John Le Mesurier

Actor Apr 5 (died age 71) Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK 1948–2025 (77 year career)

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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

Film

Ben-Hur

Doctor (uncredited)

Film

The Pink Panther

Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)

Film

The Italian Job

Governor

Film

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Barrymore

Film

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

French Painter

Film

Casino Royale

M's Driver (uncredited)

Film

Jabberwocky

Passelewe

Film

Dad's Army

Sergeant Arthur Wilson

Filmography

Acting (185)

Movies (144)

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4

2025

as Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)

7.0

John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely

2012

as Himself

7.0

Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007

as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

2001

as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

2001

as Self (archive footage)

The Passionate Pilgrim

1984

as The Narrator

Facelift

1984

as Bruce

Late Flowering Love

1981

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

1980

as Perkins

4.8

The Shillingbury Blowers

1980

as Council Chairman

7.0

Unidentified Flying Oddball

as Sir Gawain

Roger of the Raj

as Colonel Runciman

Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

1978

as Sir Archibald MacGregor

4.0

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

as Dr. Deere

A Christmas Carol

as Marley's Ghost

Jabberwocky

as Passelewe

What's Up Nurse

as Dr. Ogden

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

1977

as Col. Bromley-Pickering

Brief Encounter

as Stephen

The Flight Fund

as Uncle Edward

Three for All

1975

as Mr. Gibbons

1.0

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1975

as Lord Redcliff

6.0

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

1974

as Inspector John Radlett

4.9

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974

as Robert Crowther

5.2

Rust

1973

as Sir Henry Hawkes

Au Pair Girls

1972

as Mr. Wainwright

4.5

Anywhere but England

1972

as Freddie

The Alf Garnett Saga

as Ronald Frewin

Traitor

as Adrian Harris

Dad's Army

as Sergeant Arthur Wilson

4.9

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

as Pelham

Doctor in Trouble

as Purser

The Italian Job

as Governor

Midas Run

as Wells

The Magic Christian

as Sir John

The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel

as Judge Grayson

Salt & Pepper

as Col. Woodstock

Casino Royale

as M's Driver (uncredited)

5.3

The 25th Hour

1967

as Tribunal President

Mister Ten Per Cent

as Jocelyn Macauley

The Cuckoo Patrol

as Gibbs

The Inn Way Out

as Pub Bore

The Sandwich Man

1966

as Religious Sandwich Man

Eye of the Devil

as Dr. Monnet

Finders Keepers

as Mr. X

Macready's Gala

as Canon Dunwoodie

The Wrong Box

as Doctor Slattery

Where the Spies Are

as Mc Gillivray

Our Man in Marrakesh

as George Lillywhite

The Early Bird

as Colonel Foster

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

as French Painter

Masquerade

as Sir Robert

War-Gods of the Deep

as Rev. Jonathan Ives

The Liquidator

as Chekhov

Tea Party

The Bone Yard

as Superintendent Melchior

Never Put It in Writing

1964

as Adams

The Moon-Spinners

as Anthony Gamble

Hot Enough for June

as Roger Allsop

The Blackmailing of Mr. S

1964

as Mr. Sparrow

The Pink Panther

1963

as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)

6.8

We Joined the Navy

1963

as George Dewberry Sr.

5.6

The Wrong Arm of the Law

1963

as Assistant Commissioner

6.5

Long Past Glory

1963

as Harry

The Mouse on the Moon

1963

as British Delegate

6.1

In the Cool of the Day

1963

as Dr. Arraman

5.4

The Punch and Judy Man

as The Sandman

Village of Daughters

as Don Calogere

Jigsaw

as Mr Simpson

Flat Two

as Warden

Go to Blazes

as Fisherman

The Main Attraction

as Bozo

Only Two Can Play

as Salter

Hair of the Dog

as Sir Mortimer Gallant

5.0

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

1962

as Cole

Five Golden Hours

as Dr. Alfiera

On the Fiddle

as Hixon

Mr. Topaze

as Blackmailer

The Rebel

as Office manager

Very Important Person

1961

as Escape Officer Piggott

5.2

Don't Bother to Knock

as Father

Invasion Quartet

School for Scoundrels

1960

as Skinner

6.9

A Touch of Larceny

1960

as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)

5.9

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960

as Minister of Education

Doctor in Love

as Dr. Mincing

The Bulldog Breed

as Prosecuting Counsel

5.7

Dead Lucky

1960

as Inspector Corcoran

5.0

Let's Get Married

1960

as Dean

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

as Green

Never Let Go

as Pennington

The Night We Got the Bird

1960

as Clerk of the Court

4.5

Ben-Hur

1959

as Doctor (uncredited)

7.9

The Lady is a Square

1959

as Fergusson

5.8

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

1959

as Grand Duke Alexis

6.1

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959

as Barrymore

6.8

Shake Hands with the Devil

as British General

Operation Amsterdam

as Colonel Janssen

Follow a Star

as Birkett

Jack the Ripper

as Dr. Tranter

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

as Attorney

I'm All Right Jack

as Waters

The Captain's Table

as Sir Angus

Too Many Crooks

as Magistrate

Desert Mice

as Staff Colonel

Law and Disorder

as Sir Humphrey Pomfret

Blind Spot

as Mr. Brent

The Moonraker

as Cromwell

Blood of the Vampire

as Chief Justice

Gideon's Day

as Barrister

Happy Is the Bride

as Chaytor

I Was Monty's Double

as Adjutant RAPC

Another Time, Another Place

as Dr. Aldridge

Man with a Gun

as Harry Drayson

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

1958

as Judge

6.0

The Admirable Crichton

High Flight

as Commandant

Brothers in Law

as His Honour Judge Ryman

7.1

The Good Companions

1957

as Monte Mortimer

These Dangerous Years

1957

as Commanding Officer

6.0

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

1957

as Lord Chief Justice Williams

Private's Progress

1956

as Psychiatrist

6.6

The Battle of the River Plate

1956

as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter

6.3

The Baby and the Battleship

1956

as The Marshal’s Aide

Josephine and Men

as Registrar

Police Dog

as Inspector

A Time to Kill

as Phinneas Tilliard

Stranger from Venus

as Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)

Beautiful Stranger

as Man at Casino #1

Dangerous Cargo

as Luigi

Make Me an Offer!

as Mr. Toshack

The Drayton Case

as Divisional Superintendent Henley

The Blue Parrot

as Henry Carson

Black 13

as Inspector

The Pleasure Garden

1953

as Col. Gargoyle

6.0

Blind Man's Bluff

1952

as Lefty Jones

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

1952

as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

4.2

Dark Interval

1950

as Cedric, the butler

A Matter of Murder

1949

as Ginter

5.0

Old Mother Riley's New Venture

1949

as Karl

9.0

Death in the Hand

1948

as Jack Mottram

Escape from Broadmoor

1948

as Pendicot

6.8

Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

as Mr. Elvin

Twenty Minutes South

as Arthur Harris

Television (41)

Dad's Army at the BBC

2025

as Sgt. Arthur Wilson

A Married Man

as Eustace Lough

A Married Man

as Eustace Lough

Brideshead Revisited

as Father Mowbray

Hi-de-Hi!

as Hugo Buxton

Worzel Gummidge

as Baines

Ripping Yarns

as Col. Runciman

Bod

as Narrator

Thriller

as Stubbs

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

as Sidney Goldsmith

Black and Blue

as Sir Henry Hawkes

Centre Play

as Uncle Edward

Crown Court

as Reginald Standish

Sykes

as Lord Hetherington

Jason King

A Class by Himself

Play for Today

The Goodies

as Uncle Tom

Dear Mother... ...Love Albert

as Vicar

Two in Clover

as Chairman

Dad's Army

as Sergeant Arthur Wilson

All Gas and Gaiters

as Timothy Post

Adam Adamant Lives!

George and the Dragon

1966

6.7

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Ossian Flint

5.0

Pardon the Expression

1965

as Sir Charles Dobson

Theatre 625

as Doctor Parpalaid

Story Parade

as Patrick Seton

Festival

as de Giray

Dial RIX

The Avengers

Morecambe & Wise

as Sgt. Arthur Wilson

6.5

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

as Mr. Sparrow

Interpol Calling

1959

as Monsieur Iamprou

6.7

The Adventures of William Tell

as Duke of Burgundy

Hancock's Half Hour

as Ship's Captain

Armchair Theatre

as Mr. Elvin

Scotland Yard

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Stephen

The Railway Children

Sunday Night Theatre

as Prosecuting Counsel

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