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name: "Matt Briggs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-briggs"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 November 1883"
died: "10 June 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T01:08:50.922186+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."
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# Matt Briggs

Actor. Born 17 November 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 10 June 1962.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 November 1883, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 10 June 1962
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76974344, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0109063/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14656

## Biography

Matt Briggs was an American character actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and made his Broadway debut in 1929. He appeared in numerous stage productions, including revivals of *The Male Animal* and *Bloomer Girl*, often in supporting roles.

Briggs's film credits include *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), in which he played Judge Daniel Tyler, *Buffalo Bill* (1944) and *The Babe Ruth Story* (1948). He also worked in television during the early 1950s. In 1950 he served as fourth vice-president of Actors' Equity Association.

*Sources: imdb.com, ibdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Fi1m 84, as Judge Daniel Tyler — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *The Babe Ruth Story* (1948), as Colonel Jacob Ruppert
- *Roger Touhy, Gangster* (1944), as Cameron
- *Buffalo Bill* (1944), as General Blazier
- *The Dancing Masters* (1943), as Wentworth Harlan
- *Wintertime* (1943), as Russell Carter (uncredited)
- *Coney Island* (1943), as William Hammerstein
- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), as Judge Daniel Tyler — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)
- *The Meanest Man in the World* (1943), as Arthur Brown
- *A Very Honorable Guy* (1934), as Farmer Parkins
- *Hips, Hips, Hooray!* (1934), as Epstein
- *Advice to the Lovelorn* (1933), Actor

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