Lester Matthews
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 5, 1900, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Died
- June 6, 1975
- Movies
- 114
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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).
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1970 | Savage Intruder | Ira Jaffee |
| 1967 | The Scorpio Letters | Mr. Harris |
| 1966 | Assault on a Queen | Doctor |
| 1964 | A Global Affair | British Delegate (uncredited) |
| 1961 | By Love Possessed | Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Walk Like a Dragon | Peter Mott |
| 1955 | Flame of the Islands | Gus |
| 1955 | The Far Horizons | Mr. Hancock |
| 1955 | Moonfleet | Major Hennishaw |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men | Adam Stewart |
| 1954 | Désirée | Caulaincourt (uncredited) |
| 1954 | King Richard and the Crusaders | Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator |
| 1954 | Jungle Man-Eaters | Comm. Kingston |
| 1954 | Charge of the Lancers | Gen. Stanhope |
| 1953 | Man in the Attic | Chief Insp. Melville |
| 1953 | Bad for Each Other | Dr. Homer Gleeson |
| 1953 | Young Bess | Sir William Paget |
| 1953 | Sangaree | Gen. Victor Darby |
| 1953 | Fort Ti | Lord Jeffrey Amherst |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way | Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea |
| 1953 | The Desert Rats | Foreign Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Savage Mutiny | Maj. Walsh |
| 1953 | Niagara | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Against All Flags | Sir Cloudsley |
| 1952 | Operation Secret | Robbins |
| 1952 | Captain Pirate | Col. Ramsey |
| 1952 | Les Miserables | Mentou Sr. (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Lady in the Iron Mask | Prime Minister Rochard |
| 1952 | The Brigand | Dr. Lopez |
| 1952 | Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land | Commissioner Kingston |
| 1952 | 5 Fingers | |
| 1951 | The Son of Dr. Jekyll | Sir John Utterson |
| 1951 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | British Officer (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Lady and the Bandit | Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator |
| 1951 | Lorna Doone | King Charles II |
| 1950 | Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Alan-A-Dale |
| 1950 | Tyrant of the Sea | Horatio Nelson |
| 1950 | Montana | George Forsythe |
| 1949 | Free For All | Mr. Aberson |
| 1947 | The Exile | Robbins |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Prosecutor (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Dark Delusion | Wyndham Grace |
| 1947 | Bulldog Drummond at Bay | Shannon Eskdale |
| 1945 | Two O'Clock Courage | Mark Evans |
| 1945 | Salty O'Rourke | Salesman |
| 1945 | Objective, Burma! | British Maj. Fitzpatrick |
| 1945 | I Love a Mystery | Justin Reeves / Mr. G |
| 1945 | Jungle Queen | Commissioner Braham Chatterton |
| 1944 | Shadows in the Night | Stanley Carter |
| 1944 | The Invisible Man's Revenge | Sir Jasper Herrick |
| 1944 | Between Two Worlds | Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Ministry of Fear | Dr. Norton at Lembridge Asylum (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Four Jills in a Jeep | Capt. Lloyd (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Nine Girls | Horace Canfield |
| 1943 | Northern Pursuit | Colonel (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 | British Captain |
| 1943 | Appointment in Berlin | Air Marshal (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London | Treathcote (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Mysterious Doctor | Dr. Frederick Holmes |
| 1943 | London Blackout Murders | Oliver Madison |
| 1942 | Manila Calling | Wayne Ralston |
| 1942 | Desperate Journey | |
| 1942 | Across the Pacific | Canadian Major |
| 1942 | The Pied Piper | Mr. Cavanaugh |
| 1942 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Prosecutor |
| 1941 | A Yank in the R.A.F. | Group Captain |
| 1941 | Man Hunt | Major (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Mr. Lee |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk | Guard Officer |
| 1940 | The Biscuit Eater | Mr. Ames |
| 1940 | Gaucho Serenade | Frederick Willoughby |
| 1940 | Northwest Passage | Sam Livermore |
| 1939 | British Intelligence | Henry Thompson |
| 1939 | Rulers of the Sea | Lieut. Roberts |
| 1939 | Conspiracy | Gair - Henchman |
| 1939 | Susannah of the Mounties | Harlan Chambers |
| 1939 | Should a Girl Marry? | Dr. White |
| 1939 | The Three Musketeers | Duke of Buckingham |
| 1938 | I Am a Criminal | District Attorney George Lane |
| 1938 | If I Were King | General Saliere |
| 1938 | Time Out for Murder | Phillip Gregory |
| 1938 | Mysterious Mr. Moto | Sir Charles Murchison |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy | Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart |
| 1938 | Think It Over | Ring Leader |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Ivor |
| 1938 | There's Always a Woman | Walter Fraser |
| 1937 | Lancer Spy | Capt. Neville |
| 1937 | The Prince and the Pauper | St. John |
| 1936 | Crack-Up | Sidney Grant |
| 1936 | Lloyd's of London | Captain Hardy |
| 1936 | 15 Maiden Lane | Gilbert Lockhart |
| 1936 | Thank You, Jeeves! | Elliott Manville |
| 1936 | Too Many Parents | Mark Stewart |
| 1936 | Song and Dance Man | C. B. Nelson |
| 1935 | Professional Soldier | Prince Edric |
| 1935 | The Raven | Dr. Jerry Holden |
| 1935 | Werewolf of London | Paul Ames |
| 1934 | Blossom Time | Schwindt |
| 1934 | Borrowed Clothes | Sir Harry Torrent |
| 1933 | Facing the Music | Becker |
| 1933 | On Secret Service | Coloneilo Romanelli |
| 1933 | The Song You Gave Me | Max Winter |
| 1933 | Called Back | Gilbert Vaughan |
| 1933 | The Melody-Maker | Tony Borrodaile |
| 1933 | She Was Only A Village Maiden | Frampton |
| 1933 | The Stolen Necklace | Clive Wingate |
| 1932 | Her Night Out | Gerald Vickery |
| 1932 | Indiscretions of Eve | Ralph |
| 1932 | Fires of Fate | Lt. Col Egerton |
| 1931 | The Old Man | Keith Keller |
| 1931 | Gipsy Blood | Zuniga |
| 1931 | The Wickham Mystery | Charles Wickham |
| 1931 | The Man at Six | Campbell Edwards |
| 1931 | Creeping Shadows | Brian Nash |
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