Personal Info
Birth date
1869-11-21 (155 Years)
Day of death
1969-07-20
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
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.
Filmography
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
7.5
Overview:
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.Whisky Galore!
6.819
Overview:
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.Inn for Trouble
6.5
Overview:
Peggy Mount and David Kossoff star as Ada and Alf Larkin in this big screen version of the hugely popular 1950s TV comedy. Alf Larkin has finally made good his dream to own a pub. The trouble is, it's got no customers. But leave it to the Larkins to find unorthodox ways to bring in the punters.The Man in Grey
6
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After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.Carry On Admiral
6
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Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty. The grass is always greener.... In this British comedy, two drunken comrades find out the truth of that saying when they decide to trade places for a while. One of the boozers is a public relations man who knows nothing about sailing, while the other is a captain for the Royal Navy. Comic mayhem ensues as the hapless "captain" tries to run his ship and follow orders.The Magic Box
6.3
Overview:
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.Piccadilly Incident
6.2
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A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a tropical island before returning to England to find her husband remarried with a baby son.The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
5.2
Overview:
The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until the unlikely event of a reigning monarch paying the house a visit. It will take more than 200 years... Based on the novel "No Nightingales" by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon.Escape to Danger
NYR
Overview:
During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught up when the Germans invade.Around the World in Eighty Days
6.644
Overview:
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.Flight from Folly
NYR
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An out of work show girl poses as a nurse and undertakes the job of looking after Clinton Clay, a composer and playboy, jilted by his Russian wife. She stands up to his tantrums and supersedes his wife in his affections.Castle in the Air
6.2
Overview:
The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He decides to use the ghost as a tourist attraction for his castleQuiet Wedding
5
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A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.The Way Ahead
6.526
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A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.Men Are Not Gods
5.7
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Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of a noted stage critic to produce a glowing review of his 'Othello'.Meet Mr. Lucifer
5.1
Overview:
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.'Pimpernel' Smith
7.14
Overview:
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.Landfall
7
Overview:
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.The Million Pound Note
6.9
Overview:
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.The Galloping Major
6
Overview:
A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they try entering him as a jumper.Jumping for Joy
6.5
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At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either. While getting the dog back in shape, Willy crosses paths with a gang of crooks who's specialty is fixing the races with doped dogs.Love Story
6.4
Overview:
After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life. While there, she falls in love with young mineral prospector Kit, a man whose dark secret prevents him from fighting in the War. Unbeknownst to Lissa, however, Kit's affections are also much in demand from a rival of hers.Three Men in a Boat
6.3
Overview:
Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.The Weak and the Wicked
6.4
Overview:
Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.Made in Heaven
4.3
Overview:
Residents of the small English village of Dunmow react in comical ways when the Topham family hires a beautiful and young Hungarian maid.The Forbidden Street
6.7
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In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.Mr. Drake's Duck
5
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Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the government finds out about this, the Armed Forces storm onto the farm in a frantic search for the duck responsible.The Lifeguardsman
NYR
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An idiot heir helps a wounded prince save the princess from forced marriage to a usurper.Who Goes There!
5.7
Overview:
When Miles Cornwall returns suddenly to the home he shares with his father and sister in a grace-and-favour house at St. James's Palace, he's amazed to find a pretty Irish girl in his favorite armchair. Intrigued, he turns on the charm but, as she explains her situation, he finds himself unaccountably falling in love with this pretty interloper.Acting
1960Inn for Trouble as Sir Hector Gore-Blandish
1957Carry On Admiral as Admiral Sir Maximillian Godfrey, K.C.B.
1957Doctor at Large as Duke of Skye and Lewes
1957The Square as Unknown
1956Three Men in a Boat as 1st Old Gentleman
1956Around the World in Eighty Days as Club Member
1956Loser Takes All as Man
1956Jumping for Joy as Lord Reginald Cranfield
1955Miss Tulip Stays the Night as Mr. Potts
1954Aunt Clara as Simon Hilton
1954Happy Ever After as General O'Leary
1954The Weak and the Wicked as Harry Wicks, Mabel's beau
1954The Million Pound Note as Duke of Frognal
1953Meet Mr. Lucifer as Self (uncredited)
1953Skid Kids as The man in the taxi
1952Made in Heaven as Grandpa
1952Something Money Can't Buy as Lord Haverstock
1952Who Goes There! as Sir Arthur Cornwall
1952Castle in the Air as Blair
1952Penny Princess as Selby
1952The Magic Box as Old Gentleman
1951Mr. Drake's Duck as Brig. Matthews
1951Laughter in Paradise as Sir Charles Robson
1951The Galloping Major as Sir Robert Medleigh
1949Landfall as Air Raid Warden
1949The Chiltern Hundreds as Lord Lister
1949Whisky Galore! as Colonel Linsey-Woolsey
1949The Forbidden Street as Mr. Bly
1948William Comes to Town as Minister for Economic Affairs
1947Just William's Luck as The Tramp
1947The Ghosts of Berkeley Square as General Bristow
1946Piccadilly Incident as Charles Peterson
1945Flight from Folly as Neville
1945Twilight Hour as General Fitzhenry
1944Love Story as Pit Smith
1944They Came to a City as Sir George Gedney
1944The Way Ahead as Colonel Walmsley
1943Escape to Danger as Sir Thomas Leighton
1943The Man in Grey as Auctioneer (uncredited)
1943The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp as President of Tribunal
1942Thunder Rock as Mr. Kirby
1942The Great Mr Handel as Charles Jennens
1941'Pimpernel' Smith as Earl of Meadowbrook
1941This England as (uncredited)
1941Quiet Wedding as Arthur Royd
1936Men Are Not Gods as Frederick Skeates
1934The Iron Duke as Lord Hill
1918Once Upon a Time as Guy Travers
1916The Lifeguardsman as Lieutenant Tosh