Actor
Lester Matthews
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 i ...

Known For
Acting
1970 -- Hollywood Horror House | Ira Jaffee
1967 -- The Scorpio Letters | Mr. Harris
1966 -- Assault on a Queen | Doctor
1964 -- Mary Poppins | Mr. Tomes (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 -- King Richard and the Crusaders | Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
1954 -- Jungle Man-Eaters | Comm. Kingston
1953 -- Bad for Each Other | Dr. Homer Gleeson
1953 -- Man in the Attic | Chief Insp. Melville
1953 -- Young Bess | Sir William Paget
1953 -- The Desert Rats | Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
1953 -- Sangaree | Gen. Victor Darby
1953 -- Fort Ti | Lord Jeffrey Amherst
1953 -- Trouble Along the Way | Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Borrowed Clothes | Sir Harry Torrent
1934 -- Blossom Time | Schwindt
1933 -- Facing The Music | Becker
1933 -- On Secret Service | Coloneilo Romanelli
1933 -- Called Back | Gilbert Vaughan
1933 -- The Song You Gave Me | Max Winter
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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