
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.
Gallery





Known For
Acting History
1970
Savage Intruder as Ira Jaffee
1968Adam-12 as Gregory Benton
1968The Name of the Game as Winston More
1967The Scorpio Letters as Mr. Harris
1966Family Affair
1966The Pruitts of Southampton as Butler
1966Assault on a Queen as Doctor
1964Daniel Boone as Major
1964The Rogues as Bailiff
1964A Global Affair as British Delegate (uncredited)
1962The Lucy Show as Lord Van Cleve
1962The Beverly Hillbillies as Mr. Fleming Pendleton
1961Hazel as Reginald Archibald
1961Ripcord as Hugh Olds
1961By Love Possessed as Club Patron (uncredited)
1960Surfside 6 as Inspector Campbell
1960Angel as Charles
1960Coronado 9
1960Walk Like a Dragon as Peter Mott
1959Philip Marlowe
1959The Dennis O'Keefe Show
1959Bonanza as Forrester
1959One Step Beyond as Prison Governor
1959One Step Beyond as Civil Defense Man
1959Rawhide as Larkins
195877 Sunset Strip as Pillsbury
195877 Sunset Strip as Mr. Craythrope
195877 Sunset Strip as Inspector T. Carnahan
1958Yancy Derringer as Jerrison Ames
1958Behind Closed Doors as Colonel Brookston
1957How to Marry a Millionaire
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Frank Grace
1956Dr. Fu Manchu as Sir Denis Nayland Smith
1956Telephone Time
1955Flame of the Islands as Gus
1955The Far Horizons as Mr. Hancock
1955Moonfleet as Major Hennishaw
1955Ten Wanted Men as Adam Stewart
1954Désirée as Caulaincourt (uncredited)
1954December Bride
1954Father Knows Best as Major Alden
1954King Richard and the Crusaders as Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
1954Jungle Man-Eaters as Comm. Kingston
1954Passport to Danger as U.S. Consul Charlie Edmunds
1954Public Defender as Ben Pearce
1954Public Defender as Mr. Harrington
1954Charge of the Lancers as Gen. Stanhope
1953Bad for Each Other as Dr. Homer Gleeson
1953Man in the Attic as Chief Insp. Melville
1953Young Bess as Sir William Paget
1953Sangaree as Gen. Victor Darby
1953Fort Ti as Lord Jeffrey Amherst
1953Trouble Along the Way as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
1953The Desert Rats as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
1953Savage Mutiny as Maj. Walsh
1953You Are There
1953Niagara as Doctor (uncredited)
1952Against All Flags as Sir Cloudsley
1952Omnibus as The Chief
1952Operation Secret as Robbins
1952The Ford Television Theatre as Carlton
1952The Ford Television Theatre
1952Captain Pirate as Col. Ramsey
1952Les Miserables as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
1952Lady in the Iron Mask as Prime Minister Rochard
1952The Brigand as Dr. Lopez
1952Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land as Commissioner Kingston
19525 Fingers
1951The Son of Dr. Jekyll as Sir John Utterson
1951The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel as British Officer (uncredited)
1951The Red Skelton Show as Sylvester
1951The Lady and the Bandit as Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator
1951Racket Squad
1951Lorna Doone as King Charles II
1950The Jack Benny Program as Referee
1950The Jack Benny Program as Sponsor
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Professor Hopkins
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mr. Duffy
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mr. Buzby
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mr. Larkin
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mr. Burke
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mr. Thomas Marshall
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mr. Fortune
1950Lux Video Theatre as John Hillgrove
1950Rogues of Sherwood Forest as Alan-A-Dale
1950Cameo Theatre
1950Tyrant of the Sea as Horatio Nelson
1950Montana as George Forsythe
1949Free For All as Mr. Aberson
1948Ford Theatre
1947The Exile as Robbins
1947Monsieur Verdoux as Prosecutor (uncredited)
1947Dark Delusion as Wyndham Grace
1947Bulldog Drummond at Bay as Shannon Eskdale
1945Two O'Clock Courage as Mark Evans
1945Salty O'Rourke as Salesman
1945Objective, Burma! as British Maj. Fitzpatrick
1945I Love a Mystery as Justin Reeves / Mr. G
1945Jungle Queen as Commissioner Braham Chatterton
1944Shadows in the Night as Stanley Carter
1944The Invisible Man's Revenge as Sir Jasper Herrick
1944Between Two Worlds as Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)
1944Four Jills in a Jeep as Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)
1944Nine Girls as Horace Canfield
1943Northern Pursuit as Colonel (uncredited)
1943Corvette K-225 as British Captain
1943Appointment in Berlin as Air Marshal (uncredited)
1943Two Tickets to London as Treathcote (uncredited)
1943The Mysterious Doctor as Dr. Frederick Holmes
1943London Blackout Murders as Oliver Madison
1942Manila Calling as Wayne Ralston
1942Desperate Journey
1942Across the Pacific as Canadian Major
1942The Pied Piper as Mr. Cavanaugh
1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Prosecutor
1941A Yank in the R.A.F. as Group Captain
1941Man Hunt as Major (uncredited)
1940The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Mr. Lee
1940The Sea Hawk as Guard Officer
1940The Biscuit Eater as Mr. Ames
1940Gaucho Serenade as Frederick Willoughby
1940Northwest Passage as Sam Livermore
1939British Intelligence as Henry Thompson
1939Rulers of the Sea as Lieut. Roberts
1939Conspiracy as Gair - Henchman
1939Susannah of the Mounties as Harlan Chambers
1939Should a Girl Marry? as Dr. White
1939The Three Musketeers as Duke of Buckingham
1938I Am a Criminal as District Attorney George Lane
1938If I Were King as General Saliere
1938Time Out for Murder as Phillip Gregory
1938Mysterious Mr. Moto as Sir Charles Murchison
1938Three Loves Has Nancy as Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart
1938Think It Over as Ring Leader
1938The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Ivor
1938There's Always a Woman as Walter Fraser
1937Lancer Spy as Capt. Neville
1937The Prince and the Pauper as St. John
1936Crack-Up as Sidney Grant
1936Lloyd's of London as Captain Hardy
193615 Maiden Lane as Gilbert Lockhart
1936Thank You, Jeeves! as Elliott Manville
1936Too Many Parents as Mark Stewart
1936Song and Dance Man as C. B. Nelson
1935Professional Soldier as Prince Edric
1935The Raven as Dr. Jerry Holden
1935Werewolf of London as Paul Ames
1934Blossom Time as Schwindt
1934Borrowed Clothes as Sir Harry Torrent
1933Facing The Music as Becker
1933On Secret Service as Coloneilo Romanelli
1933The Song You Gave Me as Max Winter
1933Called Back as Gilbert Vaughan
1933The Melody-Maker as Tony Borrodaile
1933She Was Only A Village Maiden as Frampton
1933The Stolen Necklace as Clive Wingate
1932Her Night Out as Gerald Vickery
1932Indiscretions of Eve as Ralph
1932Fires of Fate as Lt. Col Egerton
1931The Old Man as Keith Keller
1931Gipsy Blood as Zuniga
1931The Wickham Mystery as Charles Wickham
1931The Man at Six as Campbell Edwards
1931Creeping Shadows as Brian Nash








