A.E. Matthews

Born: 1869-11-21

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A.E. Matthews OBE (22 November 1869 – 25 July 1960) was an English actor who played numerous character roles on the stage and in film for eight decades. Description above from the Wikipedia article A. E. Matthews,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

as President of Tribunal
Released: 1943-07-26

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have...

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Around the World in Eighty Days

as Club Member
Released: 1956-10-17

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the...

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The Million Pound Note

as Duke of Frognal
Released: 1954-01-07

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich...

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Landfall

as Air Raid Warden
Released: 1949-09-30

A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a...

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'Pimpernel' Smith

as Earl of Meadowbrook
Released: 1941-07-26

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American...

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The Magic Box

as Old Gentleman
Released: 1952-01-01

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...

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Thunder Rock

as Mr. Kirby
Released: 1942-12-04

David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock...

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The Way Ahead

as Colonel Walmsley
Released: 1944-06-09

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry ...

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The Man in Grey

as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Released: 1943-08-06

After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a...

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Meet Mr. Lucifer

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1953-11-30

A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.

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Doctor at Large

as Duke of Skye and Lewes
Released: 1957-03-26

Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a...

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Loser Takes All

as Man
Released: 1956-09-09

Bertrand, an accountant employed by a large London firm, is called to the office of the Managing...

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Laughter in Paradise

as Justice Sir Charles Robson
Released: 1951-06-01

When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they...

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Inn for Trouble

as Sir Hector Gore-Blandish
Released: 1960-01-31

Peggy Mount and David Kossoff star as Ada and Alf Larkin in this big screen version of the...

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Dead by Morning

as Mr. Potts
Released: 1955-07-01

Gorgeous Kate Dax and her crime-writer husband, Andrew, investigate the murder of eccentric...

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The Forbidden Street

as Mr. Bly
Released: 1949-03-31

In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His...

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They Came to a City

as Sir George Gedney
Released: 1944-08-21

People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city

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Happy Ever After

as General O'Leary
Released: 1954-06-29

The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is...

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Piccadilly Incident

as Charles Peterson
Released: 1946-08-24

A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a...

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Men Are Not Gods

as Frederick Skeates
Released: 1936-11-26

Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the...

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The Chiltern Hundreds

as Lord Lister
Released: 1949-09-27

Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory...

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Escape to Danger

as Sir Thomas Leighton
Released: 1943-10-18

During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught up when the...

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The Weak and the Wicked

as Harry Wicks, Mabel's beau
Released: 1954-02-02

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison...

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Who Goes There!

as Sir Arthur Cornwall
Released: 1952-06-09

When Miles Cornwall returns suddenly to the home he shares with his father and sister in a...

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Three Men in a Boat

as 1st Old Gentleman
Released: 1956-12-23

Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and...

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The Galloping Major

as Sir Robert Medleigh
Released: 1951-05-07

A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake....

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Quiet Wedding

as Arthur Royd
Released: 1941-04-19

A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.

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Mr. Drake's Duck

as Brig. Matthews
Released: 1951-09-21

Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks...

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Aunt Clara

as Simon Hilton
Released: 1954-11-22

A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing...

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Penny Princess

as Selby
Released: 1952-03-24

A tiny European country which for years has survived financially only through evading its bills...

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Jumping for Joy

as Lord Reginald Cranfield
Released: 1956-01-01

At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound,...

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The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

as General Bristow
Released: 1947-10-30

The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion...

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Just William's Luck

as The Tramp
Released: 1947-12-17

Comic adventures of an 11-year-old boy and his neighborhood pals.

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Castle in the Air

as Blair
Released: 1952-06-01

The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman....

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This England

as (uncredited)
Released: 1941-07-22

Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well...

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Carry on Admiral

as Admiral Sir Maximillian Godfrey K.C.B.
Released: 1957-05-14

Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the...

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Love Story

as Pit Smith
Released: 1944-11-20

After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to...

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Made in Heaven

as Grandpa
Released: 1952-11-01

Residents of the small English village of Dunmow react in comical ways when the Topham family...

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Skid Kids

as The man in the taxi
Released: 1953-02-01

Story about a group of young cyclist track riders and their effort to retain their track against...

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Something Money Can't Buy

as uncredited
Released: 1952-07-09

A British Army Officer returning to civilian life after WWII, starts a catering company with...

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The Square

as uncredited
Released: 1957-01-01

Old man of class and character living in a London square after both have suffered from time....

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