Lester Matthews
June 5, 1900 (124 years old) in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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
Credits
- 1970 · Hollywood Horror House as Ira Jaffee
- 1968 · Adam-12 as Gregory Benton
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Winston More
- 1967 · The Scorpio Letters as Mr. Harris
- 1966 · Family Affair as
- 1966 · The Pruitts of Southampton as Butler
- 1966 · Assault on a Queen as Doctor
- 1964 · Mary Poppins as Mr. Tomes (uncredited)
- 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 · By Love Possessed as Club Patron (uncredited)
- 1960 · Surfside 6 as Inspector Campbell
- 1960 · Angel as Charles
- 1960 · Coronado 9 as
- 1960 · Walk Like a Dragon as Peter Mott
- 1959 · Philip Marlowe as
- 1959 · The Dennis O'Keefe Show as
- 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 Inspector T. Carnahan
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Mr. Craythrope
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Pillsbury
- 1958 · Yancy Derringer as Jerrison Ames
- 1958 · Behind Closed Doors as Colonel Brookston
- 1957 · How to Marry a Millionaire as
- 1957 · Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Frank Grace
- 1956 · Dr. Fu Manchu as Sir Denis Nayland Smith
- 1956 · Telephone Time as
- 1955 · Flame of the Islands as Gus
- 1955 · The Far Horizons as Mr. Hancock
- 1955 · Moonfleet as Major Hennishaw
- 1955 · Ten Wanted Men as Adam Stewart
- 1954 · December Bride as
- 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
- 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 · You Are There as
- 1953 · Niagara as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1952 · Against All Flags as Sir Cloudsley
- 1952 · Omnibus as The Chief
- 1952 · Operation Secret as Robbins
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Carlton
- 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
- 1952 · 5 Fingers as
- 1951 · The Son of Dr. Jekyll as Sir John Utterson
- 1951 · The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel as British Officer (uncredited)
- 1951 · The Red Skelton Show as Sylvester
- 1951 · The Lady and the Bandit as Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator
- 1951 · Racket Squad as
- 1951 · Lorna Doone as King Charles II
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Sponsor
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Referee
- 1950 · The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mr. Duffy
- 1950 · The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mr. Larkin
- 1950 · The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mr. Burke
- 1950 · The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mr. Thomas Marshall
- 1950 · The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Professor Hopkins
- 1950 · The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mr. Buzby
- 1950 · The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Mr. Fortune
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as John Hillgrove
- 1950 · Rogues of Sherwood Forest as Alan-A-Dale
- 1950 · Cameo Theatre as
- 1950 · Tyrant of the Sea as Horatio Nelson
- 1950 · Montana as George Forsythe
- 1949 · Free For All as Mr. Aberson
- 1948 · Ford Theatre as
- 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
- 1942 · Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Prosecutor
- 1941 · A Yank in the R.A.F. as Group Captain
- 1941 · Man Hunt as Major (uncredited)
- 1940 · The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Mr. Lee
- 1940 · The Sea Hawk as Guard Officer
- 1940 · The Biscuit Eater as Mr. Ames
- 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 · Should a Girl Marry? as Dr. White
- 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 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Ivor
- 1938 · There's Always a Woman as Walter Fraser
- 1937 · Lancer Spy as Capt. Neville
- 1937 · The Prince and the Pauper as St. John
- 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 · Borrowed Clothes as Sir Harry Torrent
- 1934 · Blossom Time as Schwindt
- 1933 · Facing The Music as Becker
- 1933 · On Secret Service as Coloneilo Romanelli
- 1933 · Called Back as Gilbert Vaughan
- 1933 · The Song You Gave Me as Max Winter
- 1932 · Her Night Out as Gerald Vickery
- 1932 · Indiscretions of Eve as Ralph
- 1932 · Fires of Fate as Lt. Col Egerton
- 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
- 1931 · Creeping Shadows as Brian Nash