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Alfred Edward Matthews, known as A. E. Matthews, was an English actor who played numerous character roles on the stage and in film for eight decades, and who became known for his acting longevity. Already middle-aged when silent films began production, he enjoyed increasing renown from World War II onwards as one of the British cinema's most famous crotchety, and sometimes rascally, old men.
Birth Name
Alfred Edward Matthews
Born
Monday, 22 November 1869
Died
Monday, 25 July 1960
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Inn for Trouble | Sir Hector Gore-Blandish | 1960 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
The Ship Was Loaded | Admiral Sir Maximillian Godfrey K.C.B. / Admiral Sir Maximillian GodfreyK.C.B. / Admiral Godfrey K.C.B. | 1957 |
Doctor at Large | Duke of Skye and Lewes | 1957 |
Three Men in a Boat | 1st Old Gentleman | 1956 |
Around the World in 80 Days | Club Member | 1956 |
Loser Takes All | Man / Elderly Man in Casino | 1956 |
ITV Television Playhouse | Earl of Lister | 1955 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
Dead by Morning | Mr. Potts | 1955 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Inn for Trouble | Sir Hector Gore-Blandish | 1960 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
The Ship Was Loaded | Admiral Sir Maximillian Godfrey K.C.B. / Admiral Sir Maximillian GodfreyK.C.B. / Admiral Godfrey K.C.B. | 1957 |
Doctor at Large | Duke of Skye and Lewes | 1957 |
Three Men in a Boat | 1st Old Gentleman | 1956 |
Around the World in 80 Days | Club Member | 1956 |
Loser Takes All | Man / Elderly Man in Casino | 1956 |
ITV Television Playhouse | Earl of Lister | 1955 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
Dead by Morning | Mr. Potts | 1955 |
Tonight's the Night | General O'Leary | 1954 |
Young and Willing | Harry Wicks, Mabel's beau | 1954 |
Man with a Million | Duke of Frognal | 1954 |
Meet Mr. Lucifer | Self | 1953 |
Skid Kids | The man in the taxi | 1953 |
Made in Heaven | Hillary Topham / Grandpa | 1952 |
Something Money Can't Buy | Lord Haverstock | 1952 |
The Passionate Sentry | Sir Arthur Cornwall | 1952 |
Castle in the Air | Blair | 1952 |
Penny Princess | Selby | 1952 |
The Magic Box | Old Gentleman | 1952 |
Laughter in Paradise | Sir Charles Robson / Justice Sir Charles Robson | 1951 |
The Galloping Major | Sir Robert Medleigh | 1951 |
Mr Drake's Duck | Brig. Matthews | 1951 |
Landfall | Air Raid Warden | 1949 |
The Amazing Mr. Beecham | Lord Lister | 1949 |
Whisky Galore! | Colonel Linsey-Woolsey | 1949 |
The Forbidden Street | Mr. Bly | 1949 |
William Comes to Town | Minister for Economic Affairs | 1948 |
Just William's Luck | The Tramp | 1948 |
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square | Gen. Bristow / General Bristow | 1947 |
Piccadilly Incident | Sir Charles Pearson / Charles Peterson | 1946 |
Twilight Hour | General Fitzhenry | 1946 |
Flight from Folly | Neville | 1945 |
A Lady Surrenders | Col. Pitt Smith / Pit Smith | 1944 |
They Came to a City | Sir George Gedney | 1944 |
The Way Ahead | Col. Walmsley / Colonel Walmsley | 1944 |
Escape to Danger | Sir Thomas Leighton | 1943 |
The Man in Grey | Auctioneer | 1943 |
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | President of Tribunal | 1943 |
Thunder Rock | Mr. Kirby | 1942 |
The Great Mr. Handel | Charles Jennens | 1942 |
'Pimpernel' Smith | Earl of Meadowbrook | 1941 |
Quiet Wedding | Arthur Royd / Janet's Father | 1941 |
Men Are Not Gods | T. H. Skeates / Frederick Skeates | 1937 |
The Iron Duke | Lord Hill | 1934 |
The Lackey and the Lady | 1919 | |
Castle of Dreams | Gerald Sumner | 1919 |
Wanted: A Widow | 1916 | |
The Lifeguardsman | Lt. Tosh | 1916 |