Arthur Malet
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 24, 1927, Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England, UK
- Died
- May 18, 2013
- Movies
- 43
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).
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).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1999 | The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue | Mr. Ages (voice) |
| 1997 | Anastasia | Travelling Man / Major Domo (voice) |
| 1995 | A Little Princess | Charles Randolph |
| 1992 | Toys | Owen Owens |
| 1992 | Stormy Weathers | Pidge |
| 1992 | Double Edge | |
| 1991 | Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time | Wendel |
| 1991 | Hook | Tootles |
| 1991 | The Runestone | Stoddard |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Diner Patron |
| 1989 | Peter Gunn | Willie |
| 1988 | Addicted to His Love | Mr. Mayhew |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | King Eidilleg (voice) |
| 1984 | City Heat | Doc Loomis |
| 1982 | Hotline | Hooten |
| 1982 | The Secret of NIMH | Mr. Ages (voice) |
| 1981 | Savage Harvest | MacGruder |
| 1980 | S.O.S. Titanic | Librarian (uncredited) |
| 1979 | Disaster on the Coastliner | Southbound Conductor |
| 1978 | The Gift of Love | Emcee at Ball |
| 1978 | Halloween | Graveyard Keeper |
| 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | Everett |
| 1976 | The Enforcer | Innocent Bystander in Opening Action Sequence (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Target Risk | Shoeshine Boy |
| 1974 | Young Frankenstein | Village Elder |
| 1973 | The Blue Knight | Dr. Damon |
| 1973 | Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies | Brother Watson |
| 1972 | The Culpepper Cattle Co. | Doctor |
| 1972 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Higgins |
| 1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Mr. Widdenfield (Museum Guard) (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Do You Take This Stranger? | Night Man |
| 1971 | Vanishing Point | Second Male Hitchhiker |
| 1968 | The Helicopter Spies | White Hunter |
| 1967 | The Scorpio Letters | Hinton |
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | Ulam |
| 1966 | Penelope | Major Higgins |
| 1966 | Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. | Umbrella Man |
| 1966 | Munster, Go Home! | Alfie |
| 1965 | King Rat | Blakeley |
| 1965 | The Further Adventures of Gallegher | Sir James Fryar-Smythe |
| 1964 | Mary Poppins | Mr. Dawes Jr. |
| 1963 | The Man from Galveston | Barney |
| 1962 | Convicts 4 | Storekeeper |
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