John Le Mesurier

Known for: Acting

Born: 1912-04-05 – 1983-11-15 (aged 71)

From: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK

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 (193)

MOVIE★ 7.0
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4
2025
as Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)
TV
Dad's Army at the BBC
2025
as Sgt. Arthur Wilson
MOVIE★ 7.0
John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely
2012
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
2001
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Facelift
1984
as Bruce
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Passionate Pilgrim
1984
as The Narrator
TV★ 5.0
A Married Man
1983
as Eustace Lough
TV★ 7.8
Brideshead Revisited
1981
as Father Mowbray
MOVIE★ 8.0
Late Flowering Love
1981
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980
as Perkins
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Shillingbury Blowers
1980
as Council Chairman
TV★ 7.1
Hi-de-Hi!
1980
as Hugo Buxton
MOVIE★ 8.0
Roger of the Raj
1979
as Colonel Runciman
MOVIE★ 5.6
Unidentified Flying Oddball
1979
as Sir Gawain
TV★ 6.2
Worzel Gummidge
1979
as Baines
MOVIE★ 6.1
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978
as Dr. Deere
MOVIE★ 4.6
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978
as Sir Archibald MacGregor
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Christmas Carol
1977
as Marley's Ghost
MOVIE★ 4.6
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
as Col. Bromley-Pickering
MOVIE★ 6.0
Jabberwocky
1977
as Passelewe
MOVIE★ 4.8
What's Up Nurse
1977
as Dr. Ogden
TV★ 7.7
Ripping Yarns
1976
as Col. Runciman
MOVIE★ 4.9
Brief Encounter
1976
as Stephen
TV★ 7.2
Bod
1975
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975
as Lord Redcliff
TV★ 8.5
Shades of Greene
1975
as Schmidt
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Flight Fund
1975
as Uncle Edward
MOVIE★ 3.3
Three for All
1975
as Mr. Gibbons
MOVIE★ 5.4
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
as Robert Crowther
MOVIE★ 5.0
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1974
as Inspector John Radlett
MOVIE
Rust
1973
as Sir Henry Hawkes
TV★ 6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Sidney Goldsmith
TV★ 6.5
Black and Blue
1973
as Sir Henry Hawkes
TV★ 7.0
Centre Play
1973
as Uncle Edward
TV★ 9.0
Between the Wars
1973
as Lord Moping
TV★ 6.9
Thriller
1973
as Stubbs
MOVIE
Anywhere but England
1972
as Freddie
TV★ 5.7
Crown Court
1972
as Reginald Standish
TV★ 6.7
Sykes
1972
as Lord Hetherington
MOVIE★ 4.6
Au Pair Girls
1972
as Mr. Wainwright
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972
as Ronald Frewin
MOVIE★ 8.3
Traitor
1971
as Adrian Harris
TV★ 7.8
Jason King
1971
MOVIE★ 5.0
Dad's Army
1971
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
TV★ 8.0
A Class by Himself
1971
TV★ 7.6
The Goodies
1970
as Uncle Tom
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
MOVIE★ 6.7
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970
as Pelham
MOVIE★ 5.0
Doctor in Trouble
1970
as Purser
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Magic Christian
1969
as Sir John
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
1969
as Judge Grayson
TV★ 5.5
Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
1969
as Vicar
TV
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Albert Forrester
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Italian Job
1969
as Governor
MOVIE★ 4.7
Midas Run
1969
as Wells
TV★ 7.2
Two in Clover
1969
as Chairman
TV★ 7.4
Dad's Army
1968
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
MOVIE★ 5.3
Salt & Pepper
1968
as Col. Woodstock
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Cuckoo Patrol
1967
as Gibbs
MOVIE★ 7.7
The 25th Hour
1967
as Tribunal President
MOVIE★ 5.3
Casino Royale
1967
as M's Driver (uncredited)
MOVIE
The Inn Way Out
1967
as Pub Bore
TV★ 6.3
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
as Timothy Post
MOVIE★ 5.6
Mister Ten Per Cent
1967
as Jocelyn Macauley
MOVIE★ 6.8
Finders Keepers
1966
as Mr. X
TV★ 6.8
George and the Dragon
1966
MOVIE★ 6.1
Eye of the Devil
1966
as Dr. Monnet
TV★ 7.3
NET Playhouse
1966
as Don Bernal de la Encino
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Sandwich Man
1966
as Religious Sandwich Man
TV★ 7.5
Adam Adamant Lives!
1966
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Wrong Box
1966
as Doctor Slattery
MOVIE★ 5.9
Our Man in Marrakesh
1966
as George Lillywhite
MOVIE★ 7.0
Macready's Gala
1966
as Canon Dunwoodie
MOVIE★ 5.4
Where the Spies Are
1966
as Mc Gillivray
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Early Bird
1965
as Colonel Foster
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Liquidator
1965
as Chekhov
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Ossian Flint
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Brian Turner
MOVIE★ 6.8
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
as French Painter
TV★ 7.0
Pardon the Expression
1965
as Sir Charles Dobson
MOVIE★ 5.0
War-Gods of the Deep
1965
as Rev. Jonathan Ives
MOVIE★ 5.1
Masquerade
1965
as Sir Robert
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tea Party
1965
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Bone Yard
1964
as Superintendent Melchior
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Canon Dunwoodie
MOVIE
The Blackmailing of Mr. S
1964
as Mr. Sparrow
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Moon-Spinners
1964
as Anthony Gamble
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
as Doctor Parpalaid
MOVIE★ 8.0
Never Put It in Writing
1964
as Adams
TV★ 8.0
Story Parade
1964
as Patrick Seton
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hot Enough for June
1964
as Roger Allsop
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Pink Panther
1963
as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Long Past Glory
1963
as Harry
TV★ 8.0
Festival
1963
as de Giray
MOVIE★ 5.8
In the Cool of the Day
1963
as Dr. Arraman
MOVIE★ 6.0
We Joined the Navy
1963
as George Dewberry Sr.
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Mouse on the Moon
1963
as British Delegate
MOVIE★ 7.9
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
as The Sandman
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963
as Assistant Commissioner
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Main Attraction
1962
as Bozo
TV
Dial RIX
1962
MOVIE★ 7.3
Jigsaw
1962
as Mr Simpson
MOVIE★ 6.3
Go to Blazes
1962
as Fisherman
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
1962
as Cole
MOVIE★ 6.7
Village of Daughters
1962
as Don Calogere
MOVIE★ 7.5
Hair of the Dog
1962
as Sir Mortimer Gallant
MOVIE
Flat Two
1962
as Warden
MOVIE★ 5.8
Only Two Can Play
1962
as Salter
MOVIE
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle
1961
as Mr. Elvin
TV★ 6.5
Morecambe & Wise
1961
as Sgt. Arthur Wilson
MOVIE★ 5.7
On the Fiddle
1961
as Hixon
MOVIE★ 6.5
Invasion Quartet
1961
MOVIE★ 4.8
Don't Bother to Knock
1961
as Father
MOVIE★ 5.5
Very Important Person
1961
as Escape Officer Piggott
MOVIE★ 5.9
Mr. Topaze
1961
as Blackmailer
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Rebel
1961
as Office manager
MOVIE★ 7.3
Five Golden Hours
1961
as Dr. Alfiera
TV★ 7.8
The Avengers
1961
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960
as Minister of Education
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Bulldog Breed
1960
as Prosecuting Counsel
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Night We Got the Bird
1960
as Clerk of the Court
TV★ 7.4
Danger Man
1960
as Alvarado
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960
as Green
MOVIE★ 5.5
Doctor in Love
1960
as Dr. Mincing
TV★ 9.0
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Mr. Sparrow
MOVIE★ 6.5
Never Let Go
1960
as Pennington
MOVIE★ 6.5
Dead Lucky
1960
as Inspector Corcoran
MOVIE★ 7.0
School for Scoundrels
1960
as Skinner
MOVIE★ 9.0
Let's Get Married
1960
as Dean
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Touch of Larceny
1960
as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Our Man in Havana
1960
as Louis - Waiter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.9
Ben-Hur
1959
as Doctor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959
as Attorney
TV★ 7.3
Interpol Calling
1959
as Monsieur Iamprou
MOVIE★ 6.6
I'm All Right Jack
1959
as Waters
MOVIE★ 6.5
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
as British General
MOVIE★ 6.2
Jack the Ripper
1959
as Dr. Tranter
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
as Barrymore
MOVIE★ 6.2
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959
as Grand Duke Alexis
MOVIE★ 7.4
Too Many Crooks
1959
as Magistrate
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Lady is a Square
1959
as Fergusson
MOVIE★ 6.1
Operation Amsterdam
1959
as Colonel Janssen
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Captain's Table
1959
as Sir Angus
MOVIE★ 6.2
Desert Mice
1959
as Staff Colonel
MOVIE★ 6.2
Follow a Star
1959
as Birkett
MOVIE★ 6.9
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Adjutant RAPC
TV★ 6.8
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Duke of Burgundy
MOVIE★ 5.8
Blood of the Vampire
1958
as Chief Justice
MOVIE★ 5.8
Man with a Gun
1958
as Harry Drayson
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Moonraker
1958
as Cromwell
MOVIE★ 5.9
Blind Spot
1958
as Mr. Brent
MOVIE★ 6.4
Law and Disorder
1958
as Sir Humphrey Pomfret
MOVIE★ 5.8
Another Time, Another Place
1958
as Dr. Aldridge
MOVIE★ 6.4
Gideon's Day
1958
as Barrister (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Happy Is the Bride
1958
as Chaytor
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958
as Judge
MOVIE
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
1957
as Lord Chief Justice Williams
MOVIE★ 6.2
High Flight
1957
as Commandant
MOVIE★ 7.3
These Dangerous Years
1957
as Commanding Officer
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Admirable Crichton
1957
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Good Companions
1957
as Monte Mortimer
MOVIE★ 7.1
Brothers in Law
1957
as His Honour Judge Ryman
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mr. Elvin
TV★ 7.4
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
as Ship's Captain
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as The Marshal’s Aide
MOVIE★ 6.6
Private's Progress
1956
as Psychiatrist
MOVIE★ 6.4
Josephine and Men
1955
as Registrar
MOVIE★ 7.7
A Time to Kill
1955
as Phinneas Tilliard
MOVIE★ 6.7
Police Dog
1955
as Inspector
MOVIE★ 7.4
Make Me an Offer!
1954
as Mr. Toshack
MOVIE★ 5.2
Stranger from Venus
1954
as Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Beautiful Stranger
1954
as Man at Casino #1
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dangerous Cargo
1954
as Luigi
MOVIE★ 7.0
Black 13
1953
as Inspector
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Pleasure Garden
1953
as Col. Gargoyle
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Blue Parrot
1953
as Henry Carson
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Drayton Case
1953
as Divisional Superintendent Henley
TV
Scotland Yard
1953
MOVIE★ 4.3
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952
as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Blind Man's Bluff
1952
as Lefty Jones
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Stephen
TV★ 9.0
The Railway Children
1951
MOVIE★ 10.0
Dark Interval
1950
as Cedric, the butler
TV★ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Prosecuting Counsel
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Matter of Murder
1949
as Ginter
MOVIE★ 9.5
Old Mother Riley's New Venture
1949
as Karl
MOVIE★ 6.8
Escape from Broadmoor
1948
as Pendicot
MOVIE★ 7.0
Death in the Hand
1948
as Jack Mottram
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Hangman Waits
1947
as Newsman
MOVIE
Twenty Minutes South
—
as Arthur Harris