Lester 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 Wikipedia Lester Matthews, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, 1900-06-05

Died: 1975-06-06

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1931	Creeping Shadows	Brian Nash	0
2	1931	The Man at Six	Campbell Edwards	0
3	1931	The Wickham Mystery	Charles Wickham	0
4	1931	Gipsy Blood	Zuniga	0
5	1931	The Old Man	Keith Keller	0
6	1932	Fires of Fate	Lt. Col Egerton	0
7	1932	Indiscretions of Eve	Ralph	0
8	1932	Her Night Out	Gerald Vickery	0
9	1933	The Song You Gave Me	Max Winter	60
10	1933	She Was Only A Village Maiden	Frampton	0
11	1933	Called Back	Gilbert Vaughan	0
12	1933	On Secret Service	Coloneilo Romanelli	70
13	1933	Facing The Music	Becker	0
14	1934	Blossom Time	Schwindt	48
15	1934	Borrowed Clothes	Sir Harry Torrent	0
16	1935	Werewolf of London	Paul Ames	60
17	1935	The Raven	Dr. Jerry Holden	65
18	1935	Professional Soldier	Prince Edric	45
19	1936	Song and Dance Man	C. B. Nelson	0
20	1936	Too Many Parents	Mark Stewart	50
21	1936	Thank You, Jeeves!	Elliott Manville	60
22	1936	15 Maiden Lane	Gilbert Lockhart	60
23	1936	Lloyd's of London	Captain Hardy	72
24	1936	Crack-Up	Sidney Grant	57
25	1937	The Prince and the Pauper	St. John	67
26	1937	Lancer Spy	Capt. Neville	60
27	1938	There's Always a Woman	Walter Fraser	58
28	1938	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Sir Ivor	75
29	1938	Think It Over	Ring Leader	65
30	1938	Three Loves Has Nancy	Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart	42
31	1938	Mysterious Mr. Moto	Sir Charles Murchison	57
32	1938	Time Out for Murder	Phillip Gregory	60
33	1938	If I Were King	General Saliere	67
34	1938	I Am a Criminal	District Attorney George Lane	0
35	1939	The Three Musketeers	Duke of Buckingham	58
36	1939	Should a Girl Marry?	Dr. White	35
37	1939	Susannah of the Mounties	Harlan Chambers	63
38	1939	Conspiracy	Gair - Henchman	55
39	1939	Rulers of the Sea	Lieut. Roberts	65
40	1939	British Intelligence	Henry Thompson	60
41	1940	Northwest Passage	Sam Livermore	63
42	1940	Gaucho Serenade	Frederick Willoughby	60
43	1940	The Biscuit Eater	Mr. Ames	63
44	1940	The Sea Hawk	Guard Officer	72
45	1940	The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date	Mr. Lee	59
46	1941	Man Hunt	Major (uncredited)	70
47	1941	A Yank in the R.A.F.	Group Captain	55
48	1942	Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake	Prosecutor	72
49	1942	The Pied Piper	Mr. Cavanaugh	68
50	1942	Across the Pacific	Canadian Major	65
51	1942	Manila Calling	Wayne Ralston	70
52	1943	London Blackout Murders	Oliver Madison	50
53	1943	The Mysterious Doctor	Dr. Frederick Holmes	56
54	1943	Two Tickets to London	Treathcote (uncredited)	60
55	1943	Appointment in Berlin	Air Marshal (uncredited)	64
56	1943	Corvette K-225	British Captain	62
57	1943	Northern Pursuit	Colonel (uncredited)	59
58	1944	Nine Girls	Horace Canfield	53
59	1944	Four Jills in a Jeep	Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)	57
60	1944	Between Two Worlds	Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)	70
61	1944	The Invisible Man's Revenge	Sir Jasper Herrick	56
62	1944	Shadows in the Night	Stanley Carter	53
63	1945	Jungle Queen	Commissioner Braham Chatterton	50
64	1945	I Love a Mystery	Justin Reeves / Mr. G	61
65	1945	Objective, Burma!	British Maj. Fitzpatrick	68
66	1945	Salty O'Rourke	Salesman	52
67	1945	Two O'Clock Courage	Mark Evans	61
68	1947	Bulldog Drummond at Bay	Shannon Eskdale	60
69	1947	Dark Delusion	Wyndham Grace	60
70	1947	Monsieur Verdoux	Prosecutor (uncredited)	77
71	1947	The Exile	Robbins	61
72	1949	Free For All	Mr. Aberson	60
73	1950	Montana	George Forsythe	56
74	1950	Tyrant of the Sea	Horatio Nelson	0
75	1950	Rogues of Sherwood Forest	Alan-A-Dale	48
76	1951	Lorna Doone	King Charles II	46
77	1951	The Lady and the Bandit	Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator	60
78	1951	The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel	British Officer (uncredited)	67
79	1951	The Son of Dr. Jekyll	Sir John Utterson	40
80	1952	5 Fingers		76
81	1952	Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land	Commissioner Kingston	53
82	1952	The Brigand	Dr. Lopez	55
83	1952	Lady In The Iron Mask	Prime Minister Rochard	0
84	1952	Les Miserables	Mentou Sr. (uncredited)	54
85	1952	Captain Pirate	Col. Ramsey	54
86	1952	Operation Secret	Robbins	50
87	1952	Against All Flags	Sir Cloudsley	61
88	1953	Niagara	Doctor (uncredited)	68
89	1953	Savage Mutiny	Maj. Walsh	45
90	1953	Trouble Along the Way	Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea	59
91	1953	Fort Ti	Lord Jeffrey Amherst	65
92	1953	Sangaree	Gen. Victor Darby	64
93	1953	The Desert Rats	Foreign Secretary (uncredited)	63
94	1953	Young Bess	Sir William Paget	58
95	1953	Man in the Attic	Chief Insp. Melville	55
96	1953	Bad for Each Other	Dr. Homer Gleeson	57
97	1954	Jungle Man-Eaters	Comm. Kingston	47
98	1954	King Richard and the Crusaders	Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator	63
99	1955	Ten Wanted Men	Adam Stewart	58
100	1955	Moonfleet	Major Hennishaw	64
101	1955	The Far Horizons	Mr. Hancock	62
102	1955	Flame of the Islands	Gus	35
103	1960	Walk Like a Dragon	Peter Mott	50
104	1961	By Love Possessed	Club Patron (uncredited)	49
105	1964	Mary Poppins	Mr. Tomes (uncredited)	76
106	1966	Assault on a Queen	Doctor	55
107	1967	The Scorpio Letters	Mr. Harris	40
108	1970	Hollywood Horror House	Ira Jaffee	54

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Ford Theatre		0
2	1950	Cameo Theatre		0
3	1950	Lux Video Theatre	John Hillgrove	60
4	1950	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Mr. Burke	68
5	1950	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Mr. Larkin	68
6	1950	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Mr. Thomas Marshall	68
7	1950	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Professor Hopkins	68
8	1950	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Mr. Duffy	68
9	1950	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Mr. Buzby	68
10	1950	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Mr. Fortune	68
11	1950	The Jack Benny Program	Referee	77
12	1950	The Jack Benny Program	Sponsor	77
13	1951	Racket Squad		60
14	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Sylvester	73
15	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Carlton	70
16	1952	Omnibus	The Chief	60
17	1953	You Are There		57
18	1954	Public Defender	Mr. Harrington	60
19	1954	Public Defender	Ben Pearce	60
20	1954	Passport to Danger	U.S. Consul Charlie Edmunds	60
21	1954	Father Knows Best	Major Alden	65
22	1954	December Bride		55
23	1956	Telephone Time		63
24	1956	Dr. Fu Manchu	Sir Denis Nayland Smith	50
25	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Frank Grace	62
26	1957	How to Marry a Millionaire		60
27	1958	Yancy Derringer	Jerrison Ames	56
28	1958	Behind Closed Doors	Colonel Brookston	0
29	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Pillsbury	67
30	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Inspector T. Carnahan	67
31	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Mr. Craythrope	67
32	1959	Rawhide	Larkins	72
33	1959	One Step Beyond	Prison Governor	56
34	1959	One Step Beyond	Civil Defense Man	56
35	1959	Bonanza	Forrester	75
36	1959	The Dennis O'Keefe Show		50
37	1959	Philip Marlowe		50
38	1960	Coronado 9		60
39	1960	Surfside 6	Inspector Campbell	50
40	1960	Angel	Charles	28
41	1961	Hazel	Reginald Archibald	69
42	1961	Ripcord	Hugh Olds	65
43	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	Mr. Fleming Pendleton	68
44	1962	The Lucy Show	Lord Van Cleve	70
45	1964	The Rogues	Bailiff	72
46	1964	Daniel Boone	Major	69
47	1966	The Pruitts of Southampton	Butler	53
48	1966	Family Affair		66
49	1968	The Name of the Game	Winston More	68
50	1968	Adam-12	Gregory Benton	71