Francis Matthews (2 September 1927 – 14 June 2014) was an English actor, best known for playing Paul Temple in the BBC television series of the same name and for voicing Captain Scarlet in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.

Filmography

• 2026Spectrum is 20: The Death and Life of New Captain Scarlet — Captain Scarlet (archive audio)
• 2026Target: Captain Black! — Captain Scarlet (voice)
• 2014This Is Supermarionation — Captain Scarlet (voice)
• 2008All About 'Thunderbirds'
• Beautiful People — Mr. Bunions
• All About George
• The Royal — Dr. James Alway
• 1999Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons — Captain Scarlet (voice)
• 1999Do Not Disturb — Manager
• The Detectives — Duke of Connemara
• Heartbeat — Dr. James Alway
• 1991Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook — Charles (archive footage)
• 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood — Charles Kent / Ivan (archive footage)
• 1987Roman Holiday — Ambassador
• 1986May We Borrow Your Husband? — Stephen
• 1986The McGuffin — Silver-Haired Gent
• Screen Two — Silver-Haired Gent
• Taggart
• Tears Before Bedtime — Geoffrey Dickens
• Brookside
• 1981Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars — Captain Scarlet (voice)
• 1980Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons — Captain Scarlet (voice)
• The Crowther Collection
• 1979Ike — Noel Coward
• Ike — Noël Coward
• A Roof Over My Head
• Don't Forget to Write! — Tom Lawrence
• Trinity Tales — Eric the Prologue
• 1974Five Women for the Killer — Giorgio Pisani
• 1970Champagne Rose Is Dead
• 1969Crossplot — Ruddock
• Paul Temple — Paul Temple
• 1969Taste of Excitement — Mr. Breese
• 1969The Yellow Pill — John Frame
• Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons — Captain Scarlet (voice)
• 1967Just Like a Woman — Lewis McKenzie
• 1967The Confession — Peter Morgan
• 1966Dracula: Prince of Darkness — Charles Kent
• 1966Rasputin: The Mad Monk — Ivan
• 1966That Riviera Touch — Hotel Manager
• Out of the Unknown — John Frame
• 1965The Intelligence Men — Thomas
• Detective — Charles Garnish, George Rattery
• 1964Murder Ahoy — Lt. Compton
• 1964The Beauty Jungle — Taylor
• A Little Big Business — Simon Lieberman
• 1963A Stitch in Time — Benson
• 1963Bitter Harvest — Mike
• The Human Jungle — Dick Green
• Richard the Lionheart — Sir Humphrey
• 1962The Battleaxe — Tony Evers
• The Dark Island
• 1962The Lamp in Assassin Mews — Jack
• The Saint — Andre, Paul Farley
• The Avengers — Chivers
• 1961The Hellfire Club — Sir Hugh Manning
• 1961The Pursuers — David
• 1961The Secret of Monte Cristo — Louis Auclair
• 1960Sentenced for Life — Jim Richards
• International Detective — Paul Medina, Aldo Forenza
• Interpol Calling — Fawley
• No Hiding Place
• 1958A Woman Possessed — John
• 1958Corridors of Blood — Jonathan Bolton
• 1958The Revenge of Frankenstein — Dr. Hans Kleve
• 1957Small Hotel — Alan Pryor
• 1957The Mark of the Hawk — Overholt
• 1956Bhowani Junction — Ranjit Kasel
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Roland the Minstrel, Ali Ben Azra
• At Your Service, Ltd — Roger Buckett

Appearances as themselves (5)

• The House of Horror - Memories of Bray — Himself
• 2012Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness — Self - Original Cast Member / Charles Kent
• The World of Hammer — Self (archive footage)
• 1977The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show — Himself
• Morecambe & Wise — Self