Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-06-05 (75 years old)
Deathday
1975-06-06
Place of Birth
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also known As
Lester Mathews
Arthur Lester Matthews
Les Matthews
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...
1935
as Paul Ames
1944
as Sir Jasper Herrick
1953
as Chief Insp. Melville
1970
as Ira Jaffee
1938
as Sir Charles Murchison
1955
as Major Hennishaw
1966
as Doctor
1937
as St. John
1945
as Mark Evans
1952
as Sir Cloudsley
1942
as Wayne Ralston
1935
as Dr. Jerry Holden
1942
as Canadian Major
1945
as Justin Reeves / Mr. G
1938
as District Attorney George Lane
1954
as Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
1953
as Dr. Homer Gleeson
1942
as Mr. Cavanaugh
1943
as Dr. Frederick Holmes
1943
as Treathcote (uncredited)
1944
as Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)
1943
as Colonel (uncredited)
1952
as Col. Ramsey
1952
as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
1943
as Oliver Madison
1937
as Capt. Neville
1945
as Salesman
1938
as General Saliere
1951
as Sir John Utterson
1952
as Commissioner Kingston
1933
as Gilbert Vaughan
1938
as Ring Leader
1954
as Comm. Kingston
1935
as Prince Edric
1955
as Gus
1936
as Mark Stewart
1934
as Sir Harry Torrent
1952
as Dr. Lopez
1951
as King Charles II
1952
as Robbins
1953
as Lord Jeffrey Amherst
1953
as Maj. Walsh
1945
as Commissioner Braham Chatterton
1936
as Sidney Grant
1938
as Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart
1931
as Zuniga
1938
as Walter Fraser
1934
as Schwindt
1939
as Gair - Henchman
1967
as Mr. Harris
1939
as Duke of Buckingham
1939
as Harlan Chambers
1941
as Group Captain
1953
as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
1933
as Max Winter
1933
as Becker
1951
as British Officer (uncredited)
1943
as Air Marshal (uncredited)
1940
as Mr. Lee
1952
1936
as C. B. Nelson
1939
as Dr. White
1949
as Mr. Aberson
1947
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
1939
as Henry Thompson
1936
as Elliott Manville
1936
as Gilbert Lockhart
1940
as Mr. Ames
1938
as Sir Ivor
1940
as Frederick Willoughby
1950
as Alan-A-Dale
1940
as Sam Livermore
1940
as Guard Officer
1953
as Doctor (uncredited)
1950
as George Forsythe
1953
as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
1955
as Adam Stewart
1931
as Brian Nash
1939
as Lieut. Roberts
1931
as Campbell Edwards
1932
as Lt. Col Egerton
1931
as Keith Keller
1931
as Charles Wickham
1932
as Gerald Vickery
1932
as Ralph
1947
as Wyndham Grace
1944
as Horace Canfield
1950
as Horatio Nelson
1952
as Prime Minister Rochard
1947
as Shannon Eskdale
1942
as Prosecutor
1938
as Phillip Gregory
1944
as Stanley Carter
1953
as Gen. Victor Darby
1943
as British Captain
1951
as Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator
1947
as Robbins
1936
as Captain Hardy
1933
as Coloneilo Romanelli
1953
as Sir William Paget
1941
as Major (uncredited)
1961
as Club Patron (uncredited)
1944
as Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)
1960
as Peter Mott
1955
as Mr. Hancock
1945
as British Maj. Fitzpatrick
1933
as Frampton
1933
as Clive Wingate
1933
as Tony Borrodaile
1954
as Caulaincourt (uncredited)
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