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)
The Pink Panther (1963)
as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)
Casino Royale (1967)
as M's Driver (uncredited)
The Italian Job (1969)
as Governor
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
as French Painter
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
as Pelham
Where the Spies Are (1966)
as Mc Gillivray
Jabberwocky (1977)
as Passelewe
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
as Barrymore
Another Time, Another Place (1958)
as Dr. Aldridge
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
War-Gods of the Deep (1965)
as Rev. Jonathan Ives
Hot Enough for June (1964)
as Roger Allsop
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
as Lord Redcliff
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
as Adjutant RAPC
The 25th Hour (1967)
as Tribunal President
The Moon-Spinners (1964)
as Anthony Gamble
Our Man in Havana (1960)
as Louis (uncredited)
Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
as Inspector John Radlett
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
as Attorney
Eye of the Devil (1966)
as Dr. Monnet
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
as Dr. Deere
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
as Assistant Commissioner
The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
as British Delegate
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
as Minister of Education
The Magic Christian (1969)
as Sir John
Only Two Can Play (1962)
as Salter
The Wrong Box (1966)
as Doctor Slattery
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
as British General
Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
as Sir Gawain
The Admirable Crichton (1957)
as Monsieur Fleury, chef at Loam Hall
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
as George Lillywhite
I'm All Right Jack (1959)
as Waters
Don't Bother to Knock (1961)
as Father
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
as Perkins
The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
as The Marshal’s Aide
We Joined the Navy (1963)
as George Dewberry Sr.
Gideon's Day (1958)
as Barrister (uncredited)
Blood of the Vampire (1958)
as Chief Justice
The Sandwich Man (1966)
as Religious Sandwich Man
A Touch of Larceny (1960)
as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)
Invasion Quartet (1961)
Actor
Roger of the Raj (1979)
as Colonel Runciman
Mister Ten Per Cent (1967)
as Jocelyn Macauley
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
as Grand Duke Alexis
Happy Is the Bride (1958)
as Chaytor
Tea Party (1965)
Actor
On the Fiddle (1961)
as Hixon
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
as Judge
Mr. Topaze (1961)
as Blackmailer
Salt & Pepper (1968)
as Col. Woodstock
The Captain's Table (1959)
as Sir Angus
The Alf Garnett Saga (1972)
as Ronald Frewin
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
as Robert Crowther
In the Cool of the Day (1963)
as Dr. Arraman
Blind Man's Bluff (1952)
as Lefty Jones
The Bulldog Breed (1960)
as Prosecuting Counsel
The Punch and Judy Man (1963)
as The Sandman
Follow a Star (1959)
as Birkett
The Night We Got the Bird (1960)
as Clerk of the Court
The Liquidator (1965)
as Chekhov
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box (2001)
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
School for Scoundrels (1960)
as Skinner
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
as Green
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 (2025)
as Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)
Three for All (1975)
as Mr. Gibbons
Brief Encounter (1976)
as Stephen
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)
as Col. Bromley-Pickering
What's Up Nurse (1977)
as Dr. Ogden
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel (1969)
as Judge Grayson
Never Let Go (1960)
as Pennington
Masquerade (1965)
as Sir Robert
Never Put It in Writing (1964)
as Adams
Make Me an Offer! (1954)
as Mr. Toshack
Blind Spot (1958)
as Mr. Brent
Jack the Ripper (1959)
as Dr. Tranter
Let's Get Married (1960)
as Dean
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Law and Disorder (1958)
as Sir Humphrey Pomfret
The Lady is a Square (1959)
as Fergusson
Doctor in Trouble (1970)
as Purser
Operation Amsterdam (1959)
as Colonel Janssen
Traitor (1971)
as Adrian Harris
Au Pair Girls (1972)
as Mr. Wainwright
Doctor in Love (1960)
as Dr. Mincing
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 (1957)
as Lord Chief Justice Williams
A Time to Kill (1955)
as Phinneas Tilliard
Private's Progress (1956)
as Psychiatrist
The Inn Way Out (1967)
as Pub Bore
Josephine and Men (1955)
as Registrar
A Christmas Carol (1977)
as Marley's Ghost
The Best of Morecambe and Wise (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949)
as Karl
The Rebel (1961)
as Office manager
Dad's Army (1971)
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
Midas Run (1969)
as Wells
The Early Bird (1965)
as Colonel Foster
The Moonraker (1958)
as Cromwell
Macready's Gala (1966)
as Canon Dunwoodie
Too Many Crooks (1959)
as Magistrate
Stranger from Venus (1954)
as Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)
Beautiful Stranger (1954)
as Man at Casino #1
A Matter of Murder (1949)
as Ginter
The Good Companions (1957)
as Monte Mortimer
Brothers in Law (1957)
as His Honour Judge Ryman
The Blackmailing of Mr. S (1964)
as Mr. Sparrow
Jigsaw (1962)
as Mr Simpson
Hair of the Dog (1962)
as Sir Mortimer Gallant
Go to Blazes (1962)
as Fisherman
Five Golden Hours (1961)
as Dr. Alfiera
Finders Keepers (1966)
as Mr. X
Man with a Gun (1958)
as Harry Drayson
The Blue Parrot (1953)
as Henry Carson
Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
as Pendicot
The Cuckoo Patrol (1967)
as Gibbs
Long Past Glory (1963)
as Harry
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle (1961)
as Mr. Elvin
Desert Mice (1959)
as Staff Colonel
Very Important Person (1961)
as Escape Officer Piggott
The Main Attraction (1962)
as Bozo
Black 13 (1953)
as Inspector
Anywhere but England (1972)
as Freddie
High Flight (1957)
as Commandant
These Dangerous Years (1957)
as Commanding Officer
The Pleasure Garden (1953)
as Col. Gargoyle
John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely (2012)
as Himself
Village of Daughters (1962)
as Don Calogere
Police Dog (1955)
as Inspector
Death in the Hand (1948)
as Jack Mottram
The Passionate Pilgrim (1984)
as The Narrator
Flat Two (1962)
as Warden
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962)
as Cole
Dark Interval (1950)
as Cedric, the butler
The Shillingbury Blowers (1980)
as Council Chairman
An Honourable Retirement (1979)
as Edward Brown
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse (1978)
as Sir Archibald MacGregor
Dangerous Cargo (1954)
as Luigi
Facelift (1984)
as Bruce
The Drayton Case (1953)
as Divisional Superintendent Henley
Twenty Minutes South (—)
as Arthur Harris
Late Flowering Love (1981)
Actor
The Bone Yard (1964)
as Superintendent Melchior
The Flight Fund (1975)
as Uncle Edward
Dead Lucky (1960)
as Inspector Corcoran
The Hangman Waits (1947)
as Newsman
Rust (1973)
as Sir Henry Hawkes
The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show (1977)
as Sgt. Arthur Wilson