John Le Mesurier

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1912-04-05

Day of Death

1983-11-15

Place of Birth

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography (142)

⭐ 7.0 Role: Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4

⭐ 7.0 Role: Himself

John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely

⭐ 5.0 Role: Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hitler: The Comedy Years

⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

⭐ 10.0 Role: Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

⭐ 10.0 Role: Bruce

Facelift

⭐ 7.5 Role: The Narrator

The Passionate Pilgrim

⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

Late Flowering Love

⭐ 4.9 Role: Perkins

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

⭐ 7.5 Role: Council Chairman

The Shillingbury Blowers

⭐ 8.0 Role: Colonel Runciman

Roger of the Raj

⭐ 5.6 Role: Sir Gawain

Unidentified Flying Oddball

⭐ 6.1 Role: Dr. Deere

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

⭐ 4.6 Role: Sir Archibald MacGregor

Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

⭐ 6.7 Role: Marley's Ghost

A Christmas Carol

⭐ 4.6 Role: Col. Bromley-Pickering

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

⭐ 6.0 Role: Passelewe

Jabberwocky

⭐ 4.8 Role: Dr. Ogden

What's Up Nurse

⭐ 4.9 Role: Stephen

Brief Encounter

⭐ 6.0 Role: Lord Redcliff

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

⭐ 9.0 Role: Uncle Edward

The Flight Fund

⭐ 3.3 Role: Mr. Gibbons

Three for All

⭐ 5.4 Role: Robert Crowther

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

⭐ 5.0 Role: Inspector John Radlett

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

⭐ 0 Role: Sir Henry Hawkes

Rust

⭐ 0 Role: Freddie

Anywhere but England

⭐ 4.6 Role: Mr. Wainwright

Au Pair Girls

⭐ 5.0 Role: Ronald Frewin

The Alf Garnett Saga

⭐ 8.3 Role: Adrian Harris

Traitor

⭐ 5.0 Role: Sergeant Arthur Wilson

Dad's Army

⭐ 6.8 Role: Pelham

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

⭐ 5.0 Role: Purser

Doctor in Trouble

⭐ 5.7 Role: Sir John

The Magic Christian

⭐ 6.5 Role: Judge Grayson

The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel

⭐ 6.9 Role: Governor

The Italian Job

⭐ 4.7 Role: Wells

Midas Run

⭐ 5.3 Role: Col. Woodstock

Salt & Pepper

⭐ 4.6 Role: Gibbs

The Cuckoo Patrol

⭐ 7.7 Role: Tribunal President

The 25th Hour

⭐ 5.2 Role: M's Driver (uncredited)

Casino Royale

⭐ 0 Role: Pub Bore

The Inn Way Out

⭐ 5.6 Role: Jocelyn Macauley

Mister Ten Per Cent

⭐ 6.8 Role: Mr. X

Finders Keepers

⭐ 6.1 Role: Dr. Monnet

Eye of the Devil

⭐ 6.5 Role: Religious Sandwich Man

The Sandwich Man

⭐ 6.5 Role: Doctor Slattery

The Wrong Box

⭐ 5.9 Role: George Lillywhite

Our Man in Marrakesh

⭐ 7.0 Role: Canon Dunwoodie

Macready's Gala

⭐ 5.4 Role: Mc Gillivray

Where the Spies Are

⭐ 7.6 Role: Colonel Foster

The Early Bird

⭐ 6.3 Role: Chekhov

The Liquidator

⭐ 6.8 Role: French Painter

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

⭐ 5.0 Role: Rev. Jonathan Ives

War-Gods of the Deep

⭐ 5.1 Role: Sir Robert

Masquerade

⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Tea Party

⭐ 9.0 Role: Superintendent Melchior

The Bone Yard

⭐ 0 Role: Mr. Sparrow

The Blackmailing of Mr. S

⭐ 5.8 Role: Anthony Gamble

The Moon-Spinners

⭐ 8.0 Role: Adams

Never Put It in Writing

⭐ 5.7 Role: Roger Allsop

Hot Enough for June

⭐ 6.8 Role: Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)

The Pink Panther

⭐ 10.0 Role: Harry

Long Past Glory

⭐ 5.8 Role: Dr. Arraman

In the Cool of the Day

⭐ 6.0 Role: George Dewberry Sr.

We Joined the Navy

⭐ 6.3 Role: British Delegate

The Mouse on the Moon

⭐ 7.9 Role: The Sandman

The Punch and Judy Man

⭐ 6.7 Role: Assistant Commissioner

The Wrong Arm of the Law

⭐ 4.0 Role: Bozo

The Main Attraction

⭐ 7.3 Role: Mr Simpson

Jigsaw

⭐ 6.3 Role: Fisherman

Go to Blazes

⭐ 7.0 Role: Cole

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

⭐ 6.7 Role: Don Calogere

Village of Daughters

⭐ 7.5 Role: Sir Mortimer Gallant

Hair of the Dog

⭐ 0 Role: Warden

Flat Two

⭐ 5.8 Role: Salter

Only Two Can Play

⭐ 5.7 Role: Hixon

On the Fiddle

⭐ 6.5 Role: Unknown

Invasion Quartet

⭐ 4.8 Role: Father

Don't Bother to Knock

⭐ 5.5 Role: Escape Officer Piggott

Very Important Person

⭐ 5.9 Role: Blackmailer

Mr. Topaze

⭐ 7.8 Role: Office manager

The Rebel

⭐ 7.3 Role: Dr. Alfiera

Five Golden Hours

⭐ 6.5 Role: Minister of Education

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

⭐ 6.0 Role: Prosecuting Counsel

The Bulldog Breed

⭐ 6.3 Role: Clerk of the Court

The Night We Got the Bird

⭐ 6.1 Role: Green

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

⭐ 5.5 Role: Dr. Mincing

Doctor in Love

⭐ 6.5 Role: Pennington

Never Let Go

⭐ 6.5 Role: Inspector Corcoran

Dead Lucky

⭐ 7.0 Role: Skinner

School for Scoundrels

⭐ 9.0 Role: Dean

Let's Get Married

⭐ 6.0 Role: Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)

A Touch of Larceny

⭐ 7.9 Role: Doctor (uncredited)

Ben-Hur

⭐ 6.3 Role: Attorney

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

⭐ 6.6 Role: Waters

I'm All Right Jack

⭐ 6.5 Role: British General

Shake Hands with the Devil

⭐ 6.2 Role: Dr. Tranter

Jack the Ripper

⭐ 6.8 Role: Barrymore

The Hound of the Baskervilles

⭐ 6.2 Role: Grand Duke Alexis

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

⭐ 7.4 Role: Magistrate

Too Many Crooks

⭐ 6.2 Role: Fergusson

The Lady is a Square

⭐ 6.1 Role: Colonel Janssen

Operation Amsterdam

⭐ 6.0 Role: Sir Angus

The Captain's Table

⭐ 6.2 Role: Staff Colonel

Desert Mice

⭐ 6.2 Role: Birkett

Follow a Star

⭐ 6.9 Role: Adjutant RAPC

I Was Monty's Double

⭐ 5.8 Role: Chief Justice

Blood of the Vampire

⭐ 5.8 Role: Harry Drayson

Man with a Gun

⭐ 6.9 Role: Cromwell

The Moonraker

⭐ 5.9 Role: Mr. Brent

Blind Spot

⭐ 6.4 Role: Sir Humphrey Pomfret

Law and Disorder

⭐ 5.8 Role: Dr. Aldridge

Another Time, Another Place

⭐ 6.4 Role: Barrister

Gideon's Day

⭐ 7.0 Role: Chaytor

Happy Is the Bride

⭐ 6.3 Role: Judge

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

⭐ 0 Role: Lord Chief Justice Williams

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

⭐ 6.2 Role: Commandant

High Flight

⭐ 7.3 Role: Commanding Officer

These Dangerous Years

⭐ 6.9 Role: Unknown

The Admirable Crichton

⭐ 7.0 Role: Monte Mortimer

The Good Companions

⭐ 7.1 Role: His Honour Judge Ryman

Brothers in Law

⭐ 6.4 Role: Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter

The Battle of the River Plate

⭐ 6.4 Role: The Marshal’s Aide

The Baby and the Battleship

⭐ 6.6 Role: Psychiatrist

Private's Progress

⭐ 6.4 Role: Registrar

Josephine and Men

⭐ 7.7 Role: Phinneas Tilliard

A Time to Kill

⭐ 6.7 Role: Inspector

Police Dog

⭐ 7.4 Role: Mr. Toshack

Make Me an Offer!

⭐ 5.2 Role: Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)

Stranger from Venus

⭐ 5.2 Role: Man at Casino #1

Beautiful Stranger

⭐ 6.4 Role: Luigi

Dangerous Cargo

⭐ 7.0 Role: Inspector

Black 13

⭐ 6.4 Role: Col. Gargoyle

The Pleasure Garden

⭐ 6.4 Role: Henry Carson

The Blue Parrot

⭐ 7.0 Role: Divisional Superintendent Henley

The Drayton Case

⭐ 4.3 Role: Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

⭐ 8.0 Role: Lefty Jones

Blind Man's Bluff

⭐ 10.0 Role: Cedric, the butler

Dark Interval

⭐ 6.3 Role: Ginter

A Matter of Murder

⭐ 9.5 Role: Karl

Old Mother Riley's New Venture

⭐ 6.8 Role: Pendicot

Escape from Broadmoor

⭐ 7.0 Role: Jack Mottram

Death in the Hand