Arthur (1981 film) won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Co-written by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen, it was performed by Christopher Cross. Sir John Gielgud also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The film was nominated for two other Academy Awards. Arthur Bach is a spoiled alcoholic from New York City, who likes to be driven in his chauffeured Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith limousine through Central Park. Arthur is heir to a portion of his family's vast fortune, which he is told will be his, only if he marries the upper class Susan Johnson, the daughter
Arthur Treacher (with over-the-title name billing) in the original Broadway production of Lerner and Loewe's musical play "Camelot", and he remained with the show through the Chicago engagement and post-Broadway tour that ended during August 1964. From the mid-1950's on, Treacher became a familiar figure on American television as a guest on talk shows and panel games, including "The Tonight Show", "I've Got a Secret", and "The Garry Moore Show". In 1964, Treacher was cast in the role of Constable Jones in the hugely successful Walt Disney movie "Mary Poppins". That same year, he played the role of stuffy English butler Arthur