Lester Matthews
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 5, 1900
- Died
- June 6, 1975
- Birthplace
- Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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
Savage Intruder 1970
as Ira Jaffee
The Scorpio Letters 1967
as Mr. Harris
Assault on a Queen 1966
as Doctor
A Global Affair 1964
as British Delegate (uncredited)
By Love Possessed 1961
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Walk Like a Dragon 1960
as Peter Mott
Flame of the Islands 1955
as Gus
The Far Horizons 1955
as Mr. Hancock
Moonfleet 1955
as Major Hennishaw
Ten Wanted Men 1955
as Adam Stewart
Désirée 1954
as Caulaincourt (uncredited)
King Richard and the Crusaders 1954
as Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
Jungle Man-Eaters 1954
as Comm. Kingston
Charge of the Lancers 1954
as Gen. Stanhope
Man in the Attic 1953
as Chief Insp. Melville
Bad for Each Other 1953
as Dr. Homer Gleeson
Young Bess 1953
as Sir William Paget
Sangaree 1953
as Gen. Victor Darby
Fort Ti 1953
as Lord Jeffrey Amherst
Trouble Along the Way 1953
as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
The Desert Rats 1953
as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
Niagara 1953
as Doctor (uncredited)
Savage Mutiny 1953
as Maj. Walsh
Against All Flags 1952
as Sir Cloudsley
Operation Secret 1952
as Robbins
Captain Pirate 1952
as Col. Ramsey
Les Miserables 1952
as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
Lady in the Iron Mask 1952
as Prime Minister Rochard
The Brigand 1952
as Dr. Lopez
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land 1952
as Commissioner Kingston
5 Fingers 1952
Actor
The Son of Dr. Jekyll 1951
as Sir John Utterson
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel 1951
as British Officer (uncredited)
The Lady and the Bandit 1951
as Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator
Lorna Doone 1951
as King Charles II
Rogues of Sherwood Forest 1950
as Alan-A-Dale
Tyrant of the Sea 1950
as Horatio Nelson
Montana 1950
as George Forsythe
Free For All 1949
as Mr. Aberson
The Exile 1947
as Robbins
Monsieur Verdoux 1947
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Dark Delusion 1947
as Wyndham Grace
Bulldog Drummond at Bay 1947
as Shannon Eskdale
Two O'Clock Courage 1945
as Mark Evans
Salty O'Rourke 1945
as Salesman
Objective, Burma! 1945
as British Maj. Fitzpatrick
I Love a Mystery 1945
as Justin Reeves / Mr. G
Jungle Queen 1945
as Commissioner Braham Chatterton
Shadows in the Night 1944
as Stanley Carter
The Invisible Man's Revenge 1944
as Sir Jasper Herrick
Between Two Worlds 1944
as Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear 1944
as Dr. Norton at Lembridge Asylum (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep 1944
as Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)
Nine Girls 1944
as Horace Canfield
Northern Pursuit 1943
as Colonel (uncredited)
Corvette K-225 1943
as British Captain
Appointment in Berlin 1943
as Air Marshal (uncredited)
Two Tickets to London 1943
as Treathcote (uncredited)
The Mysterious Doctor 1943
as Dr. Frederick Holmes
London Blackout Murders 1943
as Oliver Madison
Manila Calling 1942
as Wayne Ralston
Desperate Journey 1942
Actor
Across the Pacific 1942
as Canadian Major
The Pied Piper 1942
as Mr. Cavanaugh
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1942
as Prosecutor
A Yank in the R.A.F. 1941
as Group Captain
Life Begins for Andy Hardy 1941
as Maddox
Man Hunt 1941
as Major (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date 1940
as Mr. Lee
The Sea Hawk 1940
as Guard Officer
The Biscuit Eater 1940
as Mr. Ames
Gaucho Serenade 1940
as Frederick Willoughby
Northwest Passage 1940
as Sam Livermore
British Intelligence 1939
as Henry Thompson
Rulers of the Sea 1939
as Lieut. Roberts
Conspiracy 1939
as Gair - Henchman
Susannah of the Mounties 1939
as Harlan Chambers
Should a Girl Marry? 1939
as Dr. White
The Three Musketeers 1939
as Duke of Buckingham
I Am a Criminal 1938
as District Attorney George Lane
If I Were King 1938
as General Saliere
Time Out for Murder 1938
as Phillip Gregory
Mysterious Mr. Moto 1938
as Sir Charles Murchison
Three Loves Has Nancy 1938
as Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart
Think It Over 1938
as Ring Leader
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938
as Sir Ivor
There's Always a Woman 1938
as Walter Fraser
Lancer Spy 1937
as Capt. Neville
The Prince and the Pauper 1937
as St. John
Crack-Up 1936
as Sidney Grant
Lloyd's of London 1936
as Captain Hardy
15 Maiden Lane 1936
as Gilbert Lockhart
Thank You, Jeeves! 1936
as Elliott Manville
- Too Many Parents
Too Many Parents 1936
as Mark Stewart
Song and Dance Man 1936
as C. B. Nelson
Professional Soldier 1935
as Prince Edric
The Raven 1935
as Dr. Jerry Holden
Werewolf of London 1935
as Paul Ames
Blossom Time 1934
as Schwindt
Borrowed Clothes 1934
as Sir Harry Torrent
Facing the Music 1933
as Becker
On Secret Service 1933
as Coloneilo Romanelli
The Song You Gave Me 1933
as Max Winter
Called Back 1933
as Gilbert Vaughan
- The Melody-Maker
The Melody-Maker 1933
as Tony Borrodaile
- She Was Only A Village Maiden
She Was Only A Village Maiden 1933
as Frampton
- The Stolen Necklace
The Stolen Necklace 1933
as Clive Wingate
- Her Night Out
Her Night Out 1932
as Gerald Vickery
Indiscretions of Eve 1932
as Ralph
- Fires of Fate
Fires of Fate 1932
as Lt. Col Egerton
The Old Man 1931
as Keith Keller
Gipsy Blood 1931
as Zuniga
The Wickham Mystery 1931
as Charles Wickham
The Man at Six 1931
as Campbell Edwards
- Creeping Shadows
Creeping Shadows 1931
as Brian Nash
Credits from TMDB.