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Francis P. Matthews

American politician, diplomat and 8th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus (1887–1952)

Francis Matthews
Matthews c. 1950
In office October 22, 1951 – September 7, 1952
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	George A. Garrett
Succeeded by	William Howard Taft III
In office May 25, 1949 – July 31, 1951
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	John Sullivan
Succeeded by	Dan A. Kimball
In office September 2, 1939 – October 14, 1945
Preceded by	Martin H. Carmody
Succeeded by	John E. Swift
In office 1933 – September 1, 1939
Preceded by	John F. Martin
Succeeded by	John E. Swift
Born	Francis Patrick Matthews (1887-03-15)March 15, 1887 Albion, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	October 18, 1952(1952-10-18) (aged 65) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Mary Hughes
Children	6
Education	Creighton University (LLB)

Francis Patrick Matthews (March 15, 1887 – October 18, 1952) was an American who served as the 8th S

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Francis Matthews

Francis Joseph Matthews was born in York to Kathleen, nee Empson and Henry Ernest Matthews and was educated at St Georges School in York and St Michaels Jesuit College in Leeds and did some work at Leeds Repertory Theatre before doing his National Service in the Royal Navy after which he did repertory at various theatres including 2 years at the Oxford Playhouse. In 1962 he went to the Hebrides to film Shark Island, a six part series for the BBC and was picked up from the airport by the actress Angela Browne who he married the following year and had 3 sons,Paul, Dominic and Damien. Gerry Anderson was planning a television puppet television series when he heard Francis on the radio doing a Cary Grant voice and liked the transatlantic sound of his voice and asked him to provide the voice of Captain Scarlett in the television puppet series he was preparing. He has an actor brother, Paul Shelley and a sister, Maura. Another brother, Anthony, predeceased them.

Francis Joseph Matthews was born in York to Kathleen, nee Empson and Henry Ernest Matthews and was edu

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Francis Matthews, the actor and voice artist who provided the voice for the title character in Gerry Anderson’s 1967 series Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons, died on June 14th at the age of 86.

Born on 2nd September 1927 in York, and educated at St. Michael’s College, Leeds, Francis remained proud of his Yorkshire roots, his skill at accents giving him the ability to play any class and virtually any nationality.

He is best known today for his work on the Century 21 series, a source of some frustration to the actor, who was a major star of British and European W and had a long and distinguished stage career.

Francis Matthews worked alongside some of the legends of acting in his film career, appearing with Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee in Corridors of Blood (shot in 1958 but not released until 1962). He acted with Peter Cushing in 1958’s The Revenge Of Frankenstein and also in Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman’s 1961 production The Hellfire Club, in later years telling amusing tales of the shooting of that film’s stronger ‘continentalR