Birthday
1912/04/05
Day of death
1983/11/15 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Also know as
John LeMesurier, John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley
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.
(1963) The Pink Panther
as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)
(1966) Eye of the Devil
as Dr. Monnet
(1969) The Italian Job
as Governor
(1980) The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Perkins
(1965) Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as French Painter
(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
(1959) The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Barrymore
(1969) The Magic Christian
as Sir John
(1977) Jabberwocky
as Passelewe
(1974) Confessions of a Window Cleaner
as Inspector Radlett
(1968) Salt & Pepper
as Col. Woodstock
(1965) The Liquidator
as Chekhov
(1959) I'm All Right Jack
as Waters
(1959) Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Grand Duke Alexis
(1978) Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
as Dr. Deere
(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) Another Time, Another Place
as Dr. Aldridge
(1966) Macready's Gala
as Canon Dunwoodie
(1977) A Christmas Carol
as Marley's Ghost
(1979) Unidentified Flying Oddball
as Sir Gawain
(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.
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle
as Mr. Elvin
(1962) Only Two Can Play
as Salter
(1972) The Alf Garnett Saga
as Frewin
(1956) Private's Progress
as Psychiatrist
(1960) The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as Green
(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) On the Fiddle
as Hixon
(1963) The Punch and Judy Man
as The Sandman
(1965) Tea Party
as ---
(1950) Dark Interval
as Cedric, the butler
(1952) Blind Man's Bluff
as Lefty Jones
(1978) What's Up Nurse
as Dr. Ogden
(1958) Blind Spot
as Mr. Brent
(1962) The Main Attraction
as Bozo
(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) Dangerous Cargo
as Luigi
(1967) The Cuckoo Patrol
as Gibbs
(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) Finders Keepers
as Mr. X
(1958) The Moonraker
as Cromwell
(1957) These Dangerous Years
as Commanding Officer
(1958) Happy Is the Bride
as Chaytor
(1967) The Inn Way Out
as Pub Bore
(1961) Invasion Quartet
as ---
(1959) Jack the Ripper
as Dr. Tranter
(1959) The Captain's Table
as Sir Angus
(1959) Operation Amsterdam
as Colonel Janssen
(1953) The Blue Parrot
as Henry Carson
(1974) Brief Encounter
as Stephen
(1962) Flat Two
as ---
(1971) Traitor
as ---
(1953) Black 13
as Inspector
(1974) Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Robert Crowther
(1957) The Admirable Crichton
as ---
(1948) Death in the Hand
as Jack Mottram
(1948) Escape from Broadmoor
as Pendicot
(1964) Never Put It in Writing
as Adams
(1963) Long Past Glory
as Harry
(1959) Ben-Hur
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1962) Jigsaw
as Mr Simpson
(1975) The Flight Fund
as Uncle Edward
(1972) Anywhere but England
as Freddie
(1961) Don't Bother to Knock
as Father
(1959) The Lady is a Square
as Fergusson
(1959) The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Attorney
(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
(2012) John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely
as Himself
(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) A Matter of Murder
as Ginter
(1972) Au Pair Girls
as Mr. Wainwright
(1949) Old Mother Riley's New Venture
as Karl
(1964) The Moon-Spinners
as Anthony Gamble
(1959) Follow a Star
as Birkett
(1959) Shake Hands with the Devil
as British General
(1969) The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
as Judge Grayson
(1960) Let's Get Married
as ---
(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
(1975) The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Lord Redcliff
(1984) The Passionate Pilgrim
as The Narrator
(1957) The Good Companions
as Monte Mortimer
(1966) The Sandwich Man
as Religious Sandwich Man
(1970) Doctor in Trouble
as Purser
(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
(1958) The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Judge
(1954) Stranger from Venus
as Official
(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)
(1970) On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Pelham
(1975) Three for All
as Mr. Gibbons
(1956) The Baby and the Battleship
as The Marshal’s Aide
(1963) In the Cool of the Day
as Dr. Arraman
(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
(1966) Adam Adamant Lives!
as ---
(1975) Bod
as Narrator
(1973) Thriller
as Stubbs
(1968) Dad's Army
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
(1961) The Avengers
as ---
(1971) Jason King
as ---
(1970) The Goodies
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Stephen
(1981) Brideshead Revisited
as Father Mowbray
(1959) Interpol Calling
as Monsieur Iamprou
(1956) Hancock's Half Hour
as Ship's Captain
(1970) Play for Today
as ---
(1973) Black and Blue
as ---
(1981) Hi-de-Hi!
as Hugo Buxton
(1958) The Adventures of William Tell
as Duke of Burgundy
(1966) George And The Dragon
as ---
(1962) Dial RIX
as ---
(1953) Scotland Yard
as ---
(1971) A Class by Himself
as ---
(1951) The Railway Children
as ---
(1972) Crown Court
as Reginald Standish
(1976) Ripping Yarns
as Col. Runciman
(2023) Dad's Army: The Animations
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
(1965) Pardon the Expression
as Sir Charles Dobson
(1970) The Goodies
as Uncle Tom
(2023) Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes
as Sgt. Wilson
(1969) Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
as Vicar
(1972) Sykes
as Lord Hetherington
(1979) Worzel Gummidge
as Baines
(1961) Morecambe & Wise (multiple series)
as Sgt. Arthur Wilson