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