---
name: "Arthur Treacher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/arthur-treacher"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 July 1894"
died: "14 December 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T04:28:25.305943+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Arthur Treacher

Actor. Born 22 July 1894 in Brighton, England, UK. Died 14 December 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 July 1894, Brighton, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 December 1975
- **Active:** 1935–1964
- **Also known as:** Arthur Veary Treacher
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 78 (2), 1960s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Treacher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5831

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Mary Poppins*](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins.md) (83)

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## Biography

Arthur Treacher (also credited as Arthur Veary Treacher) was an English actor known for portraying butlers and other upper-class English characters in film and on stage. Born in Brighton, England, he served in the First World War and began his stage career afterwards. He moved to the United States in 1928 as part of the musical-comedy revue *Great Temptations* and appeared in numerous Broadway productions.

Treacher's film career began in the early 1930s. He played the valet Jeeves in *Thank You, Jeeves!* (1936) and *Step Lively, Jeeves!* (1937), and appeared in several Shirley Temple films, including *Curly Top* (1935) and *Heidi* (1937). Other credits include *The Little Princess* (1939), *National Velvet* (1945) and *Mary Poppins* (1964), in which he played Constable Jones.

From the mid-1960s he was a regular guest and sidekick on *The Merv Griffin Show*. He lent his name to the Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips restaurant chain. He was married to Virginia Taylor from 1940 until his death in 1975.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Mary Poppins* (1964), Fi1m 83, as Constable — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins.md)
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), Fi1m 74, as Epilogue — [page](https://film.one/film/a-midsummer-nights-dream.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *David Copperfield* (1935), Fi1m 81, as Donkey Man (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/david-copperfield.md)

## Complete filmography (76)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mary Poppins* (1964), as Constable — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-poppins.md)
- *How to Avoid Friendship* (1964), as Narrator
- *How to Live with a Neurotic Dog* (1963), as Narrator
- *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, as Arthur Pinckney
- *How to Win on the Thruway* (1962), as Narrator
- *Self Defense... for Cowards* (1962), as Narrator
- *Shirley Temple's Storybook* (1958), series, as Graves the Butler
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Bishop Thornley
- *Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland* (1954), as The Cheshire Cat
- *Love That Brute* (1950), as Quentin, Hanley's Butler
- *That Midnight Kiss* (1949), as Hutchins
- *The Countess of Monte Cristo* (1948), as Hotel Managing Director
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Uncle Fred
- *Slave Girl* (1947), as Thomas Griswold
- *Fun on a Weekend* (1947), as Benjamin O. Moffatt
- *That's the Spirit* (1945), as Masters
- *Swing Out, Sister* (1945), as Chumley
- *Delightfully Dangerous* (1945), as Jeffers
- *National Velvet* (1945), as Race Patron
- *In Society* (1944), as Pipps, Butler
- *Chip Off the Old Block* (1944), as Quentin
- *The Amazing Mrs. Holliday* (1943), as Henderson
- *Forever and a Day* (1943), as Second Air Raid Watcher
- *Star Spangled Rhythm* (1942), as Arthur Treacher
- *Irene* (1940), as Bretherton
- *Brother Rat and a Baby* (1940), as Snelling
- *Barricade* (1939), as Upton Ward
- *Bridal Suite* (1939), as Lord Helfer
- *The Little Princess* (1939), as Bertie Minchin
- *Up the River* (1938), as Darby Randall
- *Always in Trouble* (1938), as Rogers
- *My Lucky Star* (1938), as Whipple
- *Mad About Music* (1938), as Tripps
- *Heidi* (1937), as Andrews
- *Thin Ice* (1937), as Nottingham
- *You Can't Have Everything* (1937), as Bevins
- *She Had to Eat* (1937), as Carter
- *Step Lively, Jeeves!* (1937), as Jeeves
- *Stowaway* (1936), as Atkins
- *Under Your Spell* (1936), as Botts
- *Mister Cinderella* (1936), as Watkins, Randolph's Butler
- *Thank You, Jeeves!* (1936), as Jeeves
- *Satan Met a Lady* (1936), as Anthony Travers
- *Hearts Divided* (1936), as Sir Harry
- *The Case Against Mrs. Ames* (1936), as Griggsby
- *Anything Goes* (1936), as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
- *Magnificent Obsession* (1935), as Horace
- *Hitch Hike Lady* (1935), as Mortimer Wingate
- *Splendor* (1935), as Major Ballinger
- *Remember Last Night?* (1935), as Clarence Phelps
- *Personal Maid's Secret* (1935), as Owen
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), as Epilogue — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/a-midsummer-nights-dream.md)
- *I Live My Life* (1935), as Gallup, Mrs. Gage's Butler
- *Orchids to You* (1935), as Roger Morton
- *Bright Lights* (1935), as Wilbur
- *Curly Top* (1935), as The Butler
- *The Daring Young Man* (1935), as Col. Baggott
- *Going Highbrow* (1935), as Waiter
- *No More Ladies* (1935), as Lord Knowleton
- *The Nitwits* (1935), as Man with Tennis Equipment
- *Go Into Your Dance* (1935), as Latimer
- *Cardinal Richelieu* (1935), as Agitator
- *Let's Live Tonight* (1935), as Ozzy Featherstone
- *The Woman in Red* (1935), as Major Albert Casserly (uncredited)
- *The Winning Ticket* (1935), as Horse Race Announcer
- *David Copperfield* (1935), as Donkey Man (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/david-copperfield.md)
- *Forsaking All Others* (1934), as Johnson (Uncredited)
- *The Captain Hates the Sea* (1934), as Major Warringforth
- *Desirable* (1934), as Butler
- *Here Comes the Groom* (1934), as Butler
- *The Key* (1934), as Merriman
- *Hollywood Party* (1934), as Durante's Butler (uncredited)
- *Gambling Lady* (1934), as Pryor (uncredited)
- *Fashions of 1934* (1934), as The Duchess' Butler (uncredited)
- *School for Romance* (1934), as Diana's suitor
- *The Battle of Paris* (1929), as Harry

## Gallery

- ![Arthur Treacher](https://film.one/media/person/1228121/gallery-bb9a5ddc32c9.jpg) Arthur Treacher — unknown (film screenshot), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Arthur_Treacher_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Arthur Treacher. (1938)](https://film.one/media/person/1228121/gallery-ea81aa6947ec.jpg) Photo of Arthur Treacher. (1938) — 20th Century Fox-Gene Kornman, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Arthur_Treacher_1938.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Arthur Treacher from The Merv Griffin Show. (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/1228121/gallery-dff90f859d91.jpg) Photo of Arthur Treacher from The Merv Griffin Show. (1968) — The Merv Griffin Show, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Arthur_Treacher_1968.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Arthur Treacher from The Merv Griffin Show. (1969)](https://film.one/media/person/1228121/gallery-7701b6e15c3e.jpg) Photo of Arthur Treacher from The Merv Griffin Show. (1969) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Arthur_Treacher_1969.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Arthur Treacher](https://film.one/media/person/1228121/gallery-fd4c139179e2.jpg) Arthur Treacher — Image via TMDB
- ![Photo of Arthur Treacher as King Pellinore from the musical Camelot.](https://film.one/media/person/1228121/gallery-600fa5adcd82.jpg) Photo of Arthur Treacher as King Pellinore from the musical Camelot. — Lerner and Loewe's Camelot., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Arthur_Treacher_Pellinore_Camelot_1963.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Shirley Temple & Arthur Treacher in The Little Princess (1939)](https://film.one/media/person/1228121/gallery-416bd2b0c244.jpg) Shirley Temple & Arthur Treacher in The Little Princess (1939) — unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/The_Little_Princess_1939.jpg/1280px-The_Little_Princess_1939.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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