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 == Biography ==
-Richard William Matthews was born in Penzance, Cornwall on 3 November 1894 and came to South Africa with his parents in 1898.  The family settled in Johannesburg, where his father is said to have played the French horn in the Johannesburg Orchestra.  Billy himself was a choir boy and in 1907, as a boy soprano, won a gold medal at the local [[Eisteddfod]], an achievement he equalled when, in 1921, he won the men's open solo competition.  His first stage appearance was also in 1921 at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in a play directed by [[Muriel Alexander]], followed by a role as Robin Hood in ''[[The Magic Key]]'', opposite [[Anne Immink]].  Subsequently he joined [[The Melodians]], a troupe which played the [[Standard Theatre]] for some weeks and then toured the country.  He obviously had a fine singing voice and the concerts he gave were well patronised by the mining communities along the Witwatersrand.
+Richard William Matthews was born in Penzance, Cornwall on 3 November 1894 and came to South Africa with his parents in 1898.  The family settled in Johannesburg, where his father is said to have played the French horn in the Johannesburg Orchestra.  Billy himself was a choir boy and in 1907, as a boy soprano, won a gold medal at the local [[Eisteddfod]], an achievement he equalled when, in 1921, he won the men's open solo competition.  His first stage appearance was also in 1921 at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in a play directed by [[Muriel Alexander]], followed by a role as Robin Hood in ''[[The Magic Key]]'', opposite [[Anne Immink]].  Subsequently he joined [[The Melodians]], a quartet which played the [[Empire Theatre]] for some weeks and then toured the country.  He obviously had a fine singing voice and the concerts he gave were well patronised by the mining communities along the Witwatersrand.
 When the [[Associated Scientific & Technical Societies of South Africa]] (ASTS) was granted the first broadcasting license in South Africa (operating from the Stuttafords Building in Rissik Street), Billy Matthews was the first vocalist to be heard on the radio and over the years he appeared in numerous radio plays and concerts.  Another first came his way when he appeared in the first South African sound film.  In the short ''[[Sarie Marais]]'' ([[Joseph Albrecht]]/1931) he played a Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon who, while longing for his girl back home, sings the title song.  Nearly 40 years passed before he appeared in two more South African films, namely ''[[Stop Exchange]]'' ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970) and ''[[Taxi!]]'' ([[Joe Stewardson]]/1970).

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 == Biography ==
-Richard William Matthews was born in Penzance, Cornwall on 3 November 1894 and came to South Africa with his parents in 1898.  The family settled in Johannesburg, where his father is said to have played the French horn in the Johannesburg Orchestra.  Billy himself was a choir boy and in 1907, as a boy soprano, won a gold medal at the local [[Eisteddfod]], an achievement he equalled when, in 1921, he won the men's open solo competition.  His first stage appearance was also in 1921 at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in a play directed by [[Muriel Alexander]], followed by a role as Robin Hood in ''[[The Magic Key]]'', opposite [[Anne Immink]].  Subsequently he joined [[The Masqueraders]], a troupe which played the [[Standard Theatre]] for some weeks and then toured the country.  He obviously had a fine singing voice and the concerts he gave were well patronised by the mining communities along the Witwatersrand.
+Richard William Matthews was born in Penzance, Cornwall on 3 November 1894 and came to South Africa with his parents in 1898.  The family settled in Johannesburg, where his father is said to have played the French horn in the Johannesburg Orchestra.  Billy himself was a choir boy and in 1907, as a boy soprano, won a gold medal at the local [[Eisteddfod]], an achievement he equalled when, in 1921, he won the men's open solo competition.  His first stage appearance was also in 1921 at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in a play directed by [[Muriel Alexander]], followed by a role as Robin Hood in ''[[The Magic Key]]'', opposite [[Anne Immink]].  Subsequently he joined [[The Melodians]], a troupe which played the [[Standard Theatre]] for some weeks and then toured the country.  He obviously had a fine singing voice and the concerts he gave were well patronised by the mining communities along the Witwatersrand.
 When the [[Associated Scientific & Technical Societies of South Africa]] (ASTS) was granted the first broadcasting license in South Africa (operating from the Stuttafords Building in Rissik Street), Billy Matthews was the first vocalist to be heard on the radio and over the years he appeared in numerous radio plays and concerts.  Another first came his way when he appeared in the first South African sound film.  In the short ''[[Sarie Marais]]'' ([[Joseph Albrecht]]/1931) he played a Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon who, while longing for his girl back home, sings the title song.  Nearly 40 years passed before he appeared in two more South African films, namely ''[[Stop Exchange]]'' ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970) and ''[[Taxi!]]'' ([[Joe Stewardson]]/1970).

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-(b. Penzance, Cornwall, **/**/1892? - d. 04/04/1985).  Actor, singer, broadcaster.  Billy (William) Matthews was born in Penzance and came to South Africa with his parents in 1898.  The family settled in Johannesburg, where his father is said to have played the French horn in the [[Johannesburg Orchestra]].  Billy himself was a choir boy and in 1907, as a boy soprano, won a gold medal at the local [[Eisteddfod]], an achievement he equaled when, in 1921, he won the men's open solo competition .  His first stage appearance was in 1921 at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in a play directed by [[Muriel Alexander]] and he subsequently joined [[The Masqueraders]], a troupe which played the [[Standard Theatre]] for some weeks and then toured the country.  He obviously had a fine singing voice and the concerts he gave were well patronised by the mining communities along the Witwatersrand.
+'''Billy Matthews''' (1894-1985) was an actor, singer and broadcaster.
-When the [[Associated Scientific & Technical Societies of South Africa]] ([[ASTS]]) was granted the first broadcasting license in South Africa (operating from the Stuttafords Building in Rissik Street), Billy Matthews was the first vocalist to be heard on the radio and over the years he appeared in numerous radio plays and concerts.  Another first came his way when he appeared in the first South African sound film.  In the short [[Sarie Marais]] ([[Joseph Albrecht]]/1931) he played a Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon who, while longing for his girl back home, sings the title song.  Nearly 40 years passed before he appeared in two more South African films, namely [[Stop Exchange]] ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970) and [[Taxi!]] ([[Joe Stewardson]]/1970).
+== Biography ==
-In the meantime he was kept busy on radio and on the stage.  For the [[Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society]] he featured in [[Floradora]] (1928), [[Tom Jones]] (1933), [[The Geisha]] (1935), [[The Desert Song]] (1935), [[Merrie England]] (1936), [[The Vagabond King]] (1938) and [[Spring Quartet]] (1960), ''[[See How They Run]]'' ([[Ricky Arden Productions]], 1960).  His [[SABC]] radio work was very diverse, ranging from [[Exhibit "A"]] (1946), a play directed by [[Jack Bligh]], and Shakespeare's [[Richard II]] (1950), to playing Mr. Plod on the Noddy series produced by [[Kathleen Davydd]] for the [[SABC Children's Programme]] of the English Service.  In the early 1970s he still appeared on the stage for [[PACT]] in [[In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer]] (1971), directed by [[Leonard Schach]],  and at the [[Alexander Theatre]] for [[Charles Marowitz]] in his [[A Macbeth]] (1973).
+Richard William Matthews was born in Penzance, Cornwall on 3 November 1894 and came to South Africa with his parents in 1898.  The family settled in Johannesburg, where his father is said to have played the French horn in the Johannesburg Orchestra.  Billy himself was a choir boy and in 1907, as a boy soprano, won a gold medal at the local [[Eisteddfod]], an achievement he equalled when, in 1921, he won the men's open solo competition.  His first stage appearance was also in 1921 at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in a play directed by [[Muriel Alexander]], followed by a role as Robin Hood in ''[[The Magic Key]]'', opposite [[Anne Immink]].  Subsequently he joined [[The Masqueraders]], a troupe which played the [[Standard Theatre]] for some weeks and then toured the country.  He obviously had a fine singing voice and the concerts he gave were well patronised by the mining communities along the Witwatersrand.
-(He may have been the same William Matthews who turns up at regular intervals in England, first in two silent films, namely ''Squibs'' (George Pearson/1921) and ''Eugene Aram'' (Arthur Rook/1924), and also two plays, ''White Cargo'' (1924) at the Playhouse Theatre in London and ''By Candle Light'' (1929) at the Prince's Theatre in Bristol.  He featured in a revival of ''White Horse Inn'' (1940) at the Coliseum in London, and later in the musicals ''Belinda Fair'' (1954) at the Theatre Royal in Bath and ''Can-Can'' (1955) at the Hippodrome in Bristol.)  (FO)
+When the [[Associated Scientific & Technical Societies of South Africa]] (ASTS) was granted the first broadcasting license in South Africa (operating from the Stuttafords Building in Rissik Street), Billy Matthews was the first vocalist to be heard on the radio and over the years he appeared in numerous radio plays and concerts.  Another first came his way when he appeared in the first South African sound film.  In the short ''[[Sarie Marais]]'' ([[Joseph Albrecht]]/1931) he played a Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon who, while longing for his girl back home, sings the title song.  Nearly 40 years passed before he appeared in two more South African films, namely ''[[Stop Exchange]]'' ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970) and ''[[Taxi!]]'' ([[Joe Stewardson]]/1970).
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 When the [[Associated Scientific & Technical Societies of South Africa]] ([[ASTS]]) was granted the first broadcasting license in South Africa (operating from the Stuttafords Building in Rissik Street), Billy Matthews was the first vocalist to be heard on the radio and over the years he appeared in numerous radio plays and concerts.  Another first came his way when he appeared in the first South African sound film.  In the short [[Sarie Marais]] ([[Joseph Albrecht]]/1931) he played a Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon who, while longing for his girl back home, sings the title song.  Nearly 40 years passed before he appeared in two more South African films, namely [[Stop Exchange]] ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970) and [[Taxi!]] ([[Joe Stewardson]]/1970).
-In the meantime he was kept busy on radio and on the stage.  For the [[Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society]] he featured in [[Floradora]] (1928), [[Tom Jones]] (1933), [[The Geisha]] (1935), [[The Desert Song]] (1935), [[Merrie England]] (1936), [[The Vagabond King]] (1938) and [[Spring Quartet]] (1960).  His [[SABC]] radio work was very diverse, ranging from [[Exhibit "A"]] (1946), a play directed by [[Jack Bligh]], and Shakespeare's [[Richard II]] (1950), to playing Mr. Plod on the Noddy series produced by [[Kathleen Davydd]] for the [[SABC Children's Programme]] of the English Service.  In the early 1970s he still appeared on the stage for [[PACT]] in [[In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer]] (1971), directed by [[Leonard Schach]],  and at the [[Alexander Theatre]] for [[Charles Marowitz]] in his [[A Macbeth]] (1973).
+In the meantime he was kept busy on radio and on the stage.  For the [[Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society]] he featured in [[Floradora]] (1928), [[Tom Jones]] (1933), [[The Geisha]] (1935), [[The Desert Song]] (1935), [[Merrie England]] (1936), [[The Vagabond King]] (1938) and [[Spring Quartet]] (1960), ''[[See How They Run]]'' ([[Ricky Arden Productions]], 1960).  His [[SABC]] radio work was very diverse, ranging from [[Exhibit "A"]] (1946), a play directed by [[Jack Bligh]], and Shakespeare's [[Richard II]] (1950), to playing Mr. Plod on the Noddy series produced by [[Kathleen Davydd]] for the [[SABC Children's Programme]] of the English Service.  In the early 1970s he still appeared on the stage for [[PACT]] in [[In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer]] (1971), directed by [[Leonard Schach]],  and at the [[Alexander Theatre]] for [[Charles Marowitz]] in his [[A Macbeth]] (1973).
 (He may have been the same William Matthews who turns up at regular intervals in England, first in two silent films, namely ''Squibs'' (George Pearson/1921) and ''Eugene Aram'' (Arthur Rook/1924), and also two plays, ''White Cargo'' (1924) at the Playhouse Theatre in London and ''By Candle Light'' (1929) at the Prince's Theatre in Bristol.  He featured in a revival of ''White Horse Inn'' (1940) at the Coliseum in London, and later in the musicals ''Belinda Fair'' (1954) at the Theatre Royal in Bath and ''Can-Can'' (1955) at the Hippodrome in Bristol.)  (FO)

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−	(b. Penzance, Cornwall, //1892? - d. //~~****~~). Actor, singer, broadcaster. Billy (William) Matthews was born in Penzance and came to South Africa with his parents in 1898. The family settled in Johannesburg, where his father is said to have played the French horn in the [[Johannesburg Orchestra]]. Billy himself was a choir boy and in 1907, as a boy soprano, won a gold medal at the local [[Eisteddfod]], an achievement he equaled when, in 1921, he won the men's open solo competition . His first stage appearance was in 1921 at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in a play directed by [[Muriel Alexander]] and he subsequently joined [[The Masqueraders]], a troupe which played the [[Standard Theatre]] for some weeks and then toured the country. He obviously had a fine singing voice and the concerts he gave were well patronised by the mining communities along the Witwatersrand.	+	(b. Penzance, Cornwall, //1892? - d. 04/04/1985). Actor, singer, broadcaster. Billy (William) Matthews was born in Penzance and came to South Africa with his parents in 1898. The family settled in Johannesburg, where his father is said to have played the French horn in the [[Johannesburg Orchestra]]. Billy himself was a choir boy and in 1907, as a boy soprano, won a gold medal at the local [[Eisteddfod]], an achievement he equaled when, in 1921, he won the men's open solo competition . His first stage appearance was in 1921 at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in a play directed by [[Muriel Alexander]] and he subsequently joined [[The Masqueraders]], a troupe which played the [[Standard Theatre]] for some weeks and then toured the country. He obviously had a fine singing voice and the concerts he gave were well patronised by the mining communities along the Witwatersrand.

	When the [[Associated Scientific & Technical Societies of South Africa]] ([[ASTS]]) was granted the first broadcasting license in South Africa (operating from the Stuttafords Building in Rissik Street), Billy Matthews was the first vocalist to be heard on the radio and over the years he appeared in numerous radio plays and concerts. Another first came his way when he appeared in the first South African sound film. In the short [[Sarie Marais]] ([[Joseph Albrecht]]/1931) he played a Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon who, while longing for his girl back home, sings the title song. Nearly 40 years passed before he appeared in two more South African films, namely [[Stop Exchange]] ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970) and [[Taxi!]] ([[Joe Stewardson]]/1970).		When the [[Associated Scientific & Technical Societies of South Africa]] ([[ASTS]]) was granted the first broadcasting license in South Africa (operating from the Stuttafords Building in Rissik Street), Billy Matthews was the first vocalist to be heard on the radio and over the years he appeared in numerous radio plays and concerts. Another first came his way when he appeared in the first South African sound film. In the short [[Sarie Marais]] ([[Joseph Albrecht]]/1931) he played a Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon who, while longing for his girl back home, sings the title song. Nearly 40 years passed before he appeared in two more South African films, namely [[Stop Exchange]] ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970) and [[Taxi!]] ([[Joe Stewardson]]/1970).

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−	(b. Penzance, Cornwall, //1892? - d. //****). Actor, singer, broadcaster. Billy (William) Matthews was born in Penzance and came to South Africa with his parents in 1898. The family settled in Johannesburg, where his father is said to have played the French horn in the [[Johannesburg Orchestra]]. Billy himself was a choir boy and in 1907, as a boy soprano, won a gold medal at the local [[Eisteddfod]]. His first stage appearance was in 1921 at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in a play directed by [[Muriel Alexander]] and he subsequently joined [[The Masqueraders]], a troupe which played the [[Standard Theatre]] for some weeks and then toured the country. He obviously had a fine singing voice and the concerts he gave were well patronised by the mining communities along the Witwatersrand.	+	(b. Penzance, Cornwall, //1892? - d. //****). Actor, singer, broadcaster. Billy (William) Matthews was born in Penzance and came to South Africa with his parents in 1898. The family settled in Johannesburg, where his father is said to have played the French horn in the [[Johannesburg Orchestra]]. Billy himself was a choir boy and in 1907, as a boy soprano, won a gold medal at the local [[Eisteddfod]], an achievement he equaled when, in 1921, he won the men's open solo competition . His first stage appearance was in 1921 at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in a play directed by [[Muriel Alexander]] and he subsequently joined [[The Masqueraders]], a troupe which played the [[Standard Theatre]] for some weeks and then toured the country. He obviously had a fine singing voice and the concerts he gave were well patronised by the mining communities along the Witwatersrand.

	When the [[Associated Scientific & Technical Societies of South Africa]] ([[ASTS]]) was granted the first broadcasting license in South Africa (operating from the Stuttafords Building in Rissik Street), Billy Matthews was the first vocalist to be heard on the radio and over the years he appeared in numerous radio plays and concerts. Another first came his way when he appeared in the first South African sound film. In the short [[Sarie Marais]] ([[Joseph Albrecht]]/1931) he played a Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon who, while longing for his girl back home, sings the title song. Nearly 40 years passed before he appeared in two more South African films, namely [[Stop Exchange]] ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970) and [[Taxi!]] ([[Joe Stewardson]]/1970).		When the [[Associated Scientific & Technical Societies of South Africa]] ([[ASTS]]) was granted the first broadcasting license in South Africa (operating from the Stuttafords Building in Rissik Street), Billy Matthews was the first vocalist to be heard on the radio and over the years he appeared in numerous radio plays and concerts. Another first came his way when he appeared in the first South African sound film. In the short [[Sarie Marais]] ([[Joseph Albrecht]]/1931) he played a Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon who, while longing for his girl back home, sings the title song. Nearly 40 years passed before he appeared in two more South African films, namely [[Stop Exchange]] ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970) and [[Taxi!]] ([[Joe Stewardson]]/1970).

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 (b. Penzance, Cornwall, **/**/1892? - d. **/**/****).  Actor, singer, broadcaster.  Billy (William) Matthews was born in Penzance and came to South Africa with his parents in 1898.  The family settled in Johannesburg, where his father is said to have played the French horn in the [[Johannesburg Orchestra]].  Billy himself was a choir boy and in 1907, as a boy soprano, won a gold medal at the local [[Eisteddfod]].  His first stage appearance was in 1921 at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in a play directed by [[Muriel Alexander]] and he subsequently joined [[The Masqueraders]], a troupe which played the [[Standard Theatre]] for some weeks and then toured the country.  He obviously had a fine singing voice and the concerts he gave were well patronised by the mining communities along the Witwatersrand.
-When the [[Associated Scientific & Technical Societies of South Africa]] ([[ASTS]]) was granted the first broadcasting license in South Africa (operating from the Stuttafords Building in Rissik Street), Billy Matthews was the first vocalist to be heard on the radio and over the years he appeared in numerous radio plays and concerts.  Another first came his way when he appeared in the first South African sound film.  In the short [[Sarie Marais]] ([[Joseph Albrecht]]/1931)he played a Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon who, while longing for his girl back home, sings the title song.  Nearly 40 years passed before he appeared in two more South African films, namely [[Stop Exchange]] ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970) and [[Taxi!]] ([[Joe Stewardson]]/1970).
+When the [[Associated Scientific & Technical Societies of South Africa]] ([[ASTS]]) was granted the first broadcasting license in South Africa (operating from the Stuttafords Building in Rissik Street), Billy Matthews was the first vocalist to be heard on the radio and over the years he appeared in numerous radio plays and concerts.  Another first came his way when he appeared in the first South African sound film.  In the short [[Sarie Marais]] ([[Joseph Albrecht]]/1931) he played a Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon who, while longing for his girl back home, sings the title song.  Nearly 40 years passed before he appeared in two more South African films, namely [[Stop Exchange]] ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970) and [[Taxi!]] ([[Joe Stewardson]]/1970).
 In the meantime he was kept busy on radio and on the stage.  For the [[Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society]] he featured in [[Floradora]] (1928), [[Tom Jones]] (1933), [[The Geisha]] (1935), [[The Desert Song]] (1935), [[Merrie England]] (1936), [[The Vagabond King]] (1938) and [[Spring Quartet]] (1960).  His [[SABC]] radio work was very diverse, ranging from [[Exhibit "A"]] (1946), a play directed by [[Jack Bligh]], and Shakespeare's [[Richard II]] (1950), to playing Mr. Plod on the Noddy series produced by [[Kathleen Davydd]] for the [[SABC Children's Programme]] of the English Service.  In the early 1970s he still appeared on the stage for [[PACT]] in [[In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer]] (1971), directed by [[Leonard Schach]],  and at the [[Alexander Theatre]] for [[Charles Marowitz]] in his [[A Macbeth]] (1973).

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−	(19-) Actor. * He ~~starred~~ in [[~~Charles Marowitz~~]]~~’s''~~[[ A ~~Macbeth~~]]'' ~~which was staged at~~ the [[~~Alexander~~]] in ~~1973~~. ~~It also starred~~ [[~~Siegfried Mynhardt~~]], [[~~Molly Seftel~~]] ~~and~~ [[~~Ken Leach~~]].	+
		+	(b. Penzance, Cornwall, //1892? - d. //****). Actor, singer, broadcaster. Billy (William) Matthews was born in Penzance and came to South Africa with his parents in 1898. The family settled in Johannesburg, where his father is said to have played the French horn in the [[Johannesburg Orchestra]]. Billy himself was a choir boy and in 1907, as a boy soprano, won a gold medal at the local [[Eisteddfod]]. His first stage appearance was in 1921 at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in a play directed by [[Muriel Alexander]] and he subsequently joined [[The Masqueraders]], a troupe which played the [[Standard Theatre]] for some weeks and then toured the country. He obviously had a fine singing voice and the concerts he gave were well patronised by the mining communities along the Witwatersrand.
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		+	When the [[Associated Scientific & Technical Societies of South Africa]] ([[ASTS]]) was granted the first broadcasting license in South Africa (operating from the Stuttafords Building in Rissik Street), Billy Matthews was the first vocalist to be heard on the radio and over the years he appeared in numerous radio plays and concerts. Another first came his way when he appeared in the first South African sound film. In the short [[Sarie Marais]] ([[Joseph Albrecht]]/1931)he played a Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon who, while longing for his girl back home, sings the title song. Nearly 40 years passed before he appeared in two more South African films, namely [[Stop Exchange]] ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970) and [[Taxi!]] ([[Joe Stewardson]]/1970).
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		+	In the meantime he was kept busy on radio and on the stage. For the [[Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society]] he featured in [[Floradora]] (1928), [[Tom Jones]] (1933), [[The Geisha]] (1935), [[The Desert Song]] (1935), [[Merrie England]] (1936), [[The Vagabond King]] (1938) and [[Spring Quartet]] (1960). His [[SABC]] radio work was very diverse, ranging from [[Exhibit "A"]] (1946), a play directed by [[Jack Bligh]], and Shakespeare's [[Richard II]] (1950), to playing Mr. Plod on the Noddy series produced by [[Kathleen Davydd]] for the [[SABC Children's Programme]] of the English Service. In the early 1970s he still appeared on the stage for [[PACT]] in [[In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer]] (1971), directed by [[Leonard Schach]], and at the [[Alexander Theatre]] for [[Charles Marowitz]] in his [[A Macbeth]] (1973).
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		+	(He may have been the same William Matthews who turns up at regular intervals in England, first in two silent films, namely ''Squibs'' (George Pearson/1921) and ''Eugene Aram'' (Arthur Rook/1924), and also two plays, ''White Cargo'' (1924) at the Playhouse Theatre in London and ''By Candle Light'' (1929) at the Prince's Theatre in Bristol. He featured in a revival of ''White Horse Inn'' (1940) at the Coliseum in London, and later in the musicals ''Belinda Fair'' (1954) at the Theatre Royal in Bath and ''Can-Can'' (1955) at the Hippodrome in Bristol.) (FO)

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