--- name: "Matthew Betz" canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-betz" roles: ["Actor"] born: "12 September 1881" died: "26 January 1938" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T21:38:31.766616+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." --- # Matthew Betz Actor. Born 12 September 1881 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Died 26 January 1938. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 12 September 1881, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - **Died:** 26 January 1938 - **Also known as:** Matthew Von Betz, Matthew von Betz, Matthew L. Betz, Mathew Betz, M.C. Von Betz, M.C. von Betz, Matthew L. Betts, Matthew Betts, A. von Betz - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Betz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2112157, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079490/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/138220 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*The Big House*](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Matthew Betz was an American actor. Born on 13 September 1881 in St. Louis, Missouri, he served in the US Cavalry before spending several years in vaudeville and stock theatre. He made his film debut in 1921 and appeared in more than 120 films, often in supporting roles as detectives, criminals or tough characters. Betz is known for his performances in *The Unholy Three* (1925), *The Wedding March* (1928), *The Big House* (1930) as Gopher, and *Mystery of the Wax Museum* (1933). He also directed one short film in 1917. He was married to Lulu Slipp and died on 26 January 1938 in Sawtelle, California. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Big House* (1930), Fi1m 78, as Gopher — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md) ## Complete filmography (99) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Jungle Menace* (1937), as Inspector Starrett - *The Law Commands* (1937), as Frago, lead henchman - *The Soldier and the Lady* (1937), as Chieftain (Uncredited) - *The Man Who Found Himself* (1937), as Hobo #1 - *Outcast* (1937), as Don, a Townsman - *Jail Bait* (1937), Actor - *Fury Below* (1936), as Dorsky - *Racing Blood* (1936), as Tex O'Donnell - *The Black Coin* (1936), as Henry Jensen - *Florida Special* (1936), as Herman Weil - *The Little Red Schoolhouse* (1936), as Bill, the Tough Hobo - *Just My Luck* (1935), as Doyle - *Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery* (1935), as Horace Raymore - *The Girl Who Came Back* (1935), as Henchman Smokey Preston - *The E-Flat Man* (1935), as Hood with Toothache (uncredited) - *Trails of the Wild* (1935), as Hunt - *Reckless Roads* (1935), Actor - *Let 'em Have It* (1935), as Al Thompson - *On Probation* (1935), as Dan - *The Tin Man* (1935), as Blackie Burke - *Mississippi* (1935), as Man at Bar (uncredited) - *Mutiny Ahead* (1935), as Dixon - *Men of the Night* (1934), as Schmidt - *The Fighting Rookie* (1934), as Lewis Cantor - *The Countess of Monte Cristo* (1934), as Romowski's Valet - *Under Secret Orders* (1933), as Senor Cevallos - *Curtain at Eight* (1933), as "Lovely" Holmes - *The Big Chance* (1933), as Flash McQuaid - *Tarzan the Fearless* (1933), as Nick - *I Have Lived* (1933), as Blackie - *Knight Duty* (1933), as The Crook - *The Woman Who Dared* (1933), as Racketeer - *The Whirlwind* (1933), as Tate Hurley - *Silent Men* (1933), as Carl Lawler - *Mystery of the Wax Museum* (1933), as Hugo - *Child of Manhattan* (1933), as Chet Watson (uncredited) - *State Trooper* (1933), as Jarvis - *Via Pony Express* (1933), as Clem Porter - *On Your Guard* (1933), as Trusty Smith - *The Big Flash* (1932), as Brick Dugan - *Gold* (1932), as Henchman Childress - *The Western Code* (1932), as Warden - *Broadway to Cheyenne* (1932), as Joe Carter - *The Hurricane Express* (1932), as The Engineer Jordan - *Speed Madness* (1932), as Jessin - *Alias Mary Smith* (1932), as Snowy Hoagland - *Dynamite Denny* (1932), as Labor Leader - *The Fighting Marshal* (1931), as Red Larkin - *Soul of the Slums* (1931), as Jim Blake - *Side Show* (1931), as Tom Whalen - *Julius Sizzer* (1931), as Tayo - *Salvation Nell* (1931), as Mooney - *Stout Hearts and Willing Hands* (1931), Actor - *The Single Sin* (1931), as Frank Bowman - *See America Thirst* (1930), as Insect McGann - *Her Man* (1930), as Red - *The Squealer* (1930), as Red Majors - *Shooting Straight* (1930), as Ace Martin / Ed Winters - *The Big House* (1930), as Gopher — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-house.md) - *The Honeymoon* (1929), as Schani - *The Girl in the Glass Cage* (1929), as 'Doc' Striker - *Girls Gone Wild* (1929), as Augie Sten - *Fugitives* (1929), as Earl Rand - *Sins of the Fathers* (1928), as Gus Newman - *The Wedding March* (1928), as Schani Eberle - *The Terror* (1928), as Joe Connors - *Telling the World* (1928), as The Killer - *The Crimson City* (1928), as 'Dagger' Foo - *The Shepherd of the Hills* (1928), as Wash Gibbs - *Broadway After Midnight* (1927), as Quill Burke - *The Patent Leather Kid* (1927), as Jake Stuke - *The Flame of the Yukon* (1926), as Black Jack Hovey - *Shipwrecked* (1926), as Captain Klodel - *The Exquisite Sinner* (1926), as Gypsy Chief - *Oh! What a Nurse!* (1926), as Captain Ladye Kirby - *The Little Irish Girl* (1926), as Jerry Crawford - *Lights of Old Broadway* (1925), as 'Red' Hawkins - *The Unholy Three* (1925), as Detective Regan - *My Lady's Lips* (1925), as Eddie Gault - *White Fang* (1925), as Frank Wilde - *The Way of a Girl* (1925), as Matt - *The Lighthouse by the Sea* (1924), as Joe Dagget - *The Only Woman* (1924), as Ole Hannson - *The Siren Of Seville* (1924), as Pedro - *Those Who Dance* (1924), as Joe Anargas - *Love's Whirlpool* (1924), as 'Pinky' Sellers - *The Heart Bandit* (1924), as Monk Hinman - *Let's Go* (1923), as 'Dip' McGurk - *A Self Made Wife* (1923), as Bob - *Sawdust* (1923), as Runner Bayne - *Luck* (1923), as Fighting Miner - *My Old Kentucky Home* (1922), as Steven McKenna - *Boomerang Bill* (1922), as Tony the Wop - *The Single Track* (1921), as Jim Mallison - *Burn 'Em Up Barnes* (1921), as Ed Scott - *The Stealers* (1920), as Bert Robinson - *High Speed* (1920), as Kelly - *Putting One Over* (1919), as Giles - *The Winner* (1914), as Guggenheimer - the 'Widow's' Husband ## Gallery - ![Matthew Betz](https://film.one/media/person/1224811/gallery-57fdfaeabaac.jpg) Matthew Betz — film screenshot (Monogram Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Matthew_Betz_in_Broadway_to_Cheyenne.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Matthew Betz](https://film.one/media/person/1224811/gallery-e7cf7eb9a818.jpg) Matthew Betz — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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