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