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:
- 101
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Creeping Shadows 1931-07-28
- Latest Project:
- Movie Hollywood Horror House 1970-01-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hollywood Horror House | Ira Jaffee | 1970-01-01 |
| Movie | The Scorpio Letters | Mr. Harris | 1967-09-01 |
| Movie | Assault on a Queen | Doctor | 1966-06-15 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Movie | By Love Possessed | Club Patron (uncredited) | 1961-07-19 |
| Movie | Walk Like a Dragon | Peter Mott | 1960-06-01 |
| Series | Philip Marlowe | Unknown | 1959-10-06 |
| Series | Behind Closed Doors | Unknown | 1958-10-02 |
| Series | How to Marry a Millionaire | Unknown | 1957-10-07 |
| Movie | Moonfleet | Major Hennishaw | 1955-06-24 |
| Movie | Flame of the Islands | Gus | 1955-12-04 |
| Movie | The Far Horizons | Mr. Hancock | 1955-07-04 |
| Movie | Jungle Man-Eaters | Comm. Kingston | 1954-06-01 |
| Series | December Bride | Unknown | 1954-10-04 |
| Movie | King Richard and the Crusaders | Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator | 1954-08-07 |
| Movie | Savage Mutiny | Maj. Walsh | 1953-02-03 |
| Series | You Are There | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | Fort Ti | Lord Jeffrey Amherst | 1953-04-30 |
| Movie | Trouble Along the Way | Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea | 1953-04-04 |
| Movie | Sangaree | Gen. Victor Darby | 1953-05-17 |
| Movie | Bad for Each Other | Dr. Homer Gleeson | 1953-12-24 |
| Movie | Young Bess | Sir William Paget | 1953-05-29 |
| Movie | The Brigand | Dr. Lopez | 1952-06-24 |
| Movie | Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land | Commissioner Kingston | 1952-03-17 |
| Movie | Lady In The Iron Mask | Prime Minister Rochard | 1952-07-04 |
| Movie | 5 Fingers | 1952-02-22 | |
| Movie | Les Miserables | Mentou Sr. (uncredited) | 1952-08-14 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Movie | Montana | George Forsythe | 1950-01-28 |
| Movie | Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Alan-A-Dale | 1950-06-21 |
| Movie | Free For All | Mr. Aberson | 1949-11-01 |
| Movie | Dark Delusion | Wyndham Grace | 1947-06-24 |
| Movie | Monsieur Verdoux | Prosecutor (uncredited) | 1947-09-26 |
| Movie | The Exile | Robbins | 1947-10-17 |
| Movie | Jungle Queen | Commissioner Braham Chatterton | 1945-01-22 |
| Movie | I Love a Mystery | Justin Reeves / Mr. G | 1945-01-25 |
| Movie | Two O'Clock Courage | Mark Evans | 1945-04-13 |
| Movie | Salty O'Rourke | Salesman | 1945-03-22 |
| Movie | Nine Girls | Horace Canfield | 1944-02-17 |
| Movie | Four Jills in a Jeep | Capt. Lloyd (uncredited) | 1944-03-17 |
| Movie | Shadows in the Night | Stanley Carter | 1944-07-27 |
| Movie | Between Two Worlds | Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited) | 1944-05-20 |
| Movie | The Invisible Man's Revenge | Sir Jasper Herrick | 1944-06-09 |
| Movie | London Blackout Murders | Oliver Madison | 1943-01-15 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Doctor | Dr. Frederick Holmes | 1943-03-03 |
| Movie | Northern Pursuit | Colonel (uncredited) | 1943-11-07 |
| Movie | Appointment in Berlin | Air Marshal (uncredited) | 1943-07-15 |
| Movie | Corvette K-225 | British Captain | 1943-09-29 |
| Movie | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Prosecutor | 1942-01-29 |
| Movie | The Pied Piper | Mr. Cavanaugh | 1942-08-21 |
| Movie | Manila Calling | Wayne Ralston | 1942-10-16 |
| Movie | Across the Pacific | Canadian Major | 1942-09-04 |
| Movie | Man Hunt | Major (uncredited) | 1941-06-13 |
| Movie | A Yank in the R.A.F. | Group Captain | 1941-09-26 |
| Movie | Northwest Passage | Sam Livermore | 1940-02-23 |
| Movie | Gaucho Serenade | Frederick Willoughby | 1940-05-09 |
| Movie | The Biscuit Eater | Mr. Ames | 1940-05-24 |
| Movie | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Mr. Lee | 1940-11-02 |
| Movie | The Sea Hawk | Guard Officer | 1940-08-10 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Duke of Buckingham | 1939-02-17 |
| Movie | Should a Girl Marry? | Dr. White | 1939-06-07 |
| Movie | Susannah of the Mounties | Harlan Chambers | 1939-06-13 |
| Movie | British Intelligence | Henry Thompson | 1939-11-10 |
| Movie | Rulers of the Sea | Lieut. Roberts | 1939-11-08 |
| Movie | Conspiracy | Gair - Henchman | 1939-08-01 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Ivor | 1938-05-13 |
| Movie | There's Always a Woman | Walter Fraser | 1938-04-20 |
| Movie | Mysterious Mr. Moto | Sir Charles Murchison | 1938-09-17 |
| Movie | Think It Over | Ring Leader | 1938-07-24 |
| Movie | Time Out for Murder | Phillip Gregory | 1938-09-25 |
| Movie | I Am a Criminal | District Attorney George Lane | 1938-12-07 |
| Movie | If I Were King | General Saliere | 1938-09-28 |
| Movie | The Prince and the Pauper | St. John | 1937-04-30 |
| Movie | Lancer Spy | Capt. Neville | 1937-10-08 |
| Movie | Too Many Parents | Mark Stewart | 1936-03-19 |
| Movie | Song and Dance Man | C. B. Nelson | 1936-03-11 |
| Movie | Thank You, Jeeves! | Elliott Manville | 1936-10-04 |
| Movie | Crack-Up | Sidney Grant | 1936-12-14 |
| Movie | 15 Maiden Lane | Gilbert Lockhart | 1936-10-16 |
| Movie | Lloyd's of London | Captain Hardy | 1936-11-25 |
| 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 | 1933-12-23 |
| Movie | Fires of Fate | Lt. Col Egerton | 1932-09-06 |
| Movie | Indiscretions of Eve | Ralph | 1932-09-12 |
| Movie | Her Night Out | Gerald Vickery | 1932-10-11 |
| Movie | Creeping Shadows | Brian Nash | 1931-07-28 |
| Movie | The Man at Six | Campbell Edwards | 1931-08-01 |
| Movie | Gipsy Blood | Zuniga | 1931-10-30 |
| Movie | The Old Man | Keith Keller | 1931-12-15 |
| Movie | The Wickham Mystery | Charles Wickham | 1931-10-19 |