A.E. Matthews

Personal Info

Birthday

November 21, 1869

Day of Death

1969-07-20

(99 years old)

Place of Birth

Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Also Known As

A. E. Matthews

Alfred Edward Matthews

A.E. Matthews

Biography

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.

Known For

Around the World in Eighty Days

The Million Pound Note

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Three Men in a Boat

The Magic Box

Whisky Galore!

The Way Ahead

Happy Ever After

Filmography

1960
Inn for Trouble
as Sir Hector Gore-Blandish
1957
Carry On Admiral
as Admiral Sir Maximillian Godfrey K.C.B.
Doctor at Large
as Duke of Skye and Lewes
1956
Three Men in a Boat
as 1st Old Gentleman
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Club Member
Loser Takes All
as Man
Jumping for Joy
as Lord Reginald Cranfield
1955
Miss Tulip Stays the Night
as Mr. Potts
1954
Aunt Clara
as Simon Hilton
Happy Ever After
as General O'Leary
The Weak and the Wicked
as Harry Wicks, Mabel's beau
The Million Pound Note
as Duke of Frognal
1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer
as Self (uncredited)
Skid Kids
as The man in the taxi
1952
Made in Heaven
as Grandpa
Something Money Can't Buy
as Lord Haverstock
Who Goes There!
as Sir Arthur Cornwall
Castle in the Air
as Blair
Penny Princess
as Selby
The Magic Box
as Old Gentleman
1951
Mr. Drake's Duck
as Brig. Matthews
Laughter in Paradise
as Sir Charles Robson
The Galloping Major
as Sir Robert Medleigh
1949
Landfall
as Air Raid Warden
The Chiltern Hundreds
as Lord Lister
Whisky Galore!
as Colonel Linsey-Woolsey
The Forbidden Street
as Mr. Bly
1948
William Comes to Town
as Minister for Economic Affairs
1947
Just William's Luck
as The Tramp
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
as General Bristow
1946
Piccadilly Incident
as Charles Peterson
1945
Flight from Folly
as Neville
Twilight Hour
as General Fitzhenry
1944
Love Story
as Pit Smith
They Came to a City
as Sir George Gedney
The Way Ahead
as Colonel Walmsley
1943
Escape to Danger
as Sir Thomas Leighton
The Man in Grey
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
as President of Tribunal
1942
Thunder Rock
as Mr. Kirby
The Great Mr Handel
as Charles Jennens
1941
'Pimpernel' Smith
as Earl of Meadowbrook
This England
as (uncredited)
Quiet Wedding
as Arthur Royd
1936
Men Are Not Gods
as Frederick Skeates
1934
The Iron Duke
as Lord Hill
1918
Once Upon a Time
as Guy Travers
1916
The Lifeguardsman
as Lieutenant Tosh