Matthews appeared on the short-lived series Luke Slaughter of Tombstone as Slaughter's sidekick, Wichita, and played Ling Wee, a Chinese waiter, in Gasoline Alley.
In the context of his early career, Matthews appeared as Wichita, Luke Slaughter's partner, on a short-lived TV show, and played Ling Wee, a Chinese restaurant worker, in the comic strip Gasoline Alley.