Carl Mathews Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Carl Mathews Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Carl Mathews (February 19, 1903 â€" May 3, 1959), also sometimes

credited as Carl Matthews, was an American character actor and

stuntman of the 1930s through 1950s. Born on February 19, 1903 in

Oklahoma, his first film role would be in Rough Riding Ranger in 1935.

Over the next 33 years, Mathews appeared in over 200 films, shorts,

and television shows, either as a performer or a stuntman.Mathews was

born in 1903 on the Cherokee reservation in Oklahoma to Sam and Hattie

Mathews, and grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma This birth year of 1903

holds throughout his census records through 1940, however, his death

certificate lists his date of birth as 1899. His records in the Dawes

Rolls show that he was 1/8 Cherokee. His father was a butcher. He was

a veteran of World War I, and served in the merchant marines during

the 1920s, although by the end of the decade he was working for the

railroads as a switchman. He married his wife Margaret at some point

in the 1920s, and they had a son, Carl Jr. in 1930. The family lived

in Muskogee. The family moved to Los Angeles at some point in the

early 1930s, and were living there by 1935; it was at this point when

Mathews began his career in film.Mathews began his film career with

the role of Cinch Clemons in the low-budget western, Rough Riding

Ranger. During his career he had roles in over 60 feature films, and

appeared in over 150 others in either very small roles, as a stuntman

or as a body double. Most of his roles were in the part of one of the

underlings of the antagonist in the film. In addition to his acting,

many of his film appearances were as a stuntman or body double. Some

of the films he performed stunt work in include: Heroes of the Alamo

(1937), Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940), Billy the Kid Trapped

(1942), and Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947); as well as movie serials

such as The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok. He was the body

double for Fred Scott, as well as Ray "Crash" Corrigan. Later in his

career, he appeared in several television series, most notably The

Cisco Kid, for which he appeared in a couple of dozen episodes.(Per

AFI database)
Carl Mathews Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


Share this

Share/Bookmark

SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER

Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.



Related Post

Newer Post Older Post Home