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