Arthur Malet

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Arthur Malet
Santa Monica, California
, USA
OccupationActor
Years active1956–1998 (retired)

Arthur Malet (24 September 1927 – 18 May 2013) was an English stage, film and television actor based in the United States.[2] He was known for his films Mary Poppins, Halloween, The Secret of NIMH, and Hook. His last film role was The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue, in which he voiced Mr. Ages.

Life and career

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.[3][page needed] He emigrated to the United States in the 1950s, changed his forename to Arthur, began acting onstage, and won two Drama Desk Awards in 1957. He came to prominence in 1960s films, often playing characters much older than his real age, such as Mr. Dawes, Jr., in Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), and King Eidilleg in Disney's 1985 animated film The Black Cauldron.

He played undertaker Ted Ulam in

Columbo, "Dagger of the Mind". He 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.[4]

His appearances on television included episodes of

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ("The McGregor Affair"; originally aired 23 November 1964), Gunsmoke (S10E16’s “Run Sheep, Run” in 1964) and Bewitched ("The Trial and Error of Aunt Clara"; originally aired 2 February 1967), Wonder Woman and Dallas. In 1965 he appeared as murder victim Ralph Day in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Golden Venom." He 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." In 1995, he portrayed Charles Randolph in A Little Princess. In 1997, he did voice work in Anastasia. He 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. Malet had a regular role on the short-lived 1983 television adaptation of the film Casablanca.[citation needed
]

Death

Malet died on 18 May 2013 at age 85, in

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1962 Convicts 4 Storekeeper
1964 Mary Poppins Mr. Dawes Jr.
1965 King Rat Blakely
1966 Munster, Go Home! Alfie
1966 Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. Umbrella Man
1966 Penelope Major Higgins
1967 The Scorpio Letters Hinton
1967 The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin Chinese Food Eater Uncredited
1967 In the Heat of the Night
1968 The Helicopter Spies White Hunter
1970 The Great White Hope Barrister Uncredited
1971 Vanishing Point Hitchhiker
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks Mr. Widdenfield Uncredited
1972 The Culpepper Cattle Co. Doctor
1973 Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies Brother Watson
1974 Young Frankenstein Village Elder
1976 The Enforcer Bystander Uncredited
1978 Heaven Can Wait Everett
1978 Halloween Graveyard Keeper
1979 Disaster on the Coastliner Southbound Conductor Television film
1981 Savage Harvest MacGruder
1982 The Secret of NIMH Mr. Ages Voice[6]
1984 Oh, God! You Devil Houseman
1984 City Heat Doc Loomis
1985 The Black Cauldron King Eidilleg Voice[6]
1989 Worth Winning Ticket Taker
1990 Dick Tracy Diner Patron
1991 Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time Wendel
1991 The Runestone Stoddard
1991 Hook Tootles
1992 Toys Owen Owens
1994 Felidae Jesaja Voice; uncredited
1995 A Little Princess Charles Randolph
1997 Anastasia Traveling Man, Major Domo Voice[6]
1998 The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue Mr. Ages Voice[6]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Dr. Larson Episode: "Coming, Mama"
1964
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Burke Episode: "The McGregor Affair"
1964 Dennis the Menace Dr. Cadwell Episode: "Wilson Goes to the Dentist"
1967 The Monkees Curator Episode: "Art, for Monkees' Sake"
1967 The Wild Wild West Doc Keyno Episode: "The Night of the Circus of Death"
1983 Casablanca Carl 5 episodes

References

  1. ^ Birth record transcript
    GRO Birth Registry
    Civil registration event: Birth
    Name: MALET, Vivian R.
    Registration district: Fareham
    County: Hampshire
    Year of registration: 1927
    Quarter of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
    Mother's maiden name: Balfour
    Volume no: 2B
    Page #818
  2. ^ Tom B. "Boot Hill: RIP Arthur Malet". Westernboothill.blogspot.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
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  4. ^ Arthur Malet profile at Allmovie.com; retrieved 2 January 2007.
  5. ^ "Arthur Malet Obituary - Santa Monica, California - Tributes.com". web.archive.org. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d "Arthur Malet (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 13 March 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.

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