Lester Matthews

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-06-05 (75 years old)

Deathday

1975-06-06

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 Wiki...

Acting

1935

Werewolf of London

as Paul Ames

1944

The Invisible Man's Revenge

as Sir Jasper Herrick

1953

Man in the Attic

as Chief Insp. Melville

1970

1938

Mysterious Mr. Moto

as Sir Charles Murchison

1955

Moonfleet

as Major Hennishaw

1966

1945

Two O'Clock Courage

as Mark Evans

1952

Against All Flags

as Sir Cloudsley

1942

Manila Calling

as Wayne Ralston

1935

The Raven

as Dr. Jerry Holden

1942

Across the Pacific

as Canadian Major

1945

I Love a Mystery

as Justin Reeves / Mr. G

1938

I Am a Criminal

as District Attorney George Lane

1954

King Richard and the Crusaders

as Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator

1953

Bad for Each Other

as Dr. Homer Gleeson

1942

The Pied Piper

as Mr. Cavanaugh

1943

The Mysterious Doctor

as Dr. Frederick Holmes

1943

Two Tickets to London

as Treathcote (uncredited)

1944

Four Jills in a Jeep

as Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)

1943

Northern Pursuit

as Colonel (uncredited)

1952

Captain Pirate

as Col. Ramsey

1952

Les Miserables

as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)

1943

London Blackout Murders

as Oliver Madison

1937

Lancer Spy

as Capt. Neville

1945

Salty O'Rourke

as Salesman

1938

If I Were King

as General Saliere

1951

The Son of Dr. Jekyll

as Sir John Utterson

1952

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land

as Commissioner Kingston

1933

Called Back

as Gilbert Vaughan

1938

Think It Over

as Ring Leader

1954

Jungle Man-Eaters

as Comm. Kingston

1935

Professional Soldier

as Prince Edric

1936

Too Many Parents

as Mark Stewart

1934

Borrowed Clothes

as Sir Harry Torrent

1952

The Brigand

as Dr. Lopez

1951

Lorna Doone

as King Charles II

1952

1953

Fort Ti

as Lord Jeffrey Amherst

1953

Savage Mutiny

as Maj. Walsh

1945

Jungle Queen

as Commissioner Braham Chatterton

1936

Crack-Up

as Sidney Grant

1938

Three Loves Has Nancy

as Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart

1931

Gipsy Blood

as Zuniga

1938

There's Always a Woman

as Walter Fraser

1934

Blossom Time

as Schwindt

1939

Conspiracy

as Gair - Henchman

1967

The Scorpio Letters

as Mr. Harris

1939

The Three Musketeers

as Duke of Buckingham

1939

Susannah of the Mounties

as Harlan Chambers

1941

A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Group Captain

1953

The Desert Rats

as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)

1933

1933

1951

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

as British Officer (uncredited)

1943

Appointment in Berlin

as Air Marshal (uncredited)

1936

Song and Dance Man

as C. B. Nelson

1939

1949

Free For All

as Mr. Aberson

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

as Prosecutor (uncredited)

1939

British Intelligence

as Henry Thompson

1936

Thank You, Jeeves!

as Elliott Manville

1936

15 Maiden Lane

as Gilbert Lockhart

1940

1940

Gaucho Serenade

as Frederick Willoughby

1950

1940

Northwest Passage

as Sam Livermore

1940

The Sea Hawk

as Guard Officer

1953

Niagara

as Doctor (uncredited)

1950

Montana

as George Forsythe

1953

Trouble Along the Way

as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea

1955

Ten Wanted Men

as Adam Stewart

1931

Creeping Shadows

as Brian Nash

1939

Rulers of the Sea

as Lieut. Roberts

1931

The Man at Six

as Campbell Edwards

1932

Fires of Fate

as Lt. Col Egerton

1931

The Old Man

as Keith Keller

1931

The Wickham Mystery

as Charles Wickham

1932

Her Night Out

as Gerald Vickery

1947

Dark Delusion

as Wyndham Grace

1944

Nine Girls

as Horace Canfield

1950

Tyrant of the Sea

as Horatio Nelson

1952

Lady in the Iron Mask

as Prime Minister Rochard

1947

Bulldog Drummond at Bay

as Shannon Eskdale

1938

Time Out for Murder

as Phillip Gregory

1944

Shadows in the Night

as Stanley Carter

1953

Sangaree

as Gen. Victor Darby

1943

Corvette K-225

as British Captain

1951

The Lady and the Bandit

as Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator

1947

The Exile

as Robbins

1936

Lloyd's of London

as Captain Hardy

1933

On Secret Service

as Coloneilo Romanelli

1953

Young Bess

as Sir William Paget

1941

Man Hunt

as Major (uncredited)

1961

By Love Possessed

as Club Patron (uncredited)

1944

Between Two Worlds

as Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)

1960

Walk Like a Dragon

as Peter Mott

1955

The Far Horizons

as Mr. Hancock

1945

Objective, Burma!

as British Maj. Fitzpatrick

1933

The Stolen Necklace

as Clive Wingate

1933

The Melody-Maker

as Tony Borrodaile

1954

Désirée

as Caulaincourt (uncredited)

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