Arthur Malet

Vivian Arthur Rivers Malet (24 September 1927 – 18 May 2013) was an English actor. He was known for his films Mary Poppins, Halloween (1978), The Secret of NIMH (1982), and Hook (1991). His last film role was The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998), in which he voiced Mr. Ages.

Life and career Vivian Arthur Rivers Malet was born on 24 September 1927 in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England, the son of Henry Guy Rivers Malet and Olga Muriel Balfour; a scion of the Malet baronets. 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. He came to prominence in 1960s films, often playing characters much older than his real age, such as Mr. Dawes, Jr., in Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), and King Eidilleg in Disney's 1985 animated film The Black Cauldron.

He played undertaker Ted Ulam in Norman Jewison's 1967 film In the Heat of the Night, and Joe Fenwick in a 1972 episode of Columbo, "Dagger of the Mind". He went on to play a village elder in Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein in 1974, the graveyard keeper in John Carpenter's Halloween in 1978, a houseman in the 1984 film Oh God, You Devil, Tootles in 1991's Hook, and Owen Owens in the 1992 film Toys.

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), Gunsmoke (S10E16’s “Run Sheep, Run” in 1964), Bewitched ("The Trial and Error of Aunt Clara"; originally aired 2 February 1967), Wonder Woman 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. In 1997, he did voice work in Anastasia. He voiced the character of "Mr. Ages" in The Secret of NIMH in 1982 and reprised the role in The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue in 1998. Malet had a regular role on the short-lived 1983 television adaptation of the film Casablanca.

Death Malet died on 18 May 2013 at age 85, in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Filmography

Television Year Title Role Notes1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Dr. Larson Season 6 Episode 26: "Coming, Mama" 1962 Gunsmoke Farnum Season 7 Episode 34: "The Boys" 1962 The Rifleman Jeremy Pennebroke Season 4 Episode 18: "Sporting Chance"1962 Dennis the Menace Dr. Carl Cadwell / Dr. Cecil Cadwell Season 3 Episode 29: "Wilson Goes to the Dentist"1962 The Untouchables Brother Adam Season 3 Episode 26: "Pressure"1963 The Untouchables Mission Man Season 4 Episode 25: "The Giant Killer"1963 Dennis the Menace Reverend Stone Season 4 Episode 16: "Wilson's Little White Lie" (uncredited)1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Burke Season 3 Episode 7: "The McGregor Affair" 1965 The Dick Van Dyke Show Engineer Season 4 Episode 27: "Never Bathe on Saturday"1965 Rawhide T. Reginald Wingate Season 7 Episode 16: "A Time for Waiting"1965 Perry Mason Ralph Day Season 8 Episode 17: "The Case of the Golden Venom"1965 Gunsmoke “Nester” Cox Season 10 Episode 16: "Run, Sheep, Run" 1966 The Andy Griffith Show Vagrant Season 6 Episode 19: "Lost and Found"1966 The Andy Griffith Show Purvis Season 6 Episode 29: "The Battle of Mayberry"1966 The Wild Wild West Doc Keyno Season 1 Episode 16: "The Night of the Steel Assassin"1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Professor Kenton Season 3 Episode 14: "The My Friend the Gorilla Affair"1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. White Hunter Season 4 Episode 4: "The Prince of Darkness Affair: Part 1"1967 Bewitched Judge Bean Season 3 Episode 21: "The Trial and Error of Aunt Clara"1967 The Monkees Curator Season 2 Episode 5: "Art, for Monkees' Sake"1967 The Wild Wild West Doc Keyno Season 3 Episode 9: "The Night of the Circus of Death"1968 Bonanza Tingle the Barber Season 10 Episode 7: "Catch as Catch Can"1969 The Wild Wild West Professor Montague Season 4 Episode 18: "The Night of the Janus"1969 The Virginian Night Clerk Season 8 Episode 12: "Journey to Scathelock" 1969 I Dream of Jeannie Uncle Vasmir Season 5 Episode 10: "Uncle a Go-Go"1970 Mission: Impossible Undertaker Season 5 Episode 8: "Decoy"1970 Night Gallery Ennis Season 1 Episode 2: (segment) "The Little Black Bag"1971 Night Gallery Abel Joyce Season 2 Episode 12: (segment) "Camera Obscura"1972 Columbo Fenwick Season 2 Episode 4: "Dagger of the Mind"1973 Gunsmoke Oldtimer Season 19 Episode 11: "The Hanging of Newly O'Brien" 1973 Hawaii Five-O Artie Boland Season 5 Episode 24: "Jury of One"1976 Monster Squad The Wizard Season 1 Episode 9: "The Wizard"1978 Police Woman Gardener Season 4 Episode 21: "Flip of a Coin"1979 Charlie's Angels James Hannah Season 3 Episode 15: "Disco Angels"1979 Wonder Woman Professor Zander Season 3 Episode 18: "A Date with Doomsday"1981 Dallas Mr. Forest Season 5 Episode 4: "Little Boy Lost"1982 Dallas Mr. Forest Season 5 Episode 22: "Vengeance"1982 Dallas Forest Season 5 Episode 24: "The Investigation"1982 CHiPs Junkman Season 5 Episode 19: "Silent Partner"1983 Casablanca Carl 5 episodes: (1) "Who Am I Killing?"; (2) "Master Builder's Woman"; (3) "Jenny"; (4) "The Cashier and the Belly Dancer"; (5) "Divorce Casablanca Style"1990 Dallas Ryan Season 13 Episode 26: "Three, Three, Three: Part 1"1990 Dallas Ryan Season 13 Episode 27: "Three, Three, Three: Part 2"1990 Dallas Ryan Season 14 Episode 1: "April in Paris"1990 Dallas Ryan Season 14 Episode 2: "Charade"1990 Dallas Ryan Season 14 Episode 3: "One Last Kiss"