John Le Mesurier
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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
Credits
Ben-Hur (1959)
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Pink Panther (1963)
as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)
Casino Royale (1967)
as M's Driver (uncredited)
The Italian Job (1969)
as Governor
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
as Barrymore
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
as French Painter
Jabberwocky (1977)
as Passelewe
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
as Inspector John Radlett
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
as Lord Redcliff
The Wrong Box (1966)
as Doctor Slattery
The Admirable Crichton (1957)
Actor
The Early Bird (1965)
as Colonel Foster
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
as Attorney
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
as Pelham
The Moon-Spinners (1964)
as Anthony Gamble
Our Man in Havana (1960)
as Louis - Waiter (uncredited)
Au Pair Girls (1972)
as Mr. Wainwright
Gideon's Day (1958)
as Barrister (uncredited)
The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
as British Delegate
Mr. Topaze (1961)
as Blackmailer
Eye of the Devil (1966)
as Dr. Monnet
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
as Perkins
The Magic Christian (1969)
as Sir John
The 25th Hour (1967)
as Tribunal President
Go to Blazes (1962)
as Fisherman
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
as Dr. Deere
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
as Assistant Commissioner
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
as Dr. Aldridge
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
as Adjutant RAPC
Hot Enough for June (1964)
as Roger Allsop
Tea Party (1965)
Actor
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
as British General
Midas Run (1969)
as Wells
Salt & Pepper (1968)
as Col. Woodstock
War-Gods of the Deep (1965)
as Rev. Jonathan Ives
I'm All Right Jack (1959)
as Waters
On the Fiddle (1961)
as Hixon
Blind Spot (1958)
as Mr. Brent
Where the Spies Are (1966)
as Mc Gillivray
The Liquidator (1965)
as Chekhov
The Captain's Table (1959)
as Sir Angus
Three for All (1975)
as Mr. Gibbons
Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
as Sir Gawain
Dad's Army (1971)
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
A Christmas Carol (1977)
as Marley's Ghost
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Masquerade (1965)
as Sir Robert
The Bulldog Breed (1960)
as Prosecuting Counsel
The Rebel (1961)
as Office manager
Village of Daughters (1962)
as Don Calogere
The Moonraker (1958)
as Cromwell
Jack the Ripper (1959)
as Dr. Tranter
Only Two Can Play (1962)
as Salter
Black 13 (1953)
as Inspector
Private's Progress (1956)
as Psychiatrist
Blood of the Vampire (1958)
as Chief Justice
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
as George Lillywhite
A Touch of Larceny (1960)
as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)
Josephine and Men (1955)
as Registrar
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
as Green
Stranger from Venus (1954)
as Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)
The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
as The Marshal’s Aide
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
as Minister of Education
Never Let Go (1960)
as Pennington
The Blue Parrot (1953)
as Henry Carson
Doctor in Love (1960)
as Dr. Mincing
High Flight (1957)
as Commandant
Brothers in Law (1957)
as His Honour Judge Ryman
Happy Is the Bride (1958)
as Chaytor
Five Golden Hours (1961)
as Dr. Alfiera
Invasion Quartet (1961)
Actor
Law and Disorder (1958)
as Sir Humphrey Pomfret
Jigsaw (1962)
as Mr Simpson
The Alf Garnett Saga (1972)
as Ronald Frewin
In the Cool of the Day (1963)
as Dr. Arraman
Beautiful Stranger (1954)
as Man at Casino #1
Operation Amsterdam (1959)
as Colonel Janssen
Police Dog (1955)
as Inspector
Mister Ten Per Cent (1967)
as Jocelyn Macauley
School for Scoundrels (1960)
as Skinner
Finders Keepers (1966)
as Mr. X
Flat Two (1962)
as Warden
The Sandwich Man (1966)
as Religious Sandwich Man
The Good Companions (1957)
as Monte Mortimer
Too Many Crooks (1959)
as Magistrate
Don't Bother to Knock (1961)
as Father
What's Up Nurse (1977)
as Dr. Ogden
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Very Important Person (1961)
as Escape Officer Piggott
Follow a Star (1959)
as Birkett
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
as Grand Duke Alexis
Desert Mice (1959)
as Staff Colonel
Dead Lucky (1960)
as Inspector Corcoran
We Joined the Navy (1963)
as George Dewberry Sr.
Brief Encounter (1976)
as Stephen
These Dangerous Years (1957)
as Commanding Officer
Long Past Glory (1963)
as Harry
The Lady is a Square (1959)
as Fergusson
Doctor in Trouble (1970)
as Purser
Never Put It in Writing (1964)
as Adams
Anywhere but England (1972)
as Freddie
The Shillingbury Blowers (1980)
as Council Chairman
The Cuckoo Patrol (1967)
as Gibbs
A Time to Kill (1955)
as Phinneas Tilliard
Dangerous Cargo (1954)
as Luigi
A Matter of Murder (1949)
as Ginter
Man with a Gun (1958)
as Harry Drayson
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel (1969)
as Judge Grayson
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
as Judge
Traitor (1971)
as Adrian Harris
Blind Man's Bluff (1952)
as Lefty Jones
The Punch and Judy Man (1963)
as The Sandman
Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949)
as Karl
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)
as Col. Bromley-Pickering
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
as Robert Crowther
Make Me an Offer! (1954)
as Mr. Toshack
The Pleasure Garden (1953)
as Col. Gargoyle
The Passionate Pilgrim (1984)
as The Narrator
Death in the Hand (1948)
as Jack Mottram
The Night We Got the Bird (1960)
as Clerk of the Court
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 (1957)
as Lord Chief Justice Williams
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 (2025)
as Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)
The Best of Morecambe and Wise (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
as Pendicot
Let's Get Married (1960)
as Dean
The Blackmailing of Mr. S (1964)
as Mr. Sparrow
Facelift (1984)
as Bruce
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962)
as Cole
Dark Interval (1950)
as Cedric, the butler
The Main Attraction (1962)
as Bozo
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box (2001)
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger of the Raj (1979)
as Colonel Runciman
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse (1978)
as Sir Archibald MacGregor
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle (1961)
as Mr. Elvin
Late Flowering Love (1981)
Actor
Rust (1973)
as Sir Henry Hawkes
Hair of the Dog (1962)
as Sir Mortimer Gallant
Macready's Gala (1966)
as Canon Dunwoodie
The Bone Yard (1964)
as Superintendent Melchior
The Inn Way Out (1967)
as Pub Bore
The Drayton Case (1953)
as Divisional Superintendent Henley
The Flight Fund (1975)
as Uncle Edward
Twenty Minutes South (—)
as Arthur Harris
John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely (2012)
as Himself
The Hangman Waits (1947)
as Newsman