Lester Matthews

male

Born on June 05, 1900 (125 years old)

Passed Away on June 06, 1975

From Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Known for 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.

Cast Credits

1970
- Hollywood Horror House
  as
  Ira Jaffee
  1970
1968
- Adam-12
  as
  Gregory Benton
  1968
- The Name of the Game
  as
  Winston More
  1968
1967
- The Scorpio Letters
  as
  Mr. Harris
  1967
1966
- Assault on a Queen
  as
  Doctor
  1966
- Family Affair
  1966
- The Pruitts of Southampton
  as
  Butler
  1966
1964
- A Global Affair
  as
  British Delegate (uncredited)
  1964
- Daniel Boone
  as
  Major
  1964
- The Rogues
  as
  Bailiff
  1964
1962
- The Beverly Hillbillies
  as
  Mr. Fleming Pendleton
  1962
- The Lucy Show
  as
  Lord Van Cleve
  1962
1961
- By Love Possessed
  as
  Club Patron (uncredited)
  1961
- Hazel
  as
  Reginald Archibald
  1961
- Ripcord
  as
  Hugh Olds
  1961
1960
- Walk Like a Dragon
  as
  Peter Mott
  1960
- Surfside 6
  as
  Inspector Campbell
  1960
- Coronado 9
  1960
- Angel
  as
  Charles
  1960
1959
- Philip Marlowe
  1959
- Rawhide
  as
  Larkins
  1959
- One Step Beyond
  as
  Prison Governor
  1959
- The Dennis O'Keefe Show
  1959
- One Step Beyond
  as
  Civil Defense Man
  1959
- Bonanza
  as
  Forrester
  1959
1958
- Yancy Derringer
  as
  Jerrison Ames
  1958
- Behind Closed Doors
  as
  Colonel Brookston
  1958
- 77 Sunset Strip
  as
  Pillsbury
  1958
- 77 Sunset Strip
  as
  Inspector T. Carnahan
  1958
- 77 Sunset Strip
  as
  Mr. Craythrope
  1958
1957
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective
  as
  Frank Grace
  1957
- How to Marry a Millionaire
  1957
1956
- Dr. Fu Manchu
  as
  Sir Denis Nayland Smith
  1956
- Telephone Time
  1956
1955
- Moonfleet
  as
  Major Hennishaw
  1955
- Flame of the Islands
  as
  Gus
  1955
- Ten Wanted Men
  as
  Adam Stewart
  1955
- The Far Horizons
  as
  Mr. Hancock
  1955
1954
- King Richard and the Crusaders
  as
  Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
  1954
- Jungle Man-Eaters
  as
  Comm. Kingston
  1954
- Désirée
  as
  Caulaincourt (uncredited)
  1954
- Charge of the Lancers
  as
  Gen. Stanhope
  1954
- December Bride
  1954
- Public Defender
  as
  Mr. Harrington
  1954
- Public Defender
  as
  Ben Pearce
  1954
- no image
  Passport to Danger
  as
  U.S. Consul Charlie Edmunds
  1954
- Father Knows Best
  as
  Major Alden
  1954
1953
- Man in the Attic
  as
  Chief Insp. Melville
  1953
- Bad for Each Other
  as
  Dr. Homer Gleeson
  1953
- Fort Ti
  as
  Lord Jeffrey Amherst
  1953
- Savage Mutiny
  as
  Maj. Walsh
  1953
- The Desert Rats
  as
  Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
  1953
- Niagara
  as
  Doctor (uncredited)
  1953
- Trouble Along the Way
  as
  Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
  1953
- Sangaree
  as
  Gen. Victor Darby
  1953
- Young Bess
  as
  Sir William Paget
  1953
- You Are There
  1953
1952
- Against All Flags
  as
  Sir Cloudsley
  1952
- Captain Pirate
  as
  Col. Ramsey
  1952
- Les Miserables
  as
  Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
  1952
- Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
  as
  Commissioner Kingston
  1952
- The Brigand
  as
  Dr. Lopez
  1952
- Operation Secret
  as
  Robbins
  1952
- 5 Fingers
  1952
- Lady in the Iron Mask
  as
  Prime Minister Rochard
  1952
- The Ford Television Theatre
  as
  Carlton
  1952
- Omnibus
  as
  The Chief
  1952
1951
- The Son of Dr. Jekyll
  as
  Sir John Utterson
  1951
- Lorna Doone
  as
  King Charles II
  1951
- The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
  as
  British Officer (uncredited)
  1951
- The Lady and the Bandit
  as
  Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator
  1951
- Racket Squad
  1951
- The Red Skelton Show
  as
  Sylvester
  1951
1950
- Rogues of Sherwood Forest
  as
  Alan-A-Dale
  1950
- Montana
  as
  George Forsythe
  1950
- Tyrant of the Sea
  as
  Horatio Nelson
  1950
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
  as
  Mr. Burke
  1950
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
  as
  Mr. Larkin
  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. Duffy
  1950
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
  as
  Mr. Buzby
  1950
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
  as
  Mr. Fortune
  1950
- no image
  Cameo Theatre
  1950
- no image
  Lux Video Theatre
  as
  John Hillgrove
  1950
- The Jack Benny Program
  as
  Referee
  1950
- The Jack Benny Program
  as
  Sponsor
  1950
1949
- Free For All
  as
  Mr. Aberson
  1949
1948
- no image
  Ford Theatre
  1948
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
  1947
1945
- Two O'Clock Courage
  as
  Mark Evans
  1945
- I Love a Mystery
  as
  Justin Reeves / Mr. G
  1945
- Salty O'Rourke
  as
  Salesman
  1945
- Jungle Queen
  as
  Commissioner Braham Chatterton
  1945
- Objective, Burma!
  as
  British Maj. Fitzpatrick
  1945
1944
- The Invisible Man's Revenge
  as
  Sir Jasper Herrick
  1944
- Four Jills in a Jeep
  as
  Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)
  1944
- Nine Girls
  as
  Horace Canfield
  1944
- Shadows in the Night
  as
  Stanley Carter
  1944
- Between Two Worlds
  as
  Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)
  1944
1943
- The Mysterious Doctor
  as
  Dr. Frederick Holmes
  1943
- Two Tickets to London
  as
  Treathcote (uncredited)
  1943
- Northern Pursuit
  as
  Colonel (uncredited)
  1943
- London Blackout Murders
  as
  Oliver Madison
  1943
- Appointment in Berlin
  as
  Air Marshal (uncredited)
  1943
- Corvette K-225
  as
  British Captain
  1943
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
  1942
- Desperate Journey
  1942
1941
- A Yank in the R.A.F.
  as
  Group Captain
  1941
- Man Hunt
  as
  Major (uncredited)
  1941
1940
- The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
  as
  Mr. Lee
  1940
- The Biscuit Eater
  as
  Mr. Ames
  1940
- Gaucho Serenade
  as
  Frederick Willoughby
  1940
- Northwest Passage
  as
  Sam Livermore
  1940
- The Sea Hawk
  as
  Guard Officer
  1940
1939
- Conspiracy
  as
  Gair - Henchman
  1939
- The Three Musketeers
  as
  Duke of Buckingham
  1939
- Susannah of the Mounties
  as
  Harlan Chambers
  1939
- Should a Girl Marry?
  as
  Dr. White
  1939
- British Intelligence
  as
  Henry Thompson
  1939
- Rulers of the Sea
  as
  Lieut. Roberts
  1939
1938
- Mysterious Mr. Moto
  as
  Sir Charles Murchison
  1938
- I Am a Criminal
  as
  District Attorney George Lane
  1938
- If I Were King
  as
  General Saliere
  1938
- Think It Over
  as
  Ring Leader
  1938
- Three Loves Has Nancy
  as
  Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart
  1938
- There's Always a Woman
  as
  Walter Fraser
  1938
- The Adventures of Robin Hood
  as
  Sir Ivor
  1938
- Time Out for Murder
  as
  Phillip Gregory
  1938
1937
- The Prince and the Pauper
  as
  St. John
  1937
- Lancer Spy
  as
  Capt. Neville
  1937
1936
- Too Many Parents
  as
  Mark Stewart
  1936
- Crack-Up
  as
  Sidney Grant
  1936
- Song and Dance Man
  as
  C. B. Nelson
  1936
- Thank You, Jeeves!
  as
  Elliott Manville
  1936
- 15 Maiden Lane
  as
  Gilbert Lockhart
  1936
- Lloyd's of London
  as
  Captain Hardy
  1936
1935
- Werewolf of London
  as
  Paul Ames
  1935
- The Raven
  as
  Dr. Jerry Holden
  1935
- Professional Soldier
  as
  Prince Edric
  1935
1934
- Borrowed Clothes
  as
  Sir Harry Torrent
  1934
- Blossom Time
  as
  Schwindt
  1934
1933
- Called Back
  as
  Gilbert Vaughan
  1933
- The Song You Gave Me
  as
  Max Winter
  1933
- no image
  Facing The Music
  as
  Becker
  1933
- On Secret Service
  as
  Coloneilo Romanelli
  1933
- no image
  She Was Only A Village Maiden
  as
  Frampton
  1933
- no image
  The Stolen Necklace
  as
  Clive Wingate
  1933
- no image
  The Melody-Maker
  as
  Tony Borrodaile
  1933
1932
- no image
  Fires of Fate
  as
  Lt. Col Egerton
  1932
- no image
  Her Night Out
  as
  Gerald Vickery
  1932
- Indiscretions of Eve
  as
  Ralph
  1932
1931
- Gipsy Blood
  as
  Zuniga
  1931
- no image
  Creeping Shadows
  as
  Brian Nash
  1931
- The Man at Six
  as
  Campbell Edwards
  1931
- The Wickham Mystery
  as
  Charles Wickham
  1931
- The Old Man
  as
  Keith Keller
  1931

Lester Matthews

Biography

Cast Credits

Hollywood Horror House

Adam-12

The Name of the Game

The Scorpio Letters

Assault on a Queen

Family Affair

The Pruitts of Southampton

A Global Affair

Daniel Boone

The Rogues

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Lucy Show

By Love Possessed

Hazel

Ripcord

Walk Like a Dragon

Surfside 6

Coronado 9

Angel

Philip Marlowe

Rawhide

One Step Beyond

The Dennis O'Keefe Show

One Step Beyond

Bonanza

Yancy Derringer

Behind Closed Doors

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

How to Marry a Millionaire

Dr. Fu Manchu

Telephone Time

Moonfleet

Flame of the Islands

Ten Wanted Men

The Far Horizons

King Richard and the Crusaders

Jungle Man-Eaters

Désirée

Charge of the Lancers

December Bride

Public Defender

Public Defender

Passport to Danger

Father Knows Best

Man in the Attic

Bad for Each Other

Fort Ti

Savage Mutiny

The Desert Rats

Niagara

Trouble Along the Way

Sangaree

Young Bess

You Are There

Against All Flags

Captain Pirate

Les Miserables

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land

The Brigand

Operation Secret

5 Fingers

Lady in the Iron Mask

The Ford Television Theatre

Omnibus

The Son of Dr. Jekyll

Lorna Doone

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Lady and the Bandit

Racket Squad

The Red Skelton Show

Rogues of Sherwood Forest

Montana

Tyrant of the Sea

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show