John Le Mesurier

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-04-05 (71 years old)

Deathday

1983-11-15

Place of Birth

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK

John Le Mesurier

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Le Mesurier (born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley, 5 April 1912 – 15 November 1983) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Le Mesurier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1963

The Pink Panther

as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)

1966

Eye of the Devil

as Dr. Monnet

1969

The Italian Job

as Governor

1965

Masquerade

as Sir Robert

1971

Dad's Army

as Sgt. Arthur Wilson

1966

Where the Spies Are

as Mc Gillivray

1960

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

as Minister of Education

1969

1977

Jabberwocky

as Passelewe

1974

1968

Salt & Pepper

as Col. Woodstock

1965

The Liquidator

as Chekhov

1959

1959

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

as Grand Duke Alexis

1960

Never Let Go

as Pennington

1964

The Bone Yard

as Superintendent Melchior

1960

School for Scoundrels

as Head Waiter

1963

The Wrong Arm of the Law

as Assistant Commissioner

1958

1966

Macready's Gala

as Canon Dunwoodie

1977

A Christmas Carol

as Marley's Ghost

2007

Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Sgt. Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960

Doctor in Love

as Dr Mincing

1966

Our Man in Marrakesh

as George Lillywhite

1963

We Joined the Navy

as George Dewberry Sr.

1962

1956

Private's Progress

as Psychiatrist

1961

The Rebel

as Office manager

1978

Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse

as Sir Archibald MacGregor

1961

Very Important Person

as Piggott, Escape Officer

1977

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

as Col. Bromley-Pickering

1961

1963

1952

Blind Man's Bluff

as Lefty Jones

1950

Dark Interval

as Cedric, the butler

1978

What's Up Nurse

as Dr. Ogden

1958

Blind Spot

as Mr. Brent

1962

Village of Daughters

as Don Calogere

1969

Midas Run

as Wells

1960

The Night We Got the Bird

as Clerk of the Court

1967

Mister Ten Per Cent

as Jocelyn Macauley

1954

1967

1953

The Drayton Case

as Divisional Superintendent Henley

1980

The Shillingbury Blowers

as Council Chairman

1965

The Early Bird

as Colonel Foster

1960

The Bulldog Breed

as Prosecuting counsel

1959

Too Many Crooks

as Magistrate

1966

1958

The Moonraker

as Cromwell

1957

These Dangerous Years

as Commanding Officer

1958

1967

The Inn Way Out

as Pub Bore

1959

Jack the Ripper

as Dr. Tranter

1959

1959

Operation Amsterdam

as Colonel Janssen

1953

The Blue Parrot

as Henry Carson

1974

Brief Encounter

as Stephen

1971

Traitor

as Adrian Harris

1953

Black 13

as Inspector

1974

1948

Death in the Hand

as Jack Mottram

1948

1963

1959

Ben-Hur

as Doctor (uncredited)

1962

Jigsaw

as Mr Simpson

1975

The Flight Fund

as Uncle Edward

1972

1959

1957

High Flight

as Commandant

1958

Law and Disorder

as Sir Humphrey Pomfret

1958

Man with a Gun

as Harry Drayson

1973

Rust

as Sir Henry Hawkes

1967

The 25th Hour

as Tribunal President

1958

Blood of the Vampire

as Chief Justice

1953

The Pleasure Garden

as Col. Gargoyle

1965

War-Gods of the Deep

as Rev. Jonathan Ives

1949

1972

Au Pair Girls

as Mr. Wainwright

1964

The Moon-Spinners

as Anthony Gamble

1959

Follow a Star

as Birkett

1959

Shake Hands with the Devil

as British General

1960

Dead Lucky

as Inspector Corcoran

1966

The Wrong Box

as Doctor Slattery

1956

The Battle of the River Plate

as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter

2001

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

as Self (archive footage)

1979

Roger of the Raj

as Colonel Runciman

1984

The Passionate Pilgrim

as The Narrator

1957

The Good Companions

as Monte Mortimer

1966

The Sandwich Man

as Religious Sandwich Man

1970

1964

Hot Enough for June

as Roger Allsop

1955

Police Dog

as Inspector

1954

Make Me an Offer!

as Mr. Toshack

1955

A Time to Kill

as Phinneas Tilliard

1961

Mr. Topaze

as Blackmailer

1957

Brothers in Law

as His Honour Judge Ryman

1984

Facelift

as Bruce

1954

1959

Desert Mice

as Staff Colonel

1955

Josephine and Men

as Registrar

1962

Go to Blazes

as Fisherman

1958

I Was Monty's Double

as Adjutant RAPC

1960

A Touch of Larceny

as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)

1975

Three for All

as Mr. Gibbons

1956

The Baby and the Battleship

as The Marshal’s Aide

1963

1963

The Mouse on the Moon

as British Delegate

1958

Gideon's Day

as Barrister

1961

Five Golden Hours

as Dr. Alfiera

1967

Casino Royale

as M's Driver (uncredited)

1962

Hair of the Dog

as Sir Mortimer Gallant

1952

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

1964

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Twenty Minutes South

as Arthur Harris

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