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Arthur Malet
Malet in theDallas episode "Three, Three, Three: Part 1" in 1990
Born	Vivian Arthur Rivers Malet (1927-09-24)24 September 1927 Lee-on-the-Solent,Hampshire, England[1]
Died	18 May 2013(2013-05-18) (aged 85) Santa Monica,California, USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1956–1998 (retired)

Arthur Malet (24 September 1927 – 18 May 2013) was an English actor.^[2] He was known for his filmsMary Poppins (1964),Halloween (1978),The Secret of NIMH (1982), andHook (1991). His last film role wasThe Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998), in which he voiced Mr. Ages.

Vivian Arthur Rivers Malet was born on 24 September 1927 inLee-on-the-Solent,Hampshire, England, the son of Henry Guy Rivers Malet and Olga Muriel Balfour; a scion of theMalet baronets.^{[3][page needed]} 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., inDisney'sMary Poppins (1964), and King Eidilleg in Disney's 1985 animated filmThe Black Cauldron.

He played undertaker Ted Ulam inNorman Jewison's 1967 filmIn the Heat of the Night, and Joe Fenwick in a 1972 episode ofColumbo, "Dagger of the Mind". He went on to play a village elder inMel Brooks'sYoung Frankenstein in 1974, the graveyard keeper inJohn Carpenter'sHalloween in 1978, a houseman in the 1984 filmOh God, You Devil, Tootles in 1991'sHook, and Owen Owens in the 1992 filmToys.^[4]

His appearances on television included episodes ofThe 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 andDallas. In 1965 he appeared as murder victim Ralph Day in thePerry Mason episode, "The Case of the Golden Venom". He played a vagrant who claimed to have stolen Aunt Bea's pin onThe Andy Griffith Show in 1966. In 1969 Malet appeared as the night clerk on the TV seriesThe Virginian in the episode titled "Journey to Scathelock". In 1995, he portrayed Charles Randolph inA Little Princess. In 1997, he did voice work inAnastasia. He voiced the character of "Mr. Ages" inThe Secret of NIMH in 1982 and reprised the role inThe Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue in 1998. Malet had a regular role on the short-lived 1983television adaptation of the filmCasablanca.^{[citation needed]}

Malet died on 18 May 2013 at age 85, inSanta Monica,California, USA.^[5]

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