Lester Matthews
Acting • Born 1900-06-05 – Died 1975-06-06
Biography
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.
Filmography
165 credits
Werewolf of London
Movie • 1935
Paul Ames
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Movie • 1944
Sir Jasper Herrick
Man in the Attic
Movie • 1953
Chief Insp. Melville
Savage Intruder
Movie • 1970
Ira Jaffee
Mysterious Mr. Moto
Movie • 1938
Sir Charles Murchison
Moonfleet
Movie • 1955
Major Hennishaw
Assault on a Queen
Movie • 1966
Doctor
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie • 1937
St. John
Two O'Clock Courage
Movie • 1945
Mark Evans
Against All Flags
Movie • 1952
Sir Cloudsley
Manila Calling
Movie • 1942
Wayne Ralston
The Raven
Movie • 1935
Dr. Jerry Holden
Across the Pacific
Movie • 1942
Canadian Major
I Love a Mystery
Movie • 1945
Justin Reeves / Mr. G
I Am a Criminal
Movie • 1938
District Attorney George Lane
King Richard and the Crusaders
Movie • 1954
Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
Bad for Each Other
Movie • 1953
Dr. Homer Gleeson
The Pied Piper
Movie • 1942
Mr. Cavanaugh
The Mysterious Doctor
Movie • 1943
Dr. Frederick Holmes
Two Tickets to London
Movie • 1943
Treathcote (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep
Movie • 1944
Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
Movie • 1943
Colonel (uncredited)
Captain Pirate
Movie • 1952
Col. Ramsey
Les Miserables
Movie • 1952
Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
London Blackout Murders
Movie • 1943
Oliver Madison
Lancer Spy
Movie • 1937
Capt. Neville
Salty O'Rourke
Movie • 1945
Salesman
If I Were King
Movie • 1938
General Saliere
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Movie • 1951
Sir John Utterson
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
Movie • 1952
Commissioner Kingston
Called Back
Movie • 1933
Gilbert Vaughan
Think It Over
Movie • 1938
Ring Leader
Jungle Man-Eaters
Movie • 1954
Comm. Kingston
Professional Soldier
Movie • 1935
Prince Edric
Flame of the Islands
Movie • 1955
Gus
Too Many Parents
Movie • 1936
Mark Stewart
Borrowed Clothes
Movie • 1934
Sir Harry Torrent
The Brigand
Movie • 1952
Dr. Lopez
Lorna Doone
Movie • 1951
King Charles II
Operation Secret
Movie • 1952
Robbins
Fort Ti
Movie • 1953
Lord Jeffrey Amherst
Savage Mutiny
Movie • 1953
Maj. Walsh
Jungle Queen
Movie • 1945
Commissioner Braham Chatterton
Crack-Up
Movie • 1936
Sidney Grant
Three Loves Has Nancy
Movie • 1938
Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart
Gipsy Blood
Movie • 1931
Zuniga
There's Always a Woman
Movie • 1938
Walter Fraser
Blossom Time
Movie • 1934
Schwindt
Conspiracy
Movie • 1939
Gair - Henchman
The Scorpio Letters
Movie • 1967
Mr. Harris
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1939
Duke of Buckingham
Susannah of the Mounties
Movie • 1939
Harlan Chambers
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Movie • 1941
Group Captain
The Desert Rats
Movie • 1953
Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
The Song You Gave Me
Movie • 1933
Max Winter
Facing The Music
Movie • 1933
Becker
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Movie • 1951
British Officer (uncredited)
Appointment in Berlin
Movie • 1943
Air Marshal (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Movie • 1940
Mr. Lee
5 Fingers
Movie • 1952
Song and Dance Man
Movie • 1936
C. B. Nelson
Should a Girl Marry?
Movie • 1939
Dr. White
Free For All
Movie • 1949
Mr. Aberson
Monsieur Verdoux
Movie • 1947
Prosecutor (uncredited)
British Intelligence
Movie • 1939
Henry Thompson
Thank You, Jeeves!
Movie • 1936
Elliott Manville
15 Maiden Lane
Movie • 1936
Gilbert Lockhart
The Biscuit Eater
Movie • 1940
Mr. Ames
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Movie • 1938
Sir Ivor
Gaucho Serenade
Movie • 1940
Frederick Willoughby
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Movie • 1950
Alan-A-Dale
Northwest Passage
Movie • 1940
Sam Livermore
The Sea Hawk
Movie • 1940
Guard Officer
Niagara
Movie • 1953
Doctor (uncredited)
Montana
Movie • 1950
George Forsythe
Trouble Along the Way
Movie • 1953
Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
Ten Wanted Men
Movie • 1955
Adam Stewart
Creeping Shadows
Movie • 1931
Brian Nash
Rulers of the Sea
Movie • 1939
Lieut. Roberts
The Man at Six
Movie • 1931
Campbell Edwards
Fires of Fate
Movie • 1932
Lt. Col Egerton
The Old Man
Movie • 1931
Keith Keller
The Wickham Mystery
Movie • 1931
Charles Wickham
Her Night Out
Movie • 1932
Gerald Vickery
Indiscretions of Eve
Movie • 1932
Ralph
Dark Delusion
Movie • 1947
Wyndham Grace
Nine Girls
Movie • 1944
Horace Canfield
Tyrant of the Sea
Movie • 1950
Horatio Nelson
Lady in the Iron Mask
Movie • 1952
Prime Minister Rochard
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Movie • 1947
Shannon Eskdale
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Movie • 1942
Prosecutor
Time Out for Murder
Movie • 1938
Phillip Gregory
Shadows in the Night
Movie • 1944
Stanley Carter
Sangaree
Movie • 1953
Gen. Victor Darby
Corvette K-225
Movie • 1943
British Captain
The Lady and the Bandit
Movie • 1951
Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator
The Exile
Movie • 1947
Robbins
Lloyd's of London
Movie • 1936
Captain Hardy
On Secret Service
Movie • 1933
Coloneilo Romanelli
Young Bess
Movie • 1953
Sir William Paget
Man Hunt
Movie • 1941
Major (uncredited)
By Love Possessed
Movie • 1961
Club Patron (uncredited)
Between Two Worlds
Movie • 1944
Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)
Walk Like a Dragon
Movie • 1960
Peter Mott
The Far Horizons
Movie • 1955
Mr. Hancock
Objective, Burma!
Movie • 1945
British Maj. Fitzpatrick
She Was Only A Village Maiden
Movie • 1933
Frampton
The Stolen Necklace
Movie • 1933
Clive Wingate
The Melody-Maker
Movie • 1933
Tony Borrodaile
Désirée
Movie • 1954
Caulaincourt (uncredited)
Charge of the Lancers
Movie • 1954
Gen. Stanhope
Desperate Journey
Movie • 1942
A Global Affair
Movie • 1964
British Delegate (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear
Movie • 1944
Dr. Norton at Lembridge Asylum (uncredited)
Family Affair
TV • 1966
December Bride
TV • 1954
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Inspector Campbell
Philip Marlowe
TV • 1959
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Larkins
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Major
Yancy Derringer
TV • 1958
Jerrison Ames
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Frank Grace
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Prison Governor
Ford Theatre
TV • 1948
You Are There
TV • 1953
Racket Squad
TV • 1951
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
TV • 1959
The Rogues
TV • 1964
Bailiff
Dr. Fu Manchu
TV • 1956
Sir Denis Nayland Smith
Coronado 9
TV • 1960
How to Marry a Millionaire
TV • 1957
Behind Closed Doors
TV • 1958
Colonel Brookston
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
Mr. Burke
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
Mr. Larkin
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
Mr. Thomas Marshall
Public Defender
TV • 1954
Mr. Harrington
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
Professor Hopkins
Public Defender
TV • 1954
Ben Pearce
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
Mr. Duffy
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
Mr. Buzby
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
Mr. Fortune
Cameo Theatre
TV • 1950
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
John Hillgrove
Angel
TV • 1960
Charles
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Mr. Fleming Pendleton
Hazel
TV • 1961
Reginald Archibald
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Gregory Benton
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Lord Van Cleve
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Carlton
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Civil Defense Man
Passport to Danger
TV • 1954
U.S. Consul Charlie Edmunds
The Pruitts of Southampton
TV • 1966
Butler
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Forrester
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Pillsbury
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Inspector T. Carnahan
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Mr. Craythrope
Father Knows Best
TV • 1954
Major Alden
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Sylvester
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Referee
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Sponsor
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Winston More
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
Omnibus
TV • 1952
The Chief
Ripcord
TV • 1961
Hugh Olds
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952