Arthur Lowe

Actor Sep 22 (died age 66) Hayfield, Derbyshire, England 1948–2025 (77 year career)

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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

Film

Kind Hearts and Coronets

The Reporter

Film

if....

Mr. Kemp

Film

Theatre of Blood

Horace Sprout

Film

This Sporting Life

Charles Slomer

Film

O Lucky Man!

Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda

Film

Dad's Army

Captain George Mainwaring

Film

The Ruling Class

Tucker

Film

Britannia Hospital

Guest Patient

Filmography

Acting (87)

Movies (57)

Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007

as George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

2001

as Captain George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

2001

as Self (archive footage)

A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe

2000

as Self

Britannia Hospital

as Guest Patient

Sweet William

as Captain Walton

The Lady Vanishes

as Jeremy Charters

The Plank

as Shorter Workman

Daphne Laureola

as Gooch

Oh What A Lovely Report

1977

as Mr. Jones

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

1977

as Herbert Morrison

4.5

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

1977

as Dr. John H. Watson

6.2

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

as Dr. Thwackum

Man About the House

as Spiros

Theatre of Blood

as Horace Sprout

O Lucky Man!

as Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda

6.9

No Sex Please - We're British

1973

as Mr. Leslie Bromley

5.0

Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall

as Maj. Drysdale

The Ruling Class

as Tucker

A Hole Lot of Trouble

1971

as Whitehouse

7.0

Dad's Army

1971

as Captain George Mainwaring

Fragment of Fear

as Mr. Nugent

Spring and Port Wine

as Mr. Aspinall

The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

1970

as John Dickens

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

1970

as Ferret

5.9

Some Will, Some Won't

as Police Sergeant

The Bed Sitting Room

as Father

It All Goes to Show

as Councillor Henry Parker

9.0

Mrs. Capper's Birthday

1968

as Mr. Godsall

if....

1968

as Mr. Kemp

7.1

About "The White Bus"

1968

as Self

Red, White, and Zero

as The Mayor

The White Bus

as The Mayor

You Must Be Joking

as Husband

The Snag

as Tailor

This Sporting Life

as Charles Slomer

Go to Blazes

as Warder

A Night Out

as Mr King

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

1960

as Bank Official (uncredited)

6.1

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

1960

as Mr. Podgers

The Boy and the Bridge

as Bridge Mechanic

Blind Spot

Stormy Crossing

as Garage Owne

Hour of Decision

as Caligraphy Expert

Stranger in Town

as Jeweller

Who Done It?

as Shop demonstrator (uncredited)

The Green Man

as Radio Salesman

Breakaway

as Mitchell

One Way Out

as Sam

The Reluctant Bride

as Mr. Fogarty

Windfall

as Wilkins

The Mirror and Markheim

1954

as Arthur Henry

Final Appointment

1954

as Barratt

5.5

The Spider and the Fly

1949

as Town Clerk

6.8

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

as The Reporter

7.6

Stop Press Girl

1949

as Archibald (uncredited)

5.6

London Belongs to Me

1948

as Commuter on Train (uncredited)

7.0

Television (30)

Dad's Army at the BBC

2025

as Capt Goerge Mainwaring

ITV Christmas Comedy

1983

A J Wentworth, BA

1982

as A.J. Wentworth, B.A.

Potter

as Redvers Potter

Bless Me Father

as Father Charles Clement Duddleswell

6.2

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

1977

as Henry Duckworth

Bill Brand

1976

as Watson

6.3

Laurence Olivier Presents

as Gooch

Churchill's People

as Epillicus

David Copperfield

as Wilkins Micawber

Mr. Men

as Narrator

Microbes and Men

as Louis Pasteur

Man About the House

as Mr Spiros

It's Murder. But Is It Art?

1972

as Phineas Drake

The Last Of The Baskets

1971

as Redvers Bodkin

Ben Travers Farces

1970

as Clement Peck

Dad's Army

1968

as Captain George Mainwaring

Rogues' Gallery

as Mr. Cakebread

Turn Out the Lights

as Leonard Swindley

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Sir Oliver Surface

5.0

Pardon the Expression

as Leonard Swindley

The Wednesday Play

as Colonel Harrup

The Avengers

as Benstead

Morecambe & Wise

as Capt. George Mainwaring

Coronation Street

as Leonard Swindley

Maigret

as Monsieur Triboulet

No Hiding Place

Armchair Theatre

as Tailor

The Errol Flynn Theatre

1956

Sunday Night Theatre

1950

as Albert Davies

3.5