Francis Matthews is a British film, TV and stage actor born 10 September 1927. 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

His most famous roles were for Hammer Studios in the 1950s and '60s, including as the Baron's assistant in Revenge of Frankenstein (1958), and as the dashing heroes of Dracula, Prince of Darkness and Rasputin, the Mad Monk, both in 1965. Hammer horror refers to a series of low-budget horror films produced in the late 1950s through the 1970s by the British film studio Hammer Films, although it is sometimes also used to refer to films made in a similar style by other smaller studios such as, for example, Amicus... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rasputin, the Mad Monk is a 1965 Hammer film directed by Don Sharp. ... // Events January-February January 4 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union address. ...

Matthews provided the voice of Captain Scarlet in Gerry Anderson television series. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to in shorthand as simply Captain Scarlet, is a science fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Television company of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson and Lew Grade and first shown in Britain (originally on ATV Midlands, but later the whole of the... Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson are most famous as the production team for several futuristic childrens television shows involving specially modified marionettes, a process called supermarionation. Their most famous production is Thunderbirds, which was produced by their production company, originally known as AP Films and later renamed Century 21...