---
name: "John Matthews"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-matthews"
fi1m_id: "john-matthews"
imdb_id: "nm0560064"
tmdb_id: 14937
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 November 1926"
died: "6 September 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:11:23.514808+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Matthews

## Identity

John Matthews

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-matthews
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-matthews
- **IMDb ID:** nm0560064
- **TMDB ID:** 14937
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560064/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14937

Actor. Born 10 November 1926 in Pennsylvania, USA. Died 6 September 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 November 1926, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 6 September 1991
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560064/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14937

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Shock Corridor*](https://film.one/film/shock-corridor.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

John Matthews (1926–1991) was an American actor. Born in Pennsylvania, he appeared in film and television from the early 1960s until the late 1980s.

His film credits include the role of Dr. L.G. Cristo in *Shock Corridor* (1963). On television he had guest roles in series such as *Perry Mason* (as F.A.A. Investigator and Dr. Richard Jenkins), *Bonanza*, *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* and *The Wild Wild West*, and a recurring part as Dr. Eliot Kincaid in *Days of Our Lives* (1968–1969). He also appeared in the television film *Mandela* (1987).

*Sources: imdb.com, tviv.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shock Corridor* (1963), Fi1m 80, as Dr. Cristo — [page](https://film.one/film/shock-corridor.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Characters of Star Wars* (2004), as Narrator
- *Mandela* (1987), as Lawyer Joffe
- *The Great Sioux Massacre* (1965), as Dakota
- *Blood on the Arrow* (1964), as Mike
- *Shock Corridor* (1963), as Dr. Cristo — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shock-corridor.md)
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as F.A.A. Investigator, Dr. Richard Jenkins

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/john-matthews