Arthur Malet

Biography

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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Known For

21 Jump Street 1987 ★ 7.3
MacGyver 1985 ★ 7.7
St. Elsewhere 1982 ★ 5.7
The Facts of Life 1979 ★ 7.1
Hart to Hart 1979 ★ 6.8
Charlie's Angels 1976 ★ 6.7
Barney Miller 1975 ★ 7.3
The Waltons 1972 ★ 7.2
Columbo 1971 ★ 8.1
Love, American Style 1969 ★ 6.2
Hawaii Five-O 1968 ★ 7.2
Mission: Impossible 1966 ★ 7.6
The Wild Wild West 1965 ★ 7.6
I Dream of Jeannie 1965 ★ 7.8
Bewitched 1964 ★ 7.9
The Fugitive 1963 ★ 7.4
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962 ★ 7.9
The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961 ★ 7.6
Ben Casey 1961 ★ 5.9
The Andy Griffith Show 1960 ★ 7.6
The Rifleman 1958 ★ 7.1
The Donna Reed Show 1958 ★ 6.5
Perry Mason 1957 ★ 7.7
Gunsmoke 1955 ★ 6.7