15 Facts About Arthur Treacher

Arthur Treacher lent his name to the Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips chain of restaurants.

Arthur Treacher was featured in the 1930 Billy Rose musical revue Sweet and Low.

Arthur Treacher began his movie career in 1929, in the Paramount Pictures feature The Battle of Paris.

Arthur Treacher didn't resume his motion picture work until 1933, in Hollywood.

Unlike many screen actors who were signed to exclusive contracts with major studios, Arthur Treacher freelanced among various studios, usually cast as upper-crust Englishmen.

Arthur Treacher was cast as an English butler in Fashions of 1934, and this typecast him in servant roles.

Arthur Treacher was caricatured in the 1941 cartoon Hollywood Steps Out.

Arthur Treacher was featured in four Shirley Temple movies: Curly Top, Stowaway, Heidi, and The Little Princess.

In 1950 Arthur Treacher had a program on WNBC Radio in New York City.

Arthur Treacher appeared as a guest commentator on the NBC network's hot-jazz radio series The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street.

In early 1961, Arthur Treacher appeared in episode 463 of the TV game show I've Got a Secret in which he rode a horse on stage.

In 1964, Arthur Treacher was cast in the role of Constable Jones in the hugely successful Walt Disney movie Mary Poppins.

When in 1969 Griffin switched from syndication to the CBS network, network executives insisted that Arthur Treacher was too old for the show, but Griffin fought to keep Arthur Treacher and eventually won.

The restaurants became very popular during the 1970s and increased to nearly 900 outlets, although in interviews Arthur Treacher would refuse to confirm or deny that he had any ownership stake in the company.

Arthur Treacher died at the age of 81 from cardiovascular disease on 14 December 1975.