Arthur Malet
Actor
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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Filmography
Hook
as Tootles 1991
Anastasia
as Travelling Man / Major Domo (voice) 1997
Mary Poppins
as Mr. Dawes Jr. 1964
Young Frankenstein
as Village Elder 1974
The Black Cauldron
as King Eidilleg (voice) 1985
In the Heat of the Night
as Ulam 1967
A Little Princess
as Charles Randolph 1995
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Mr. Widdenfield (Museum Guard) (uncredited) 1971
Dick Tracy
as Diner Patron 1990
The Enforcer
as Innocent Bystander in Opening Action Sequence (uncredited) 1976
The Secret of NIMH
as Mr. Ages (voice) 1982
Toys
as Owen Owens 1992
Vanishing Point
as Second Male Hitchhiker 1971
Heaven Can Wait
as Everett 1978
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
as Mr. Ages (voice) 1998
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
as Wendel 1991