Lester Matthews
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-06-05
Day of Death
1975-06-06 (75 years old)
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).
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Acting
(1970)
Hollywood Horror House
as Ira Jaffee
(1967)
The Scorpio Letters
as Mr. Harris
(1966)
Assault on a Queen
as Doctor
(1961)
By Love Possessed
as Club Patron (uncredited)
(1960)
Walk Like a Dragon
as Peter Mott
(1955)
The Far Horizons
as Mr. Hancock
(1955)
Ten Wanted Men
as Adam Stewart
(1955)
Moonfleet
as Major Hennishaw
(1955)
Flame of the Islands
as Gus
(1954)
King Richard and the Crusaders
as Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
(1954)
Jungle Man-Eaters
as Comm. Kingston
(1953)
Niagara
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1953)
Man in the Attic
as Chief Insp. Melville
(1953)
The Desert Rats
as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
(1953)
Trouble Along the Way
as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
(1953)
Young Bess
as Sir William Paget
(1953)
Sangaree
as Gen. Victor Darby
(1953)
Fort Ti
as Lord Jeffrey Amherst
(1953)
Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Homer Gleeson
(1953)
Savage Mutiny
as Maj. Walsh
(1952)
(1952)
Against All Flags
as Sir Cloudsley
(1952)
The Brigand
as Dr. Lopez
(1952)
Les Miserables
as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
(1952)
Captain Pirate
as Col. Ramsey
(1952)
Operation Secret
as Robbins
(1952)
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
as Commissioner Kingston
(1952)
Lady in the Iron Mask
as Prime Minister Rochard
(1951)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as British Officer (uncredited)
(1951)
The Lady and the Bandit
as Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator
(1951)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Sir John Utterson
(1951)
Lorna Doone
as King Charles II
(1950)
Montana
as George Forsythe
(1950)
Tyrant of the Sea
as Horatio Nelson
(1950)
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Alan-A-Dale
(1949)
Free For All
as Mr. Aberson
(1947)
Monsieur Verdoux
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
(1947)
Dark Delusion
as Wyndham Grace
(1947)
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as Shannon Eskdale
(1947)
The Exile
as Robbins
(1945)
Objective, Burma!
as British Maj. Fitzpatrick
(1945)
Two O'Clock Courage
as Mark Evans
(1945)
Jungle Queen
as Commissioner Braham Chatterton
(1945)
Salty O'Rourke
as Salesman
(1945)
I Love a Mystery
as Justin Reeves / Mr. G
(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)
Shadows in the Night
as Stanley Carter
(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)
Across the Pacific
as Canadian Major
(1942)
The Pied Piper
as Mr. Cavanaugh
(1942)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Prosecutor
(1942)
Manila Calling
as Wayne Ralston
(1941)
Man Hunt
as Major (uncredited)
(1941)
A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Group Captain
(1940)
The Sea Hawk
as Guard Officer
(1940)
Northwest Passage
as Sam Livermore
(1940)
Gaucho Serenade
as Frederick Willoughby
(1940)
The Biscuit Eater
as Mr. Ames
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Mr. Lee
(1939)
The Three Musketeers
as Duke of Buckingham
(1939)
Susannah of the Mounties
as Harlan Chambers
(1939)
British Intelligence
as Henry Thompson
(1939)
Rulers of the Sea
as Lieut. Roberts
(1939)
Conspiracy
as Gair - Henchman
(1939)
Should a Girl Marry?
as Dr. White
(1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Ivor
(1938)
Mysterious Mr. Moto
as Sir Charles Murchison
(1938)
If I Were King
as General Saliere
(1938)
There's Always a Woman
as Walter Fraser
(1938)
I Am a Criminal
as District Attorney George Lane
(1938)
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart
(1938)
Time Out for Murder
as Phillip Gregory
(1938)
Think It Over
as Ring Leader
(1937)
The Prince and the Pauper
as St. John
(1937)
Lancer Spy
as Capt. Neville
(1936)
Too Many Parents
as Mark Stewart
(1936)
Lloyd's of London
as Captain Hardy
(1936)
15 Maiden Lane
as Gilbert Lockhart
(1936)
Crack-Up
as Sidney Grant
(1936)
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Elliott Manville
(1936)
Song and Dance Man
as C. B. Nelson
(1935)
The Raven
as Dr. Jerry Holden
(1935)
Werewolf of London
as Paul Ames
(1935)
Professional Soldier
as Prince Edric
(1934)
Blossom Time
as Schwindt
(1934)
Borrowed Clothes
as Sir Harry Torrent
(1933)
Facing The Music
as Becker
(1933)
Called Back
as Gilbert Vaughan
(1933)
She Was Only A Village Maiden
as Frampton
(1933)
The Song You Gave Me
as Max Winter
(1933)
On Secret Service
as Coloneilo Romanelli
(1932)
Indiscretions of Eve
as Ralph
(1932)
Fires of Fate
as Lt. Col Egerton
(1932)
Her Night Out
as Gerald Vickery
(1931)
The Old Man
as Keith Keller
(1931)
Creeping Shadows
as Brian Nash
(1931)
The Man at Six
as Campbell Edwards
(1931)
Gipsy Blood
as Zuniga
(1931)
The Wickham Mystery
as Charles Wickham