Education
Treves attended the Nautical College, Pangbourne and during World World War II he served in the Merchant Navy.
Treves attended the Nautical College, Pangbourne and during World World War II he served in the Merchant Navy.
On his first voyage his ship, the freighter Waimarama, was involved in the Operation Pedestal convoy to Malta. The Waimarama was sunk on 13 August 1942 by German bombers, the aviation fuel on deck burst into flame and the ship exploded, with 80 of the 107 crew killed. Treves helped save several of his shipmates, including the only ship"s officer to survive the sinking, 3rd Wireless Operator John Jackson.
After the war he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Artist
In the David Lynch film The Elephant Manitoba, the surgeon is played by Anthony Hopkins and Treves himself appeared in the character of Alderman. His over a hundred television credits included roles in A Foreign Andromeda, The Cazalets, The Jewel in the Crown, A Dance to the Music of Time, The Politician"s Wife, To Play the King, Lipstick on Your Collar, Bomber Harris, Trevor Griffiths" version of The Cherry Orchard, David Edgar"s Destiny, The Naked Civil Servant and The Railway Children.
Treves also guested in many continuing dramas, such as Rosemary & Thyme, Monarch of the Glen, The Bill, The New Adventures of Black Beauty, Silent Witness, Kavanagh Queen's Counsel, Jeeves and Wooster, Inspector Morse, Agatha Christie"s Poirot, Lovejoy, Yes, Prime Minister, Bergerac, Midsomer Murders, Follyfoot, Mission Marple, Minder, Z-Cars, The Avengers, Doomwatch and in the Doctor Who story Meglos. His films included Freelance (1971), One Hour to Zero (1976), Sweeney 2 (1978), Charlie Muffin (1979), The Elephant Manitoba (1980), Nighthawks (1981), Defence of the Realm (1985), Paper Mask (1990), The Fool (1990), Afraid of the Dark (1991), Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995) and Sunshine (1999).
As well as screen appearances, he also had a wide stage and radio career, and appeared with the National Theatre from the late-1970s in David Hare"s Plenty, Bernard Shaw"s The Philanderer, Arnold Wesker"s Caritas, Eugene O"Neill"s The Iceman Cometh, and two Shakespeares - Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing (1981) and Menenius in Coriolanus (1984).