Arthur Treacher

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 musicalcomedy revue called Great Temptations When his film career began in the early 1930s Treacher was Hollywoods idea of the perfect butler and he headlined as the famous butler Jeeves in Thank You Jeeves 1936 and Step Lively Jeeves 1937based on the PG Wodehouse character He played a butler in numerous other films including Personal Maids 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 fastfood chain known as Arthur Treachers Fish and Chips