Francis Matthews
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Francis Matthews.
Born: September 2, 1927
Place of Birth: Holgate, York, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
The Human Jungle
The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.
This Is Supermarionation
A compilation of the best of Supermarionation in High Definition. Sit back and enjoy some rare treats on a journey through Supermarionationland. Parker, Lady Penelope and Brains are your hosts, introducing some of the very best episodes from the Supermarionation archive as well as news items, commercial breaks with tie-in adverts and much more. Stand By For Action! - Four Feather Falls: Gunfight on Main Street - Supercar: False Alarm - Fireball XL5: Space City Special - Stingray: Pilot - Thunderbirds: Terror in New York City - Captain Scarlet: The Mysterons - Joe 90: Hi-Jacked - The Secret Service: More Haste, Less Speed
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Documentary that chronicles the making of the third film in Hammer's Dracula series.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
The Royal
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill. First broadcast on ATV Midlands from September 1967 to May 1968, it has since been transmitted in more than 40 other countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Characters are presented as marionette puppets alongside scale model sets and special effects in a filming technique that the Andersons termed "Supermarionation". This technology incorporated solenoid motors as a means of synchronising the puppet's lip movements with pre-recorded dialogue. Set in 2068, Captain Scarlet presents the hostilities between Earth and a race of Martians known as the Mysterons. After human astronauts attack their city on Mars, the vengeful Mysterons declare war on Earth, initiating a series of reprisals that are countered by Spectrum, a worldwide security organisation. Spectrum boasts the extraordinary abilities of its primary agent, Captain Scarlet. During the events of the pilot episode, Scarlet acquires the Mysteron healing power of "retro-metabolism" and is thereafter considered to be virtually "indestructible", being able to recover fully from injuries that would normally be fatal.
The Saint
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
The Saint
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
A Stitch in Time
An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.
Filmography
as Captain Scarlet (voice)
as Self - Original Cast Member / Charles Kent
as Mr. Bunions
as Dr. James Alway
as Captain Scarlet (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Duke of Connemara
as Dr. James Alway
as Charles (archive footage)
as Ambassador
as Charles Kent / Ivan (archive footage)
as Silver-Haired Gent
as Silver-Haired Gent
as Captain Scarlet (voice)
as Captain Scarlet (voice)
as Noël Coward
as Noel Coward
as Tom Lawrence
as Giorgio Pisani
as Ruddock
as Paul Temple
as Mr. Breese
as Captain Scarlet (voice)
as Lewis McKenzie
as Hotel Manager
as Ivan
as Charles Kent
as John Frame
as Thomas
as Lt. Compton
as Taylor
as Charles Garnish
as George Rattery
as Benson
as Jonathan Bolton
as Dick Green
as Mike
as Andre
as Paul Farley
as Sir Humphrey
as David
as Self
as Louis Auclair
as Chivers
as Fawley
as John
as Dr. Hans Kleve
as Overholt
as Alan Pryor
as Ranjit Kasel
as Roland