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Lester Matthews

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJun 5, 1900 (Died at 75)
Zodiac Sign♊Gemini
Place of BirthNottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Career Span1931 – 1975
Known Credits145 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.7

Lester Matthews

Also known as:Lester MathewsArthur Lester MatthewsLes Matthews
Total Works

145

107 movies • 38 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.5
as Sir Ivor
Bonanza
7.5
Bonanza
1959•series
as Forrester
Monsieur Verdoux
7.7
Monsieur Verdoux
1947•movie
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Niagara
6.8
Niagara
1953•movie
as Doctor (uncredited)

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 145 titles featuring Lester Matthews

The Adventures of Robin Hood
7.5

as Sir Ivor

Bonanza
7.5
1 eps
Bonanza
1959•series

as Forrester

Monsieur Verdoux
7.7
Monsieur Verdoux
1947•movie

as Prosecutor (uncredited)

Niagara
6.8
Niagara
1953•movie

as Doctor (uncredited)

Ministry of Fear
6.9
Ministry of Fear
1944•movie

as Dr. Norton at Lembridge Asylum (uncredited)

The Sea Hawk
7.2
The Sea Hawk
1940•movie

as Guard Officer

The Raven
6.6
The Raven
1935•movie

as Dr. Jerry Holden

Werewolf of London
6.0
Werewolf of London
1935•movie

as Paul Ames

The Beverly Hillbillies
6.9
4 eps

as Mr. Fleming Pendleton

Moonfleet
6.5
Moonfleet
1955•movie

as Major Hennishaw

Man Hunt
6.9
Man Hunt
1941•movie

as Major (uncredited)

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
6.7

as British Officer (uncredited)

5 Fingers
7.5
5 Fingers
1952•movie
The Desert Rats
6.3
The Desert Rats
1953•movie

as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)

Objective, Burma!
6.9
Objective, Burma!
1945•movie

as British Maj. Fitzpatrick

Across the Pacific
6.6
Across the Pacific
1942•movie

as Canadian Major

Against All Flags
6.0
Against All Flags
1952•movie

as Sir Cloudsley

The Invisible Man's Revenge
5.6

as Sir Jasper Herrick

Northwest Passage
6.6
Northwest Passage
1940•movie

as Sam Livermore

Man in the Attic
5.4
Man in the Attic
1953•movie

as Chief Insp. Melville

The Lucy Show
7.1
1 eps
The Lucy Show
1962•series

as Lord Van Cleve

Désirée
6.6
Désirée
1954•movie

as Caulaincourt (uncredited)

Rawhide
7.3
1 eps
Rawhide
1959•series

as Larkins

Adam-12
7.1
1 eps
Adam-12
1968•series

as Gregory Benton

Family Affair
6.7
1 eps
Family Affair
1966•series
The Prince and the Pauper
6.8

as St. John

Between Two Worlds
7.2
Between Two Worlds
1944•movie

as Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)

Daniel Boone
7.0
1 eps
Daniel Boone
1964•series

as Major

Desperate Journey
6.1
Desperate Journey
1942•movie
Assault on a Queen
5.8
Assault on a Queen
1966•movie

as Doctor

Ten Wanted Men
5.9
Ten Wanted Men
1955•movie

as Adam Stewart

Trouble Along the Way
6.1

as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea

Two O'Clock Courage
6.3

as Mark Evans

Father Knows Best
6.6
1 eps
Father Knows Best
1954•series

as Major Alden

A Yank in the R.A.F.
5.6

as Group Captain

Northern Pursuit
6.2
Northern Pursuit
1943•movie

as Colonel (uncredited)

77 Sunset Strip
7.2
1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
1958•series

as Pillsbury

British Intelligence
5.8

as Henry Thompson

Lloyd's of London
7.3
Lloyd's of London
1936•movie

as Captain Hardy

The Far Horizons
6.3
The Far Horizons
1955•movie

as Mr. Hancock

Young Bess
5.8
Young Bess
1953•movie

as Sir William Paget

Hazel
6.8
1 eps
Hazel
1961•series

as Reginald Archibald

Savage Intruder
5.2
Savage Intruder
1970•movie

as Ira Jaffee

Mysterious Mr. Moto
6.2

as Sir Charles Murchison

There's Always a Woman
6.0

as Walter Fraser

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
7.2
1 eps
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
7.2
The Red Skelton Show
7.4
1 eps

as Sylvester

Les Miserables
5.5
Les Miserables
1952•movie

as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)

Montana
5.6
Montana
1950•movie

as George Forsythe

Susannah of the Mounties
6.5

as Harlan Chambers

The Jack Benny Program
7.8
1 eps

as Referee

The Pied Piper
6.9
The Pied Piper
1942•movie

as Mr. Cavanaugh

One Step Beyond
5.7
1 eps
One Step Beyond
1959•series

as Prison Governor

King Richard and the Crusaders
6.4

as Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator

If I Were King
7.1
If I Were King
1938•movie

as General Saliere

Bad for Each Other
6.2
Bad for Each Other
1953•movie

as Dr. Homer Gleeson

The Mysterious Doctor
5.9

as Dr. Frederick Holmes

Captain Pirate
5.5
Captain Pirate
1952•movie

as Col. Ramsey

Crack-Up
5.9
Crack-Up
1936•movie

as Sidney Grant

Corvette K-225
6.2
Corvette K-225
1943•movie

as British Captain

The Name of the Game
7.0
1 eps

as Winston More

The Son of Dr. Jekyll
4.9

as Sir John Utterson

I Love a Mystery
6.4
I Love a Mystery
1945•movie

as Justin Reeves / Mr. G

The Three Musketeers
6.0

as Duke of Buckingham

Yancy Derringer
6.2
1 eps
Yancy Derringer
1958•series

as Jerrison Ames

Salty O'Rourke
6.0
Salty O'Rourke
1945•movie

as Salesman

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
6.2

as Mr. Lee

By Love Possessed
5.2
By Love Possessed
1961•movie

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Lancer Spy
6.0
Lancer Spy
1937•movie

as Capt. Neville

Flame of the Islands
4.7

as Gus

Rogues of Sherwood Forest
5.3

as Alan-A-Dale

Sangaree
6.8
Sangaree
1953•movie

as Gen. Victor Darby

The Exile
6.3
The Exile
1947•movie

as Robbins

Lorna Doone
4.7
Lorna Doone
1951•movie

as King Charles II

Three Loves Has Nancy
4.2

as Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart

Thank You, Jeeves!
6.4
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936•movie

as Elliott Manville

The Brigand
5.9
The Brigand
1952•movie

as Dr. Lopez

A Global Affair
5.3
A Global Affair
1964•movie

as British Delegate (uncredited)

The Rogues
8.0
1 eps
The Rogues
1964•series

as Bailiff

Lux Video Theatre
6.7
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
1950•series

as John Hillgrove

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
6.0

as Commissioner Kingston

Appointment in Berlin
7.1

as Air Marshal (uncredited)

Four Jills in a Jeep
6.8

as Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)

Fort Ti
7.0
Fort Ti
1953•movie

as Lord Jeffrey Amherst

Blossom Time
5.6
Blossom Time
1934•movie

as Schwindt

Dark Delusion
6.8
Dark Delusion
1947•movie

as Wyndham Grace

Shadows in the Night
6.0

as Stanley Carter

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
6.8
1 eps

as Frank Grace

Think It Over
7.2
Think It Over
1938•movie

as Ring Leader

Jungle Man-Eaters
5.2
Jungle Man-Eaters
1954•movie

as Comm. Kingston

Operation Secret
6.0
Operation Secret
1952•movie

as Robbins

Jungle Queen
5.5
Jungle Queen
1945•movie

as Commissioner Braham Chatterton

The Scorpio Letters
5.0

as Mr. Harris

The Biscuit Eater
6.5
The Biscuit Eater
1940•movie

as Mr. Ames

Nine Girls
5.8
Nine Girls
1944•movie

as Horace Canfield

Time Out for Murder
6.2

as Phillip Gregory

The Lady and the Bandit
6.8

as Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator

On Secret Service
7.0
On Secret Service
1933•movie

as Coloneilo Romanelli

December Bride
6.2
1 eps
December Bride
1954•series
Racket Squad
6.5
1 eps
Racket Squad
1951•series
Public Defender
6.2
1 eps
Public Defender
1954•series

as Mr. Harrington

The Ford Television Theatre
7.8
1 eps

as Carlton

The Pruitts of Southampton
6.5
1 eps

as Butler

Telephone Time
6.5
1 eps
Telephone Time
1956•series
Omnibus
7.0
1 eps
Omnibus
1952•series

as The Chief

You Are There
6.0
1 eps
You Are There
1953•series

as Ganzel

Manila Calling
8.0
Manila Calling
1942•movie

as Wayne Ralston

London Blackout Murders
6.7

as Oliver Madison

Professional Soldier
5.7

as Prince Edric

Savage Mutiny
6.3
Savage Mutiny
1953•movie

as Maj. Walsh

Conspiracy
6.7
Conspiracy
1939•movie

as Gair - Henchman

Should a Girl Marry?
5.7

as Dr. White

Free For All
6.3
Free For All
1949•movie

as Mr. Aberson

Rulers of the Sea
6.7
Rulers of the Sea
1939•movie

as Lieut. Roberts

Walk Like a Dragon
6.3
Walk Like a Dragon
1960•movie

as Peter Mott

Surfside 6
6.3
1 eps
Surfside 6
1960•series

as Inspector Campbell

Dr. Fu Manchu
7.3
14 eps
Dr. Fu Manchu
1956•series

as Sir Denis Nayland Smith

Coronado 9
6.7
2 eps
Coronado 9
1960•series
Angel
4.2
1 eps
Angel
1960•series

as Charles

Ripcord
6.7
1 eps
Ripcord
1961•series

as Hugh Olds

I Am a Criminal
7.0
I Am a Criminal
1938•movie

as District Attorney George Lane

Two Tickets to London
7.5

as Treathcote (uncredited)

The Song You Gave Me
8.0

as Max Winter

15 Maiden Lane
8.0
15 Maiden Lane
1936•movie

as Gilbert Lockhart

Gaucho Serenade
6.5
Gaucho Serenade
1940•movie

as Frederick Willoughby

Tyrant of the Sea
6.5
Tyrant of the Sea
1950•movie

as Horatio Nelson

Bulldog Drummond at Bay
6.5

as Shannon Eskdale

Charge of the Lancers
5.5

as Gen. Stanhope

Philip Marlowe
7.5
1 eps
Philip Marlowe
1959•series
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
7.5
1 eps
How to Marry a Millionaire
8.0
1 eps
7.5
1 eps
Passport to Danger
1954•series

as U.S. Consul Charlie Edmunds

Called Back
10.0
Called Back
1933•movie

as Gilbert Vaughan

Borrowed Clothes
7.0
Borrowed Clothes
1934•movie

as Sir Harry Torrent

Gipsy Blood
7.0
Gipsy Blood
1931•movie

as Zuniga

Facing the Music
10.0
Facing the Music
1933•movie

as Becker

Song and Dance Man
7.0
Song and Dance Man
1936•movie

as C. B. Nelson

The Man at Six
9.0
The Man at Six
1931•movie

as Campbell Edwards

The Old Man
7.0
The Old Man
1931•movie

as Keith Keller

The Wickham Mystery
8.0

as Charles Wickham

Indiscretions of Eve
10.0

as Ralph

Lady in the Iron Mask
8.0

as Prime Minister Rochard

8.0
1 eps
Ford Theatre
1948•series
Behind Closed Doors
8.0
1 eps
Behind Closed Doors
1958•series

as Colonel Brookston