
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/5/1900
Place of Birth
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Lester Matthews
Biography
Known For

Jungle Queen
as Commissioner Braham Chatterton

The Raven
as Dr. Jerry Holden

Manila Calling
as Wayne Ralston

Blossom Time
as Schwindt

Operation Secret
as Robbins

Montana
as George Forsythe

Captain Pirate
as Col. Ramsey

Lorna Doone
as King Charles II

Against All Flags
as Sir Cloudsley

On Secret Service
as Coloneilo Romanelli

Sangaree
as Gen. Victor Darby

Northwest Passage
as Sam Livermore

Young Bess
as Sir William Paget

Savage Mutiny
as Maj. Walsh

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Prosecutor

Nine Girls
as Horace Canfield

Called Back
as Gilbert Vaughan

Lancer Spy
as Capt. Neville

Man Hunt
as Major (uncredited)

Les Miserables
as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
Career Timeline
1966
1964
1961
1960
1959
1958
1955
1954
Désirée
as Caulaincourt (uncredited)
December Bride
Role unknown
Father Knows Best
as Major Alden
King Richard and the Crusaders
as Archbishop of Tyre / Narrator
Jungle Man-Eaters
as Comm. Kingston
Passport to Danger
as U.S. Consul Charlie Edmunds
Public Defender
as Mr. Harrington
Public Defender
as Ben Pearce
Charge of the Lancers
as Gen. Stanhope
1953
Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Homer Gleeson
Man in the Attic
as Chief Insp. Melville
Young Bess
as Sir William Paget
Sangaree
as Gen. Victor Darby
Fort Ti
as Lord Jeffrey Amherst
Trouble Along the Way
as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea
The Desert Rats
as Foreign Secretary (uncredited)
Savage Mutiny
as Maj. Walsh
You Are There
Role unknown
Niagara
as Doctor (uncredited)
1952
Against All Flags
as Sir Cloudsley
Omnibus
as The Chief
Operation Secret
as Robbins
The Ford Television Theatre
as Carlton
The Ford Television Theatre
Role unknown
Captain Pirate
as Col. Ramsey
Les Miserables
as Mentou Sr. (uncredited)
Lady in the Iron Mask
as Prime Minister Rochard
The Brigand
as Dr. Lopez
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
as Commissioner Kingston
5 Fingers
Role unknown
1951
1950
The Jack Benny Program
as Sponsor
The Jack Benny Program
as Referee
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Duffy
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Larkin
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Burke
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Thomas Marshall
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Professor Hopkins
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Buzby
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mr. Fortune
Lux Video Theatre
as John Hillgrove
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Alan-A-Dale
Cameo Theatre
Role unknown
Tyrant of the Sea
as Horatio Nelson
Montana
as George Forsythe
1947
1945
1944
1943
1942
1940
1939
1938
I Am a Criminal
as District Attorney George Lane
If I Were King
as General Saliere
Time Out for Murder
as Phillip Gregory
Mysterious Mr. Moto
as Sir Charles Murchison
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Dr. Alonzo Z. Stewart
Think It Over
as Ring Leader
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Ivor
There's Always a Woman
as Walter Fraser