George Mathews (October 10, 1911 – November 7, 1984)[1] was an American actor whose film career stretched from an uncredited appearance in Stage Door Canteen in 1943 to Going Home in 1971.

[2] Matthews's stage career began during the Great Depression when he became manager of an Italian stock theater company.

Although he knew no Italian and had no experience as a stage manager, he took the job to end his jobless status.

At one point the actor who portrayed the good cop in the play was sick, and Mathews was drafted to fill in for him.

[4] He demonstrated his comedic talent in the short-lived television comedy series Glynis (1963), playing ex-cop Chick Rogers, who assists a mystery writer and amateur sleuth, played by Glynis Johns, in solving "whodunnits".