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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 5, 1912
Died
November 15, 1983
Place of Birth
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- John LeMesurier
- John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley
John Le Mesurier
1.2 Popularity
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
7.0
Himself
John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely
2012
5.0
Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
2001
🎬
0.0
Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
2001
0.0
Bruce
Facelift
1984
0.0
The Narrator
The Passionate Pilgrim
1984
4.5
Eustace Lough
A Married Man
1983
7.9
Father Mowbray
Brideshead Revisited
1981
0.0
Late Flowering Love
1981
4.8
Perkins
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980
Credits
John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely
as Himself
2012
7.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
5.0
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
as Self (archive footage)
2001
0.0
🎬
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
0.0
Facelift
as Bruce
1984
0.0
The Passionate Pilgrim
as The Narrator
1984
0.0
A Married Man
as Eustace Lough
1983
4.5
Brideshead Revisited
as Father Mowbray
1981
7.9
Late Flowering Love
1981
0.0
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Perkins
1980
4.8
🎬
The Shillingbury Blowers
as Council Chairman
1980
7.0
Hi-de-Hi!
as Hugo Buxton
1980
7.0
Roger of the Raj
as Colonel Runciman
1979
8.0
Unidentified Flying Oddball
as Sir Gawain
1979
5.6
Worzel Gummidge
as Baines
1979
6.2
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
as Dr. Deere
1978
6.1
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
as Sir Archibald MacGregor
1978
4.0
A Christmas Carol
as Marley's Ghost
1977
6.6
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Col. Bromley-Pickering
1977
4.2
Jabberwocky
as Passelewe
1977
6.0
What's Up Nurse
as Dr. Ogden
1977
4.1
Ripping Yarns
as Col. Runciman
1976
7.5
Brief Encounter
as Stephen
1976
4.6
Bod
as Narrator
1975
6.8
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Lord Redcliff
1975
6.0
The Flight Fund
as Uncle Edward
1975
0.0
Three for All
as Mr. Gibbons
1975
1.0
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Robert Crowther
1974
5.2
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
as Inspector John Radlett
1974
4.9
🎬
Rust
as Sir Henry Hawkes
1973
0.0
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Sidney Goldsmith
1973
6.7
🎬
Black and Blue
as Sir Henry Hawkes
1973
6.0
Thriller
as Stubbs
1973
6.6
🎬
Anywhere but England
as Freddie
1972
0.0
Crown Court
as Reginald Standish
1972
5.4
Sykes
as Lord Hetherington
1972
6.4
Au Pair Girls
as Mr. Wainwright
1972
4.5
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Ronald Frewin
1972
4.0
🎬
Traitor
as Adrian Harris
1971
7.5
Jason King
1971
7.6
Dad's Army
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
1971
4.9
🎬
A Class by Himself
1971
0.0
The Goodies
as Uncle Tom
1970
7.5
Play for Today
1970
6.3
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Pelham
1970
6.7
Doctor in Trouble
as Purser
1970
4.6
The Magic Christian
as Sir John
1969
5.6
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
as Judge Grayson
1969
6.0
Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
as Vicar
1969
5.5
The Italian Job
as Governor
1969
7.0
Midas Run
as Wells
1969
3.6
Two in Clover
as Chairman
1969
6.5
Dad's Army
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
1968
7.4
Salt & Pepper
as Col. Woodstock
1968
5.0
The Cuckoo Patrol
as Gibbs
1967
3.8
The 25th Hour
as Tribunal President
1967
7.7
Casino Royale
as M's Driver (uncredited)
1967
5.3
The Inn Way Out
as Pub Bore
1967
0.0
All Gas and Gaiters
as Timothy Post
1967
5.7
Mister Ten Per Cent
as Jocelyn Macauley
1967
4.2
Finders Keepers
as Mr. X
1966
5.7
George And The Dragon
1966
6.7
Eye of the Devil
as Dr. Monnet
1966
6.2
The Sandwich Man
as Religious Sandwich Man
1966
6.1
Adam Adamant Lives!
1966
7.5
The Wrong Box
as Doctor Slattery
1966
6.5
Our Man in Marrakesh
as George Lillywhite
1966
5.8
Macready's Gala
as Canon Dunwoodie
1966
0.0
Where the Spies Are
as Mc Gillivray
1966
5.2
The Early Bird
as Colonel Foster
1965
7.6
The Liquidator
as Chekhov
1965
6.2
BBC Play of the Month
as Ossian Flint
1965
5.0
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as French Painter
1965
6.8
🎬
Pardon the Expression
as Sir Charles Dobson
1965
6.0
War-Gods of the Deep
as Rev. Jonathan Ives
1965
4.9
Masquerade
as Sir Robert
1965
5.0
Tea Party
1965
0.0
The Bone Yard
as Superintendent Melchior
1964
0.0
🎬
The Blackmailing of Mr. S
as Mr. Sparrow
1964
0.0
The Moon-Spinners
as Anthony Gamble
1964
5.8
Theatre 625
as Doctor Parpalaid
1964
7.2
Never Put It in Writing
as Adams
1964
0.0
🎬
Story Parade
as Patrick Seton
1964
8.0
Hot Enough for June
as Roger Allsop
1964
5.7
The Pink Panther
as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)
1963
6.8
🎬
Long Past Glory
as Harry
1963
0.0
🎬
Festival
as de Giray
1963
8.0
🎬
Festival
as Don Bernal de la Encina
1963
8.0
In the Cool of the Day
as Dr. Arraman
1963
5.4
We Joined the Navy
as George Dewberry Sr.
1963
5.6
The Mouse on the Moon
as British Delegate
1963
6.1
The Punch and Judy Man
as The Sandman
1963
7.8
The Wrong Arm of the Law
as Assistant Commissioner
1963
6.5
The Main Attraction
as Bozo
1962
3.4
🎬
Dial RIX
1962
0.0
Jigsaw
as Mr Simpson
1962
7.3
Go to Blazes
as Fisherman
1962
6.3
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
as Cole
1962
0.0
Village of Daughters
as Don Calogere
1962
5.5
🎬
Hair of the Dog
as Sir Mortimer Gallant
1962
5.0
Flat Two
as Warden
1962
0.0
Only Two Can Play
as Salter
1962
5.8
Morecambe & Wise
as Sgt. Arthur Wilson
1961
6.5
On the Fiddle
as Hixon
1961
5.3
Invasion Quartet
1961
4.0
Don't Bother to Knock
as Father
1961
4.5
Very Important Person
as Escape Officer Piggott
1961
5.2
Mr. Topaze
as Blackmailer
1961
5.6
The Rebel
as Office manager
1961
7.8
Five Golden Hours
as Dr. Alfiera
1961
6.0
The Avengers
1961
7.7
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
as Minister of Education
1960
6.4
The Bulldog Breed
as Prosecuting Counsel
1960
5.7
The Night We Got the Bird
as Clerk of the Court
1960
4.5
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as Green
1960
6.1
Doctor in Love
as Dr. Mincing
1960
5.2
Never Let Go
as Pennington
1960
6.5
Dead Lucky
as Inspector Corcoran
1960
5.0
School for Scoundrels
as Skinner
1960
6.9
🎬
Let's Get Married
as Dean
1960
0.0
A Touch of Larceny
as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)
1960
5.9
Ben-Hur
as Doctor (uncredited)
1959
7.9
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Attorney
1959
6.2
Interpol Calling
as Monsieur Iamprou
1959
6.7
I'm All Right Jack
as Waters
1959
6.6
Shake Hands with the Devil
as British General
1959
6.5
Jack the Ripper
as Dr. Tranter
1959
6.1
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Barrymore
1959
6.8
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Grand Duke Alexis
1959
5.9
Too Many Crooks
as Magistrate
1959
7.4
The Lady is a Square
as Fergusson
1959
5.8
Operation Amsterdam
as Colonel Janssen
1959
5.8
The Captain's Table
as Sir Angus
1959
5.8
Desert Mice
as Staff Colonel
1959
6.0
Follow a Star
as Birkett
1959
6.1
I Was Monty's Double
as Adjutant RAPC
1958
6.9
The Adventures of William Tell
as Duke of Burgundy
1958
6.3
Blood of the Vampire
as Chief Justice
1958
5.7
Man with a Gun
as Harry Drayson
1958
5.0
The Moonraker
as Cromwell
1958
6.8
Blind Spot
as Mr. Brent
1958
5.5
Law and Disorder
as Sir Humphrey Pomfret
1958
6.2
Another Time, Another Place
as Dr. Aldridge
1958
5.8
Gideon's Day
as Barrister
1958
6.4
Happy Is the Bride
as Chaytor
1958
6.2
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Judge
1958
6.0
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
as Lord Chief Justice Williams
1957
0.0
High Flight
as Commandant
1957
5.8
These Dangerous Years
as Commanding Officer
1957
6.0
The Admirable Crichton
1957
6.9
The Good Companions
as Monte Mortimer
1957
0.0
Brothers in Law
as His Honour Judge Ryman
1957
7.1
The Battle of the River Plate
as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
1956
6.3
Hancock's Half Hour
as Ship's Captain
1956
7.3
The Baby and the Battleship
as The Marshal’s Aide
1956
6.0
Private's Progress
as Psychiatrist
1956
6.6
Josephine and Men
as Registrar
1955
6.0
A Time to Kill
as Phinneas Tilliard
1955
6.5
Police Dog
as Inspector
1955
6.0
Make Me an Offer!
as Mr. Toshack
1954
6.8
Stranger from Venus
as Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)
1954
5.0
Beautiful Stranger
as Man at Casino #1
1954
5.0
Dangerous Cargo
as Luigi
1954
5.2
Black 13
as Inspector
1953
0.0
The Pleasure Garden
as Col. Gargoyle
1953
6.0
The Blue Parrot
as Henry Carson
1953
5.3
Scotland Yard
1953
0.0
The Drayton Case
as Divisional Superintendent Henley
1953
6.0
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
1952
4.2
Blind Man's Bluff
as Lefty Jones
1952
0.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Stephen
1951
8.6
🎬
The Railway Children
1951
0.0
🎬
Dark Interval
as Cedric, the butler
1950
0.0
Sunday Night Theatre
as Prosecuting Counsel
1950
3.5
A Matter of Murder
as Ginter
1949
5.0
Old Mother Riley's New Venture
as Karl
1949
9.0
Escape from Broadmoor
as Pendicot
1948
6.8
Death in the Hand
as Jack Mottram
1948
0.0
🎬
Twenty Minutes South
as Arthur Harris
N/A
0.0
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle
as Mr. Elvin
N/A
0.0