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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 5, 1900
Died
June 6, 1975
Place of Birth
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Lester Mathews
- Arthur Lester Matthews
- Les Matthews
Lester Matthews
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.4
Ira Jaffee
Hollywood Horror House
1970
7.0
Gregory Benton
Adam-12
1968
6.8
Winston More
The Name of the Game
1968
4.0
Mr. Harris
The Scorpio Letters
1967
6.6
Family Affair
1966
5.3
Butler
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
5.5
Doctor
Assault on a Queen
1966
6.9
Major
Daniel Boone
1964
7.2
Bailiff
The Rogues
1964
7.0
Lord Van Cleve
The Lucy Show
1962
Credits
Hollywood Horror House
as Ira Jaffee
1970
5.4
Adam-12
as Gregory Benton
1968
7.0
The Name of the Game
as Winston More
1968
6.8
The Scorpio Letters
as Mr. Harris
1967
4.0
Family Affair
1966
6.6
The Pruitts of Southampton
as Butler
1966
5.3
Assault on a Queen
as Doctor
1966
5.5
Daniel Boone
as Major
1964
6.9
The Rogues
as Bailiff
1964
7.2
The Lucy Show
as Lord Van Cleve
1962
7.0
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Mr. Fleming Pendleton
1962
6.8
Hazel
as Reginald Archibald
1961
6.8
Ripcord
as Hugh Olds
1961
6.5
By Love Possessed
as Club Patron (uncredited)
1961
4.9
Surfside 6
as Inspector Campbell
1960
5.0
Angel
as Charles
1960
2.8
Coronado 9
1960
6.0
Walk Like a Dragon
as Peter Mott
1960
5.0
Philip Marlowe
1959
5.0
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
1959
5.0
Bonanza
as Forrester
1959
7.5
One Step Beyond
as Prison Governor
1959
5.6
One Step Beyond
as Civil Defense Man
1959
5.6
Rawhide
as Larkins
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
as Pillsbury
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Mr. Craythrope
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Inspector T. Carnahan
1958
6.7
Behind Closed Doors
as Colonel Brookston
1958
0.0
Yancy Derringer
as Jerrison Ames
1958
5.6
How to Marry a Millionaire
1957
6.0
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Frank Grace
1957
6.2
Dr. Fu Manchu
as Sir Denis Nayland Smith
1956
5.0
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
Flame of the Islands
as Gus
1955
4.2
The Far Horizons
as Mr. Hancock
1955
6.2
Moonfleet
as Major Hennishaw
1955
6.5
Ten Wanted Men
as Adam Stewart
1955
5.8
December Bride
1954
5.5
Father Knows Best
as Major Alden
1954
6.5
King Richard and the Crusaders
as Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
1954
6.3
Jungle Man-Eaters
as Comm. Kingston
1954
4.7
🎬
Passport to Danger
as U.S. Consul Charlie Edmunds
1954
6.0
Public Defender
as Ben Pearce
1954
6.0
Public Defender
as Mr. Harrington
1954
6.0
Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Homer Gleeson
1953
5.7
Man in the Attic
as Chief Insp. Melville
1953
5.5
Young Bess
as Sir William Paget
1953
5.8
The Desert Rats
as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
1953
6.3
Sangaree
as Gen. Victor Darby
1953
6.4
Fort Ti
as Lord Jeffrey Amherst
1953
6.5
Trouble Along the Way
as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
1953
5.9
Savage Mutiny
as Maj. Walsh
1953
4.5
You Are There
1953
5.7
Niagara
as Doctor (uncredited)
1953
6.8
Against All Flags
as Sir Cloudsley
1952
6.0
Omnibus
as The Chief
1952
6.0
Operation Secret
as Robbins
1952
5.0
The Ford Television Theatre
as Carlton
1952
7.3
Captain Pirate
as Col. Ramsey
1952
5.4
Les Miserables
as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
1952
5.4
Lady in the Iron Mask
as Prime Minister Rochard
1952
0.0
The Brigand
as Dr. Lopez
1952
5.5
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
as Commissioner Kingston
1952
5.3
5 Fingers
1952
7.6
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Sir John Utterson
1951
4.0
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as British Officer (uncredited)
1951
6.7
The Red Skelton Show
as Sylvester
1951
7.4
The Lady and the Bandit
as Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator
1951
6.0
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
Lorna Doone
as King Charles II
1951
4.6
The Jack Benny Program
as Referee
1950
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Sponsor
1950
7.8
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Professor Hopkins
1950
6.9
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Duffy
1950
6.9
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Buzby
1950
6.9
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Larkin
1950
6.9
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Burke
1950
6.9
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Thomas Marshall
1950
6.9
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Fortune
1950
6.9
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as John Hillgrove
1950
6.3
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Alan-A-Dale
1950
4.8
🎬
Cameo Theatre
1950
0.0
Tyrant of the Sea
as Horatio Nelson
1950
0.0
Montana
as George Forsythe
1950
5.6
Free For All
as Mr. Aberson
1949
6.0
🎬
Ford Theatre
1948
0.0
The Exile
as Robbins
1947
6.1
Monsieur Verdoux
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
1947
7.7
Dark Delusion
as Wyndham Grace
1947
6.0
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as Shannon Eskdale
1947
6.0
Two O'Clock Courage
as Mark Evans
1945
6.1
Salty O'Rourke
as Salesman
1945
5.2
Objective, Burma!
as British Maj. Fitzpatrick
1945
6.9
I Love a Mystery
as Justin Reeves / Mr. G
1945
6.1
Jungle Queen
as Commissioner Braham Chatterton
1945
5.0
Shadows in the Night
as Stanley Carter
1944
5.3
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Sir Jasper Herrick
1944
5.6
Between Two Worlds
as Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)
1944
7.0
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)
1944
5.7
Nine Girls
as Horace Canfield
1944
5.3
Northern Pursuit
as Colonel (uncredited)
1943
5.9
Corvette K-225
as British Captain
1943
6.1
Appointment in Berlin
as Air Marshal (uncredited)
1943
6.7
Two Tickets to London
as Treathcote (uncredited)
1943
6.0
The Mysterious Doctor
as Dr. Frederick Holmes
1943
5.6
London Blackout Murders
as Oliver Madison
1943
5.0
Manila Calling
as Wayne Ralston
1942
7.0
Across the Pacific
as Canadian Major
1942
6.6
The Pied Piper
as Mr. Cavanaugh
1942
6.8
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Prosecutor
1942
7.2
A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Group Captain
1941
5.6
Man Hunt
as Major (uncredited)
1941
6.9
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Mr. Lee
1940
5.9
The Sea Hawk
as Guard Officer
1940
7.1
The Biscuit Eater
as Mr. Ames
1940
6.3
Gaucho Serenade
as Frederick Willoughby
1940
6.0
Northwest Passage
as Sam Livermore
1940
6.4
British Intelligence
as Henry Thompson
1939
5.7
Rulers of the Sea
as Lieut. Roberts
1939
6.5
Conspiracy
as Gair - Henchman
1939
5.5
Susannah of the Mounties
as Harlan Chambers
1939
6.3
Should a Girl Marry?
as Dr. White
1939
3.5
The Three Musketeers
as Duke of Buckingham
1939
5.8
I Am a Criminal
as District Attorney George Lane
1938
0.0
If I Were King
as General Saliere
1938
6.8
Time Out for Murder
as Phillip Gregory
1938
6.0
Mysterious Mr. Moto
as Sir Charles Murchison
1938
5.8
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart
1938
4.2
Think It Over
as Ring Leader
1938
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Ivor
1938
7.5
There's Always a Woman
as Walter Fraser
1938
5.8
Lancer Spy
as Capt. Neville
1937
5.2
The Prince and the Pauper
as St. John
1937
6.8
Crack-Up
as Sidney Grant
1936
5.8
Lloyd's of London
as Captain Hardy
1936
7.1
15 Maiden Lane
as Gilbert Lockhart
1936
6.0
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Elliott Manville
1936
6.0
Too Many Parents
as Mark Stewart
1936
5.0
Song and Dance Man
as C. B. Nelson
1936
0.0
Professional Soldier
as Prince Edric
1935
4.5
The Raven
as Dr. Jerry Holden
1935
6.6
Werewolf of London
as Paul Ames
1935
6.0
Blossom Time
as Schwindt
1934
4.8
Borrowed Clothes
as Sir Harry Torrent
1934
0.0
🎬
Facing The Music
as Becker
1933
0.0
On Secret Service
as Coloneilo Romanelli
1933
7.0
The Song You Gave Me
as Max Winter
1933
6.0
Called Back
as Gilbert Vaughan
1933
0.0
🎬
The Melody-Maker
as Tony Borrodaile
1933
0.0
🎬
She Was Only A Village Maiden
as Frampton
1933
0.0
🎬
The Stolen Necklace
as Clive Wingate
1933
0.0
🎬
Her Night Out
as Gerald Vickery
1932
0.0
Indiscretions of Eve
as Ralph
1932
0.0
🎬
Fires of Fate
as Lt. Col Egerton
1932
0.0
The Old Man
as Keith Keller
1931
0.0
Gipsy Blood
as Zuniga
1931
0.0
The Wickham Mystery
as Charles Wickham
1931
0.0
The Man at Six
as Campbell Edwards
1931
0.0
🎬
Creeping Shadows
as Brian Nash
1931
0.0