11 Facts About Arthur Malet

Arthur Malet was known for his films Mary Poppins, Halloween, The Secret of NIMH, and Hook.

Vivian Arthur Rivers Malet was born on 24 September 1927 in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England, the son of Henry Guy Rivers Malet and Olga Muriel Balfour; a scion of the Malet baronets.

Arthur Malet emigrated to the United States in the 1950s, changed his forename to Arthur, began acting onstage, and won two Drama Desk Awards in 1957.

Arthur Malet came to prominence in 1960s films, often playing characters much older than his real age, such as Mr Dawes, Jr.

Arthur Malet played undertaker Ted Ulam in Norman Jewison's 1967 film In the Heat of the Night, and Joe Fenwick in a 1972 episode of Columbo, "Dagger of the Mind".

Arthur Malet went on to play a village elder in Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein in 1974, the graveyard keeper in John Carpenter's Halloween in 1978, a houseman in the 1984 film Oh God, You Devil, Tootles in 1991's Hook, and Owen Owens in the 1992 film Toys.

Arthur Malet played a vagrant who claimed to have stolen Aunt Bea's pin on The Andy Griffith Show in 1966.

In 1969 Malet appeared as the night clerk on the TV series The Virginian in the episode titled "Journey to Scathelock".

Arthur Malet voiced the character of "Mr Ages" in The Secret of NIMH in 1982 and reprised the role in The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue in 1998.

Arthur Malet had a regular role on the short-lived 1983 television adaptation of the film Casablanca.

Arthur Malet died on 18 May 2013 at age 85, in Santa Monica, California, USA.