Husband of Edith Marjorie Matthews.

Arthur resided in Kent County, Delaware.

He served as a Corporal with Company I, 165th Infantry, 42nd Division, U.S. Army during World War I.

He was "Killed In Action" during the war.

This record for him is a "Cenotaph" in his honor. He is actually interred in the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France. To view that record please:
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( Bio: by Russ Pickett )

Addition Bio added by Douglas Jones:
Before entering the War, Arthur worked for the Lubin Studios in Philadelphia. As an actor, he appeared in 49 films from 1912 to 1918. Here is a list of most of his silent films:
1918 Broken Ties
1917 Birds of Prey (short) (as Arthur W. Matthews)
1917 Misjudged (short) (as Arthur W. Matthews)
1917 The Meeting
1916 Ignorance (played The leader of the underworld)
1916 The Voice in the Night (short)
1916 Some Boxer (short)
1916 The Last Shot (short)
1916 The Election Bet (short)
1916 Cured (short)
1916 Insomnia (short)
1916 The Evangelist (Played Deacon Shergold)
1916 A Skate for a Bride (short)
1916 A Ready-Made Maid (short) (Played the Husband)
1915 No Smoking (short)
1915 And the Parrot Said...? (short)
1915 Blaming the Duck, or Ducking the Blame (short)
1915 The Nation's Peril (Played Oswald Dudley)
1915 His Wife's New Lid (short)
1915 His Three Brides (short)
1915 The Second Shot (short)
1915 The Ringtailed Rhinoceros (Played The Secretary)
1915 A Day on the Force (short)
1915 The Path to the Rainbow (short)
1915 Courage and the Man (short)
1915 The College Widow (Played Bud Hicks)
1915 The Spy's Sister (short)
1915 Such Things Really Happen (short)
1915 A Romance of the Navy (short)
1915 The White Mask (short)
1915 The Unmarried Husband (short)
1915 The Shanghaied Baby (short)
1914 The Mountain Law (short)
1914 By Whose Hand (short)
1914 The Daughters of Men (Played James Thedford)
1914 Through Fire to Fortune (Played Phil Blair)
1913 The Battle of Shiloh (Played Lt. Cornell)
1913 The Hills of Strife (short)
1913 When Love Loses Out (short)
1913 Diamond Cut Diamond (short)
1912 The Good for Nothing (short) (Played The Clergyman)

His father, Edward Oscar Matthews, often talked to my grandfather, Harry J. Matthews, as he speculated what Arthur's career in the movies could have been had he not given his life for his country.

After Arthur's death, his wife remarried. Her second husband was Howard G Whiteway. She then changed the name of her only child, Stanley Matthews to Stanley Whiteway.

Husband of Edith Marjorie Matthews.

Arthur resided in Kent County, Delaware.

He served as a Corporal with Company I, 165th Infantry, 42nd Division, U.S. Army during World War I.

He was "Killed In Action" during the war.

This record for him is a "Cenotaph" in his honor. He is actually interred in the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France. To view that record please:
"Click Here"

( Bio: by Russ Pickett )

Addition Bio added by Douglas Jones:
Before entering the War, Arthur worked for the Lubin Studios in Philadelphia. As an actor, he appeared in 49 films from 1912 to 1918. Here is a list of most of his silent films:
1918 Broken Ties
1917 Birds of Prey (short) (as Arthur W. Matthews)
1917 Misjudged (short) (as Arthur W. Matthews)
1917 The Meeting
1916 Ignorance (played The leader of the underworld)
1916 The Voice in the Night (short)
1916 Some Boxer (short)
1916 The Last Shot (short)
1916 The Election Bet (short)
1916 Cured (short)
1916 Insomnia (short)
1916 The Evangelist (Played Deacon Shergold)
1916 A Skate for a Bride (short)
1916 A Ready-Made Maid (short) (Played the Husband)
1915 No Smoking (short)
1915 And the Parrot Said...? (short)
1915 Blaming the Duck, or Ducking the Blame (short)
1915 The Nation's Peril (Played Oswald Dudley)
1915 His Wife's New Lid (short)
1915 His Three Brides (short)
1915 The Second Shot (short)
1915 The Ringtailed Rhinoceros (Played The Secretary)
1915 A Day on the Force (short)
1915 The Path to the Rainbow (short)
1915 Courage and the Man (short)
1915 The College Widow (Played Bud Hicks)
1915 The Spy's Sister (short)
1915 Such Things Really Happen (short)
1915 A Romance of the Navy (short)
1915 The White Mask (short)
1915 The Unmarried Husband (short)
1915 The Shanghaied Baby (short)
1914 The Mountain Law (short)
1914 By Whose Hand (short)
1914 The Daughters of Men (Played James Thedford)
1914 Through Fire to Fortune (Played Phil Blair)
1913 The Battle of Shiloh (Played Lt. Cornell)
1913 The Hills of Strife (short)
1913 When Love Loses Out (short)
1913 Diamond Cut Diamond (short)
1912 The Good for Nothing (short) (Played The Clergyman)

His father, Edward Oscar Matthews, often talked to my grandfather, Harry J. Matthews, as he speculated what Arthur's career in the movies could have been had he not given his life for his country.

After Arthur's death, his wife remarried. Her second husband was Howard G Whiteway. She then changed the name of her only child, Stanley Matthews to Stanley Whiteway.