John Le Mesurier
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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.
Known for
Credits
Ben-Hur (1959)
as Doctor (uncredited)
Casino Royale (1967)
as M's Driver (uncredited)
The Pink Panther (1963)
as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
as Adjutant RAPC
The Italian Job (1969)
as Governor
Invasion Quartet (1961)
Actor
Jabberwocky (1977)
as Passelewe
Eye of the Devil (1966)
as Dr. Monnet
Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
as Sir Gawain
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 Admirable Crichton (1957)
Actor
The Wrong Box (1966)
as Doctor Slattery
The Magic Christian (1969)
as Sir John
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
as Barrymore
The 25th Hour (1967)
as Tribunal President
Tea Party (1965)
Actor
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
as Attorney
Traitor (1971)
as Adrian Harris
Where the Spies Are (1966)
as Mc Gillivray
We Joined the Navy (1963)
as George Dewberry Sr.
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
as Pelham
A Touch of Larceny (1960)
as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)
Our Man in Havana (1960)
as Louis - Waiter (uncredited)
Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
as Inspector John Radlett
The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
as British Delegate
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
as Perkins
The Punch and Judy Man (1963)
as The Sandman
I'm All Right Jack (1959)
as Waters
The Moon-Spinners (1964)
as Anthony Gamble
War-Gods of the Deep (1965)
as Rev. Jonathan Ives
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
as Assistant Commissioner
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
Au Pair Girls (1972)
as Mr. Wainwright
Private's Progress (1956)
as Psychiatrist
Blood of the Vampire (1958)
as Chief Justice
Roger of the Raj (1979)
as Colonel Runciman
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
as British General
The Cuckoo Patrol (1967)
as Gibbs
Jack the Ripper (1959)
as Dr. Tranter
The Rebel (1961)
as Office manager
Hot Enough for June (1964)
as Roger Allsop
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brief Encounter (1976)
as Stephen
The Sandwich Man (1966)
as Religious Sandwich Man
The Liquidator (1965)
as Chekhov
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
as Dr. Aldridge
Beautiful Stranger (1954)
as Man at Casino #1
Five Golden Hours (1961)
as Dr. Alfiera
Doctor in Trouble (1970)
as Purser
Village of Daughters (1962)
as Don Calogere
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
as Lord Redcliff
Three for All (1975)
as Mr. Gibbons
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
as George Lillywhite
A Christmas Carol (1977)
as Marley's Ghost
School for Scoundrels (1960)
as Skinner
Gideon's Day (1958)
as Barrister (uncredited)
The Early Bird (1965)
as Colonel Foster
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 (2025)
as Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)
Stranger from Venus (1954)
as Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)
The Bulldog Breed (1960)
as Prosecuting Counsel
The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
as The Marshal’s Aide
The Alf Garnett Saga (1972)
as Ronald Frewin
Anywhere but England (1972)
as Freddie
Only Two Can Play (1962)
as Salter
Macready's Gala (1966)
as Canon Dunwoodie
Mr. Topaze (1961)
as Blackmailer
Very Important Person (1961)
as Escape Officer Piggott
These Dangerous Years (1957)
as Commanding Officer
Salt & Pepper (1968)
as Col. Woodstock
Happy Is the Bride (1958)
as Chaytor
On the Fiddle (1961)
as Hixon
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
as Minister of Education
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
as Green
In the Cool of the Day (1963)
as Dr. Arraman
Don't Bother to Knock (1961)
as Father
Jigsaw (1962)
as Mr Simpson
Too Many Crooks (1959)
as Magistrate
Dad's Army (1971)
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
The Moonraker (1958)
as Cromwell
Doctor in Love (1960)
as Dr. Mincing
Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
as Pendicot
Long Past Glory (1963)
as Harry
Operation Amsterdam (1959)
as Colonel Janssen
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)
as Col. Bromley-Pickering
Follow a Star (1959)
as Birkett
What's Up Nurse (1977)
as Dr. Ogden
The Captain's Table (1959)
as Sir Angus
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
as Dr. Deere
Brothers in Law (1957)
as His Honour Judge Ryman
Finders Keepers (1966)
as Mr. X
Never Let Go (1960)
as Pennington
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
as Judge
Masquerade (1965)
as Sir Robert
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
as Robert Crowther
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box (2001)
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Main Attraction (1962)
as Bozo
The Pleasure Garden (1953)
as Col. Gargoyle
Mister Ten Per Cent (1967)
as Jocelyn Macauley
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse (1978)
as Sir Archibald MacGregor
Law and Disorder (1958)
as Sir Humphrey Pomfret
The Passionate Pilgrim (1984)
as The Narrator
The Good Companions (1957)
as Monte Mortimer
High Flight (1957)
as Commandant
Josephine and Men (1955)
as Registrar
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 (1957)
as Lord Chief Justice Williams
Late Flowering Love (1981)
Actor
Blind Spot (1958)
as Mr. Brent
Dangerous Cargo (1954)
as Luigi
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962)
as Cole
A Time to Kill (1955)
as Phinneas Tilliard
Go to Blazes (1962)
as Fisherman
Make Me an Offer! (1954)
as Mr. Toshack
The Night We Got the Bird (1960)
as Clerk of the Court
Midas Run (1969)
as Wells
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle (1961)
as Mr. Elvin
The Lady is a Square (1959)
as Fergusson
The Blue Parrot (1953)
as Henry Carson
John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely (2012)
as Himself
Desert Mice (1959)
as Staff Colonel
An Honourable Retirement (1979)
as Edward Brown
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
as Grand Duke Alexis
Hair of the Dog (1962)
as Sir Mortimer Gallant
The Blackmailing of Mr. S (1964)
as Mr. Sparrow
Death in the Hand (1948)
as Jack Mottram
The Shillingbury Blowers (1980)
as Council Chairman
The Best of Morecambe and Wise (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949)
as Karl
Let's Get Married (1960)
as Dean
Black 13 (1953)
as Inspector
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel (1969)
as Judge Grayson
Police Dog (1955)
as Inspector
Facelift (1984)
as Bruce
Rust (1973)
as Sir Henry Hawkes
The Hangman Waits (1947)
as Newsman
Twenty Minutes South (—)
as Arthur Harris
Man with a Gun (1958)
as Harry Drayson
Dead Lucky (1960)
as Inspector Corcoran
Flat Two (1962)
as Warden
Blind Man's Bluff (1952)
as Lefty Jones
The Drayton Case (1953)
as Divisional Superintendent Henley
The Flight Fund (1975)
as Uncle Edward
The Inn Way Out (1967)
as Pub Bore
Dark Interval (1950)
as Cedric, the butler
Never Put It in Writing (1964)
as Adams
A Matter of Murder (1949)
as Ginter
The Bone Yard (1964)
as Superintendent Melchior