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Arthur Lester Matthews was an English actor born in Nottingham. In his career, the handsome Englishman made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was erroneously credited in later years as Les Matthews. Matthews played supporting roles in films like The Raven and Werewolf of London, but his career deteriorated into bit parts. He died on 5 June 1975, the day before his 75th birthday, in Los Angeles. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
Birth Name
Arthur Lester Matthews
Born
Wednesday, 06 June 1900
Died
Friday, 06 June 1975
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Jerry Holden / Dr. Jerry Halden (Credits) | 2007 |
| Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes | Mr. McDonald | 1974 |
| Hollywood Horror House | Ira Jaffee | 1970 |
| Adam-12 | Gregory Benton | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Sir Winston More / Porter | 1968 |
| Star! | Lord Chamberlain | 1968 |
| The Scorpio Letters | Mr. Harris | 1967 |
| Family Affair | Farnsworth | 1966 |
| The Phyllis Diller Show | Butler | 1966 |
| Assault on a Queen | Doctor | 1966 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Jerry Holden / Dr. Jerry Halden (Credits) | 2007 |
| Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes | Mr. McDonald | 1974 |
| Hollywood Horror House | Ira Jaffee | 1970 |
| Adam-12 | Gregory Benton | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Sir Winston More / Porter | 1968 |
| Star! | Lord Chamberlain | 1968 |
| The Scorpio Letters | Mr. Harris | 1967 |
| Family Affair | Farnsworth | 1966 |
| The Phyllis Diller Show | Butler | 1966 |
| Assault on a Queen | Doctor | 1966 |
| Mary Poppins | Mr. Tomes | 1964 |
| Daniel Boone | Major | 1964 |
| The Rogues | Bailiff | 1964 |
| A Global Affair | British Delegate | 1964 |
| The Prize | BBC News Correspondent | 1963 |
| The Lucy Show | Lord Van Cleve | 1962 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Mr. Fleming Pendleton | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Walter Dunham | 1962 |
| Ripcord | Hugh Olds | 1961 |
| Hazel | Reginald Archibald | 1961 |
| King of Diamonds | Inspector Andrews | 1961 |
| By Love Possessed | Club Patron | 1961 |
| The Young Savages | Dr. Androtti | 1961 |
| Angel | Charles | 1960 |
| Surfside 6 | Inspector Campbell | 1960 |
| Coronado 9 | Tony Wingate / Maj. Durham | 1960 |
| Song Without End | Emissary of the Grand Duchess | 1960 |
| Walk Like a Dragon | Peter Mott | 1960 |
| Johnny Midnight | Mark DeVinney | 1960 |
| The Miracle | Capt. John Boulting | 1959 |
| Philip Marlowe | Stephen Florea | 1959 |
| The Dennis O'Keefe Show | Sylverster Barnes | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Forrester | 1959 |
| 21 Beacon Street | Alfred Harrison | 1959 |
| Markham | Van Elder | 1959 |
| One Step Beyond | Prison Governor / Civil Defense Man | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Larkins | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Inspector T. Carnahan / Mr. Craythrope / Pillsbury | 1958 |
| The Ann Sothern Show | Mr. Bartley | 1958 |
| Yancy Derringer | Jerrison Ames | 1958 |
| Behind Closed Doors | Colonel Brookston | 1958 |
| How to Marry a Millionaire | Conway | 1957 |
| Bachelor Father | Philip Harcourt / Mr. Harcourt | 1957 |
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Frank Grace | 1957 |
| Something of Value | Game Warden | 1957 |
| The O. Henry Playhouse | Mercedes Fairchild | 1957 |
| Slander | Frank Grover | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Colonel McKinley | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu | Sir Dennis Nayland Smith / Sir Denis Nayland Smith | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Supply Minister | 1956 |
| Jungle Safari | Branan Chatterton, Commissioner | 1956 |
| Flame of the Islands | Gus | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Salmon P. Chase / Rev. John Schwan / Dr. Ashley | 1955 |
| Casablanca | Col. Masters | 1955 |
| Moonfleet | Major Hennishaw | 1955 |
| The Seven Little Foys | Father O'Casey | 1955 |
| The Far Horizons | Mr. Hancock | 1955 |
| Ten Wanted Men | Adam Stewart | 1955 |
| Soldiers of Fortune | Carrigan | 1955 |
| Désirée | Caulaincourt | 1954 |
| Climax! | Dr. Fincannon | 1954 |
| Father Knows Best | Major Alden | 1954 |
| The Lineup | Walter Smith | 1954 |
| King Richard and the Crusaders | Narrator / Archbishop of Tyre | 1954 |
| Adventures of the Falcon | Preston Andrews | 1954 |
| Jungle Man-Eaters | Comm. Kingston | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Mr. Harrington / Ben Pearce | 1954 |
| Charge of the Lancers | Gen. Stanhope | 1954 |
| Bad for Each Other | Dr. Homer Gleeson | 1953 |
| Man in the Attic | Chief Insp. Melville | 1953 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Archibald Palmerston | 1953 |
| Sangaree | Gen. Victor Darby | 1953 |
| Young Bess | Sir William Paget | 1953 |
| The Desert Rats | Foreign Secretary | 1953 |
| Fort Ti | Lord Jeffrey Amherst | 1953 |
| Jamaica Run | Judge | 1953 |
| Trouble Along the Way | Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea / Cardinal O'Shea | 1953 |
| Rogue's March | Brigadier General | 1953 |
| Savage Mutiny | Maj. Walsh / Major Walsh | 1953 |
| You Are There | Sir Joseph Banks / Ganzel | 1953 |
| Niagara | Doctor | 1953 |
| Against All Flags | Sir Cloudsley | 1952 |
| Stars and Stripes Forever | Mr. Pickering | 1952 |
| Omnibus | The Chief (segment "The Horn Blows at Midnight") | 1952 |
| Operation Secret | Robbins | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Carlton / Colonel Peter Tilletson | 1952 |
| Captain Pirate | Col. Ramsey | 1952 |
| Les Miserables | Mentou Sr. | 1952 |
| Lady in the Iron Mask | Prime Minister Rochard | 1952 |
| The Brigand | Dr. Lopez | 1952 |
| My Little Margie | Attorney Burton / Mr. Patterson | 1952 |
| Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land | Commissioner Kingston | 1952 |
| 5 Fingers | Undersecretary | 1952 |
| The Son of Dr. Jekyll | Sir John Utterson | 1951 |
| Anne of the Indies | Wherryman | 1951 |
| The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | British Officer | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Sylvester | 1951 |
| Corky of Gasoline Alley | Ellis | 1951 |
| The Lady and the Bandit | Ridgely - Joyce's Interrogator / Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator | 1951 |
| Racket Squad | Ben Milford | 1951 |
| Lorna Doone | King Charles II | 1951 |
| Tales of Robin Hood | Sir Hugh Fitzwalter | 1951 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Referee / Sponsor | 1950 |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Professor Hopkins / Mr. Thomas Marshall / Mr. Larkin / Mr. Fortune / Mr. Duffy / Mr. Buzby / Mr. Burke | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | John Hillgrove | 1950 |
| Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Alan-A-Dale | 1950 |
| Tyrant of the Sea | Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson | 1950 |
| Montana | George Forsythe | 1950 |
| Malaya | Matisson | 1949 |
| Free for All | Mr. Aberson | 1949 |
| The Woman on Pier 13 | Dr. Dixon | 1949 |
| Addio Mimí! | Fouquet | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | Immigration Judge / Brandt | 1949 |
| Studio One | the Attorney | 1948 |
| Fighting Father Dunne | Archbishop John Joseph Glennon | 1948 |
| The Paradine Case | Police Inspector Ambrose | 1948 |
| The Exile | Robbins | 1947 |
| Monsieur Verdoux | Prosecutor | 1947 |
| Dark Delusion | Wyndham Grace | 1947 |
| Banjo | Gerald Warren | 1947 |
| Bulldog Drummond at Bay | Shannon Eskdale | 1947 |
| The Beautiful Cheat | Farley | 1945 |
| Son of Lassie | Major Elliston | 1945 |
| Two O'Clock Courage | Mark Evans | 1945 |
| Salty O'Rourke | Salesman | 1945 |
| Objective, Burma! | British Maj. Fitzpatrick | 1945 |
| I Love a Mystery | Mr. G / Justin Reeves | 1945 |
| Jungle Queen | Commissioner Braham Chatterton | 1945 |
| Shadows in the Night | Stanley Carter | 1944 |
| The Invisible Man's Revenge | Sir Jasper Herrick | 1944 |
| Between Two Worlds | Steamship Dispatcher | 1944 |
| Ministry of Fear | Dr. Norton at Lembridge Asylum | 1944 |
| The Story of Dr. Wassell | Dr. Ralph Wayne | 1944 |
| Four Jills in a Jeep | Capt. Lloyd | 1944 |
| Nine Girls | Horace Canfield | 1944 |
| Northern Pursuit | Colonel | 1943 |
| Corvette K-225 | British Captain | 1943 |
| Appointment in Berlin | Air Marshal | 1943 |
| Two Tickets to London | Treathcote | 1943 |
| Tonight We Raid Calais | English Maj. West | 1943 |
| The Mysterious Doctor | Dr. Frederick Holmes | 1943 |
| London Blackout Murders | Oliver Madison | 1943 |
| Now, Voyager | Captain | 1942 |
| Manila Calling | Wayne Ralston | 1942 |
| Desperate Journey | Wing Commander | 1942 |
| Across the Pacific | Canadian Major | 1942 |
| The Pied Piper | Mr. Cavanaugh | 1942 |
| Sunday Punch | Smith - Judy's Date | 1942 |
| Born to Sing | Arthur Cartwright | 1942 |
| Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Prosecutor | 1942 |
| A Yank in the R.A.F. | Group Captain | 1941 |
| Life Begins for Andy Hardy | Mr. Eric J. Maddox | 1941 |
| Man Hunt | Major | 1941 |
| The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Mr. Lee | 1940 |
| Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot | Scott | 1940 |
| The Sea Hawk | Guard Officer | 1940 |
| Women in War | Sir Humphrey, Prosecuting attorney | 1940 |
| The Biscuit Eater | Mr. Ames | 1940 |
| Gaucho Serenade | Frederick Willoughby | 1940 |
| Northwest Passage | Sam Livermore | 1940 |
| British Intelligence | Henry Thompson | 1940 |
| 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 | 1939 |
| I Am a Criminal | District Attorney George Lane | 1938 |
| If I Were King | General Saliere | 1938 |
| Time Out for Murder | Uncle Phillip Gregory / 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 | 1938 |
| Lancer Spy | Capt. Neville | 1937 |
| The Prince and the Pauper | St. John | 1937 |
| Crack-Up | Sidney Grant | 1936 |
| Lloyd's of London | Capt. Hardy / Captain Hardy | 1936 |
| 15 Maiden Lane | Gilbert Lockhart | 1936 |
| Tugboat Princess | 1st Mate Bob | 1936 |
| Thank You, Jeeves! | Elliott Manville | 1936 |
| Too Many Parents | Mark Stewart | 1936 |
| Song and Dance Man | C. B. Nelson | 1936 |
| Professional Soldier | Prince Edric | 1935 |
| The Raven | Dr. Jerry Halden (Credits) / Dr. Jerry Holden | 1935 |
| The Werewolf of London | Paul Ames | 1935 |
| Werewolf of London | Paul Ames | 1935 |
| Song at Eventide | Lord Belsize | 1934 |
| The Poisoned Diamond | John Reader | 1934 |
| Norah O'Neale | Dermot Fitzgerald | 1934 |
| April Blossoms | Schwindt | 1934 |
| Borrowed Clothes | Sir Harry Torrent | 1934 |
| Called Back | Gilbert Vaughan | 1933 |
| Out of the Past | Captain Leslie Farebrother | 1933 |
| She Was Only a Village Maiden | Frampton | 1933 |
| Facing the Music | Becker | 1933 |
| The Song You Gave Me | Max Winter | 1933 |
| The Stolen Necklace | Clive Wingate | 1933 |
| Fires of Fate | Lt. Col Egerton | 1932 |
| Her Night Out | Gerald Vickery | 1932 |
| The Indiscretions of Eve | Ralph | 1932 |
| The Wickham Mystery | Charles Wickham | 1932 |
| Carmen | Zuniga | 1932 |
| The Limping Man | Brian Nash | 1931 |
