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Arthur Malet

Actor

Arthur Malet

Born September 24, 1927 in Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England, UKDied May 18, 201343 films

Arthur Malet (24 September 1927 – 18 May 2013) was an English actor. He was known for appearing in Mary Poppins (1964), Halloween (1978), The Secret of NIMH (1982), and Hook (1991).

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Malet was born in Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England in 1927. He emigrated to the United States in the 1950s, starting out onstage and winning two Drama Desk Awards in 1957. He came to some prominence in the 1960s, starring in films playing characters much older than his real age, such as Mr. Dawes, Jr. in Mary Poppins.

He played Joe Fenwick in a 1972 episode of Columbo, "Dagger of the Mind". He went on to play a village elder in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein in 1974, and Tootles in Hook in 1991. His appearances on television include The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, “The McGregor Affair” (original air date November 23, 1964).

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Young Frankenstein posterFirst watchYoung Frankenstein19747.9as Village ElderA young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Halloween poster7.6Halloween1978Anastasia poster7.6Anastasia1997Mary Poppins poster7.5Mary Poppins1964Hook poster6.8Hook1991In the Heat of the Night poster7.7In the Heat of the Night1967A Little Princess poster7.6A Little Princess1995The Secret of NIMH poster7.4The Secret of NIMH1982Bedknobs and Broomsticks poster7.0Bedknobs and Broomsticks1971

Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. 1999The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the RescueMr. Ages (voice)
  2. 1997AnastasiaTravelling Man / Major Domo (voice)
  3. 1995A Little PrincessCharles Randolph
  4. 1992ToysOwen Owens
  5. 1992Stormy WeathersPidge
  6. 1992Double Edge
  7. 1991Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of TimeWendel
  8. 1991HookTootles
  9. 1991The RunestoneStoddard
  10. 1990Dick TracyDiner Patron
  11. 1989Peter GunnWillie
  12. 1988Addicted to His LoveMr. Mayhew
  13. 1985The Black CauldronKing Eidilleg (voice)
  14. 1984City HeatDoc Loomis
  15. 1982HotlineHooten
  16. 1982The Secret of NIMHMr. Ages (voice)
  17. 1981Savage HarvestMacGruder
  18. 1980S.O.S. TitanicLibrarian (uncredited)
  19. 1979Disaster on the CoastlinerSouthbound Conductor
  20. 1978The Gift of LoveEmcee at Ball
  21. 1978HalloweenGraveyard Keeper
  22. 1978Heaven Can WaitEverett
  23. 1976The EnforcerInnocent Bystander in Opening Action Sequence (uncredited)
  24. 1975Target RiskShoeshine Boy
  25. 1974Young FrankensteinVillage Elder
  26. 1973The Blue KnightDr. Damon
  27. 1973Ace Eli and Rodger of the SkiesBrother Watson
  28. 1972The Culpepper Cattle Co.Doctor
  29. 1972The Hound of the BaskervillesHiggins
  30. 1971Bedknobs and BroomsticksMr. Widdenfield (Museum Guard) (uncredited)
  31. 1971Do You Take This Stranger?Night Man
  32. 1971Vanishing PointSecond Male Hitchhiker
  33. 1968The Helicopter SpiesWhite Hunter
  34. 1967The Scorpio LettersHinton
  35. 1967In the Heat of the NightUlam
  36. 1966PenelopeMajor Higgins
  37. 1966Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.Umbrella Man
  38. 1966Munster, Go Home!Alfie
  39. 1965King RatBlakeley
  40. 1965The Further Adventures of GallegherSir James Fryar-Smythe
  41. 1964Mary PoppinsMr. Dawes Jr.
  42. 1963The Man from GalvestonBarney
  43. 1962Convicts 4Storekeeper