| Orchids to You | Roger Morton | 1935 |
| Bright Lights | Wilbur | 1935 |
| Curly Top | Reynolds - the Butler / The Butler | 1935 |
| The Daring Young Man | Col. Baggott | 1935 |
| Going Highbrow | Waiter | 1935 |
| No More Ladies | Lord Knowleton | 1935 |
| The Nitwits | Man with Tennis Equipment | 1935 |
| Cardinal Richelieu | Agitator | 1935 |
| Go Into Your Dance | Latimer | 1935 |
| Let's Live Tonight | Ozzy Featherstone | 1935 |
| The Woman in Red | Major Albert Casserly | 1935 |
| The Winning Ticket | Horse Race Announcer | 1935 |
| David Copperfield | Donkey Man | 1935 |
| Bordertown | Roberts - Elwell's Butler | 1935 |
| Forsaking All Others | Johnson - Dill's Butler / Johnson (Uncredited) | 1934 |
| The Captain Hates the Sea | Maj. Warringforth / Major Warringforth | 1934 |
| Student Tour | British Radio Announcer | 1934 |
| Desirable | Butler | 1934 |
| Here Comes the Groom | Butler | 1934 |
| Madame Du Barry | Andre, Master of the Bedroom | 1934 |
| The Key | Lt. Merriman - Furlong's Aide / Merriman | 1934 |
| Hollywood Party | Durante's Butler | 1934 |
| Viva Villa! | English Reporter | 1934 |
| Riptide | Reporter | 1934 |
| Gambling Lady | Pryor | 1934 |
| Fashions of 1934 | The Duchess' Butler | 1934 |
| Battle of Paris | Harry | 1929 |
