Lester Matthews
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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
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
as Sir Ivor
Niagara (1953)
as Doctor (uncredited)
5 Fingers (1952)
Actor
The Sea Hawk (1940)
as Guard Officer
Man Hunt (1941)
as Major (uncredited)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
as British Officer (uncredited)
The Raven (1935)
as Dr. Jerry Holden
Lorna Doone (1951)
as King Charles II
The Desert Rats (1953)
as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
Ten Wanted Men (1955)
as Adam Stewart
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
as Sir Jasper Herrick
The Far Horizons (1955)
as Mr. Hancock
Objective, Burma! (1945)
as British Maj. Fitzpatrick
Werewolf of London (1935)
as Paul Ames
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Désirée (1954)
as Caulaincourt (uncredited)
Nine Girls (1944)
as Horace Canfield
Northwest Passage (1940)
as Sam Livermore
Across the Pacific (1942)
as Canadian Major
Les Miserables (1952)
as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
Fort Ti (1953)
as Lord Jeffrey Amherst
Against All Flags (1952)
as Sir Cloudsley
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
as Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
Young Bess (1953)
as Sir William Paget
Northern Pursuit (1943)
as Colonel (uncredited)
If I Were King (1938)
as General Saliere
Between Two Worlds (1944)
as Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)
Assault on a Queen (1966)
as Doctor
Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
as Alan-A-Dale
Creeping Shadows (1931)
as Brian Nash
British Intelligence (1939)
as Henry Thompson
Lloyd's of London (1936)
as Captain Hardy
Ministry of Fear (1944)
as Dr. Norton at Lembridge Asylum (uncredited)
Walk Like a Dragon (1960)
as Peter Mott
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
The Brigand (1952)
as Dr. Lopez
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
as Harlan Chambers
The Pied Piper (1942)
as Mr. Cavanaugh
Moonfleet (1955)
as Major Hennishaw
Crack-Up (1936)
as Sidney Grant
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
as St. John
Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
as Mark Evans
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
as Group Captain
Jungle Queen (1945)
as Commissioner Braham Chatterton
By Love Possessed (1961)
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Desperate Journey (1942)
Actor
Lancer Spy (1937)
as Capt. Neville
The Exile (1947)
as Robbins
The Old Man (1931)
as Keith Keller
Montana (1950)
as George Forsythe
Borrowed Clothes (1934)
as Sir Harry Torrent
Man in the Attic (1953)
as Chief Insp. Melville
Free For All (1949)
as Mr. Aberson
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
as Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart
Two Tickets to London (1943)
as Treathcote (uncredited)
Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
as Sir Charles Murchison
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
as Prosecutor
Captain Pirate (1952)
as Col. Ramsey
The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
as Sir John Utterson
Corvette K-225 (1943)
as British Captain
Lady in the Iron Mask (1952)
as Prime Minister Rochard
A Global Affair (1964)
as British Delegate (uncredited)
I Love a Mystery (1945)
as Justin Reeves / Mr. G
The Mysterious Doctor (1943)
as Dr. Frederick Holmes
Savage Mutiny (1953)
as Maj. Walsh
Tyrant of the Sea (1950)
as Horatio Nelson
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
as Commissioner Kingston
Shadows in the Night (1944)
as Stanley Carter
15 Maiden Lane (1936)
as Gilbert Lockhart
Bad for Each Other (1953)
as Dr. Homer Gleeson
Professional Soldier (1935)
as Prince Edric
There's Always a Woman (1938)
as Walter Fraser
Flame of the Islands (1955)
as Gus
The Song You Gave Me (1933)
as Max Winter
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940)
as Mr. Lee
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
as Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke (1945)
as Salesman
She Was Only A Village Maiden (1933)
as Frampton
The Three Musketeers (1939)
as Duke of Buckingham
I Am a Criminal (1938)
as District Attorney George Lane
Song and Dance Man (1936)
as C. B. Nelson
Savage Intruder (1970)
as Ira Jaffee
Gaucho Serenade (1940)
as Frederick Willoughby
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
as Lieut. Roberts
Dark Delusion (1947)
as Wyndham Grace
Sangaree (1953)
as Gen. Victor Darby
Operation Secret (1952)
as Robbins
Thank You, Jeeves! (1936)
as Elliott Manville
Charge of the Lancers (1954)
as Gen. Stanhope
Should a Girl Marry? (1939)
as Dr. White
London Blackout Murders (1943)
as Oliver Madison
Jungle Man-Eaters (1954)
as Comm. Kingston
The Scorpio Letters (1967)
as Mr. Harris
Think It Over (1938)
as Ring Leader
Appointment in Berlin (1943)
as Air Marshal (uncredited)
The Biscuit Eater (1940)
as Mr. Ames
Fires of Fate (1932)
as Lt. Col Egerton
Manila Calling (1942)
as Wayne Ralston
Conspiracy (1939)
as Gair - Henchman
Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)
as Shannon Eskdale
The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
as Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator
Indiscretions of Eve (1932)
as Ralph
The Wickham Mystery (1931)
as Charles Wickham
Time Out for Murder (1938)
as Phillip Gregory
Gipsy Blood (1931)
as Zuniga
Facing the Music (1933)
as Becker
Too Many Parents (1936)
as Mark Stewart
The Stolen Necklace (1933)
as Clive Wingate
Her Night Out (1932)
as Gerald Vickery
Blossom Time (1934)
as Schwindt
The Melody-Maker (1933)
as Tony Borrodaile
Called Back (1933)
as Gilbert Vaughan
On Secret Service (1933)
as Coloneilo Romanelli
The Man at Six (1931)
as Campbell Edwards