John Le Mesurier
Born: 1912-04-05 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Died: 1983-11-15
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Dad's Army at the BBC as Sgt. Arthur Wilson
- Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 as Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)
2012
2007
- Hitler: The Comedy Years as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
- The Best of Morecambe and Wise as Self (archive footage)
- Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
- Facelift as Bruce
- The Passionate Pilgrim as The Narrator
1983
- A Married Man as Eustace Lough
1981
- Brideshead Revisited as Father Mowbray
- Late Flowering Love
1980
- Hi-de-Hi! as Hugo Buxton
- The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu as Perkins
- The Shillingbury Blowers as Council Chairman
1979
- Worzel Gummidge as Baines
- Unidentified Flying Oddball as Sir Gawain
- Roger of the Raj as Colonel Runciman
1978
- Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? as Dr. Deere
- Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse as Sir Archibald MacGregor
1977
- Jabberwocky as Passelewe
- A Christmas Carol as Marley's Ghost
- What's Up Nurse as Dr. Ogden
- Stand up, Virgin Soldiers as Col. Bromley-Pickering
1976
- Ripping Yarns as Col. Runciman
- Brief Encounter as Stephen
1975
- The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother as Lord Redcliff
- Bod as Narrator
- Three for All as Mr. Gibbons
- The Flight Fund as Uncle Edward
1974
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner as Inspector John Radlett
- Barry McKenzie Holds His Own as Robert Crowther
1973
- Thriller as Stubbs
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Sidney Goldsmith
- Centre Play as Uncle Edward
- Black and Blue as Sir Henry Hawkes
- Rust as Sir Henry Hawkes
1972
- Crown Court as Reginald Standish
- Sykes as Lord Hetherington
- Au Pair Girls as Mr. Wainwright
- The Alf Garnett Saga as Ronald Frewin
- Anywhere but England as Freddie
1971
- Jason King
- Dad's Army as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
- Traitor as Adrian Harris
- A Class by Himself
1970
- Play for Today
- The Goodies as Uncle Tom
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Pelham
- Doctor in Trouble as Purser
1969
- The Italian Job as Governor
- Two in Clover as Chairman
- The Magic Christian as Sir John
- Dear Mother... ...Love Albert as Vicar
- Midas Run as Wells
- The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel as Judge Grayson
1968
- Dad's Army as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
- Salt & Pepper as Col. Woodstock
1967
- Casino Royale as M's Driver (uncredited)
- All Gas and Gaiters as Timothy Post
- The 25th Hour as Tribunal President
- Mister Ten Per Cent as Jocelyn Macauley
- The Cuckoo Patrol as Gibbs
- The Inn Way Out as Pub Bore
1966
- Adam Adamant Lives!
- George and the Dragon
- The Wrong Box as Doctor Slattery
- Eye of the Devil as Dr. Monnet
- Our Man in Marrakesh as George Lillywhite
- The Sandwich Man as Religious Sandwich Man
- Finders Keepers as Mr. X
- Where the Spies Are as Mc Gillivray
- Macready's Gala as Canon Dunwoodie
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Ossian Flint
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes as French Painter
- The Liquidator as Chekhov
- War-Gods of the Deep as Rev. Jonathan Ives
- The Early Bird as Colonel Foster
- Masquerade as Sir Robert
- Pardon the Expression as Sir Charles Dobson
- Tea Party
1964
- Theatre 625 as Doctor Parpalaid
- Story Parade as Patrick Seton
- The Moon-Spinners as Anthony Gamble
- Hot Enough for June as Roger Allsop
- Never Put It in Writing as Adams
- The Bone Yard as Superintendent Melchior
- The Blackmailing of Mr. S as Mr. Sparrow
1963
- Festival as de Giray
- The Pink Panther as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)
- The Wrong Arm of the Law as Assistant Commissioner
- We Joined the Navy as George Dewberry Sr.
- The Punch and Judy Man as The Sandman
- The Mouse on the Moon as British Delegate
- In the Cool of the Day as Dr. Arraman
- Long Past Glory as Harry
1962
- Dial RIX
- The Main Attraction as Bozo
- Mrs. Gibbons' Boys as Cole
- Jigsaw as Mr Simpson
- Go to Blazes as Fisherman
- Only Two Can Play as Salter
- Flat Two as Warden
- Village of Daughters as Don Calogere
- Hair of the Dog as Sir Mortimer Gallant
1961
- The Avengers
- Morecambe & Wise as Sgt. Arthur Wilson
- The Rebel as Office manager
- On the Fiddle as Hixon
- Mr. Topaze as Blackmailer
- Five Golden Hours as Dr. Alfiera
- Don't Bother to Knock as Father
- Very Important Person as Escape Officer Piggott
- Invasion Quartet
1960
- Danger Man as Alvarado
- Armchair Mystery Theatre as Mr. Sparrow
- The Bulldog Breed as Prosecuting Counsel
- The Pure Hell of St Trinian's as Minister of Education
- School for Scoundrels as Skinner
- Never Let Go as Pennington
- Doctor in Love as Dr. Mincing
- Dead Lucky as Inspector Corcoran
- A Touch of Larceny as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)
- The Day They Robbed the Bank of England as Green
- Let's Get Married as Dean
- The Night We Got the Bird as Clerk of the Court
1959
- Ben-Hur as Doctor (uncredited)
- Interpol Calling as Monsieur Iamprou
- The Hound of the Baskervilles as Barrymore
- Shake Hands with the Devil as British General
- Operation Amsterdam as Colonel Janssen
- The Captain's Table as Sir Angus
- The Wreck of the Mary Deare as Attorney
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. as Grand Duke Alexis
- I'm All Right Jack as Waters
- Jack the Ripper as Dr. Tranter
- Follow a Star as Birkett
- The Lady is a Square as Fergusson
- Desert Mice as Staff Colonel
- Too Many Crooks as Magistrate
1958
- The Adventures of William Tell as Duke of Burgundy
- Gideon's Day as Barrister
- Another Time, Another Place as Dr. Aldridge
- I Was Monty's Double as Adjutant RAPC
- The Moonraker as Cromwell
- Blood of the Vampire as Chief Justice
- Law and Disorder as Sir Humphrey Pomfret
- Blind Spot as Mr. Brent
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Judge
- Happy Is the Bride as Chaytor
- Man with a Gun as Harry Drayson
1957
- The Admirable Crichton
- Brothers in Law as His Honour Judge Ryman
- These Dangerous Years as Commanding Officer
- High Flight as Commandant
- Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 as Lord Chief Justice Williams
- The Good Companions as Monte Mortimer
1956
- Hancock's Half Hour as Ship's Captain
- The Battle of the River Plate as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
- Armchair Theatre as Mr. Elvin
- The Baby and the Battleship as The Marshal’s Aide
- Private's Progress as Psychiatrist
1955
- Josephine and Men as Registrar
- A Time to Kill as Phinneas Tilliard
- Police Dog as Inspector
1954
- Stranger from Venus as Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)
- Beautiful Stranger as Man at Casino #1
- Dangerous Cargo as Luigi
- Make Me an Offer! as Mr. Toshack
1953
- Scotland Yard
- The Blue Parrot as Henry Carson
- The Pleasure Garden as Col. Gargoyle
- Black 13 as Inspector
- The Drayton Case as Divisional Superintendent Henley
1952
- Mother Riley Meets the Vampire as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
- Blind Man's Bluff as Lefty Jones
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Stephen
- The Railway Children
1950
- Sunday Night Theatre as Prosecuting Counsel
- Dark Interval as Cedric, the butler
1949
- A Matter of Murder as Ginter
- Old Mother Riley's New Venture as Karl
1948
- Death in the Hand as Jack Mottram
- Escape from Broadmoor as Pendicot