Lester Matthews
Birthday: 1900-06-05
Place of Birth: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lester Matthews (June 6, 1900 - June 5, 1975) was an English actor born in Nottingham, England, UK. In his career, he made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was on occasion erroneously credited as Lester Mathews and especially in later years was sometimes known as Les Matthews. He died on the 6 June 1975 in Los Angeles, California. He was cremated. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean. He appeared on television many times including an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour entitled "Completely Foolproof" (original air date: March 29, 1965). Description above from the Wikipedia Lester Matthews, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Werewolf of London
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The Invisible Man's Revenge
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Man in the Attic
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Savage Intruder
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Mysterious Mr. Moto
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Moonfleet
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Assault on a Queen
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The Prince and the Pauper
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Two O'Clock Courage
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Against All Flags
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Manila Calling
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The Raven
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Across the Pacific
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I Love a Mystery
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I Am a Criminal
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King Richard and the Crusaders
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Bad for Each Other
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The Pied Piper
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The Mysterious Doctor
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Two Tickets to London
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Four Jills in a Jeep
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Northern Pursuit
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Captain Pirate
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Les Miserables
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London Blackout Murders
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Lancer Spy
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Salty O'Rourke
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If I Were King
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The Son of Dr. Jekyll
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Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
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Called Back
'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)...
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Think It Over
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Jungle Man-Eaters
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Professional Soldier
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Flame of the Islands
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Too Many Parents
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Borrowed Clothes
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The Brigand
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Lorna Doone
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Operation Secret
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Fort Ti
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Savage Mutiny
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Jungle Queen
A young girl journeys to Africa to find her father, an explorer who vanished in the jungle....
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Crack-Up
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Three Loves Has Nancy
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Gipsy Blood
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There's Always a Woman
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Blossom Time
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Conspiracy
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The Scorpio Letters
A spy thriller involving an American who is enlisted by British intelligence to replace one of its r...
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The Three Musketeers
A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on...
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Susannah of the Mounties
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A Yank in the R.A.F.
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The Desert Rats
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The Song You Gave Me
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Facing The Music
A joyful medley of farce, romance, song and slapstick starring Stanley Lupino as an impressionable y...
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler....
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Appointment in Berlin
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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
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5 Fingers
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Song and Dance Man
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Should a Girl Marry?
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Free For All
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Monsieur Verdoux
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British Intelligence
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15 Maiden Lane
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The Biscuit Eater
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
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Gaucho Serenade
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Rogues of Sherwood Forest
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Northwest Passage
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The Sea Hawk
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Niagara
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Montana
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Trouble Along the Way
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Ten Wanted Men
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Rulers of the Sea
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Fires of Fate
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The Wickham Mystery
'Crooks steal pearls and helicopter plans.' (British Film Catalogue)...
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The Old Man
'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)...
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Indiscretions of Eve
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Dark Delusion
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Nine Girls
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Tyrant of the Sea
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Lady in the Iron Mask
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Bulldog Drummond at Bay
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Ben...
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Time Out for Murder
A bank runner is accused of killing a woman for whom he deposited a large amount. Reporter and bank ...
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Shadows in the Night
A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion....
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Sangaree
Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War....
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Corvette K-225
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain....
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The Lady and the Bandit
Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England....
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The Exile
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by...
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Lloyd's of London
Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close f...
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On Secret Service
Greta Nissen stars as an Italian noblewoman living a dangerous double life as a spy. A remake of the...
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Young Bess
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch ...
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Man Hunt
Shortly before the start of WW2, renowned British big-game hunter Alan Thorndike, vacationing in Bav...
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By Love Possessed
An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband's law partner....
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Between Two Worlds
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it beco...
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Walk Like a Dragon
California, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese w...
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The Far Horizons
Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from Fra...
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Objective, Burma!
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to loc...
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She Was Only A Village Maiden
Quota quickie adaptation of the play "Priscilla The Rake"....
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Désirée
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napol...
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Charge of the Lancers
As the Crimean War rages, British Capt. Eric Evoir and Maj. Bruce Lindsey are sent to the Crimea to ...
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Desperate Journey
During WWII, when an allied bomber is shot down over Germany, the five surviving crew are captured b...
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A Global Affair
Bob Hope becomes surrogate father to a baby found abandoned at the United Nations. Director Jack Arn...
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Ministry of Fear
Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so san...
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