Lester Matthews

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1900-06-05

Place of Birth

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Lester Matthews

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.

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Acting History

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