John Le Mesurier

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.

Born

Apr 05, 1912

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Died

Nov 15, 1983

Known For

Acting

Movies

150 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.8

movie

Known For

Ben-Hur

1959

as Doctor (uncredited)

Casino Royale

1967

as M's Driver (uncredited)

The Italian Job

1969

as Governor

The Pink Panther

1963

as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)

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

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

1965

as French Painter

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959

as Barrymore

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1975

as Lord Redcliff

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1978

as Dr. Deere

Jabberwocky

1977

as Passelewe

Our Man in Havana

1960

as Louis (uncredited)

The Battle of the River Plate

1956 • as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter

★ 6.4

Ben-Hur

1959 • as Doctor (uncredited)

★ 7.9

Casino Royale

1967 • as M's Driver (uncredited)

★ 5.2

The Italian Job

1969 • as Governor

★ 6.9

The Pink Panther

1963 • as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)

★ 6.9

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

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

1965 • as French Painter

★ 6.8

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959 • as Barrymore

★ 6.8

War-Gods of the Deep

1965 • as Rev. Jonathan Ives

★ 5.0

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1975 • as Lord Redcliff

★ 6.0

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

1974 • as Inspector John Radlett

★ 5.0

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

1970 • as Pelham

★ 6.7

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1978 • as Dr. Deere

★ 6.2

Jabberwocky

1977 • as Passelewe

★ 6.0

Blood of the Vampire

1958 • as Chief Justice

★ 5.8

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959 • as Attorney

★ 6.3

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959 • as M.O.A. Lawyer (uncredited)

★ 6.3

Eye of the Devil

1966 • as Dr. Monnet

★ 6.1

Hot Enough for June

1964 • as Roger Allsop

★ 5.7

The Mouse on the Moon

1963 • as British Delegate

★ 6.3

I'm All Right Jack

1959 • as Waters

★ 6.6

Where the Spies Are

1966 • as Mc Gillivray

★ 5.4

Unidentified Flying Oddball

1979 • as Sir Gawain

★ 5.6

I Was Monty's Double

1958 • as Adjutant RAPC

★ 6.9

Our Man in Marrakesh

1966 • as George Lillywhite

★ 5.7

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

1980 • as Perkins

★ 4.9

The Magic Christian

1969 • as Sir John

★ 5.8

The 25th Hour

1967 • as Tribunal President

★ 7.6

The Baby and the Battleship

1956 • as The Marshal’s Aide

★ 6.4

Our Man in Havana

1960 • as Louis (uncredited)

★ 6.7

The Liquidator

1965 • as Chekhov

★ 6.3

The Wrong Box

1966 • as Doctor Slattery

★ 6.4

Dad's Army

1971 • as Sergeant Arthur Wilson

★ 5.0

Another Time, Another Place

1958 • as Dr. Aldridge

★ 5.8

Brief Encounter

1976 • as Stephen

★ 5.0

Shake Hands with the Devil

1959 • as British General

★ 6.5

Roger of the Raj

1979 • as Colonel Runciman

★ 8.0

The Admirable Crichton

1957 • as Monsieur Fleury, chef at Loam Hall

★ 6.8

The Moon-Spinners

1964 • as Anthony Gamble

★ 5.9

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

1952 • as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

★ 4.2

A Time to Kill

1955 • as Phinneas Tilliard

★ 7.7

Au Pair Girls

1972 • as Mr. Wainwright

★ 4.6

Doctor in Love

1960 • as Dr. Mincing

★ 5.5

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

1960 • as Green

★ 6.1

The Wrong Arm of the Law

1963 • as Assistant Commissioner

★ 6.7

The Bulldog Breed

1960 • as Prosecuting Counsel

★ 6.1

Gideon's Day

1958 • as Barrister (uncredited)

★ 6.4

Don't Bother to Knock

1961 • as Father

★ 4.8

The Punch and Judy Man

1963 • as The Sandman

★ 7.9

In the Cool of the Day

1963 • as Dr. Arraman

★ 5.8

The Pure Hell of St Trinian's

1960 • as Minister of Education

★ 6.5

The Captain's Table

1959 • as Sir Angus

★ 6.0

Three for All

1975 • as Mr. Gibbons

★ 3.3

Operation Amsterdam

1959 • as Colonel Janssen

★ 6.1

Masquerade

1965 • as Sir Robert

★ 5.0

Only Two Can Play

1962 • as Salter

★ 5.9

Private's Progress

1956 • as Psychiatrist

★ 6.6

We Joined the Navy

1963 • as George Dewberry Sr.

★ 6.0

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

1974 • as Robert Crowther

★ 5.4

A Touch of Larceny

1960 • as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)

★ 6.0

Brothers in Law

1957 • as His Honour Judge Ryman

★ 7.0

The Sandwich Man

1966 • as Religious Sandwich Man

★ 6.5

Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1

1957 • as Lord Chief Justice Williams

Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007 • as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 5.0

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

1959 • as Grand Duke Alexis

★ 6.1

Jigsaw

1962 • as Mr Simpson

★ 7.2

Law and Disorder

1958 • as Sir Humphrey Pomfret

★ 6.4

The Rebel

1961 • as Office manager

★ 7.8

Salt & Pepper

1968 • as Col. Woodstock

★ 5.3

Never Put It in Writing

1964 • as Adams

★ 8.0

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

1977 • as Col. Bromley-Pickering

★ 4.6

Happy Is the Bride

1958 • as Chaytor

★ 7.0

Jack the Ripper

1959 • as Dr. Tranter

★ 6.1

What's Up Nurse

1977 • as Dr. Ogden

★ 4.8

The Lady is a Square

1959 • as Fergusson

★ 6.2

The Early Bird

1965 • as Colonel Foster

★ 7.5

On the Fiddle

1961 • as Hixon

★ 5.7

Make Me an Offer!

1954 • as Mr. Toshack

★ 7.4

The Blue Parrot

1953 • as Henry Carson

★ 5.9

Very Important Person

1961 • as Escape Officer Piggott

★ 5.5

Mister Ten Per Cent

1967 • as Jocelyn Macauley

★ 5.6

The Alf Garnett Saga

1972 • as Ronald Frewin

★ 5.0

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4

2025 • as Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)

★ 7.0

Desert Mice

1959 • as Staff Colonel

★ 6.2

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

2001 • as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 10.0

Waltz of the Toreadors

1962 • as Rev. Grimsley

★ 5.0

High Flight

1957 • as Commandant

★ 6.2

School for Scoundrels

1960 • as Skinner

★ 6.9

Stranger from Venus

1954 • as Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)

★ 5.2

Doctor in Trouble

1970 • as Purser

★ 5.0

Midas Run

1969 • as Wells

★ 4.7

These Dangerous Years

1957 • as Commanding Officer

★ 7.3

Invasion Quartet

1961

★ 6.5

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

1958 • as Judge

★ 6.3

Never Let Go

1960 • as Pennington

★ 6.5

Mr. Topaze

1961 • as Blackmailer

★ 5.9

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Traitor

1971 • as Adrian Harris

★ 8.3

The Moonraker

1958 • as Cromwell

★ 6.9

The Night We Got the Bird

1960 • as Clerk of the Court

★ 6.3

A Christmas Carol

1977 • as Marley's Ghost

★ 6.7

Facelift

1984 • as Bruce

★ 10.0

Follow a Star

1959 • as Birkett

★ 6.2

Escape from Broadmoor

1948 • as Pendicot

★ 6.8

Dangerous Cargo

1954 • as Luigi

★ 6.4

Man with a Gun

1958 • as Harry Drayson

★ 5.8

Blind Man's Bluff

1952 • as Lefty Jones

★ 8.0

Beautiful Stranger

1954 • as Man at Casino #1

★ 5.2

The Pleasure Garden

1953 • as Col. Gargoyle

★ 6.5

Old Mother Riley's New Venture

1949 • as Karl

★ 9.5

Police Dog

1955 • as Inspector

★ 6.7

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Anywhere but England

1972 • as Freddie

Go to Blazes

1962 • as Fisherman

★ 6.3

The Inn Way Out

1967 • as Pub Bore

John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely

John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely

2012 • as Himself

★ 7.0

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The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show

1977 • as Sgt. Arthur Wilson

The Cuckoo Patrol

1967 • as Gibbs

★ 4.6

The Shillingbury Blowers

1980 • as Council Chairman

★ 7.6

Finders Keepers

1966 • as Mr. X

★ 6.8

The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel

The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel

1969 • as Judge Grayson

★ 6.5

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Let's Get Married

1960 • as Dean

★ 9.0

A Matter of Murder

1949 • as Ginter

★ 6.3

Five Golden Hours

1961 • as Dr. Alfiera

★ 7.3

Too Many Crooks

1959 • as Magistrate

★ 7.4

Tea Party

1965

★ 7.0

Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

1961 • as Mr. Elvin

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The Blackmailing of Mr. S

1964 • as Mr. Sparrow

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

2001 • as Self (archive footage)

Death in the Hand

1948 • as Jack Mottram

★ 7.0

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An Honourable Retirement

1979 • as Edward Brown

★ 10.0

The Main Attraction

1962 • as Bozo

★ 4.0

The Passionate Pilgrim

1984 • as The Narrator

★ 7.5

The Good Companions

1957 • as Monte Mortimer

★ 7.0

Late Flowering Love

1981

★ 8.0

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Hair of the Dog

1962 • as Sir Mortimer Gallant

★ 7.5

Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

1978 • as Sir Archibald MacGregor

★ 4.6

Mrs. Gibbons' Boys

1962 • as Cole

★ 7.0

Village of Daughters

1962 • as Don Calogere

★ 6.7

Black 13

1953 • as Inspector

★ 7.0

Blind Spot

1958 • as Mr. Brent

★ 5.9

Dead Lucky

1960 • as Inspector Corcoran

★ 6.5

Macready's Gala

1966 • as Canon Dunwoodie

★ 7.0

Long Past Glory

1963 • as Harry

★ 10.0

Flat Two

1962 • as Warden

The Hangman Waits

1947 • as Newsman

★ 5.0

Josephine and Men

1955 • as Registrar

★ 6.4

The Bone Yard

1964 • as Superintendent Melchior

★ 9.0

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Rust

1973 • as Sir Henry Hawkes

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Dark Interval

1950 • as Cedric, the butler

★ 10.0

The Flight Fund

1975 • as Uncle Edward

★ 9.0

The Drayton Case

1953 • as Divisional Superintendent Henley

★ 7.0

movie

Twenty Minutes South

• as Arthur Harris