Lester Matthews
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lester Matthews (June 6, 1900 - June 5, 1975) was an English actor born in Nottingham, England, UK. In his career, he made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was on occasion erroneously credited as Lester Mathews and especially in later years was sometimes known as Les Matthews. He died on the 6 June 1975 in Los Angeles, California. He was cremated. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean. He appeared on television many times including an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour entitled "Completely Foolproof" (original air date: March 29, 1965). Description above from the Wikipedia Lester Matthews, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jun 6, 1900 In Nottingham, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 115
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Creeping Shadows 1931-07-28
- Latest Project:
- Movie Savage Intruder 1970-01-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Savage Intruder | Ira Jaffee | 1970-01-01 |
| Movie | The Scorpio Letters | Mr. Harris | 1967-09-01 |
| Series | Family Affair | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
| Movie | Assault on a Queen | Doctor | 1966-06-15 |
| Movie | Mary Poppins | Mr. Tomes (uncredited) | 1964-12-17 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
| Movie | By Love Possessed | Club Patron (uncredited) | 1961-07-19 |
| Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
| Series | Coronado 9 | Unknown | 1960-09-06 |
| Movie | Walk Like a Dragon | Peter Mott | 1960-06-01 |
| Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Series | Yancy Derringer | Unknown | 1958-10-02 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Series | Dr. Fu Manchu | Sir Denis Nayland Smith | 1956-09-03 |
| Movie | Flame of the Islands | Gus | 1955-12-04 |
| Movie | The Far Horizons | Mr. Hancock | 1955-07-04 |
| Movie | Moonfleet | Major Hennishaw | 1955-06-24 |
| Movie | Ten Wanted Men | Adam Stewart | 1955-02-01 |
| Movie | King Richard and the Crusaders | Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator | 1954-08-07 |
| Movie | Jungle Man-Eaters | Comm. Kingston | 1954-06-01 |
| Movie | Sangaree | Gen. Victor Darby | 1953-05-17 |
| Movie | Niagara | Doctor (uncredited) | 1953-01-26 |
| Movie | Savage Mutiny | Maj. Walsh | 1953-02-03 |
| Movie | Trouble Along the Way | Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea | 1953-04-04 |
| Movie | The Desert Rats | Foreign Secretary (uncredited) | 1953-05-20 |
| Movie | Bad for Each Other | Dr. Homer Gleeson | 1953-12-24 |
| Movie | Fort Ti | Lord Jeffrey Amherst | 1953-04-30 |
| Movie | Man in the Attic | Chief Insp. Melville | 1953-12-23 |
| Movie | Young Bess | Sir William Paget | 1953-05-29 |
| Movie | Against All Flags | Sir Cloudsley | 1952-12-24 |
| Movie | Operation Secret | Robbins | 1952-11-05 |
| Movie | Captain Pirate | Col. Ramsey | 1952-08-27 |
| Movie | Les Miserables | Mentou Sr. (uncredited) | 1952-08-14 |
| Movie | Lady In The Iron Mask | Prime Minister Rochard | 1952-07-04 |
| Movie | The Brigand | Dr. Lopez | 1952-06-24 |
| Movie | Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land | Commissioner Kingston | 1952-03-17 |
| Movie | 5 Fingers | 1952-02-22 | |
| Movie | Lorna Doone | King Charles II | 1951-05-31 |
| Series | Racket Squad | Unknown | 1951-06-07 |
| Movie | The Lady and the Bandit | Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator | 1951-08-13 |
| Movie | The Son of Dr. Jekyll | Sir John Utterson | 1951-10-31 |
| Movie | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | British Officer (uncredited) | 1951-10-16 |
| Series | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Unknown | 1950-10-12 |
| Movie | Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Alan-A-Dale | 1950-06-21 |
| Movie | Tyrant of the Sea | Horatio Nelson | 1950-02-22 |
| Movie | Montana | George Forsythe | 1950-01-28 |
| Movie | Free For All | Mr. Aberson | 1949-11-01 |
| Movie | The Exile | Robbins | 1947-10-17 |
| Movie | Monsieur Verdoux | Prosecutor (uncredited) | 1947-09-26 |
| Movie | Dark Delusion | Wyndham Grace | 1947-06-24 |
| Movie | Bulldog Drummond at Bay | Shannon Eskdale | 1947-05-15 |
| Movie | I Love a Mystery | Justin Reeves / Mr. G | 1945-01-25 |
| Movie | Jungle Queen | Commissioner Braham Chatterton | 1945-01-22 |
| Movie | Objective, Burma! | British Maj. Fitzpatrick | 1945-02-17 |
| Movie | Two O'Clock Courage | Mark Evans | 1945-04-13 |
| Movie | Salty O'Rourke | Salesman | 1945-03-22 |
| Movie | Shadows in the Night | Stanley Carter | 1944-07-27 |
| Movie | The Invisible Man's Revenge | Sir Jasper Herrick | 1944-06-09 |
| Movie | Between Two Worlds | Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited) | 1944-05-20 |
| Movie | Four Jills in a Jeep | Capt. Lloyd (uncredited) | 1944-03-17 |
| Movie | Nine Girls | Horace Canfield | 1944-02-17 |
| Movie | Northern Pursuit | Colonel (uncredited) | 1943-11-07 |
| Movie | Corvette K-225 | British Captain | 1943-09-29 |
| Movie | Appointment in Berlin | Air Marshal (uncredited) | 1943-07-15 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Doctor | Dr. Frederick Holmes | 1943-03-03 |
| Movie | London Blackout Murders | Oliver Madison | 1943-01-15 |
| Movie | The Pied Piper | Mr. Cavanaugh | 1942-08-21 |
| Movie | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Prosecutor | 1942-01-29 |
| Movie | Across the Pacific | Canadian Major | 1942-09-04 |
| Movie | Manila Calling | Wayne Ralston | 1942-10-16 |
| Movie | A Yank in the R.A.F. | Group Captain | 1941-09-26 |
| Movie | Man Hunt | 1941-06-13 | |
| Movie | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Mr. Lee | 1940-11-02 |
| Movie | The Sea Hawk | Guard Officer | 1940-08-10 |
| Movie | The Biscuit Eater | Mr. Ames | 1940-05-24 |
| Movie | Gaucho Serenade | Frederick Willoughby | 1940-05-09 |
| Movie | Northwest Passage | Sam Livermore | 1940-02-23 |
| Movie | Should a Girl Marry? | Dr. White | 1939-06-07 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Duke of Buckingham | 1939-02-17 |
| Movie | British Intelligence | Henry Thompson | 1939-11-10 |
| Movie | Susannah of the Mounties | Harlan Chambers | 1939-06-13 |
| Movie | Conspiracy | Gair - Henchman | 1939-08-01 |
| Movie | Rulers of the Sea | Lieut. Roberts | 1939-11-08 |
| Movie | Think It Over | Ring Leader | 1938-07-24 |
| Movie | There's Always a Woman | Walter Fraser | 1938-04-20 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Ivor | 1938-05-13 |
| Movie | I Am a Criminal | District Attorney George Lane | 1938-12-07 |
| Movie | Three Loves Has Nancy | Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart | 1938-09-02 |
| Movie | Mysterious Mr. Moto | Sir Charles Murchison | 1938-09-17 |
| Movie | Time Out for Murder | Phillip Gregory | 1938-09-25 |
| Movie | If I Were King | General Saliere | 1938-09-28 |
| Movie | Lancer Spy | Capt. Neville | 1937-10-08 |
| Movie | The Prince and the Pauper | St. John | 1937-04-30 |
| Movie | Crack-Up | Sidney Grant | 1936-12-14 |
| Movie | Lloyd's of London | Captain Hardy | 1936-11-25 |
| Movie | 15 Maiden Lane | Gilbert Lockhart | 1936-10-16 |
| Movie | Thank You, Jeeves! | Elliott Manville | 1936-10-04 |
| Movie | Too Many Parents | Mark Stewart | 1936-03-19 |
| Movie | Song and Dance Man | C. B. Nelson | 1936-03-11 |
| Movie | Werewolf of London | Paul Ames | 1935-05-13 |
| Movie | The Raven | Dr. Jerry Holden | 1935-07-08 |
| Movie | Professional Soldier | Prince Edric | 1935-12-27 |
| Movie | Blossom Time | Schwindt | 1934-01-01 |
| Movie | The Song You Gave Me | Max Winter | 1933-01-01 |
| Movie | Facing The Music | Becker | 1933-01-01 |
| Movie | Her Night Out | Gerald Vickery | 1932-10-11 |
| Movie | Indiscretions of Eve | Ralph | 1932-09-12 |
| Movie | Fires of Fate | Lt. Col Egerton | 1932-09-06 |
| Movie | The Old Man | Keith Keller | 1931-12-15 |
| Movie | Gipsy Blood | Zuniga | 1931-10-30 |
| Movie | The Wickham Mystery | Charles Wickham | 1931-10-19 |
| Movie | The Man at Six | Campbell Edwards | 1931-08-01 |
| Movie | Creeping Shadows | Brian Nash | 1931-07-28 |