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Arthur Malet

Arthur Malet

Born: 1927-09-24 • Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England, UK

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).

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Filmography
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue poster
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
1998 • Mr. Ages (voice)
Anastasia poster
Anastasia
1997 • Travelling Man / Major Domo (voice)
A Little Princess poster
A Little Princess
1995 • Charles Randolph
Toys poster
Toys
1992 • Owen Owens
Stormy Weathers poster
Stormy Weathers
1992 • Pidge
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time poster
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
1991 • Wendel
Hook poster
Hook
1991 • Tootles
The Runestone poster
The Runestone
1991 • Stoddard
Dick Tracy poster
Dick Tracy
1990 • Diner Patron
Peter Gunn poster
Peter Gunn
1989 • Willie
Addicted to His Love poster
Addicted to His Love
1988 • Mr. Mayhew
The Black Cauldron poster
The Black Cauldron
1985 • King Eidilleg (voice)
Hotline poster
Hotline
1982 • Hooten
The Secret of NIMH poster
The Secret of NIMH
1982 • Mr. Ages (voice)
Savage Harvest poster
Savage Harvest
1981 • MacGruder
S.O.S. Titanic poster
S.O.S. Titanic
1980 • Librarian (uncredited)
Disaster on the Coastliner poster
Disaster on the Coastliner
1979 • Southbound Conductor
The Gift of Love poster
The Gift of Love
1978 • Emcee at Ball
Halloween poster
Halloween
1978 • Graveyard Keeper
Heaven Can Wait poster
Heaven Can Wait
1978 • Everett
The Enforcer poster
The Enforcer
1976 • Innocent Bystander in Opening Action Sequence (uncredited)
Target Risk poster
Target Risk
1975 • Shoeshine Boy
Young Frankenstein poster
Young Frankenstein
1974 • Village Elder
The Blue Knight poster
The Blue Knight
1973 • Dr. Damon
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies poster
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1973 • Brother Watson
The Culpepper Cattle Co. poster
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972 • Doctor
The Hound of the Baskervilles poster
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1972 • Higgins
Bedknobs and Broomsticks poster
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 • Mr. Widdenfield (Museum Guard) (uncredited)
Do You Take This Stranger? poster
Do You Take This Stranger?
1971 • Night Man
Vanishing Point poster
Vanishing Point
1971 • Second Male Hitchhiker
The Helicopter Spies poster
The Helicopter Spies
1968 • White Hunter
The Scorpio Letters poster
The Scorpio Letters
1967 • Hinton
In the Heat of the Night poster
In the Heat of the Night
1967 • Ulam
Penelope poster
Penelope
1966 • Major Higgins
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. poster
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966 • Umbrella Man
Munster, Go Home! poster
Munster, Go Home!
1966 • Alfie
King Rat poster
King Rat
1965 • Blakeley
The Further Adventures of Gallegher poster
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965 • Sir James Fryar-Smythe
Mary Poppins poster
Mary Poppins
1964 • Mr. Dawes Jr.
The Man from Galveston poster
The Man from Galveston
1963 • Barney
Convicts 4 poster
Convicts 4
1962 • Storekeeper