Arthur Treacher(1894-1975)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
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.
