Les Tremayne
Known for Acting · 90 credits
- Born
- 1913-04-16
- Died
- 2003-12-19
- Place of birth
- Balham, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Lester Tremayne · Lester "Les" Tremayne
Biography
Les Tremayne (16 April 1913 – 19 December 2003) was a radio, film, and television actor. Born Lester Tremayne in England, he moved with his family at the age four to Chicago, where he began in community theater. He danced as a vaudeville performer and worked as amusement park barker. He began working in radio when he was 17 years old.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Les Tremayne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Perry Mason
1957
as Harry Lannon / Frederic Archer III / Deputy D.A. Stewart Linn / Willard Nesbitt / Bernard Daniels / Lawrence Otis / George Browne / Ed Pierce
The Rifleman
1958
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as C.J. Hasler
Bonanza
1959
as Doc Lyman / Judge George Jackson
Matinee Theater
1955
Wagon Train
1957
as Horace Jurist Hamilton
TV Shows (35)
Perry Mason
1957
as Harry Lannon / Frederic Archer III / Deputy D.A. Stewart Linn / Willard Nesbitt / Bernard Daniels / Lawrence Otis / George Browne / Ed Pierce
The Rifleman
1958
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as C.J. Hasler
Bonanza
1959
as Doc Lyman / Judge George Jackson
Matinee Theater
1955
Wagon Train
1957
as Horace Jurist Hamilton
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Dr. Stuyvesant
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Felix Ryder / Mr. Selby
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Keith Bresson / Dr. Arthur Jansen
The Virginian
1962
as Mr. Lowell / Horatio Troast
Rawhide
1959
as Dr. Gardner
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Attorney General
The Millionaire
1955
as Fred Malcolm
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Dr. Fred Bixby / Peter Talbot
77 Sunset Strip
1958
My Favorite Martian
1963
as Mr. Clary
Mister Ed
1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
Checkmate
1960
as Simon Oelrich
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Navy Log
1955
Mr. Novak
1963
as Bates
The Texan
1958
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Vance
The Thin Man
1957
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Whistler
1954
General Electric True
1962
The New Breed
1961
as Garland
The Dakotas
1963
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
as Inspector Richard Queen
Hank
1965
Shazam!
1974
as Mentor
Curiosity Shop
1971
Movies (55)
North by Northwest
1959
as Auctioneer
The War of the Worlds
1953
as General Mann
Forbidden Planet
1956
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Fortune Cookie
1966
as Thompson
Girl Happy
1965
as Opening Narrator (uncredited)
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963
as Mr. Tako / Dr. Shigesawa / Dr. Akira Makino / General Masami Shinzo / Commander Roberts / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Fangs
1974
as Snakey Bender
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
1983
as The Well (voice)
Quest
1984
Susan Slept Here
1954
as Harvey Butterworth
The Gallant Hours
1960
as Frank Enright
The Story of Ruth
1960
as Elimelech
The Phantom Tollbooth
1970
as Humbug (voice)
The Racket
1951
as Harry Craig
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
1975
as Father (voice)
The Blue Veil
1951
as Joplin
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
The Slime People
1963
as Norman Tolliver
Ultraman: The Adventure Begins
1987
as Dr. Philby
Dream Wife
1953
as Ken Landwell
The Monolith Monsters
1957
as Martin Cochrane
The Perfect Furlough
1958
as Col. Leland
The Angry Red Planet
1959
as Prof. Theodore Gettell
The Unguarded Moment
1956
as Mr. Pendleton
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
1985
as Orin / Bombo / TV announcer (voice)
Strange Bedfellows
1965
as Opening Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited)
A Very Merry Cricket
1973
as Chester C. Cricket / Harry the Cat (voice)
Say One for Me
1959
as Harry LaMaise
I Love Melvin
1953
as Mr. Henneman
The Naked Monster
2005
as General Mann
Yankee Doodle Cricket
1975
as Chester C. Cricket / Harry the Cat (voice)
Kwaheri: Vanishing Africa
1964
as Narrator
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Narrator (voice)
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
1985
as Arthur (voice)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962
as Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
1969
as Churchy La Femme / Beauregard (voice)
Oliver Twist
1974
as Fagin
Easter Is
1974
as (voice)
Francis Goes to West Point
1952
as Colonel Daniels
The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
1987
as Gustav (voice)
The Monster of Piedras Blancas
1959
as Dr. Sam Jorgenson
The Creation - Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible
1988
as God / The Storyteller (Voice)
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956
as Henry 'Hank' Gaxton
Everything But the Truth
1956
as Lawrence Everett
Shootout at Big Sag
1962
as Chan Bartholomew
Creature of Destruction
1967
as Dr. John Basso
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
as Countdown Announcer
Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
1978
as Alexander Graham Wolf / Santa Claus (voice)
It Grows on Trees
1952
as Finlay Murchison
Strawberries Need Rain
1971
as The Reaper
About Time
1962
as King of Planet Q
A Man Called Peter
1955
as Senator Willis K. Harvey
A Cricket in Times Square
1973
as Chester C. Cricket / Harry the Cat / Father / Music Teacher (voice)
Birthday
1969
as Churchy La Femme / Beauregard
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
1979
as The Pumpkin (voice)
About Les Tremayne
Les Tremayne (16 April 1913 – 19 December 2003) was a radio, film, and television actor. Born Lester Tremayne in England, he moved with his family at the age four to Chicago, where he began in community theater. He danced as a vaudeville performer and worked as amusement park barker. He began working in radio when he was 17 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Les Tremayne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 90 credits spanning from 1948 to 2022, Les Tremayne has appeared in 55 films and 35 TV shows.
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- North by Northwest (1959) — as Auctioneer
- The War of the Worlds (1953) — as General Mann
- Forbidden Planet (1956) — as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Fortune Cookie (1966) — as Thompson
- Girl Happy (1965) — as Opening Narrator (uncredited)
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