Career Highlights: The Secret of NIMH, A Little Princess, The Secret of NIMH II: Timmy to the Rescue
First Major Screen Credit: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The McGregor Affair (1964)
Biography
British actor Arthur Malet came into prominence in the 1960s, playing old codgers while still relatively young. As banker Dawes Jr. in Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), he shared a funny musical moment with Dick Van Dyke; later on, he appeared on Van Dyke's television show, playing a doddering hotel plumber in the memorable episode wherein Laura Petrie (Mary Tyler Moore) gets her foot stuck in a bathtub faucet. Malet went on to play a village elder in Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (1974), and was frequently seen as butlers in both films (Heaven Can Wait) and TV (Dallas, Easy Street). And in the otherwise ponderous Peter Pan sequel Hook (1991), Arthur Malet has a delightful scene in which, as the aged "Lost Boy" Tootles, he regains his childhood flying skills and circles merrily around Big Ben. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Arthur Malet (born 24 September 1927) is a Welshactor.
Malet was born in Lee-on-Solent, England;[1] he was raised in Wales, and later emigrated to the United States. He started out on the stage, winning two Drama Desk Awards in 1957.[2] He came to prominence in the 1960s on starring in films as characters much older than he really was, such as Mr. Dawes, Jr. in Mary Poppins. He played the character Joe Fenwick in the 1972Columbo episode 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.[3] His appearances on television include The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, “The McGregor Affair,” original air date Nov. 23, 1964.
References
^ GRO Register of Births: DEC 1929 2b 818 FAREHAM - Vivian R. Malet, mmn = Balfour