Lester Matthews
- Acting
- June 5, 1900 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- June 6, 1975
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
Filmography
- Savage Intruder · Ira Jaffee
- Adam-12 · Gregory Benton
- The Name of the Game · Winston More
- The Scorpio Letters · Mr. Harris
- Family Affair
- The Pruitts of Southampton · Butler
- Assault on a Queen · Doctor
- Daniel Boone · Major
- The Rogues · Bailiff
- A Global Affair · British Delegate (uncredited)
- The Lucy Show · Lord Van Cleve
- The Beverly Hillbillies · Mr. Fleming Pendleton
- Hazel · Reginald Archibald
- Ripcord · Hugh Olds
- By Love Possessed · Club Patron (uncredited)
- Surfside 6 · Inspector Campbell
- Angel · Charles
- Coronado 9
- Walk Like a Dragon · Peter Mott
- Philip Marlowe
- The Dennis O'Keefe Show
- Bonanza · Forrester
- One Step Beyond · Prison Governor, Civil Defense Man
- Rawhide · Larkins
- 77 Sunset Strip · Inspector T. Carnahan, Mr. Craythrope
- Yancy Derringer · Jerrison Ames
- Behind Closed Doors · Colonel Brookston
- How to Marry a Millionaire
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective · Frank Grace
- Dr. Fu Manchu · Sir Denis Nayland Smith
- Telephone Time
- Flame of the Islands · Gus
- The Far Horizons · Mr. Hancock
- Moonfleet · Major Hennishaw
- Ten Wanted Men · Adam Stewart
- Désirée · Caulaincourt (uncredited)
- December Bride
- Father Knows Best · Major Alden
- King Richard and the Crusaders · Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
- Jungle Man-Eaters · Comm. Kingston
- Passport to Danger · U.S. Consul Charlie Edmunds
- Public Defender · Mr. Harrington, Ben Pearce
- Charge of the Lancers · Gen. Stanhope
- Man in the Attic · Chief Insp. Melville
- Bad for Each Other · Dr. Homer Gleeson
- Young Bess · Sir William Paget
- Sangaree · Gen. Victor Darby
- Fort Ti · Lord Jeffrey Amherst
- Trouble Along the Way · Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
- The Desert Rats · Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
- Savage Mutiny · Maj. Walsh
- You Are There · Ganzel
- Niagara · Doctor (uncredited)
- Against All Flags · Sir Cloudsley
- Omnibus · The Chief
- Operation Secret · Robbins
- The Ford Television Theatre · Carlton
- Captain Pirate · Col. Ramsey
- Les Miserables · Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
- Lady in the Iron Mask · Prime Minister Rochard
- The Brigand · Dr. Lopez
- Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land · Commissioner Kingston
- 5 Fingers
- The Son of Dr. Jekyll · Sir John Utterson
- The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel · British Officer (uncredited)
- The Red Skelton Show · Sylvester
- The Lady and the Bandit · Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator
- Racket Squad
- Lorna Doone · King Charles II
- The Jack Benny Program · Sponsor, Referee
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show · Mr. Duffy, Mr. Larkin
- Lux Video Theatre · John Hillgrove
- Rogues of Sherwood Forest · Alan-A-Dale
- Cameo Theatre
- Tyrant of the Sea · Horatio Nelson
- Montana · George Forsythe
- Free For All · Mr. Aberson
- Ford Theatre
- The Exile · Robbins
- Monsieur Verdoux · Prosecutor (uncredited)