Arthur (1981 film) followed by a sequel in 1988, "". Lead players Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, and John Gielgud, reprised their roles, as well as many supporting players such as Geraldine Fitzgerald, Barney Martin, and Ted Ross. It was first reported in 2008 that "Arthur" was to be remade by Warner Bros., with British actor/comedian Russell Brand in the lead role. Brand confirmed this during his March 10, 2009 appearance on "The Howard Stern Show". The remake was a critical and financial failure. This film had three Indian remakes. One was the 1984 Bollywood Hindi language film "Sharaabi" starring Amitabh Bachchan in the
Arthur Pierce Butler Arthur Pierce Butler Arthur Pierce Butler was an American teacher and educational administrator. Butler co-founded the Morristown School (now the Morristown-Beard School) in Morristown, New Jersey with former Harvard University classmates Francis Woodman and Thomas Quincy Brown. Butler was born to Edward Knowles Butler and Frances Elizabeth Lewis Pierce on April 21, 1866 in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from the Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1884. Butler then received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1888. Following his graduation from college, he began working for the Boston Woven Hose and Rubber Company. Butler