Arthur Malet
Biography
Arthur Malet was an English actor born in Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England on September 24, 1927. He emigrated to the United States in the 1950s and began his career onstage, winning two Drama Desk Awards in 1957. He gained prominence in the 1960s by playing characters much older than his actual age, including Mr. Dawes, Jr. in the 1964 film Mary Poppins. His extensive acting credits included appearances in Halloween in 1978, The Secret of NIMH in 1982, and playing Tootles in Hook in 1991. Television and film roles also included playing Joe Fenwick in a 1972 episode of Columbo titled Dagger of the Mind and a village elder in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein in 1974. Malet passed away on May 18, 2013 at the age of 85.
Career overview
Arthur Malet was an English actor born in Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England on September 24, 1927. He emigrated to the United States in the 1950s and began his career performing onstage, earning two Drama Desk Awards in 1957. During the 1960s, he achieved prominence by starring in films where he portrayed characters significantly older than his actual age, including the role of Mr. Dawes, Jr. in the 1964 film Mary Poppins.
Throughout his career, Malet appeared in numerous films and television productions. His extensive film credits include roles such as a village elder in Mel Brooks' 1974 film Young Frankenstein, an appearance in the 1978 film Halloween, voice work in the 1982 animated feature The Secret of NIMH, and playing the character Tootles in the 1991 film Hook. On television, he appeared as Joe Fenwick in a 1972 episode of Columbo titled Dagger of the Mind.
Malet maintained a prolific acting career with a large number of known credits spanning both film and television. He passed away on May 18, 2013, at the age of 85.
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- Capitaine Marleau (2015) as Lieutenant Bonnet
- The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1999) as Mr. Ages (voice)
- Anastasia (1997) as Travelling Man / Major Domo (voice)
- Ned & Stacey (1995) as Cornelius
- A Little Princess (1995) as Charles Randolph
- Picket Fences (1992) as Dr. Vernon Leaky
- Toys (1992) as Owen Owens
- Double Edge (1992)
- Stormy Weathers (1992) as Pidge
- Hook (1991) as Tootles
- Pacific Station (1991) as Jimmy
- Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991) as Wendel
- The Runestone (1991) as Stoddard
- Dick Tracy (1990) as Diner Patron
- The Nutt House (1989) as Raymond
- Peter Gunn (1989) as Willie
- Addicted to His Love (1988) as Mr. Mayhew
- 21 Jump Street (1987) as MacKenzie
- Easy Street (1986)
- MacGyver (1985) as Pathologist Ed
- The Black Cauldron (1985) as King Eidilleg (voice)
- Casablanca (1983) as Carl
- St. Elsewhere (1982) as Mr. Peek
- The Secret of NIMH (1982) as Mr. Ages (voice)
- Hotline (1982) as Hooten
- Savage Harvest (1981) as MacGruder
- Bosom Buddies (1980)
- S.O.S. Titanic (1980) as Librarian (uncredited)
- The Facts of Life (1979)
- Hart to Hart (1979) as Cardinal
- Disaster on the Coastliner (1979) as Southbound Conductor
- WKRP in Cincinnati (1978) as Father O'Riley
- Halloween (1978) as Graveyard Keeper
- Heaven Can Wait (1978) as Everett
- The Gift of Love (1978) as Emcee at Ball
- CHiPs (1977) as Junkman
- Charlie's Angels (1976) as James Hannah
- Monster Squad (1976) as The Wizard
- The Enforcer (1976) as Innocent Bystander in Opening Action Sequence (uncredited)
- Barney Miller (1975) as Henry Creighton
- Barney Miller (1975) as Malcolm Gower
- Wonder Woman (1975) as Professor Zander
- Target Risk (1975) as Shoeshine Boy
- Petrocelli (1974)
- Young Frankenstein (1974) as Village Elder
- The Blue Knight (1973) as Dr. Damon
- The Blue Knight (1973) as Dr. Damon
- Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) as Brother Watson
- The Waltons (1972)
- The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) as Doctor
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972) as Higgins
- Columbo (1971) as Fenwick
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) as Mr. Widdenfield (Museum Guard) (uncredited)
- Vanishing Point (1971) as Second Male Hitchhiker
- Do You Take This Stranger? (1971) as Night Man
- Night Gallery (1970) as Ennis (segment "The Little Black Bag")
- McCloud (1970)
- Love, American Style (1969) as Minister
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Artie Boland
- The Mod Squad (1968)
- Lancer (1968)
- The Helicopter Spies (1968) as White Hunter
- The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
- The Second Hundred Years (1967) as Whitacker
- In the Heat of the Night (1967) as Ulam
- The Scorpio Letters (1967) as Hinton
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Undertaker
- The Monkees (1966) as Curator
- Felony Squad (1966) as Creel
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966) as William Muckleston
- Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. (1966) as Umbrella Man
- Munster, Go Home! (1966) as Alfie
- Penelope (1966) as Major Higgins
- The Wild Wild West (1965)
- The Wild Wild West (1965) as Doc Keyno
- I Dream of Jeannie (1965) as Vasmir
- King Rat (1965) as Blakeley
- The Further Adventures of Gallegher (1965) as Sir James Fryar-Smythe
- Bewitched (1964) as Judge Bean
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Professor Kenton
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as White Hunter
- Mary Poppins (1964) as Mr. Dawes Jr.
- Mickey (1964)
- The Fugitive (1963) as Swanzie
- Grindl (1963)
- The Man from Galveston (1963) as Barney
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Burke
- Convicts 4 (1962) as Storekeeper
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) as Engineer
- Ben Casey (1961)
- Kraft Mystery Theatre (1961)
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) as Vagrant
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) as Purvis
- Adventures in Paradise (1959) as Sailor
- Adventures in Paradise (1959) as O'Toole
- Dennis the Menace (1959)
- The Detectives (1959)
- The Rifleman (1958)
- The Donna Reed Show (1958)
- Perry Mason (1957) as Ralph Day
- DuPont Show of the Month (1957) as Hodge
- DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Farnum
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Cox
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Oldtimer
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Dr. Larson
- Playwrights '56 (1955)