John Le Mesurier

Acting

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

Died: 1983-11-15

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.

Acting

The Pink Panther

Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)

Eye of the Devil

Dr. Monnet

The Italian Job

Governor

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

Perkins

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

French Painter

Masquerade

Sir Robert

Dad's Army

Sergeant Arthur Wilson

Where the Spies Are

Mc Gillivray

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

Minister of Education

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Barrymore

The Magic Christian

Sir John

Jabberwocky

Passelewe

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

Inspector John Radlett

Salt & Pepper

Col. Woodstock

The Liquidator

Chekhov

I'm All Right Jack

Waters

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Grand Duke Alexis

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Dr. Deere

Never Let Go

Pennington

The Bone Yard

Superintendent Melchior

School for Scoundrels

Skinner

The Wrong Arm of the Law

Assistant Commissioner

Another Time, Another Place

Dr. Aldridge

Macready's Gala

Canon Dunwoodie

A Christmas Carol

Marley's Ghost

Unidentified Flying Oddball

Sir Gawain

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor in Love

Dr. Mincing

Our Man in Marrakesh

George Lillywhite

We Joined the Navy

George Dewberry Sr.

Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

Mr. Elvin

Only Two Can Play

Salter

The Alf Garnett Saga

Ronald Frewin

Private's Progress

Psychiatrist

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

Green

The Rebel

Office manager

Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

Sir Archibald MacGregor

Very Important Person

Escape Officer Piggott

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

Col. Bromley-Pickering

On the Fiddle

Hixon

The Punch and Judy Man

The Sandman

Tea Party

Dark Interval

Cedric, the butler

Blind Man's Bluff

Lefty Jones

What's Up Nurse

Dr. Ogden

Blind Spot

Mr. Brent

The Main Attraction

Bozo

Village of Daughters

Don Calogere

Midas Run

Wells

The Night We Got the Bird

Clerk of the Court

Mister Ten Per Cent

Jocelyn Macauley

Dangerous Cargo

Luigi

The Cuckoo Patrol

Gibbs

The Drayton Case

Divisional Superintendent Henley

The Shillingbury Blowers

Council Chairman

The Early Bird

Colonel Foster

The Bulldog Breed

Prosecuting Counsel

Too Many Crooks

Magistrate

Finders Keepers

Mr. X

The Moonraker

Cromwell

These Dangerous Years

Commanding Officer

Happy Is the Bride

Chaytor

The Inn Way Out

Pub Bore

Invasion Quartet

Jack the Ripper

Dr. Tranter

The Captain's Table

Sir Angus

Operation Amsterdam

Colonel Janssen

The Blue Parrot

Henry Carson

Brief Encounter

Stephen

Flat Two

Warden

Traitor

Adrian Harris

Black 13

Inspector

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

Robert Crowther

The Admirable Crichton

Death in the Hand

Jack Mottram

Escape from Broadmoor

Pendicot

Never Put It in Writing

Adams

Long Past Glory

Harry

Ben-Hur

Doctor (uncredited)

Jigsaw

Mr Simpson

The Flight Fund

Uncle Edward

Anywhere but England

Freddie

Don't Bother to Knock

Father

The Lady is a Square

Fergusson

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

Attorney

High Flight

Commandant

Law and Disorder

Sir Humphrey Pomfret

Man with a Gun

Harry Drayson

Rust

Sir Henry Hawkes

John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely

Himself

The 25th Hour

Tribunal President

Blood of the Vampire

Chief Justice

The Pleasure Garden

Col. Gargoyle

War-Gods of the Deep

Rev. Jonathan Ives

A Matter of Murder

Ginter

Au Pair Girls

Mr. Wainwright

Old Mother Riley's New Venture

Karl

The Moon-Spinners

Anthony Gamble

Follow a Star

Birkett

Shake Hands with the Devil

British General

The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel

Judge Grayson

Let's Get Married

Dean

Dead Lucky

Inspector Corcoran

The Wrong Box

Doctor Slattery

The Battle of the River Plate

Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

Self (archive footage)

Roger of the Raj

Colonel Runciman

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

Lord Redcliff

The Passionate Pilgrim

The Narrator

The Good Companions

Monte Mortimer

The Sandwich Man

Religious Sandwich Man

Doctor in Trouble

Purser

Hot Enough for June

Roger Allsop

Police Dog

Inspector

Make Me an Offer!

Mr. Toshack

A Time to Kill

Phinneas Tilliard

Mr. Topaze

Blackmailer

Brothers in Law

His Honour Judge Ryman

Facelift

Bruce

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Judge

Desert Mice

Staff Colonel

Josephine and Men

Registrar

Go to Blazes

Fisherman

I Was Monty's Double

Adjutant RAPC

A Touch of Larceny

Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Pelham

Three for All

Mr. Gibbons

The Baby and the Battleship

The Marshal’s Aide

In the Cool of the Day

Dr. Arraman

Gideon's Day

Barrister

Five Golden Hours

Dr. Alfiera

Casino Royale

M's Driver (uncredited)

Hair of the Dog

Sir Mortimer Gallant

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

The Blackmailing of Mr. S

Mr. Sparrow

Late Flowering Love

Twenty Minutes South

Arthur Harris

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

Cole

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

Lord Chief Justice Williams

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Beautiful Stranger

Man at Casino #1

Stranger from Venus

Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4

Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)

The Mouse on the Moon

British Delegate

The Pink Panther

Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)

Eye of the Devil

Dr. Monnet

The Italian Job

Governor

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

Perkins

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

French Painter

Masquerade

Sir Robert

Dad's Army

Sergeant Arthur Wilson

Where the Spies Are

Mc Gillivray

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

Minister of Education

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Barrymore

The Magic Christian

Sir John

Jabberwocky

Passelewe

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

Inspector John Radlett

Salt & Pepper

Col. Woodstock

The Liquidator

Chekhov

I'm All Right Jack

Waters

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Grand Duke Alexis

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Dr. Deere

Never Let Go

Pennington

The Bone Yard

Superintendent Melchior

School for Scoundrels

Skinner

The Wrong Arm of the Law

Assistant Commissioner

Another Time, Another Place

Dr. Aldridge

Macready's Gala

Canon Dunwoodie

A Christmas Carol

Marley's Ghost

Unidentified Flying Oddball

Sir Gawain

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor in Love

Dr. Mincing

Our Man in Marrakesh

George Lillywhite

We Joined the Navy

George Dewberry Sr.

Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

Mr. Elvin

Only Two Can Play

Salter

The Alf Garnett Saga

Ronald Frewin

Private's Progress

Psychiatrist

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

Green

The Rebel

Office manager

Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

Sir Archibald MacGregor

Very Important Person

Escape Officer Piggott

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

Col. Bromley-Pickering

On the Fiddle

Hixon

The Punch and Judy Man

The Sandman

Tea Party

Dark Interval

Cedric, the butler

Blind Man's Bluff

Lefty Jones

What's Up Nurse

Dr. Ogden

Blind Spot

Mr. Brent

The Main Attraction

Bozo

Village of Daughters

Don Calogere

Midas Run

Wells

The Night We Got the Bird

Clerk of the Court

Mister Ten Per Cent

Jocelyn Macauley

Dangerous Cargo

Luigi

The Cuckoo Patrol

Gibbs

The Drayton Case

Divisional Superintendent Henley

The Shillingbury Blowers

Council Chairman

The Early Bird

Colonel Foster

The Bulldog Breed

Prosecuting Counsel

Too Many Crooks

Magistrate

Finders Keepers

Mr. X

The Moonraker

Cromwell

These Dangerous Years

Commanding Officer

Happy Is the Bride

Chaytor

The Inn Way Out

Pub Bore

Invasion Quartet

Jack the Ripper

Dr. Tranter

The Captain's Table

Sir Angus

Operation Amsterdam

Colonel Janssen

The Blue Parrot

Henry Carson

Brief Encounter

Stephen

Flat Two

Warden

Traitor

Adrian Harris

Black 13

Inspector

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

Robert Crowther

The Admirable Crichton

Death in the Hand

Jack Mottram

Escape from Broadmoor

Pendicot

Never Put It in Writing

Adams

Long Past Glory

Harry

Ben-Hur

Doctor (uncredited)

Jigsaw

Mr Simpson

The Flight Fund

Uncle Edward

Anywhere but England

Freddie

Don't Bother to Knock

Father

The Lady is a Square

Fergusson

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

Attorney

High Flight

Commandant

Law and Disorder

Sir Humphrey Pomfret

Man with a Gun

Harry Drayson

Rust

Sir Henry Hawkes

John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely

Himself

The 25th Hour

Tribunal President

Blood of the Vampire

Chief Justice

The Pleasure Garden

Col. Gargoyle

War-Gods of the Deep

Rev. Jonathan Ives

A Matter of Murder

Ginter

Au Pair Girls

Mr. Wainwright

Old Mother Riley's New Venture

Karl

The Moon-Spinners

Anthony Gamble

Follow a Star

Birkett

Shake Hands with the Devil

British General

The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel

Judge Grayson

Let's Get Married

Dean

Dead Lucky

Inspector Corcoran

The Wrong Box

Doctor Slattery

The Battle of the River Plate

Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

Self (archive footage)

Roger of the Raj

Colonel Runciman

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

Lord Redcliff

The Passionate Pilgrim

The Narrator

The Good Companions

Monte Mortimer

The Sandwich Man

Religious Sandwich Man

Doctor in Trouble

Purser

Hot Enough for June

Roger Allsop

Police Dog

Inspector

Make Me an Offer!

Mr. Toshack

A Time to Kill

Phinneas Tilliard

Mr. Topaze

Blackmailer

Brothers in Law

His Honour Judge Ryman

Facelift

Bruce

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Judge

Desert Mice

Staff Colonel

Josephine and Men

Registrar

Go to Blazes

Fisherman

I Was Monty's Double

Adjutant RAPC

A Touch of Larceny

Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Pelham

Three for All

Mr. Gibbons

The Baby and the Battleship

The Marshal’s Aide

In the Cool of the Day

Dr. Arraman

Gideon's Day

Barrister

Five Golden Hours

Dr. Alfiera

Casino Royale

M's Driver (uncredited)

Hair of the Dog

Sir Mortimer Gallant

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

The Blackmailing of Mr. S

Mr. Sparrow

Late Flowering Love

Twenty Minutes South

Arthur Harris

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

Cole

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

Lord Chief Justice Williams

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Beautiful Stranger

Man at Casino #1

Stranger from Venus

Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4

Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)

The Mouse on the Moon

British Delegate