Portrait of Lester Matthews

Lester Matthews

Acting

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.

Born: June 5, 1900

Place of Birth: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Filmography

1970
1968
Adam-12

as Gregory Benton

1968
The Name of the Game

as Winston More

1967
The Scorpio Letters

as Mr. Harris

1966
1964
Daniel Boone

as Major

1964
The Rogues

as Bailiff

1962
The Lucy Show

as Lord Van Cleve

1962
The Beverly Hillbillies

as Mr. Fleming Pendleton

1961
Hazel

as Reginald Archibald

1961
Ripcord

as Hugh Olds

1961
By Love Possessed

as Club Patron (uncredited)

1960
Surfside 6

as Inspector Campbell

1960
Angel

as Charles

1960
Walk Like a Dragon

as Peter Mott

1959
Bonanza

as Forrester

1959
One Step Beyond

as Prison Governor

1959
One Step Beyond

as Civil Defense Man

1959
Rawhide

as Larkins

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Pillsbury

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Inspector T. Carnahan

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Mr. Craythrope

1958
Yancy Derringer

as Jerrison Ames

1958
Behind Closed Doors

as Colonel Brookston

1956
Dr. Fu Manchu

as Sir Denis Nayland Smith

1955
The Far Horizons

as Mr. Hancock

1955
Moonfleet

as Major Hennishaw

1955
Ten Wanted Men

as Adam Stewart

1954
Désirée

as Caulaincourt (uncredited)

1954
Father Knows Best

as Major Alden

1954
King Richard and the Crusaders

as Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator

1954
Jungle Man-Eaters

as Comm. Kingston

1954
Passport to Danger

as U.S. Consul Charlie Edmunds

1954
Public Defender

as Mr. Harrington

1954
Public Defender

as Ben Pearce

1954
Charge of the Lancers

as Gen. Stanhope

1953
Bad for Each Other

as Dr. Homer Gleeson

1953
Man in the Attic

as Chief Insp. Melville

1953
Young Bess

as Sir William Paget

1953
The Desert Rats

as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)

1953
Sangaree

as Gen. Victor Darby

1953
Fort Ti

as Lord Jeffrey Amherst

1953
Trouble Along the Way

as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea

1953
Savage Mutiny

as Maj. Walsh

1953
Niagara

as Doctor (uncredited)

1952
Against All Flags

as Sir Cloudsley

1952
Omnibus

as The Chief

1952
1952
Captain Pirate

as Col. Ramsey

1952
Les Miserables

as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)

1952
Lady in the Iron Mask

as Prime Minister Rochard

1952
The Brigand

as Dr. Lopez

1952
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land

as Commissioner Kingston

1951
The Son of Dr. Jekyll

as Sir John Utterson

1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

as British Officer (uncredited)

1951
1951
The Lady and the Bandit

as Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator

1951
Lorna Doone

as King Charles II

1950
1950
1950
Tyrant of the Sea

as Horatio Nelson

1950
Montana

as George Forsythe

1949
Free For All

as Mr. Aberson

1947
The Exile

as Robbins

1947
Monsieur Verdoux

as Prosecutor (uncredited)

1947
Dark Delusion

as Wyndham Grace

1947
Bulldog Drummond at Bay

as Shannon Eskdale

1945
Two O'Clock Courage

as Mark Evans

1945
Salty O'Rourke

as Salesman

1945
Objective, Burma!

as British Maj. Fitzpatrick

1945
I Love a Mystery

as Justin Reeves / Mr. G

1945
Jungle Queen

as Commissioner Braham Chatterton

1944
Shadows in the Night

as Stanley Carter

1944
The Invisible Man's Revenge

as Sir Jasper Herrick

1944
Between Two Worlds

as Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)

1944
Four Jills in a Jeep

as Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)

1944
Nine Girls

as Horace Canfield

1943
Northern Pursuit

as Colonel (uncredited)

1943
Corvette K-225

as British Captain

1943
Appointment in Berlin

as Air Marshal (uncredited)

1943
Two Tickets to London

as Treathcote (uncredited)

1943
The Mysterious Doctor

as Dr. Frederick Holmes

1943
London Blackout Murders

as Oliver Madison

1942
Manila Calling

as Wayne Ralston

1942
Across the Pacific

as Canadian Major

1942
The Pied Piper

as Mr. Cavanaugh

1941
A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Group Captain

1941
Man Hunt

as Major (uncredited)

1940
The Sea Hawk

as Guard Officer

1940
1940
Gaucho Serenade

as Frederick Willoughby

1940
Northwest Passage

as Sam Livermore

1939
British Intelligence

as Henry Thompson

1939
Rulers of the Sea

as Lieut. Roberts

1939
Conspiracy

as Gair - Henchman

1939
Susannah of the Mounties

as Harlan Chambers

1939
1939
The Three Musketeers

as Duke of Buckingham

1938
I Am a Criminal

as District Attorney George Lane

1938
If I Were King

as General Saliere

1938
Time Out for Murder

as Phillip Gregory

1938
Mysterious Mr. Moto

as Sir Charles Murchison

1938
Three Loves Has Nancy

as Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart

1938
Think It Over

as Ring Leader

1938
There's Always a Woman

as Walter Fraser

1937
Lancer Spy

as Capt. Neville

1936
Crack-Up

as Sidney Grant

1936
Lloyd's of London

as Captain Hardy

1936
15 Maiden Lane

as Gilbert Lockhart

1936
Thank You, Jeeves!

as Elliott Manville

1936
Too Many Parents

as Mark Stewart

1936
Song and Dance Man

as C. B. Nelson

1935
Professional Soldier

as Prince Edric

1935
The Raven

as Dr. Jerry Holden

1935
Werewolf of London

as Paul Ames

1934
Blossom Time

as Schwindt

1934
Borrowed Clothes

as Sir Harry Torrent

1933
On Secret Service

as Coloneilo Romanelli

1933
1933
Called Back

as Gilbert Vaughan

1931
The Old Man

as Keith Keller

1931
Gipsy Blood

as Zuniga

1931
The Wickham Mystery

as Charles Wickham

1931
The Man at Six

as Campbell Edwards