Lester Matthews
Acting
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Acting History
1970
Savage Intruder
as Ira Jaffee
1968
Adam-12
TVas Gregory Benton
The Name of the Game
TVas Winston More
1967
The Scorpio Letters
as Mr. Harris
1966
1964
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
TVas Mr. Fleming Pendleton
The Lucy Show
TVas Lord Van Cleve
1961
1960
1959
1958
Yancy Derringer
TVas Jerrison Ames
Behind Closed Doors
TVas Colonel Brookston
77 Sunset Strip
TVas Pillsbury / Inspector T. Carnahan / Mr. Craythrope
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TVas Frank Grace
1956
Dr. Fu Manchu
TVas Sir Denis Nayland Smith
1955
The Far Horizons
as Mr. Hancock
Ten Wanted Men
as Adam Stewart
Moonfleet
as Major Hennishaw
Flame of the Islands
as Gus
1954
Jungle Man-Eaters
as Comm. Kingston
King Richard and the Crusaders
as Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
Charge of the Lancers
as Gen. Stanhope
Désirée
as Caulaincourt (uncredited)
Father Knows Best
TVas Major Alden
Public Defender
TVas Mr. Harrington / Ben Pearce
Passport to Danger
TVas U.S. Consul Charlie Edmunds
1953
Man in the Attic
as Chief Insp. Melville
Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Homer Gleeson
Savage Mutiny
as Maj. Walsh
Niagara
as Doctor (uncredited)
Sangaree
as Gen. Victor Darby
Trouble Along the Way
as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
Fort Ti
as Lord Jeffrey Amherst
The Desert Rats
as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
Young Bess
as Sir William Paget
1952
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
as Commissioner Kingston
Lady in the Iron Mask
as Prime Minister Rochard
Captain Pirate
as Col. Ramsey
Les Miserables
as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
The Brigand
as Dr. Lopez
Operation Secret
as Robbins
Against All Flags
as Sir Cloudsley
The Ford Television Theatre
TVas Carlton
Omnibus
TVas The Chief
1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as British Officer (uncredited)
Lorna Doone
as King Charles II
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Sir John Utterson
The Lady and the Bandit
as Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator
The Red Skelton Show
TVas Sylvester
1950
Montana
as George Forsythe
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Alan-A-Dale
Tyrant of the Sea
as Horatio Nelson
The Jack Benny Program
TVas Referee / Sponsor
Lux Video Theatre
TVas John Hillgrove
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TVas Professor Hopkins / Mr. Burke / Mr. Larkin / Mr. Duffy / Mr. Buzby / Mr. Fortune / Mr. Thomas Marshall
1949
Free For All
as Mr. Aberson
1948
1947
Monsieur Verdoux
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
The Exile
as Robbins
Dark Delusion
as Wyndham Grace
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as Shannon Eskdale
1945
Jungle Queen
as Commissioner Braham Chatterton
Two O'Clock Courage
as Mark Evans
I Love a Mystery
as Justin Reeves / Mr. G
Objective, Burma!
as British Maj. Fitzpatrick
Salty O'Rourke
as Salesman
1944
Ministry of Fear
as Dr. Norton at Lembridge Asylum (uncredited)
Between Two Worlds
as Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
as Sir Jasper Herrick
Shadows in the Night
as Stanley Carter
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)
Nine Girls
as Horace Canfield
1943
Appointment in Berlin
as Air Marshal (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
as Colonel (uncredited)
The Mysterious Doctor
as Dr. Frederick Holmes
London Blackout Murders
as Oliver Madison
Corvette K-225
as British Captain
Two Tickets to London
as Treathcote (uncredited)
1942
Across the Pacific
as Canadian Major
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Prosecutor
The Pied Piper
as Mr. Cavanaugh
Manila Calling
as Wayne Ralston
1941
Man Hunt
as Major (uncredited)
A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Group Captain
1940
The Sea Hawk
as Guard Officer
Gaucho Serenade
as Frederick Willoughby
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Mr. Lee
The Biscuit Eater
as Mr. Ames
Northwest Passage
as Sam Livermore
1939
Conspiracy
as Gair - Henchman
British Intelligence
as Henry Thompson
Susannah of the Mounties
as Harlan Chambers
The Three Musketeers
as Duke of Buckingham
Rulers of the Sea
as Lieut. Roberts
Should a Girl Marry?
as Dr. White
1938
Think It Over
as Ring Leader
Mysterious Mr. Moto
as Sir Charles Murchison
I Am a Criminal
as District Attorney George Lane
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Ivor
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart
Time Out for Murder
as Phillip Gregory
If I Were King
as General Saliere
There's Always a Woman
as Walter Fraser
1937
Lancer Spy
as Capt. Neville
The Prince and the Pauper
as St. John
1936
Thank You, Jeeves!
as Elliott Manville
Too Many Parents
as Mark Stewart
Lloyd's of London
as Captain Hardy
15 Maiden Lane
as Gilbert Lockhart
Crack-Up
as Sidney Grant
Song and Dance Man
as C. B. Nelson
1935
1934
Blossom Time
as Schwindt
Borrowed Clothes
as Sir Harry Torrent
1933
The Melody-Maker
as Tony Borrodaile
Facing The Music
as Becker
The Song You Gave Me
as Max Winter
On Secret Service
as Coloneilo Romanelli
Called Back
as Gilbert Vaughan
She Was Only A Village Maiden
as Frampton
The Stolen Necklace
as Clive Wingate
1932
1931
Gipsy Blood
as Zuniga
Creeping Shadows
as Brian Nash
The Man at Six
as Campbell Edwards
The Old Man
as Keith Keller
The Wickham Mystery
as Charles Wickham