Lester Matthews
Popularity:0.696
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1900-06-05
Place of Birth:Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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Also Known As:Lester Mathews, Arthur Lester Matthews, Les Matthews

Werewolf of London (1935)
A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.

The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
A fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner who left him for dead in the jungle after their...

Man in the Attic (1953)
London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys,...

Hollywood Horror House (1970)
An enigmatic young man manipulates his way into working at the decaying mansion of a once prolific, but now reclusive and alcoholic, movie star named...

Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

Moonfleet (1955)
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old...

Assault on a Queen (1966)
A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the...

The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace...

Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
A cab driver nearly hits a man with amnesia, then helps him unravel his past, only to discover he's a murder suspect as she falls for him.

Against All Flags (1952)
A British naval officer fights pirates in Madagascar.

Manila Calling (1942)
During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the Philippines and became the first U.S. Guerrilla fighters.

The Raven (1935)
A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has...

Across the Pacific (1942)
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-martialed out of the army and boards a Japanese ship...

I Love a Mystery (1945)
In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the...

I Am a Criminal (1938)
In this crime drama, a gangster uses an innocent newsboy to manipulate the jury just prior to his manslaughter trial. The 10-year-old newsboy...

King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
Based on Sir Walter Scott's The Talisman, this is the story of the romantic adventures of Christians and Muslims during the battle for the Holy Land...

Bad for Each Other (1953)
A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between joining a glamorous practice and helping the poor.

The Pied Piper (1942)
Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded...

The Mysterious Doctor (1943)
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.

Two Tickets to London (1943)
Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to find the real traitors.

Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.

Northern Pursuit (1943)
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring,...

Captain Pirate (1952)
In 1690, years have passed since Captain Blood was pardoned by the Crown for his daring deeds against the Spanish on the Spanish Main, and he is...

Les Miserables (1952)
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

London Blackout Murders (1943)
A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being bombed during World War II. Her tobacconist landlord,...

Lancer Spy (1937)
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check...

Salty O'Rourke (1945)
A gambler and his buddy find a wise-guy jockey for their long-shot horse.

If I Were King (1938)
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the...

The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has been unjustly deserved. He sets out to develop his...

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
Jungle Jim is forced to lead anthropologist Dr. Edwards into a land inhabited by giant people.

Called Back (1933)
'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)

Think It Over (1938)
A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.

Jungle Man-Eaters (1954)
Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.

Professional Soldier (1935)
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger, so kidnaps the King to...

Flame of the Islands (1955)
A café singer buys a gambling casino and several men fall in love with her.

Too Many Parents (1936)
Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother parents or guardians. Lonely young Philip Stewart...

Borrowed Clothes (1934)
Lady Torrent attempts to sell some of her best Parisian gowns to get back into her husband's good books. Confusion ensues following a...

The Brigand (1952)
Carlos Delargo, the banished son of a royal princess of Mandorra, is returned to the kingdom to be tried for a murder change. However, he is freed by...

Lorna Doone (1951)
An English farmer leads a village uprising against their corrupt landlords.

Operation Secret (1952)
After assisting the French Underground during WWII, an American Officer is later accused of murder and subversive activities by former colleagues....

Fort Ti (1953)
Future horror-film entrepreneur William Castle warmed the director's chair for Fort Ti. Set in the 18th century, the film recounts the exploits of...

Savage Mutiny (1953)
Jungle Jim battles enemy agents while helping a local tribe relocate from an atomic test bomb site.

Jungle Queen (1945)
A young girl journeys to Africa to find her father, an explorer who vanished in the jungle.

Crack-Up (1936)
Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.

Gipsy Blood (1931)
In 1931, Sir Malcolm Sargent – then a rising young conductor – acted as musical director for this first filmed musical version of Prosper...

There's Always a Woman (1938)
An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to...

Blossom Time (1934)
World-renowned tenor Richard Tauber features in a dramatisation of the life of Schubert, focusing on the composer's unrequited love for a dance...

Conspiracy (1939)
American Steve Kendall, a freighter's radio officer, discovers seaman Carlson sending an unauthorized message ashore as the ship approaches his...

The Scorpio Letters (1967)
A spy thriller involving an American who is enlisted by British intelligence to replace one of its recently murdered agents and smash a ring of...

The Three Musketeers (1939)
A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under...

Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who's befriended by...

A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.

The Desert Rats (1953)
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important...

The Song You Gave Me (1933)
Set in Vienna, this lively musical comedy stars Bebe Daniels as an actress who falls in love with her secretary, but has difficulty in persuading him...

Facing The Music (1933)
A joyful medley of farce, romance, song and slapstick starring Stanley Lupino as an impressionable youth whose pursuit of an opera singer’s...

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.

Appointment in Berlin (1943)
The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war thriller starring George Sanders.

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940)
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Havana...

5 Fingers (1952)
During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

Song and Dance Man (1936)
Julia and Hap are a dance team. He drinks and gambles, she succeeds for a while with the help of producer Alan.

Should a Girl Marry? (1939)
A young woman and her doctor husband are victims of a blackmail scheme when it is discovered that she was born in prison.

Free For All (1949)
The discovery of a way of turning petrol into water makes a fortune and romance for the young inventor.

Mary Poppins (1964)
Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in...

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his...

British Intelligence (1939)
During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where...

Thank You, Jeeves! (1936)
Jeeves tries to keep his young master out of trouble.

15 Maiden Lane (1936)
Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.

The Biscuit Eater (1940)
Two little boys have faith in a dog they name Promise, so much faith that they enter him in the championship trials for bird dogs. The favorite is...

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

Gaucho Serenade (1940)
Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's...

Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
The son of Robin Hood carries on his late father's tradition.

Northwest Passage (1940)
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force...

The Sea Hawk (1940)
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.

Niagara (1953)
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who...

Montana (1950)
An Australian sheep man comes to Montana looking for grazing space, is opposed by local ranchers and a wealthy cattle-woman.

Trouble Along the Way (1953)
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at...

Ten Wanted Men (1955)
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power...

Creeping Shadows (1931)
Three victims plot to murder a retired informer.

Rulers of the Sea (1939)
The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the...

The Man at Six (1931)
A butler is found murdered in an unfurnished mansion house.

Fires of Fate (1932)
In Egypt a colonel with a year to live saves a girl from an Arab prince.

The Old Man (1931)
'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Wickham Mystery (1931)
'Crooks steal pearls and helicopter plans.' (British Film Catalogue)

Her Night Out (1932)
A married couple accidentally become mixed up with a bank robber.

Indiscretions of Eve (1932)
Eve and Peter fall in love at first sight at a New Year's Eve party, but are separated by Eve's jealous fiancé, Ralph. With neither knowing...

Dark Delusion (1947)
Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents'...

Nine Girls (1944)
One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, some of the girls decide to do some sleuthing...

Tyrant of the Sea (1950)
In 1803, the only thing standing between Napoleon and his plan of world domination is England and the British Navy. The admiralty, learning that...

Lady In The Iron Mask (1952)
A female version of the man in the iron mask. In this version the mask is put on a princess (patricia medina) rather than a prince as in the original...

Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)
"Bulldog" Drummond is vacationing in his country home in England, and his house if rifled by two thieves. After they leave he finds a card marked...

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While...

Time Out for Murder (1938)
A bank runner is accused of killing a woman for whom he deposited a large amount. Reporter and bank official investigate.

Shadows in the Night (1944)
A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.

Sangaree (1953)
Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.

Corvette K-225 (1943)
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England.

The Exile (1947)
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver...

Lloyd's of London (1936)
Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure,...

On Secret Service (1933)
Greta Nissen stars as an Italian noblewoman living a dangerous double life as a spy. A remake of the celebrated German thriller Spione am Werk....

Young Bess (1953)
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I....

Man Hunt (1941)
Shortly before the start of WW2, renowned British big-game hunter Alan Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is...

By Love Possessed (1961)
An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband's law partner.

Between Two Worlds (1944)
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in...

Walk Like a Dragon (1960)
California, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and...

The Far Horizons (1955)
Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and...

Objective, Burma! (1945)
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish...

She Was Only A Village Maiden (1933)
Quota quickie adaptation of the play "Priscilla The Rake".

Family Affair (1966)
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December Bride (1954)
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Surfside 6 (1960)
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Philip Marlowe (1959)
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Rawhide (1959)
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with...

Daniel Boone (1964)
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Yancy Derringer (1958)
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
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One Step Beyond (1959)
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Ford Theatre (1948)
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You Are There (1953)
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Racket Squad (1951)
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The Dennis O'Keefe Show (1959)
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The Rogues (1964)
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Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)
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Coronado 9 (1960)
Dan Adams, former Naval Intelligence officer, works in San Diego as a private detective.

How to Marry a Millionaire (1957)
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Behind Closed Doors (1958)
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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
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Public Defender (1954)
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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
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Public Defender (1954)
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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
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Cameo Theatre (1950)
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Lux Video Theatre (1950)
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Adam-12 (1968)
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The Lucy Show (1962)
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Hazel (1961)
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Angel (1960)
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The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of...

Passport to Danger (1954)
A diplomatic courier travels to exotic locales, where danger (and women) seem ever present.

Bonanza (1959)
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
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One Step Beyond (1959)
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The Pruitts of Southampton (1966)
An audit by the Internal Revenue Service about overdue taxes reveals that the supposedly incredibly wealthy Pruitts family is in fact broke....

77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office...

77 Sunset Strip (1958)
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77 Sunset Strip (1958)
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Father Knows Best (1954)
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.

The Red Skelton Show (1951)
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The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.

The Jack Benny Program (1950)
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The Name of the Game (1968)
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Telephone Time (1956)
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Omnibus (1952)
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Ripcord (1961)
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