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