John Le Mesurier

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Le Mesurier (born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley, 5 April 1912 – 15 November 1983) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Le Mesurier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK, 1912-04-05

Died: 1983-11-15

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Death in the Hand	Jack Mottram	0
2	1956	Private's Progress	Psychiatrist	64
3	1958	Another Time, Another Place	Dr. Aldridge	58
4	1959	Carlton-Browne of the F.O.	Grand Duke Alexis	59
5	1959	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Barrymore	67
6	1959	I'm All Right Jack	Waters	66
7	1960	School for Scoundrels	Head Waiter	69
8	1960	Never Let Go	Pennington	65
9	1960	Doctor in Love	Dr Mincing	55
10	1960	The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's	Minister of Education	61
11	1962	Only Two Can Play	Salter	58
12	1963	The Wrong Arm of the Law	Assistant Commissioner	64
13	1963	We Joined the Navy	George Dewberry Sr.	54
14	1963	The Pink Panther	Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)	69
15	1964	The Bone Yard	Superintendent Melchior	0
16	1965	Masquerade	Sir Robert	50
17	1965	Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes	French Painter	68
18	1965	The Liquidator	Chekhov	62
19	1966	Where the Spies Are	Mc Gillivray	52
20	1966	Macready's Gala	Canon Dunwoodie	0
21	1966	Our Man in Marrakesh	George Lillywhite	58
22	1966	Eye of the Devil	Dr. Monnet	61
23	1968	Salt & Pepper	Col. Woodstock	53
24	1969	The Italian Job	Governor	70
25	1969	The Magic Christian	Sir John	58
26	1971	Dad's Army	Sgt. Arthur Wilson	48
27	1972	The Alf Garnett Saga	Frewin	40
28	1974	Confessions of a Window Cleaner	Inspector Radlett	48
29	1977	Jabberwocky	Passelewe	60
30	1977	A Christmas Carol	Marley's Ghost	66
31	1978	Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?	Dr. Deere	60
32	1979	Unidentified Flying Oddball	Sir Gawain	54
33	1980	The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu	Perkins	48
34	2007	Hitler: The Comedy Years	Sgt. Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)	50
35		Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle	Mr. Elvin	0
36	1948	Escape from Broadmoor	Pendicot	55
37	1949	Old Mother Riley's New Venture	Karl	90
38	1949	A Matter of Murder	Ginter	50
39	1950	Dark Interval	Cedric, the butler	0
40	1952	Blind Man's Bluff	Lefty Jones	0
41	1953	The Drayton Case	Divisional Superintendent Henley	60
42	1953	The Blue Parrot	Henry Carson	53
43	1953	The Pleasure Garden	Col. Gargoyle	60
44	1953	Black 13	Inspector	0
45	1954	Dangerous Cargo	Luigi	52
46	1954	Stranger from Venus	Official	50
47	1954	Make Me an Offer!	Mr. Toshack	67
48	1955	Police Dog	Inspector	60
49	1955	A Time to Kill	Phinneas Tilliard	65
50	1955	Josephine and Men	Registrar	63
51	1956	The Baby and the Battleship	The Marshal’s Aide	60
52	1956	The Battle of the River Plate	Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter	62
53	1957	Brothers in Law	His Honour Judge Ryman	71
54	1957	The Good Companions	Monte Mortimer	0
55	1957	The Admirable Crichton		68
56	1957	These Dangerous Years	Commanding Officer	60
57	1957	High Flight	Commandant	58
58	1958	The Man Who Wouldn't Talk	Judge	60
59	1958	Happy Is the Bride	Chaytor	57
60	1958	Gideon's Day	Barrister	63
61	1958	Law and Disorder	Sir Humphrey Pomfret	62
62	1958	Blind Spot	Mr. Brent	55
63	1958	The Moonraker	Cromwell	67
64	1958	Man with a Gun	Harry Drayson	50
65	1958	Blood of the Vampire	Chief Justice	56
66	1958	I Was Monty's Double	Adjutant RAPC	68
67	1959	Follow a Star	Birkett	61
68	1959	Desert Mice	Staff Colonel	60
69	1959	The Captain's Table	Sir Angus	58
70	1959	Operation Amsterdam	Colonel Janssen	58
71	1959	The Lady is a Square	Fergusson	58
72	1959	Too Many Crooks	Magistrate	72
73	1959	Jack the Ripper	Dr. Tranter	59
74	1959	Shake Hands with the Devil	British General	65
75	1959	The Wreck of the Mary Deare	Attorney	62
76	1959	Ben-Hur	Doctor (uncredited)	79
77	1960	A Touch of Larceny	Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)	58
78	1960	Let's Get Married		0
79	1960	Dead Lucky	Inspector Corcoran	50
80	1960	The Day They Robbed the Bank of England	Green	61
81	1960	The Night We Got the Bird	Clerk of the Court	45
82	1960	The Bulldog Breed	Prosecuting counsel	57
83	1961	Five Golden Hours	Dr. Alfiera	60
84	1961	The Rebel	Office manager	78
85	1961	Mr. Topaze	Blackmailer	55
86	1961	Very Important Person	Piggott, Escape Officer	55
87	1961	Don't Bother to Knock	Father	51
88	1961	Invasion Quartet		40
89	1961	On the Fiddle	Hixon	62
90	1962	Flat Two		0
91	1962	Hair of the Dog	Sir Mortimer Gallant	0
92	1962	Village of Daughters	Don Calogere	55
93	1962	Go to Blazes	Fisherman	63
94	1962	Jigsaw	Mr Simpson	73
95	1962	The Main Attraction	Bozo	40
96	1963	The Punch and Judy Man	The Sandman	78
97	1963	The Mouse on the Moon	British Delegate	59
98	1963	In the Cool of the Day	Dr. Arraman	54
99	1963	Long Past Glory	Harry	0
100	1964	Hot Enough for June	Roger Allsop	61
101	1964	Never Put It in Writing	Adams	0
102	1964	The Moon-Spinners	Anthony Gamble	57
103	1965	Tea Party		0
104	1965	War-Gods of the Deep	Rev. Jonathan Ives	49
105	1965	The Early Bird	Colonel Foster	76
106	1966	The Wrong Box	Doctor Slattery	65
107	1966	The Sandwich Man	Religious Sandwich Man	61
108	1966	Finders Keepers	Mr. X	57
109	1967	Mister Ten Per Cent	Jocelyn Macauley	42
110	1967	The Inn Way Out	Pub Bore	0
111	1967	Casino Royale	M's Driver (uncredited)	53
112	1967	The 25th Hour	Tribunal President	78
113	1967	The Cuckoo Patrol	Gibbs	35
114	1969	Midas Run	Wells	40
115	1969	The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel	Judge Grayson	60
116	1970	Doctor in Trouble	Purser	51
117	1970	On a Clear Day You Can See Forever	Pelham	67
118	1971	Traitor		75
119	1972	Au Pair Girls	Mr. Wainwright	45
120	1972	Anywhere but England	Freddie	0
121	1973	Rust	Sir Henry Hawkes	0
122	1974	Brief Encounter	Stephen	48
123	1974	Barry McKenzie Holds His Own	Robert Crowther	54
124	1975	Three for All	Mr. Gibbons	10
125	1975	The Flight Fund	Uncle Edward	0
126	1975	The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother	Lord Redcliff	60
127	1977	Stand up, Virgin Soldiers	Col. Bromley-Pickering	48
128	1978	Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse	Sir Archibald MacGregor	30
129	1978	What's Up Nurse	Dr. Ogden	44
130	1979	Roger of the Raj	Colonel Runciman	0
131	1980	The Shillingbury Blowers	Council Chairman	70
132	1984	The Passionate Pilgrim	The Narrator	0
133	1984	Facelift	Bruce	0
134	2001	The Best of Morecambe and Wise	Self (archive footage)	0
135	2012	John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely	Himself	70

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Railway Children		0
2	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Stephen	87
3	1953	Scotland Yard		0
4	1956	Hancock's Half Hour	Ship's Captain	75
5	1958	The Adventures of William Tell	Duke of Burgundy	63
6	1959	Interpol Calling	Monsieur Iamprou	67
7	1961	The Avengers		77
8	1961	Morecambe & Wise (multiple series)	Sgt. Arthur Wilson	65
9	1962	Dial RIX		0
10	1965	Pardon the Expression	Sir Charles Dobson	60
11	1966	Adam Adamant Lives!		75
12	1966	George And The Dragon		67
13	1968	Dad's Army	Sergeant Arthur Wilson	74
14	1969	Dear Mother... ...Love Albert	Vicar	55
15	1970	Play for Today		61
16	1970	The Goodies		75
17	1970	The Goodies	Uncle Tom	75
18	1971	A Class by Himself		0
19	1971	Jason King		73
20	1972	Sykes	Lord Hetherington	64
21	1972	Crown Court	Reginald Standish	54
22	1973	Thriller	Stubbs	66
23	1973	Black and Blue		60
24	1975	Bod	Narrator	68
25	1976	Ripping Yarns	Col. Runciman	74
26	1979	Worzel Gummidge	Baines	62
27	1981	Hi-de-Hi!	Hugo Buxton	70
28	1981	Brideshead Revisited	Father Mowbray	80
29	2023	Dad's Army: The Animations	Sergeant Arthur Wilson	80
30	2023	Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes	Sgt. Wilson	100