---
name: "Emerson Treacy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emerson-treacy"
fi1m_id: "emerson-treacy"
imdb_id: "nm0871551"
tmdb_id: 89660
wikidata_id: "Q5370943"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 September 1900"
died: "10 January 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:44:49.996640+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."
---

# Emerson Treacy

## Identity

Emerson Treacy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emerson-treacy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emerson-treacy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0871551
- **TMDB ID:** 89660
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5370943
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Treacy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5370943, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89660

Actor. Born 17 September 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 10 January 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 September 1900, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 10 January 1967
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 82 (1), 1950s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Treacy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5370943, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89660

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Adam's Rib*](https://film.one/film/adams-rib.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Emerson Treacy (17 September 1900 – 10 January 1967) was an American actor who worked in film, on Broadway and in radio. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he graduated from St Joseph College there and began his professional career in a Provincetown Players production before appearing in other stage work in New York and elsewhere.

He formed a successful comedy double-act with Gay Seabrook on radio and in theatre in the early 1930s. Treacy appeared in dozens of feature films, including *Gone with the Wind* (1939), *Adam's Rib* (1949) as Jules Frikke, *The Prowler* (1951) and *The Wrong Man* (1956), as well as the *Our Gang* shorts *Bedtime Worries* and *Wild Poses*. He also took guest roles in television series such as *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* and *Perry Mason*. He was married to actress Ann McKay.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Adam's Rib* (1949), Fi1m 82, as Jules Frikke — [page](https://film.one/film/adams-rib.md)

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

- *The Wrong Man* (1956), Fi1m 83, as Mr. Wendon (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Lover Come Back* (1961), as Magnuson, Ad Council Member (uncredited)
- *The Investigators* (1961), series, as Peter Torres
- *The Dark at the Top of the Stairs* (1960), as George, the banker
- *High Time* (1960), as Professor (Uncredited)
- *All the Fine Young Cannibals* (1960), as Minister (uncredited)
- *The Untouchables* (1959), series, as Reverend (uncredited)
- *The Sound and the Fury* (1959), as Selby (uncredited), Selby - Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)
- *Lawman* (1958), series, as Blinker
- *Casey Jones* (1957), series, as Joe Greenleaf
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as George Hankes
- *Sugarfoot* (1957), series, as Withers
- *A Hatful of Rain* (1957), as Mr. Wagner - Celia's Office Manager (uncredited)
- *The Wrong Man* (1956), as Mr. Wendon (uncredited) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md)
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Deli Manager
- *Run for Cover* (1955), as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
- *Atomic Energy as a Force for Good* (1955), as Dr. Petersen
- *A Star Is Born* (1954), as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- *I Led 3 Lives* (1953), series, as Doc
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, Actor
- *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, as Mayor
- *Deadline - U.S.A.* (1952), as City Editor (uncredited)
- *Mutiny* (1952), as Council Speaker
- *Just This Once* (1952), as Mr. Black
- *Fort Worth* (1951), as Ben Garvin
- *The Prowler* (1951), as William Gilvray
- *Wyoming Mail* (1950), as Ben
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Anderson
- *Adam's Rib* (1949), as Jules Frikke — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/adams-rib.md)
- *Gone with the Wind* (1939), as Minor Role (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md)
- *Invitation to Happiness* (1939), as Photographer (uncredited)
- *The Long Shot* (1939), as Henry Knox
- *Give Me a Sailor* (1938), as Meryl (uncredited)
- *Stand-In* (1937), as Tommy
- *The Grand Bounce* (1937), as Jimmy Clark (uncredited)
- *California Straight Ahead* (1937), as Charlie Porter
- *Dr. Socrates* (1935), as Young Man
- *Champagne for Breakfast* (1935), as Swifty Greer
- *Honeymoon Limited* (1935), as Bridegroom
- *Eight Bells* (1935), as Sparks
- *Two Alone* (1934), as Milt Pollard
- *Wild Poses* (1933), as Emerson Treacy (Spanky's Dad)
- *Neighbors' Wives* (1933), as Jeff Lee
- *Bedtime Worries* (1933), as Emerson Treacy
- *Dream Stuff* (1933), as Clarence
- *Over the Counter* (1932), as Frederick 'Freddy' Drake
- *Okay, America!* (1932), as Jerry Robbins
- *The Mouthpiece* (1932), as Robert Wilson (Uncredited)
- *Once a Hero* (1931), Actor
- *The Sky Raiders* (1931), as Jimmy Devine
- *Once a Gentleman* (1930), as Junior

## Gallery

- ![Emerson Treacy](https://film.one/media/person/3867458/gallery-76d3a9bb30cb.jpg) Emerson Treacy — film screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Emerson_Treacy_in_Long_Shot.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Emerson Treacy](https://film.one/media/person/3867458/gallery-b1a296d6ebe5.jpg) Emerson Treacy — Image via TMDB

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