- Films
- 68
- Avg rating
- 6.67
- Peak run
- 1936’38
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Lester by the numbers
Average
6.67
40 rated films
Vote weighted
6.73
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.57
rating spread
Career
36y
1935 to 1970
Total votes
432K
across every film
Best
7.9
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Worst
6.3
Werewolf of London
Newest first
Filmography
| 1970 | Hollywood Horror House | Ira Jaffee | · | 709 |
| 1966 | Assault on a Queen | Doctor | 5.6 | 1,364 |
| 1964 |  Mary Poppins | · | 7.8 | 201K |
| 1964 | A Global Affair | · | · | 542 |
| 1963 |  The Prize | · | 6.8 | 5,942 |
| 1961 | By Love Possessed | · | · | 741 |
| 1960 | Song Without End | · | 6.1 | 1,081 |
| 1959 | The Miracle | · | · | 535 |
| 1955 | Flame of the Islands | Gus | · | 300 |
| 1955 |  Moonfleet | · | 6.6 | 4,453 |
| 1955 | The Far Horizons | · | 6.1 | 1,526 |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men | Adam Stewart | 6.0 | 1,652 |
| 1954 | Jungle Man-Eaters | Comm. Kingston | · | 290 |
| 1954 | King Richard and the Crusaders | Archbishop of Tyre | 5.6 | 1,033 |
| 1953 | Man in the Attic | Chief Insp. Melville | 6.2 | 2,344 |
| 1953 | Bad for Each Other | Dr. Homer Gleeson | 5.9 | 1,193 |
| 1953 | Young Bess | · | 6.7 | 2,059 |
| 1953 | Sangaree | Gen. Victor Darby | · | 290 |
| 1953 |  The Desert Rats | · | 6.7 | 5,746 |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way | · | 6.8 | 2,527 |
Better together?
Lester Matthews's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Lew Landers and Lester Matthews movies
Takes
On Lester Matthews
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