Lester Matthews

Actor 1931–1970 (39 year career)

5.9 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Jack Benny Program

1950 · as Sponsor

7.8

Monsieur Verdoux

1947 · as Prosecutor (uncredited)

7.7

5 Fingers

1952

7.6

Known For

Film

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Sir Ivor

Film

Monsieur Verdoux

Prosecutor (uncredited)

Film

Niagara

Doctor (uncredited)

Film

Ministry of Fear

Dr. Norton at Lembridge Asylum (uncredited)

Film

The Sea Hawk

Guard Officer

Film

5 Fingers

7.6 1952

Film

Man Hunt

Major (uncredited)

Film

The Raven

Dr. Jerry Holden

Filmography

Acting (153)

Movies (114)

Savage Intruder

as Ira Jaffee

The Scorpio Letters

as Mr. Harris

Assault on a Queen

as Doctor

A Global Affair

as British Delegate (uncredited)

4.5

By Love Possessed

1961

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Walk Like a Dragon

as Peter Mott

Moonfleet

as Major Hennishaw

The Far Horizons

as Mr. Hancock

Ten Wanted Men

as Adam Stewart

Flame of the Islands

as Gus

King Richard and the Crusaders

1954

as Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator

6.3

Désirée

1954

as Caulaincourt (uncredited)

6.6

Jungle Man-Eaters

1954

as Comm. Kingston

4.7

Charge of the Lancers

as Gen. Stanhope

Bad for Each Other

as Dr. Homer Gleeson

Fort Ti

as Lord Jeffrey Amherst

6.5

Trouble Along the Way

1953

as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea

Sangaree

as Gen. Victor Darby

Niagara

as Doctor (uncredited)

Savage Mutiny

as Maj. Walsh

The Desert Rats

as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)

Young Bess

as Sir William Paget

Man in the Attic

as Chief Insp. Melville

5.4

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land

1952

as Commissioner Kingston

5.3

Lady in the Iron Mask

1952

as Prime Minister Rochard

5 Fingers

Against All Flags

as Sir Cloudsley

Les Miserables

as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)

Captain Pirate

as Col. Ramsey

Operation Secret

as Robbins

The Brigand

as Dr. Lopez

Lorna Doone

as King Charles II

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951

as British Officer (uncredited)

6.7

The Son of Dr. Jekyll

1951

as Sir John Utterson

4.5

The Lady and the Bandit

1951

as Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator

Montana

as George Forsythe

Tyrant of the Sea

as Horatio Nelson

Rogues of Sherwood Forest

as Alan-A-Dale

Free For All

as Mr. Aberson

Dark Delusion

as Wyndham Grace

Monsieur Verdoux

as Prosecutor (uncredited)

7.7

The Exile

1947

as Robbins

6.1

Bulldog Drummond at Bay

as Shannon Eskdale

Salty O'Rourke

as Salesman

I Love a Mystery

as Justin Reeves / Mr. G

6.2

Objective, Burma!

1945

as British Maj. Fitzpatrick

6.8

Jungle Queen

1945

as Commissioner Braham Chatterton

Two O'Clock Courage

as Mark Evans

Nine Girls

as Horace Canfield

Ministry of Fear

as Dr. Norton at Lembridge Asylum (uncredited)

6.9

Shadows in the Night

1944

as Stanley Carter

5.5

The Invisible Man's Revenge

1944

as Sir Jasper Herrick

5.6

Between Two Worlds

1944

as Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited)

7.0

Four Jills in a Jeep

1944

as Capt. Lloyd (uncredited)

5.7

Two Tickets to London

1943

as Treathcote (uncredited)

6.0

Northern Pursuit

1943

as Colonel (uncredited)

6.0

Corvette K-225

1943

as British Captain

6.1

Appointment in Berlin

1943

as Air Marshal (uncredited)

6.7

The Mysterious Doctor

1943

as Dr. Frederick Holmes

5.7

London Blackout Murders

as Oliver Madison

Desperate Journey

Across the Pacific

as Canadian Major

The Pied Piper

as Mr. Cavanaugh

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

as Prosecutor

Manila Calling

as Wayne Ralston

Man Hunt

as Major (uncredited)

A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Group Captain

The Sea Hawk

as Guard Officer

Northwest Passage

as Sam Livermore

Gaucho Serenade

as Frederick Willoughby

6.0

The Biscuit Eater

1940

as Mr. Ames

6.3

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

1940

as Mr. Lee

5.9

Susannah of the Mounties

as Harlan Chambers

Rulers of the Sea

as Lieut. Roberts

The Three Musketeers

as Duke of Buckingham

British Intelligence

as Henry Thompson

Conspiracy

as Gair - Henchman

Should a Girl Marry?

as Dr. White

Think It Over

as Ring Leader

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938

as Sir Ivor

7.5

Mysterious Mr. Moto

1938

as Sir Charles Murchison

6.0

Three Loves Has Nancy

1938

as Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart

If I Were King

as General Saliere

I Am a Criminal

as District Attorney George Lane

4.5

There's Always a Woman

as Walter Fraser

Time Out for Murder

as Phillip Gregory

The Prince and the Pauper

as St. John

Lancer Spy

as Capt. Neville

Crack-Up

as Sidney Grant

Thank You, Jeeves!

as Elliott Manville

Song and Dance Man

as C. B. Nelson

15 Maiden Lane

as Gilbert Lockhart

Too Many Parents

as Mark Stewart

Lloyd's of London

as Captain Hardy

Werewolf of London

as Paul Ames

The Raven

as Dr. Jerry Holden

Professional Soldier

as Prince Edric

Borrowed Clothes

as Sir Harry Torrent

Blossom Time

1934

as Schwindt

4.8

She Was Only A Village Maiden

1933

as Frampton

The Song You Gave Me

1933

as Max Winter

6.0

Facing The Music

1933

as Becker

On Secret Service

1933

as Coloneilo Romanelli

7.0

The Melody-Maker

1933

as Tony Borrodaile

Called Back

1933

as Gilbert Vaughan

The Stolen Necklace

1933

as Clive Wingate

Indiscretions of Eve

1932

as Ralph

Fires of Fate

1932

as Lt. Col Egerton

Her Night Out

1932

as Gerald Vickery

The Old Man

1931

as Keith Keller

Gipsy Blood

1931

as Zuniga

Creeping Shadows

1931

as Brian Nash

The Wickham Mystery

1931

as Charles Wickham

The Man at Six

1931

as Campbell Edwards

Television (39)

Adam-12

as Gregory Benton

The Name of the Game

as Winston More

Family Affair

The Pruitts of Southampton

as Butler

Daniel Boone

as Major

The Rogues

as Bailiff

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

as Mr. Fleming Pendleton

The Lucy Show

as Lord Van Cleve

Hazel

as Reginald Archibald

Ripcord

as Hugh Olds

Surfside 6

as Inspector Campbell

Coronado 9

Angel

as Charles

Bonanza

as Forrester

Rawhide

as Larkins

One Step Beyond

as Prison Governor

The Dennis O'Keefe Show

Philip Marlowe

77 Sunset Strip

as Inspector T. Carnahan

6.7

Behind Closed Doors

1958

as Colonel Brookston

Yancy Derringer

1958

as Jerrison Ames

6.0

How to Marry a Millionaire

1957

6.0

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Frank Grace

Telephone Time

Dr. Fu Manchu

as Sir Denis Nayland Smith

December Bride

Father Knows Best

as Major Alden

Public Defender

as Mr. Harrington

Passport to Danger

as U.S. Consul Charlie Edmunds

You Are There

Omnibus

as The Chief

The Ford Television Theatre

as Carlton

The Red Skelton Show

as Sylvester

Racket Squad

The Jack Benny Program

1950

as Sponsor

7.8

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

as Mr. Duffy

Lux Video Theatre

as John Hillgrove

Cameo Theatre

Ford Theatre