John Le Mesurier

Known for Acting

Details

Birthday: April 05, 1912

Deathday: November 15, 1983

Place of birth: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK

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.

Actor

2025

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4

2012

John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely

2007

Hitler: The Comedy Years

2001

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

2001

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

1984

The Passionate Pilgrim

1984

Facelift

1981

Late Flowering Love

1980

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

1980

The Shillingbury Blowers

1979

Unidentified Flying Oddball

1979

Roger of the Raj

1978

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1978

Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

1977

Jabberwocky

1977

A Christmas Carol

1977

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

1977

What's Up Nurse

1976

Brief Encounter

1975

The Flight Fund

1975

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1975

Three for All

1974

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

1974

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1973

Rust

1972

The Alf Garnett Saga

1972

Anywhere but England

1972

Au Pair Girls

1971

Dad's Army

1971

Traitor

1970

Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

1970

Doctor in Trouble

1970

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

1970

Twenty Minutes South

1969

The Italian Job

1969

The Magic Christian

1969

Midas Run

1969

The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel

1968

Salt & Pepper

1967

Mister Ten Per Cent

1967

The Cuckoo Patrol

1967

The Inn Way Out

1967

The 25th Hour

1967

Casino Royale

1966

Eye of the Devil

1966

Where the Spies Are

1966

Macready's Gala

1966

Our Man in Marrakesh

1966

Finders Keepers

1966

The Wrong Box

1966

The Sandwich Man

1965

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

1965

Masquerade

1965

The Liquidator

1965

Tea Party

1965

The Early Bird

1965

War-Gods of the Deep

1964

The Bone Yard

1964

Never Put It in Writing

1964

The Moon-Spinners

1964

Hot Enough for June

1964

The Blackmailing of Mr. S

1963

The Pink Panther

1963

The Wrong Arm of the Law

1963

We Joined the Navy

1963

The Punch and Judy Man

1963

Long Past Glory

1963

In the Cool of the Day

1963

The Mouse on the Moon

1962

Only Two Can Play

1962

The Main Attraction

1962

Village of Daughters

1962

Flat Two

1962

Jigsaw

1962

Go to Blazes

1962

Hair of the Dog

1962

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

1961

The Rebel

1961

Very Important Person

1961

On the Fiddle

1961

Invasion Quartet

1961

Don't Bother to Knock

1961

Mr. Topaze

1961

Five Golden Hours

1960

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960

Never Let Go

1960

School for Scoundrels

1960

Doctor in Love

1960

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

1960

The Night We Got the Bird

1960

The Bulldog Breed

1960

Let's Get Married

1960

Dead Lucky

1960

A Touch of Larceny

1959

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959

I'm All Right Jack

1959

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

1959

Too Many Crooks

1959

Jack the Ripper

1959

The Captain's Table

1959

Operation Amsterdam

1959

Ben-Hur

1959

The Lady is a Square

1959

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959

Follow a Star

1959

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959

Desert Mice

1958

Another Time, Another Place

1958

Blind Spot

1958

The Moonraker

1958

Happy Is the Bride

1958

Law and Disorder

1958

Man with a Gun

1958

Blood of the Vampire

1958

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

1958

I Was Monty's Double

1958

Gideon's Day

1957

These Dangerous Years

1957

The Admirable Crichton

1957

High Flight

1957

The Good Companions

1957

Brothers in Law

1957

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

1956

Private's Progress

1956

The Battle of the River Plate

1956

The Baby and the Battleship

1955

Police Dog

1955

A Time to Kill

1955

Josephine and Men

1954

Dangerous Cargo

1954

Make Me an Offer!

1954

Beautiful Stranger

1954

Stranger from Venus

1953

The Drayton Case

1953

The Blue Parrot

1953

Black 13

1953

The Pleasure Garden

1952

Blind Man's Bluff

1952

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

1950

Dark Interval

1949

A Matter of Murder

1949

Old Mother Riley's New Venture

1948

Death in the Hand

1948

Escape from Broadmoor