Emerson Treacy

Emerson Treacy

Born: September 17, 1900
Died: January 10, 1967
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Emerson Treacy (September 17, 1900 – January 10, 1967) was a film, Broadway, and radio actor.

Treacy was teamed with comedienne Gay Seabrook to form the double-act Treacy and Seabrook. The team was very successful on radio and in theater during the early 1930s, with routines similar to those of real husband-and-wife team Burns and Allen.

Modern audiences will remember Treacy as the flustered father of Spanky McFarland in the Our Gang short films Bedtime Worries and Wild Poses.

Treacy played in dozens of other feature films, including small roles in Adam's Rib and The Wrong Man, as well as television programs such as The Lone Ranger, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Perry Mason.

Treacy died after undergoing surgery on January 10, 1967.

Movies for Emerson Treacy...

Lover Come Back
Title: Lover Come Back
Character: Magnuson, Ad Council Member (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1961
Type: Movie
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Title: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Character: George, the banker
Released: September 28, 1960
Type: Movie
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy Golden, and his son is a mama's boy. He finally storms out of the house when Cora falsely accuses him of having an affair with Mavis Pruitt.
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All the Fine Young Cannibals
Title: All the Fine Young Cannibals
Character: Minister (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1960
Type: Movie
An ambitious farm girl rushes into marriage with a rich man, almost destroying four lives in the process.
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Title: The Untouchables
Character: Reverend (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1959
Type: TV
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
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The Sound and the Fury
Title: The Sound and the Fury
Character: Selby
Released: March 27, 1959
Type: Movie
Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fortunes and respect.
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Title: Lawman
Character: Blinker
Released: October 5, 1958
Type: TV
Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during 1879 and the 1880s. Warner Bros. already had several western series on the air at the time, having launched Cheyenne with Clint Walker as early as 1955. The studio continued the trend in 1957 with the additions of Maverick with James Garner and Jack Kelly, Colt .45 with Wayde Preston, and Sugarfoot with Will Hutchins. One year later, Warner Bros. added Lawman and Bronco with Ty Hardin. Prior to the beginning of production, Russell and Brown and producer Jules Schermer made a pact to maintain the quality of the series so that it would not be seen as "just another western." At the start of season two, Russell and Brown were joined by Peggie Castle as Lily Merrill, the owner of the Birdcage Saloon, and a love interest for Dan.
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Title: Casey Jones
Character: Joe Greenleaf
Released: October 8, 1957
Type: TV
Television version of the classic train story of Casey Jones, the engineer of the steam-engine powered "Cannonball Express".
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Title: Wagon Train
Character: George Hankes
Released: September 18, 1957
Type: TV
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.
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Title: Sugarfoot
Character: Withers
Released: September 17, 1957
Type: TV
Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Jack Elam is cast in occasional episodes as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.
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A Hatful of Rain
Title: A Hatful of Rain
Character: Mr. Wagner - Celia's Office Manager (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1957
Type: Movie
A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
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The Wrong Man
Title: The Wrong Man
Character: Mr. Wendon - Insurance Manager (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1956
Type: Movie
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Deli Manager
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
Title: Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
Character: Dr. Petersen
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Drama showing the reactions of citizens of a small town to the construction of a nuclear energy plant in their community, and their acceptance of the peaceful aspects of atomic energy.
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Title: Letter to Loretta
Released: September 20, 1953
Type: TV
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
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Title: The Ford Television Theatre
Character: Mayor
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: TV
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
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Mutiny
Title: Mutiny
Character: Council Speaker
Released: March 5, 1952
Type: Movie
Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. As first mate, Marshall recruits Ben Waldridge, a cashiered former British Navy captain. Waldridge brings his former gun crew...who begin plotting mutiny as soon as they learn there'll be gold aboard. The gold duly arrives, and with it Waldridge's former sweetheart Leslie, who's fond of a bit of gold herself. Which side is Waldridge really on?
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Just This Once
Title: Just This Once
Character: Mr. Black
Released: February 27, 1952
Type: Movie
An heir of a vast fortune is deeply in debt because he spends faster than his very generous trust fund allows. There is a battle of wills between his selfish spendthrift was and the money manager which is is forced/tricked into appointing.
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Fort Worth
Title: Fort Worth
Character: Ben Garvin
Released: July 14, 1951
Type: Movie
Ex-gunfighter Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the civil war to help run a newspaper which is against ambitious men and their schemes for control.
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The Prowler
Title: The Prowler
Character: William Gilvray
Released: May 25, 1951
Type: Movie
Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the home of a married woman.
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Wyoming Mail
Title: Wyoming Mail
Character: Ben
Released: October 18, 1950
Type: Movie
In 1869, the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West Coast which proves highly tempting to train robbers, in particular an organized gang with one of the mail's supposed guardians in their pay. Prizefighter Steve Davis, a former army intelligence man, is hired to track down the gang and save the Territorial Mail Service. Steve goes undercover in territorial prison, leans Morse Code from a fellow prisoner, breaks jail, infiltrates the gang...and finds time to romance dance-hall singer Mary, who proves to have hidden depths...
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Anderson
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Adam's Rib
Title: Adam's Rib
Character: Jules Frikke
Released: November 18, 1949
Type: Movie
When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.
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Gone with the Wind
Title: Gone with the Wind
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1939
Type: Movie
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
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Invitation to Happiness
Title: Invitation to Happiness
Character: Photographer (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1939
Type: Movie
An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
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The Long Shot
Title: The Long Shot
Character: Henry Knox
Released: January 6, 1939
Type: Movie
A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents, the couple prepares to jointly enter the Santa Anita handicap. The odds are against their entry, but Hunt and Jones have every confidence of winning. Just before the starting bugle, gangsters intrude, demanding that the trainers throw the Big Race.
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Stand-In
Title: Stand-In
Character: Tommy
Released: October 29, 1937
Type: Movie
An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help from a former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio.
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The Grand Bounce
Title: The Grand Bounce
Character: Jimmy Clark (uncredited)
Released: May 22, 1937
Type: Movie
A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check was written on Friday afternoon, but cannot be cashed before the following Tuesday. The check is used to pay several debts until...
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California Straight Ahead
Title: California Straight Ahead
Character: Charlie Porter
Released: April 16, 1937
Type: Movie
A truck driver races a train to the West Coast in an attempt to determine which method of transportation is faster.
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Dr. Socrates
Title: Dr. Socrates
Character: Young Man
Released: October 19, 1935
Type: Movie
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.
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Honeymoon Limited
Title: Honeymoon Limited
Character: Bridegroom
Released: July 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a walking trip from New York to San Francisco.
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Eight Bells
Title: Eight Bells
Character: Sparks
Released: April 10, 1935
Type: Movie
A trustworthy captain is reduced in rank so that the owner's daughter's fiancé may take charge.
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Two Alone
Title: Two Alone
Character: Milt Pollard
Released: January 26, 1934
Type: Movie
Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like they way Slag has been looking at her lately.
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Wild Poses
Title: Wild Poses
Character: Emerson Treacy (Spanky's Dad)
Released: October 28, 1933
Type: Movie
Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.
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Bedtime Worries
Title: Bedtime Worries
Character: Emerson Treacy
Released: September 8, 1933
Type: Movie
Spanky's parents are trying unsuccessfully to get Spanky to spend a peaceful first night in his own room.
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Dream Stuff
Title: Dream Stuff
Character: Clarence
Released: May 11, 1933
Type: Movie
Walter Catlett is the cousin to some squeaky voiced Dagwood Bumstead type who can't get a girl. Can he browbeat his cousin into swiping pretty girl from accomplished gunman, boxer, and horseman Franklin Pangborn (!?), or is that just DREAM STUFF?
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Over the Counter
Title: Over the Counter
Character: Frederick 'Freddy' Drake
Released: October 15, 1932
Type: Movie
In this musical short, the son of a department store owner replaces the regular sales girls with chorus girls.
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Okay, America!
Title: Okay, America!
Character: Jerry Robbins
Released: September 8, 1932
Type: Movie
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
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The Mouthpiece
Title: The Mouthpiece
Character: Robert Wilson (Uncredited)
Released: March 21, 1932
Type: Movie
A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent.
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Once a Hero
Title: Once a Hero
Released: November 22, 1931
Type: Movie
A 1931 Comedy short.
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Once a Gentleman
Title: Once a Gentleman
Released: September 1, 1930
Type: Movie