A.E. Matthews
Acting
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.
Born: November 21, 1869
Place of Birth: Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
The Square
Old man of class and character living in a London square after both have suffered from time. Before his house is pulled down the residents surprise him with a party.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
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.
"Pimpernel" Smith
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.
Just William's Luck
Comic adventures of an 11-year-old boy and his neighborhood pals.
Landfall
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
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.
Whisky Galore!
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.
The Forbidden Street
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.
Around the World in 80 Days
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.
The Way Ahead
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.
Filmography
as Sir Hector Gore-Blandish
as Admiral Sir Maximillian Godfrey, K.C.B.
as Duke of Skye and Lewes
as 1st Old Gentleman
as Club Member
as Man
as Lord Reginald Cranfield
as Mr. Potts
as Simon Hilton
as General O'Leary
as Harry Wicks, Mabel's beau
as Duke of Frognal
as Self (uncredited)
as The man in the taxi
as Grandpa
as Lord Haverstock
as Sir Arthur Cornwall
as Blair
as Selby
as Old Gentleman
as Brig. Matthews
as Sir Charles Robson
as Sir Robert Medleigh
as Air Raid Warden
as Lord Lister
as Colonel Linsey-Woolsey
as Mr. Bly
as Minister for Economic Affairs
as The Tramp
as General Bristow
as Charles Peterson
as General Fitzhenry
as Pit Smith
as Sir George Gedney
as Colonel Walmsley
as Sir Thomas Leighton
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
as President of Tribunal
as Mr. Kirby
as Charles Jennens
as Earl of Meadowbrook
as (uncredited)
as Arthur Royd
as Frederick Skeates
as Lord Hill