Arthur Lowe

Biography

Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was a BAFTA Award winning English actor. He was best known for playing Captain George Mainwaring in the popular British sitcom Dad's Army from 1968 until 1977.

Known For

Coronation Street

The Avengers

BBC Play of the Month

No Hiding Place

The Wednesday Play

ITV Playhouse

Dad's Army

Maigret

All Movies (59)

• Hitler: The Comedy Years2007 · as George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Best of Morecambe and Wise2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box2001 · as Captain George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)
• A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe2000 · as Self
• Britannia Hospital1982 · as Guest Patient
• Sweet William1980 · as Captain Walton
• The Plank1979 · as Shorter Workman
• The Lady Vanishes1979 · as Jeremy Charters
• Daphne Laureola1978 · as Gooch
• Oh What A Lovely Report1977 · as Mr. Jones
• The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It1977 · as Dr. John H. Watson
• Philby, Burgess and Maclean1977 · as Herbert Morrison
• The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones1976 · as Dr. Thwackum
• Man About the House1974 · as Spiros
• No Sex Please - We're British1973 · as Mr. Leslie Bromley
• Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall1973 · as Maj. Drysdale
• O Lucky Man!1973 · as Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda
• Theatre of Blood1973 · as Horace Sprout
• The Ruling Class1972 · as Tucker
• Dad's Army1971 · as Captain George Mainwaring
• A Hole Lot of Trouble1971 · as Whitehouse
• The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer1970 · as Ferret
• Spring and Port Wine1970 · as Mr. Aspinall
• Fragment of Fear1970 · as Mr. Nugent
• The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens1970 · as John Dickens
• Some Will, Some Won't1970 · as Police Sergeant
• The Bed Sitting Room1969 · as Father
• It All Goes to Show1969 · as Councillor Henry Parker
• if....1968 · as Mr. Kemp
• Mrs. Capper's Birthday1968 · as Mr. Godsall
• Red, White, and Zero1968 · as The Mayor
• About "The White Bus"1968 · as Self
• The White Bus1967 · as The Mayor
• You Must Be Joking1965 · as Husband
• The Snag1963 · as Tailor
• This Sporting Life1963 · as Charles Slomer
• Go to Blazes1962 · as Warder
• The Day They Robbed the Bank of England1960 · as Bank Official (uncredited)
• A Night Out1960 · as Mr King
• Lord Arthur Savile's Crime1960 · as Mr. Podgers
• The Boy and the Bridge1959 · as Bridge Mechanic
• Stormy Crossing1958 · as Garage Owne
• Blind Spot1958
• Stranger in Town1957 · as Jeweller
• Hour of Decision1957 · as Caligraphy Expert
• The Green Man1956 · as Radio Salesman
• Breakaway1956 · as Mitchell
• Who Done It?1956 · as Shop Demonstrator (uncredited)
• One Way Out1955 · as Sam
• Windfall1955 · as Wilkins
• The Reluctant Bride1955 · as Mr. Fogarty
• Final Appointment1954 · as Barratt
• The Mirror and Markheim1954 · as Arthur Henry
• The Spider and the Fly1949 · as Town Clerk
• Kind Hearts and Coronets1949 · as The Reporter
• Stop Press Girl1949 · as Archibald (uncredited)
• Floodtide1949 · as Pianist (uncredited)
• London Belongs to Me1948 · as Commuter on Train (uncredited)
• William Webb Ellis, Are You Mad?— · as School Headmaster

All TV Shows (37)

• Dad's Army at the BBC2025 · as Capt Goerge Mainwaring
• ITV Christmas Comedy1983
• A J Wentworth, BA1982 · as A.J. Wentworth, B.A.
• Potter1979 · as Redvers Potter
• Bless Me Father1978 · as Father Charles Clement Duddleswell
• The Galton & Simpson Playhouse1977 · as Henry Duckworth
• Laurence Olivier Presents1976 · as Gooch
• Bill Brand1976 · as Watson
• Shades of Greene1975 · as Javitt
• Mr. Men1974 · as Narrator
• Churchill's People1974 · as Epillicus
• David Copperfield1974 · as Wilkins Micawber
• Microbes and Men1974 · as Louis Pasteur
• Armchair 301973 · as Alfred Potter
• It's Murder. But Is It Art?1972 · as Phineas Drake
• The Last Of The Baskets1971 · as Redvers Bodkin
• Ben Travers Farces1970 · as Clement Peck
• Plays of Today1969 · as The Headmaster
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Mr. Cakebread
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Mason
• Dad's Army1968 · as Captain George Mainwaring
• Rogues' Gallery1968 · as Mr. Cakebread
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Eric
• Turn Out the Lights1967 · as Leonard Swindley
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Sir Oliver Surface
• Pardon the Expression1965 · as Leonard Swindley
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Colonel Harrup
• Morecambe & Wise1961 · as Capt. George Mainwaring
• The Avengers1961 · as Benstead
• Coronation Street1960 · as Leonard Swindley
• Maigret1960 · as Monsieur Triboulet
• No Hiding Place1959
• The Errol Flynn Theatre1956
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Tailor
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Det. Sgt. Wimpole
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mr. Godsall
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Albert Davies