Francis Matthews
Biography
Francis Matthews was an English actor born in York in 1927. He began backstage at the Theatre Royal in Leeds before making his stage debut in 1945 in The Corn Is Green, and he reached the West End in 1956. In the 1950s and 1960s he appeared in Hammer films, playing an assistant to the Baron in The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) and leading roles in Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966). He also starred with Morecambe and Wise in That Riviera Touch (1966) and The Intelligence Men (1965). Between 1969 and 1971 he portrayed the amateur detective Paul Temple in the BBC series named after that character. In 1967 he voiced Captain Scarlet in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. He also narrated the BBC educational program Follow Me! in the late 1970s. He died in 2014.
86years old at death
- Born York
- Died London
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 25 years1956 to 1981
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Getting ready for a role
In 1967, Matthews voiced Captain Scarlet for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, performing the character's voice as an imitation of Cary Grant.
A change of course
In the late 1970s, Matthews was the host and narrator of Follow Me!, a BBC educational program that gave foreign viewers a "crash course" in English.
Francis Matthews movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Terence Fisher directed two of these films. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Terence FisherDirector, 2 films, 1958 to 1966
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Also two films together8 more actors
- Charles Lloyd PackCorridors of Blood (1958) and The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
- George WoodbridgeDracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
- Derek FrancisCrossplot (1969) and Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
- Edward ChapmanA Stitch in Time (1963) and Bhowani Junction (1956)
- Alan TilvernRasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) and Bhowani Junction (1956)
- Barbara ShelleyDracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
- John WelshRasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) and The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
- Suzan FarmerDracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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