Arthur Malet obit

RIP Arthur Malet

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Arthur Malet died on May 18, 2013 in Santa Monica, California, U.S.A. He was an English actor of stage, film and television.
Vivian R. Malet was born in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England. He emigrated to the United States in the 1950s, changed his forename to Arthur, began acting onstage, and won two Drama Desk Awards in 1957. Malet came to some prominence in 1960s films, often playing characters much older than his real age, such as Mr. Dawes, Jr., in Disney's “Mary Poppins”.

He played undertaker Ted Ulam in Norman Jewison's 1967 film “In the Heat of the Night”, and as 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, the graveyard keeper in John Carpenter's “Halloween” in 1978, and Tootles in “Hook” in 1991.

His appearances on television include episodes of ‘The Donna Reed Show’, ‘The Monster Squad’, ‘Adventures in Paradise’, ‘The Alfred Hitchcock Hour’, Dennis the Menace and ‘Bewitched’. He voiced the character of Mr. Ages in “The Secret of NIMH’ in 1982.

He appeared on I Dream of Jeannie as Uncle Azmire, one of Jeannie's two English uncles who must approve of Tony in order for the two to marry each other in the Season 5 episode "Uncle A-Go-Go".

His appearances on television included episodes of The Donna Reed Show, The Rifleman, Adventures in Paradise, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ("The McGregor Affair"; originally aired 23 November 1964), and Bewitched ("The Trial and Error of Aunt Clara"; originally aired 2 February 1967), and Dallas. In 1965 he appeared as murder victim Ralph Day in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Golden Venom." He played a vagrant who claimed to have stolen Aunt Bea's pin on The Andy Griffith Show in 1966. In 1969 Malet appeared as the Night Clerk on the TV Series The Virginian in the episode titled "Journey to Scathelock." In 1995, he portrayed Charles Randolph in A Little Princess.

Filmography

    Convicts 4 (1962) as Storekeeper

    The Man from Galveston (1963) as Barney

    Mary Poppins (1964) as Mr. Dawes Junior

    King Rat (1965) as Blakeley

    Munster, Go Home! (1966) as Alfie

    Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966) as Umbrella Man

    Penelope (1966) as Major Higgins

    The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) as Chinese Food Eater (uncredited)

    In the Heat of the Night (1967) as Ulam

    The Helicopter Spies (1968) as White Hunter

    The Great White Hope (1970) as Barrister (uncredited)

    Vanishing Point (1971) as Second Male Hitchhiker

    Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) as Mr. Widdenfield - Museum Guard (restored version) (uncredited)

    The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) as Doctor

    Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) as Brother Watson

    Young Frankenstein (1974) as Village Elder

    The Enforcer (1976) as Innocent Bystander in Opening Action Sequence (uncredited)

    Heaven Can Wait (1978) as Everett

    Halloween (1978) as Graveyard Keeper

    Disaster on the Coastliner (1979) as the Conductor of Southbound 3

    Savage Harvest (1981) as MacGruder

    The Secret of NIMH (1982) as Mr. Ages (voice)

    Oh, God! You Devil (1984) as Houseman

    City Heat (1984) as Doc Loomis

    The Black Cauldron (1985) as King Eidilleg (voice)

    Worth Winning (1989) as Ticket Taker

    Dick Tracy (1990) as Diner Patron

    Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991) as Wendel

    The Runestone (1991) as Stoddard

    Hook (1991) as Tootles

    Toys (1992) as Owen Owens

    Felidae (1994) as Jesaja (voice) (uncredited)

    A Little Princess (1995) as Charles Randolph

    Anastasia (1997) as Travelling Man / Major Domo (voice)

    The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998) as Mr. Ages (voice) (final film role)