Lester Matthews: movies and TV shows
Lester Matthews has 165 credits in the archive: 114 films and 51 TV series, from 1931 to 1970. Highest rated: The Rogues (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1931 – 1970 · busiest year: 1950 (14 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Savage Intruder | Ira Jaffee | Film | 5.3 | 70 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Gregory Benton | TV | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Winston More | TV | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1967 | The Scorpio Letters | Mr. Harris | Film | 5.0 | 67 |
| 1966 | Family Affair | TV | 6.7 | 66 | |
| 1966 | The Pruitts of Southampton | Butler | TV | 6.5 | 66 |
| 1966 | Assault on a Queen | Doctor | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Major | TV | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1964 | The Rogues | Bailiff | TV | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1964 | A Global Affair | British Delegate (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Lord Van Cleve | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Mr. Fleming Pendleton | TV | 6.9 | 62 |
| 1961 | Hazel | Reginald Archibald | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1961 | Ripcord | Hugh Olds | TV | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1961 | By Love Possessed | Club Patron (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Inspector Campbell | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1960 | Angel | Charles | TV | 4.2 | 60 |
| 1960 | Coronado 9 | TV | 6.7 | 60 | |
| 1960 | Walk Like a Dragon | Peter Mott | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Forrester | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Larkins | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond | Prison Governor | TV | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond | Civil Defense Man | TV | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1959 | Philip Marlowe | TV | 7.5 | 59 | |
| 1959 | The Dennis O'Keefe Show | TV | 7.5 | 59 | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Inspector T. Carnahan | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Mr. Craythrope | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Pillsbury | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer | Jerrison Ames | TV | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1958 | Behind Closed Doors | Colonel Brookston | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Frank Grace | TV | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1957 | How to Marry a Millionaire | TV | 8.0 | 57 | |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | TV | 6.5 | 56 | |
| 1956 | Dr. Fu Manchu | Sir Denis Nayland Smith | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men | Adam Stewart | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 1955 | The Far Horizons | Mr. Hancock | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1955 | Moonfleet | Major Hennishaw | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1955 | Flame of the Islands | Gus | Film | 4.5 | 55 |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best | Major Alden | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1954 | December Bride | TV | 6.3 | 54 | |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Mr. Harrington | TV | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Ben Pearce | TV | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1954 | Passport to Danger | U.S. Consul Charlie Edmunds | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1954 | Désirée | Caulaincourt (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1954 | King Richard and the Crusaders | Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1954 | Charge of the Lancers | Gen. Stanhope | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 1954 | Jungle Man-Eaters | Comm. Kingston | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 1953 | You Are There | Ganzel | TV | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1953 | Niagara | Doctor (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way | Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1953 | Fort Ti | Lord Jeffrey Amherst | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1953 | The Desert Rats | Foreign Secretary (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1953 | Young Bess | Sir William Paget | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1953 | Bad for Each Other | Dr. Homer Gleeson | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1953 | Man in the Attic | Chief Insp. Melville | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1953 | Sangaree | Gen. Victor Darby | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1953 | Savage Mutiny | Maj. Walsh | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | The Chief | TV | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Carlton | TV | 7.8 | 52 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | TV | 7.8 | 52 | |
| 1952 | 5 Fingers | Film | 7.6 | 52 | |
| 1952 | Against All Flags | Sir Cloudsley | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1952 | Les Miserables | Mentou Sr. (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1952 | Captain Pirate | Col. Ramsey | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1952 | The Brigand | Dr. Lopez | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1952 | Operation Secret | Robbins | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1952 | Lady in the Iron Mask | Prime Minister Rochard | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1952 | Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land | Commissioner Kingston | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Sylvester | TV | 7.4 | 51 |
| 1951 | Racket Squad | TV | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 1951 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | British Officer (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1951 | Lorna Doone | King Charles II | Film | 4.7 | 51 |
| 1951 | The Son of Dr. Jekyll | Sir John Utterson | Film | 4.9 | 51 |
| 1951 | The Lady and the Bandit | Ridgely, Joyce's Interrogator | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Mr. Duffy | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Mr. Larkin | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Mr. Burke | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Thomas Marshall | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Professor Hopkins | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Mr. Buzby | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Mr. Fortune | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Sponsor | TV | 7.8 | 50 |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Referee | TV | 7.8 | 50 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | John Hillgrove | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1950 | Cameo Theatre | TV | 8.0 | 50 | |
| 1950 | Montana | George Forsythe | Film | 5.6 | 50 |
| 1950 | Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Alan-A-Dale | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1950 | Tyrant of the Sea | Horatio Nelson | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1949 | Free For All | Mr. Aberson | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre | TV | 8.0 | 48 | |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Prosecutor (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1947 | The Exile | Robbins | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1947 | Dark Delusion | Wyndham Grace | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1947 | Bulldog Drummond at Bay | Shannon Eskdale | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1945 | Objective, Burma! | British Maj. Fitzpatrick | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1945 | Salty O'Rourke | Salesman | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1945 | Two O'Clock Courage | Mark Evans | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1945 | Jungle Queen | Commissioner Braham Chatterton | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1945 | I Love a Mystery | Justin Reeves / Mr. G | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1944 | The Invisible Man's Revenge | Sir Jasper Herrick | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 1944 | Nine Girls | Horace Canfield | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1944 | Ministry of Fear | Dr. Norton at Lembridge Asylum (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1944 | Between Two Worlds | Steamship Dispatcher (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1944 | Shadows in the Night | Stanley Carter | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1944 | Four Jills in a Jeep | Capt. Lloyd (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1943 | Northern Pursuit | Colonel (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1943 | Appointment in Berlin | Air Marshal (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 | British Captain | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1943 | The Mysterious Doctor | Dr. Frederick Holmes | Film | 5.9 | 43 |
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London | Treathcote (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1943 | London Blackout Murders | Oliver Madison | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1942 | Across the Pacific | Canadian Major | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1942 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Prosecutor | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1942 | Desperate Journey | Film | 6.1 | 42 | |
| 1942 | The Pied Piper | Mr. Cavanaugh | Film | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1942 | Manila Calling | Wayne Ralston | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1941 | Man Hunt | Major (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1941 | A Yank in the R.A.F. | Group Captain | Film | 5.6 | 41 |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk | Guard Officer | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1940 | Northwest Passage | Sam Livermore | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Mr. Lee | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1940 | The Biscuit Eater | Mr. Ames | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1940 | Gaucho Serenade | Frederick Willoughby | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1939 | The Three Musketeers | Duke of Buckingham | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1939 | Susannah of the Mounties | Harlan Chambers | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1939 | British Intelligence | Henry Thompson | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1939 | Rulers of the Sea | Lieut. Roberts | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1939 | Conspiracy | Gair - Henchman | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1939 | Should a Girl Marry? | Dr. White | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Ivor | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1938 | Mysterious Mr. Moto | Sir Charles Murchison | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1938 | There's Always a Woman | Walter Fraser | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1938 | If I Were King | General Saliere | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy | Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart | Film | 4.2 | 38 |
| 1938 | Think It Over | Ring Leader | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1938 | I Am a Criminal | District Attorney George Lane | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1938 | Time Out for Murder | Phillip Gregory | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1937 | The Prince and the Pauper | St. John | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1937 | Lancer Spy | Capt. Neville | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1936 | Crack-Up | Sidney Grant | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1936 | Lloyd's of London | Captain Hardy | Film | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1936 | 15 Maiden Lane | Gilbert Lockhart | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1936 | Thank You, Jeeves! | Elliott Manville | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1936 | Song and Dance Man | C. B. Nelson | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1936 | Too Many Parents | Mark Stewart | Film | 5.2 | 36 |
| 1935 | Werewolf of London | Paul Ames | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1935 | The Raven | Dr. Jerry Holden | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1935 | Professional Soldier | Prince Edric | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1934 | Borrowed Clothes | Sir Harry Torrent | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1934 | Blossom Time | Schwindt | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1933 | Facing the Music | Becker | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1933 | She Was Only A Village Maiden | Frampton | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1933 | On Secret Service | Coloneilo Romanelli | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1933 | The Melody-Maker | Tony Borrodaile | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1933 | Called Back | Gilbert Vaughan | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1933 | The Stolen Necklace | Clive Wingate | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1933 | The Song You Gave Me | Max Winter | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1932 | Fires of Fate | Lt. Col Egerton | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1932 | Her Night Out | Gerald Vickery | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1932 | Indiscretions of Eve | Ralph | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1931 | Creeping Shadows | Brian Nash | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1931 | Gipsy Blood | Zuniga | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1931 | The Old Man | Keith Keller | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1931 | The Man at Six | Campbell Edwards | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1931 | The Wickham Mystery | Charles Wickham | Film | 8.0 | 31 |