John Le Mesurier

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.

Known For

The Avengers

Play for Today

Crown Court

BBC Play of the Month

Thirty-Minute Theatre

The Wednesday Play

Theatre 625

Dad's Army

All Movies (146)

• Short Sharp Shocks Volume 42025 · as Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)
• John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely2012 · as Himself
• Hitler: The Comedy Years2007 · as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Best of Morecambe and Wise2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box2001 · as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Facelift1984 · as Bruce
• The Passionate Pilgrim1984 · as The Narrator
• Late Flowering Love1981
• The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu1980 · as Perkins
• The Shillingbury Blowers1980 · as Council Chairman
• Roger of the Raj1979 · as Colonel Runciman
• Unidentified Flying Oddball1979 · as Sir Gawain
• Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?1978 · as Dr. Deere
• Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse1978 · as Sir Archibald MacGregor
• A Christmas Carol1977 · as Marley's Ghost
• Stand up, Virgin Soldiers1977 · as Col. Bromley-Pickering
• Jabberwocky1977 · as Passelewe
• What's Up Nurse1977 · as Dr. Ogden
• Brief Encounter1976 · as Stephen
• The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother1975 · as Lord Redcliff
• The Flight Fund1975 · as Uncle Edward
• Three for All1975 · as Mr. Gibbons
• Barry McKenzie Holds His Own1974 · as Robert Crowther
• Confessions of a Window Cleaner1974 · as Inspector John Radlett
• Rust1973 · as Sir Henry Hawkes
• Anywhere but England1972 · as Freddie
• Au Pair Girls1972 · as Mr. Wainwright
• The Alf Garnett Saga1972 · as Ronald Frewin
• Traitor1971 · as Adrian Harris
• Dad's Army1971 · as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
• On a Clear Day You Can See Forever1970 · as Pelham
• Doctor in Trouble1970 · as Purser
• The Magic Christian1969 · as Sir John
• The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel1969 · as Judge Grayson
• The Italian Job1969 · as Governor
• Midas Run1969 · as Wells
• Salt & Pepper1968 · as Col. Woodstock
• The Cuckoo Patrol1967 · as Gibbs
• The 25th Hour1967 · as Tribunal President
• Casino Royale1967 · as M's Driver (uncredited)
• The Inn Way Out1967 · as Pub Bore
• Mister Ten Per Cent1967 · as Jocelyn Macauley
• Finders Keepers1966 · as Mr. X
• Eye of the Devil1966 · as Dr. Monnet
• The Sandwich Man1966 · as Religious Sandwich Man
• The Wrong Box1966 · as Doctor Slattery
• Our Man in Marrakesh1966 · as George Lillywhite
• Macready's Gala1966 · as Canon Dunwoodie
• Where the Spies Are1966 · as Mc Gillivray
• The Early Bird1965 · as Colonel Foster
• The Liquidator1965 · as Chekhov
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes1965 · as French Painter
• War-Gods of the Deep1965 · as Rev. Jonathan Ives
• Masquerade1965 · as Sir Robert
• Tea Party1965
• The Bone Yard1964 · as Superintendent Melchior
• The Blackmailing of Mr. S1964 · as Mr. Sparrow
• The Moon-Spinners1964 · as Anthony Gamble
• Never Put It in Writing1964 · as Adams
• Hot Enough for June1964 · as Roger Allsop
• The Pink Panther1963 · as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)
• Long Past Glory1963 · as Harry
• In the Cool of the Day1963 · as Dr. Arraman
• We Joined the Navy1963 · as George Dewberry Sr.
• The Mouse on the Moon1963 · as British Delegate
• The Punch and Judy Man1963 · as The Sandman
• The Wrong Arm of the Law1963 · as Assistant Commissioner
• The Main Attraction1962 · as Bozo
• Jigsaw1962 · as Mr Simpson
• Go to Blazes1962 · as Fisherman
• Mrs. Gibbons' Boys1962 · as Cole
• Village of Daughters1962 · as Don Calogere
• Hair of the Dog1962 · as Sir Mortimer Gallant
• Flat Two1962 · as Warden
• Only Two Can Play1962 · as Salter
• Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle1961 · as Mr. Elvin
• On the Fiddle1961 · as Hixon
• Invasion Quartet1961
• Don't Bother to Knock1961 · as Father
• Very Important Person1961 · as Escape Officer Piggott
• Mr. Topaze1961 · as Blackmailer
• The Rebel1961 · as Office manager
• Five Golden Hours1961 · as Dr. Alfiera
• The Pure Hell of St Trinian's1960 · as Minister of Education
• The Bulldog Breed1960 · as Prosecuting Counsel
• The Night We Got the Bird1960 · as Clerk of the Court
• The Day They Robbed the Bank of England1960 · as Green
• Doctor in Love1960 · as Dr. Mincing
• Never Let Go1960 · as Pennington
• Dead Lucky1960 · as Inspector Corcoran
• School for Scoundrels1960 · as Skinner
• Let's Get Married1960 · as Dean
• A Touch of Larceny1960 · as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)
• Our Man in Havana1960 · as Louis - Waiter (uncredited)
• Ben-Hur1959 · as Doctor (uncredited)
• The Wreck of the Mary Deare1959 · as Attorney
• I'm All Right Jack1959 · as Waters
• Shake Hands with the Devil1959 · as British General
• Jack the Ripper1959 · as Dr. Tranter
• The Hound of the Baskervilles1959 · as Barrymore
• Carlton-Browne of the F.O.1959 · as Grand Duke Alexis
• Too Many Crooks1959 · as Magistrate
• The Lady is a Square1959 · as Fergusson
• Operation Amsterdam1959 · as Colonel Janssen
• The Captain's Table1959 · as Sir Angus
• Desert Mice1959 · as Staff Colonel
• Follow a Star1959 · as Birkett
• I Was Monty's Double1958 · as Adjutant RAPC
• Blood of the Vampire1958 · as Chief Justice
• Man with a Gun1958 · as Harry Drayson
• The Moonraker1958 · as Cromwell
• Blind Spot1958 · as Mr. Brent
• Law and Disorder1958 · as Sir Humphrey Pomfret
• Another Time, Another Place1958 · as Dr. Aldridge
• Gideon's Day1958 · as Barrister (uncredited)
• Happy Is the Bride1958 · as Chaytor
• The Man Who Wouldn't Talk1958 · as Judge
• Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 11957 · as Lord Chief Justice Williams
• High Flight1957 · as Commandant
• These Dangerous Years1957 · as Commanding Officer
• The Admirable Crichton1957
• The Good Companions1957 · as Monte Mortimer
• Brothers in Law1957 · as His Honour Judge Ryman
• The Battle of the River Plate1956 · as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
• The Baby and the Battleship1956 · as The Marshal’s Aide
• Private's Progress1956 · as Psychiatrist
• Josephine and Men1955 · as Registrar
• A Time to Kill1955 · as Phinneas Tilliard
• Police Dog1955 · as Inspector
• Make Me an Offer!1954 · as Mr. Toshack
• Stranger from Venus1954 · as Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)
• Beautiful Stranger1954 · as Man at Casino #1
• Dangerous Cargo1954 · as Luigi
• Black 131953 · as Inspector
• The Pleasure Garden1953 · as Col. Gargoyle
• The Blue Parrot1953 · as Henry Carson
• The Drayton Case1953 · as Divisional Superintendent Henley
• Mother Riley Meets the Vampire1952 · as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
• Blind Man's Bluff1952 · as Lefty Jones
• Dark Interval1950 · as Cedric, the butler
• A Matter of Murder1949 · as Ginter
• Old Mother Riley's New Venture1949 · as Karl
• Escape from Broadmoor1948 · as Pendicot
• Death in the Hand1948 · as Jack Mottram
• The Hangman Waits1947 · as Newsman
• Twenty Minutes South— · as Arthur Harris

All TV Shows (50)

• Dad's Army at the BBC2025 · as Sgt. Arthur Wilson
• A Married Man1983 · as Eustace Lough
• Brideshead Revisited1981 · as Father Mowbray
• Hi-de-Hi!1980 · as Hugo Buxton
• Worzel Gummidge1979 · as Baines
• Ripping Yarns1976 · as Col. Runciman
• Bod1975 · as Narrator
• Shades of Greene1975 · as Schmidt
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as Sidney Goldsmith
• Black and Blue1973 · as Sir Henry Hawkes
• Centre Play1973 · as Uncle Edward
• Between the Wars1973 · as Lord Moping
• Thriller1973 · as Stubbs
• Crown Court1972 · as Reginald Standish
• Sykes1972 · as Lord Hetherington
• Jason King1971
• A Class by Himself1971
• The Goodies1970 · as Uncle Tom
• Play for Today1970
• Dear Mother... ...Love Albert1969 · as Vicar
• W. Somerset Maugham1969 · as Albert Forrester
• Two in Clover1969 · as Chairman
• Dad's Army1968 · as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
• All Gas and Gaiters1967 · as Timothy Post
• George and the Dragon1966
• NET Playhouse1966 · as Don Bernal de la Encino
• Adam Adamant Lives!1966
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Ossian Flint
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Brian Turner
• Pardon the Expression1965 · as Sir Charles Dobson
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Canon Dunwoodie
• Theatre 6251964 · as Doctor Parpalaid
• Story Parade1964 · as Patrick Seton
• Festival1963 · as de Giray
• Festival1963 · as Don Bernal de la Encina
• Dial RIX1962
• Morecambe & Wise1961 · as Sgt. Arthur Wilson
• The Avengers1961
• Danger Man1960 · as Alvarado
• Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Mr. Sparrow
• Interpol Calling1959 · as Monsieur Iamprou
• The Adventures of William Tell1958 · as Duke of Burgundy
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mr. Elvin
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Harry
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Freddie
• Hancock's Half Hour1956 · as Ship's Captain
• Scotland Yard1953
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Stephen
• The Railway Children1951
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Prosecuting Counsel