Arthur Malet
ActingArthur 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Malet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Halloween
Graveyard Keeper
Hook
Tootles
Mary Poppins
Mr. Dawes Jr.
Anastasia
Travelling Man / Major Domo (voice)
Young Frankenstein
Village Elder
The Black Cauldron
King Eidilleg (voice)
Dick Tracy
Diner Patron
The Enforcer
Innocent Bystander in Opening Action Sequence (uncredited)
In the Heat of the Night
Ulam
Toys
Owen Owens
Filmography — Acting
Halloween
Graveyard Keeper
Hook
Tootles
Mary Poppins
Mr. Dawes Jr.
Anastasia
Travelling Man / Major Domo (voice)
Young Frankenstein
Village Elder
The Black Cauldron
King Eidilleg (voice)
Dick Tracy
Diner Patron
The Enforcer
Innocent Bystander in Opening Action Sequence (uncredited)
In the Heat of the Night
Ulam
Toys
Owen Owens
A Little Princess
Charles Randolph
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Mr. Widdenfield (Museum Guard) (uncredited)
The Secret of NIMH
Mr. Ages (voice)
Heaven Can Wait
Everett
Vanishing Point
Second Male Hitchhiker
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
Mr. Ages (voice)
Hotline
Hooten
King Rat
Blakeley
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
Wendel
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Umbrella Man
Penelope
Major Higgins
Munster, Go Home!
Alfie
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Doctor
S.O.S. Titanic
Librarian (uncredited)
The Man from Galveston
Barney
Peter Gunn
Willie
The Blue Knight
Dr. Damon
Disaster on the Coastliner
Southbound Conductor
The Gift of Love
Emcee at Ball
The Runestone
Stoddard
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Sir James Fryar-Smythe
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Higgins
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
Brother Watson
Convicts 4
Storekeeper
Addicted to His Love
Mr. Mayhew
The Helicopter Spies
White Hunter
Savage Harvest
MacGruder
Stormy Weathers
Pidge
Target Risk
Shoeshine Boy
The Scorpio Letters
Hinton
Do You Take This Stranger?
Night Man