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:
- 104
- 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 | The Far Horizons | Mr. Hancock | 1955-07-04 |
| Movie | Flame of the Islands | Gus | 1955-12-04 |
| Movie | Charge of the Lancers | Gen. Stanhope | 1954-02-01 |
| 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 | Désirée | Caulaincourt (uncredited) | 1954-11-16 |
| 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 | Against All Flags | Sir Cloudsley | 1952-12-24 |
| Movie | Les Miserables | Mentou Sr. (uncredited) | 1952-08-14 |
| 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 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 | The Lady and the Bandit | Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator | 1951-08-13 |
| 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 | Four Jills in a Jeep | Capt. Lloyd (uncredited) | 1944-03-17 |
| Movie | Between Two Worlds | Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited) | 1944-05-20 |
| Movie | Nine Girls | Horace Canfield | 1944-02-17 |
| Movie | The Invisible Man's Revenge | Sir Jasper Herrick | 1944-06-09 |
| Movie | Shadows in the Night | Stanley Carter | 1944-07-27 |
| Movie | Appointment in Berlin | Air Marshal (uncredited) | 1943-07-15 |
| Movie | London Blackout Murders | Oliver Madison | 1943-01-15 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Doctor | Dr. Frederick Holmes | 1943-03-03 |
| Movie | Corvette K-225 | British Captain | 1943-09-29 |
| Movie | Northern Pursuit | Colonel (uncredited) | 1943-11-07 |
| Movie | The Pied Piper | Mr. Cavanaugh | 1942-08-21 |
| Movie | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Prosecutor | 1942-01-29 |
| Movie | Desperate Journey | 1942-09-26 | |
| 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 | The Biscuit Eater | Mr. Ames | 1940-05-24 |
| Movie | Gaucho Serenade | Frederick Willoughby | 1940-05-09 |
| Movie | The Sea Hawk | Guard Officer | 1940-08-10 |
| Movie | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Mr. Lee | 1940-11-02 |
| Movie | Should a Girl Marry? | Dr. White | 1939-06-07 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Duke of Buckingham | 1939-02-17 |
| Movie | Susannah of the Mounties | Harlan Chambers | 1939-06-13 |
| Movie | Rulers of the Sea | Lieut. Roberts | 1939-11-08 |
| Movie | British Intelligence | Henry Thompson | 1939-11-10 |
| 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 | Think It Over | Ring Leader | 1938-07-24 |
| Movie | If I Were King | General Saliere | 1938-09-28 |
| Movie | Mysterious Mr. Moto | Sir Charles Murchison | 1938-09-17 |
| Movie | I Am a Criminal | District Attorney George Lane | 1938-12-07 |
| Movie | Time Out for Murder | Phillip Gregory | 1938-09-25 |
| 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 | 1934-07-06 |
| Movie | The Song You Gave Me | Max Winter | 1933-07-01 |
| 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 |