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A classy actor.
Francis Matthews (2 September 1927 - 15 June 2014) was an English film and television actor, best known for playing Paul Temple in the BBC TV series.
Matthews was born in York. He attended St George's RC Primary School in York then attended St Michael's Jesuit College in Leeds, and started his acting career in Leeds repertory theatre before service in the Royal Navy.
Career
In the 1950s and 1960s, Matthews' film roles for Hammer Studios included the Baron's assistant in The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) and the heroes of Dracula: Prince of Darkness and Rasputin, the Mad Monk (both 1966). On television, from 1969 to 1971, he played Francis Durbridge's amateur private detective Paul Temple in the BBC series of the same name.
Matthews starred opposite Morecambe and Wise in the films The Intelligence Men (1965) and That Riviera Touch (1966), leading to a close friendship with Eric Morecambe. He also appeared throughout the 1960s and 1970s in a variety of TV comedy roles, including Eric & Ernie's Christmas Show, 1977. He appeared alongside George Cole in Charles Woods' sitcom Don't Forget To Write (1977) as a successful writer.
In 1967, Matthews supplied the voice of Captain Scarlet for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation TV series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. In the late 1970s, he served as narrator and host for Follow Me!, a BBC educational programme that offered a "crash course" in the English language to foreign viewers.
In 1986, Matthews and his wife, Angela Browne, appeared together in the BBC adaptation of the Josephine Tey novel Brat Farrar.[2] In 2000, they starred in two Ray Cooney plays on the cruise ship MS Marco Polo, while she was sailing to the Antarctic: Run For Your Wife and Funny Money.
Personal life
Matthews was married to the actress Angela Browne from 1963 until her death in 2001. Two of their three sons, Damien Matthews and Paul Rattigan, are actors; the other, Dominic, is an artist and musician. Matthews' younger brother, Paul Shelley, is also an actor.
Death
He died on 15 June 2014 from natural causes at the age of 86.
Francis Matthews (2 September 1927 - 15 June 2014) was an English film and television actor, best known for playing Paul Temple in the BBC TV series.
Matthews was born in York. He attended St George's RC Primary School in York then attended St Michael's Jesuit College in Leeds, and started his acting career in Leeds repertory theatre before service in the Royal Navy.
Career
In the 1950s and 1960s, Matthews' film roles for Hammer Studios included the Baron's assistant in The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) and the heroes of Dracula: Prince of Darkness and Rasputin, the Mad Monk (both 1966). On television, from 1969 to 1971, he played Francis Durbridge's amateur private detective Paul Temple in the BBC series of the same name.
Matthews starred opposite Morecambe and Wise in the films The Intelligence Men (1965) and That Riviera Touch (1966), leading to a close friendship with Eric Morecambe. He also appeared throughout the 1960s and 1970s in a variety of TV comedy roles, including Eric & Ernie's Christmas Show, 1977. He appeared alongside George Cole in Charles Woods' sitcom Don't Forget To Write (1977) as a successful writer.
In 1967, Matthews supplied the voice of Captain Scarlet for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation TV series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. In the late 1970s, he served as narrator and host for Follow Me!, a BBC educational programme that offered a "crash course" in the English language to foreign viewers.
In 1986, Matthews and his wife, Angela Browne, appeared together in the BBC adaptation of the Josephine Tey novel Brat Farrar.[2] In 2000, they starred in two Ray Cooney plays on the cruise ship MS Marco Polo, while she was sailing to the Antarctic: Run For Your Wife and Funny Money.
Personal life
Matthews was married to the actress Angela Browne from 1963 until her death in 2001. Two of their three sons, Damien Matthews and Paul Rattigan, are actors; the other, Dominic, is an artist and musician. Matthews' younger brother, Paul Shelley, is also an actor.
Death
He died on 15 June 2014 from natural causes at the age of 86.
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So. Farewell then
Francis Matthews.
You were
The voice of
Captain Scarlet.
He was indestructible.
But
Sadly
You were not.
So. Farewell then
Francis Matthews.
You were
The voice of
Captain Scarlet.
He was indestructible.
But
Sadly
You were not.
With Eric and Ernie performing a play what Ernie wrote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmTM8D5N5yU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmTM8D5N5yU
Matthews credited his actor brother Francis[94] with devising the term Turkey Twizzler.[95] His brother also supplied the overdubbed Norfolk voice used in his television commercials, as advertising agencies believed viewers would be left confused by Bernard's real-life Welsh accent.[96]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Matthews
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Matthews
Were the other brother Stanley and sister Jessie not involved then?
Stanley Matthews was a Association Footballer. Nothing to do with the Matthews brothers.
I just wondered, they had to have other jobs in those days.
What about Jessie Matthews, didn't she die recently.
Donkey's years ago, taxi. Not long after she left the Dale's Diary, I think.
Jessie Matthews, OBE (11 March 1907 – 19 August 1981) was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war period.
I was a bit out. Mrs Dale's Diary finished in '69.
I was a bit out. Mrs Dale's Diary finished in '69.
She was in the news for something recently. but I can't recall what it was.
I think there's some X Factor person with the same name.
It wasn't that.
I don't watch it or read about it.
I don't watch it or read about it.
I didn't think you would, as I don't, but sometimes it's hard to get away from it.
The non-watch list includes all these, which were viewed for a minimal amount of time before being rejected as a load of crap.
X-factor
Britain's Got Talent
The Voice
Big Brother
Eastenders
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Embarrassing Bodies
Any 1 of the many CSI's
How Top Look Good Naked
Any film with Jean Claude Van Damme
The weather forecast
X-factor
Britain's Got Talent
The Voice
Big Brother
Eastenders
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Embarrassing Bodies
Any 1 of the many CSI's
How Top Look Good Naked
Any film with Jean Claude Van Damme
The weather forecast
cheers bud, I was searching for this for Tambers. News must travel slowly to Canada. 
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