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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 5, 1912
Place of Birth:
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
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John Le Mesurier
Biography
John Le Mesurier (born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley) was a BAFTA Award-winning English actor. He is most famous for his role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the popular 1970s BBC comedy Dad's Army.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely | Himself |
| 2007 | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2001 | The Best of Morecambe and Wise | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box | Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1984 | The Passionate Pilgrim | The Narrator |
| 1984 | Facelift | Bruce |
| 1981 | Late Flowering Love | |
| 1980 | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Perkins |
| 1980 | The Shillingbury Blowers | Council Chairman |
| 1979 | Unidentified Flying Oddball | Sir Gawain |
| 1979 | Roger of the Raj | Colonel Runciman |
| 1978 | Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Dr. Deere |
| 1978 | Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse | Sir Archibald MacGregor |
| 1977 | Jabberwocky | Passelewe |
| 1977 | A Christmas Carol | Marley's Ghost |
| 1977 | Stand up, Virgin Soldiers | Col. Bromley-Pickering |
| 1977 | What's Up Nurse | Dr. Ogden |
| 1976 | Brief Encounter | Stephen |
| 1975 | The Flight Fund | Uncle Edward |
| 1975 | The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother | Lord Redcliff |
| 1975 | Three for All | Mr. Gibbons |
| 1974 | Confessions of a Window Cleaner | Inspector John Radlett |
| 1974 | Barry McKenzie Holds His Own | Robert Crowther |
| 1973 | Rust | Sir Henry Hawkes |
| 1972 | The Alf Garnett Saga | Ronald Frewin |
| 1972 | Anywhere but England | Freddie |
| 1972 | Au Pair Girls | Mr. Wainwright |
| 1971 | Dad's Army | Sergeant Arthur Wilson |
| 1971 | Traitor | Adrian Harris |
| 1970 | Doctor in Trouble | Purser |
| 1970 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Pelham |
| 1969 | The Italian Job | Governor |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian | Sir John |
| 1969 | Midas Run | Wells |
| 1969 | The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel | Judge Grayson |
| 1968 | Salt & Pepper | Col. Woodstock |
| 1967 | Mister Ten Per Cent | Jocelyn Macauley |
| 1967 | The Cuckoo Patrol | Gibbs |
| 1967 | The Inn Way Out | Pub Bore |
| 1967 | The 25th Hour | Tribunal President |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | M's Driver (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Eye of the Devil | Dr. Monnet |
| 1966 | Where the Spies Are | Mc Gillivray |
| 1966 | Macready's Gala | Canon Dunwoodie |
| 1966 | Our Man in Marrakesh | George Lillywhite |
| 1966 | Finders Keepers | Mr. X |
| 1966 | The Wrong Box | Doctor Slattery |
| 1966 | The Sandwich Man | Religious Sandwich Man |
| 1965 | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | French Painter |
| 1965 | Masquerade | Sir Robert |
| 1965 | The Liquidator | Chekhov |
| 1965 | Tea Party | |
| 1965 | The Early Bird | Colonel Foster |
| 1965 | War-Gods of the Deep | Rev. Jonathan Ives |
| 1964 | The Bone Yard | Superintendent Melchior |
| 1964 | Never Put It in Writing | Adams |
| 1964 | The Moon-Spinners | Anthony Gamble |
| 1964 | Hot Enough for June | Roger Allsop |
| 1964 | The Blackmailing of Mr. S | Mr. Sparrow |
| 1963 | The Pink Panther | Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier) |
| 1963 | The Wrong Arm of the Law | Assistant Commissioner |
| 1963 | We Joined the Navy | George Dewberry Sr. |
| 1963 | The Punch and Judy Man | The Sandman |
| 1963 | Long Past Glory | Harry |
| 1963 | In the Cool of the Day | Dr. Arraman |
| 1963 | The Mouse on the Moon | British Delegate |
| 1962 | Only Two Can Play | Salter |
| 1962 | The Main Attraction | Bozo |
| 1962 | Village of Daughters | Don Calogere |
| 1962 | Flat Two | Warden |
| 1962 | Jigsaw | Mr Simpson |
| 1962 | Go to Blazes | Fisherman |
| 1962 | Hair of the Dog | Sir Mortimer Gallant |
| 1962 | Mrs. Gibbons' Boys | Cole |
| 1961 | The Rebel | Office manager |
| 1961 | Very Important Person | Piggott, Escape Officer |
| 1961 | On the Fiddle | Hixon |
| 1961 | Invasion Quartet | |
| 1961 | Don't Bother to Knock | Father |
| 1961 | Mr. Topaze | Blackmailer |
| 1961 | Five Golden Hours | Dr. Alfiera |
| 1960 | The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's | Minister of Education |
| 1960 | Never Let Go | Pennington |
| 1960 | School for Scoundrels | Skinner |
| 1960 | Doctor in Love | Dr. Mincing |
| 1960 | The Day They Robbed the Bank of England | Green |
| 1960 | The Night We Got the Bird | Clerk of the Court |
| 1960 | The Bulldog Breed | Prosecuting Counsel |
| 1960 | Let's Get Married | Dean |
| 1960 | Dead Lucky | Inspector Corcoran |
| 1960 | A Touch of Larceny | Head of the Admiralty (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Barrymore |
| 1959 | I'm All Right Jack | Waters |
| 1959 | Carlton-Browne of the F.O. | Grand Duke Alexis |
| 1959 | Too Many Crooks | Magistrate |
| 1959 | Jack the Ripper | Dr. Tranter |
| 1959 | The Captain's Table | Sir Angus |
| 1959 | Operation Amsterdam | Colonel Janssen |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Lady is a Square | Fergusson |
| 1959 | The Wreck of the Mary Deare | Attorney |
| 1959 | Follow a Star | Birkett |
| 1959 | Shake Hands with the Devil | British General |
| 1959 | Desert Mice | Staff Colonel |
| 1958 | Another Time, Another Place | Dr. Aldridge |
| 1958 | Blind Spot | Mr. Brent |
| 1958 | The Moonraker | Cromwell |
| 1958 | Happy Is the Bride | Chaytor |
| 1958 | Law and Disorder | Sir Humphrey Pomfret |
| 1958 | Man with a Gun | Harry Drayson |
| 1958 | Blood of the Vampire | Chief Justice |
| 1958 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Judge |
| 1958 | I Was Monty's Double | Adjutant RAPC |
| 1958 | Gideon's Day | Barrister |
| 1957 | These Dangerous Years | Commanding Officer |
| 1957 | The Admirable Crichton | |
| 1957 | High Flight | Commandant |
| 1957 | The Good Companions | Monte Mortimer |
| 1957 | Brothers in Law | His Honour Judge Ryman |
| 1957 | Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 | Lord Chief Justice Williams |
| 1956 | Private's Progress | Psychiatrist |
| 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | The Marshal’s Aide |
| 1955 | Police Dog | Inspector |
| 1955 | A Time to Kill | Phinneas Tilliard |
| 1955 | Josephine and Men | Registrar |
| 1954 | Dangerous Cargo | Luigi |
| 1954 | Make Me an Offer! | Mr. Toshack |
| 1954 | Beautiful Stranger | Man at Casino #1 |
| 1954 | Stranger from Venus | Official/Man at Desk (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Drayton Case | Divisional Superintendent Henley |
| 1953 | The Blue Parrot | Henry Carson |
| 1953 | Black 13 | Inspector |
| 1953 | The Pleasure Garden | Col. Gargoyle |
| 1952 | Blind Man's Bluff | Lefty Jones |
| 1952 | Mother Riley Meets the Vampire | Scotland Yard Man (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Dark Interval | Cedric, the butler |
| 1949 | A Matter of Murder | Ginter |
| 1949 | Old Mother Riley's New Venture | Karl |
| 1948 | Death in the Hand | Jack Mottram |
| 1948 | Escape from Broadmoor | Pendicot |
| Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle | Mr. Elvin | |
| Twenty Minutes South | Arthur Harris |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited | Father Mowbray |
| 1980 | Hi-de-Hi! | Hugo Buxton |
| 1979 | Worzel Gummidge | Baines |
| 1976 | Ripping Yarns | Col. Runciman |
| 1975 | Bod | Narrator |
| 1973 | Thriller | Stubbs |
| 1973 | Black and Blue | Sir Henry Hawkes |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Sidney Goldsmith |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Reginald Standish |
| 1972 | Sykes | Lord Hetherington |
| 1971 | Jason King | |
| 1971 | A Class by Himself | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | |
| 1970 | The Goodies | Uncle Tom |
| 1969 | Dear Mother... ...Love Albert | Vicar |
| 1969 | Two in Clover | Chairman |
| 1968 | Dad's Army | Sergeant Arthur Wilson |
| 1967 | All Gas and Gaiters | Timothy Post |
| 1966 | Adam Adamant Lives! | |
| 1966 | George And The Dragon | |
| 1965 | Pardon the Expression | Sir Charles Dobson |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Ossian Flint |
| 1964 | Story Parade | Patrick Seton |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Doctor Parpalaid |
| 1963 | Festival | de Giray |
| 1963 | Festival | Don Bernal de la Encina |
| 1962 | Dial RIX | |
| 1961 | The Avengers | |
| 1961 | Morecambe & Wise | Sgt. Arthur Wilson |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling | Monsieur Iamprou |
| 1958 | The Adventures of William Tell | Duke of Burgundy |
| 1956 | Hancock's Half Hour | Ship's Captain |
| 1953 | Scotland Yard | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Stephen |
| 1951 | The Railway Children | |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Prosecuting Counsel |