Actor

John Le Mesurier

Birthday: April 5, 1912

Born in: 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.

Movie Credits

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 (2025) as Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)
Age: 113
John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely (2012) as Himself
Age: 100
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 95
The Best of Morecambe and Wise (2001) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 89
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box (2001) as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 89
Facelift (1984) as Bruce
Age: 72
The Passionate Pilgrim (1984) as The Narrator
Age: 71
Late Flowering Love (1981)
Age: 69
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980) as Perkins
Age: 68
The Shillingbury Blowers (1980) as Council Chairman
Age: 67
Roger of the Raj (1979) as Colonel Runciman
Age: 67
Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979) as Sir Gawain
Age: 67
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) as Dr. Deere
Age: 66
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse (1978) as Sir Archibald MacGregor
Age: 65
A Christmas Carol (1977) as Marley's Ghost
Age: 65
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977) as Col. Bromley-Pickering
Age: 64
Jabberwocky (1977) as Passelewe
Age: 64
What's Up Nurse (1977) as Dr. Ogden
Age: 64
Brief Encounter (1976) as Stephen
Age: 63
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) as Lord Redcliff
Age: 63
The Flight Fund (1975) as Uncle Edward
Age: 63
Three for All (1975) as Mr. Gibbons
Age: 63
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974) as Robert Crowther
Age: 62
Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) as Inspector John Radlett
Age: 62
Rust (1973) as Sir Henry Hawkes
Age: 61
Anywhere but England (1972) as Freddie
Age: 60
Au Pair Girls (1972) as Mr. Wainwright
Age: 60
The Alf Garnett Saga (1972) as Ronald Frewin
Age: 59
Traitor (1971) as Adrian Harris
Age: 59
Dad's Army (1971) as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
Age: 58
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) as Pelham
Age: 58
Doctor in Trouble (1970) as Purser
Age: 58
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle (Unknown) as Mr. Elvin
Age: Unknown
Twenty Minutes South (Unknown) as Arthur Harris
Age: Unknown
The Magic Christian (1969) as Sir John
Age: 57
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel (1969) as Judge Grayson
Age: 57
The Italian Job (1969) as Governor
Age: 57
Midas Run (1969) as Wells
Age: 57
Salt & Pepper (1968) as Col. Woodstock
Age: 56
The Cuckoo Patrol (1967) as Gibbs
Age: 55
The 25th Hour (1967) as Tribunal President
Age: 55
Casino Royale (1967) as M's Driver (uncredited)
Age: 55
The Inn Way Out (1967) as Pub Bore
Age: 54
Mister Ten Per Cent (1967) as Jocelyn Macauley
Age: 54
Finders Keepers (1966) as Mr. X
Age: 54
Eye of the Devil (1966) as Dr. Monnet
Age: 54
The Sandwich Man (1966) as Religious Sandwich Man
Age: 54
The Wrong Box (1966) as Doctor Slattery
Age: 54
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966) as George Lillywhite
Age: 54
Macready's Gala (1966) as Canon Dunwoodie
Age: 53
Where the Spies Are (1966) as Mc Gillivray
Age: 53
The Early Bird (1965) as Colonel Foster
Age: 53
The Liquidator (1965) as Chekhov
Age: 53
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) as French Painter
Age: 53
War-Gods of the Deep (1965) as Rev. Jonathan Ives
Age: 53
Masquerade (1965) as Sir Robert
Age: 53
Tea Party (1965)
Age: 52
The Bone Yard (1964) as Superintendent Melchior
Age: 52
The Blackmailing of Mr. S (1964) as Mr. Sparrow
Age: 52
The Moon-Spinners (1964) as Anthony Gamble
Age: 52
Never Put It in Writing (1964) as Adams
Age: 52
Hot Enough for June (1964) as Roger Allsop
Age: 51
The Pink Panther (1963) as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)
Age: 51
Long Past Glory (1963) as Harry
Age: 51
In the Cool of the Day (1963) as Dr. Arraman
Age: 51
We Joined the Navy (1963) as George Dewberry Sr.
Age: 51
The Mouse on the Moon (1963) as British Delegate
Age: 51
The Punch and Judy Man (1963) as The Sandman
Age: 51
The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) as Assistant Commissioner
Age: 50
The Main Attraction (1962) as Bozo
Age: 50
Jigsaw (1962) as Mr Simpson
Age: 50
Go to Blazes (1962) as Fisherman
Age: 50
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys (1962) as Cole
Age: 49
Village of Daughters (1962) as Don Calogere
Age: 49
Hair of the Dog (1962) as Sir Mortimer Gallant
Age: 49
Flat Two (1962) as Warden
Age: 49
Only Two Can Play (1962) as Salter
Age: 49
On the Fiddle (1961) as Hixon
Age: 49
Invasion Quartet (1961)
Age: 49
Don't Bother to Knock (1961) as Father
Age: 49
Very Important Person (1961) as Escape Officer Piggott
Age: 49
Mr. Topaze (1961) as Blackmailer
Age: 48
The Rebel (1961) as Office manager
Age: 48
Five Golden Hours (1961) as Dr. Alfiera
Age: 48
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960) as Minister of Education
Age: 48
The Bulldog Breed (1960) as Prosecuting Counsel
Age: 48
The Night We Got the Bird (1960) as Clerk of the Court
Age: 48
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) as Green
Age: 48
Doctor in Love (1960) as Dr. Mincing
Age: 48
Never Let Go (1960) as Pennington
Age: 48
Dead Lucky (1960) as Inspector Corcoran
Age: 48
School for Scoundrels (1960) as Skinner
Age: 47
Let's Get Married (1960) as Dean
Age: 47
A Touch of Larceny (1960) as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)
Age: 47
Ben-Hur (1959) as Doctor (uncredited)
Age: 47
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) as Attorney
Age: 47
I'm All Right Jack (1959) as Waters
Age: 47
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) as British General
Age: 47
Jack the Ripper (1959) as Dr. Tranter
Age: 47
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) as Barrymore
Age: 47
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) as Grand Duke Alexis
Age: 46
Too Many Crooks (1959) as Magistrate
Age: 46
The Lady is a Square (1959) as Fergusson
Age: 46
Operation Amsterdam (1959) as Colonel Janssen
Age: 46
The Captain's Table (1959) as Sir Angus
Age: 46
Desert Mice (1959) as Staff Colonel
Age: 46
Follow a Star (1959) as Birkett
Age: 46
I Was Monty's Double (1958) as Adjutant RAPC
Age: 46
Blood of the Vampire (1958) as Chief Justice
Age: 46
Man with a Gun (1958) as Harry Drayson
Age: 46
The Moonraker (1958) as Cromwell
Age: 46
Blind Spot (1958) as Mr. Brent
Age: 46
Law and Disorder (1958) as Sir Humphrey Pomfret
Age: 46
Another Time, Another Place (1958) as Dr. Aldridge
Age: 46
Gideon's Day (1958) as Barrister
Age: 45
Happy Is the Bride (1958) as Chaytor
Age: 45
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958) as Judge
Age: 45
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 (1957) as Lord Chief Justice Williams
Age: 45
High Flight (1957) as Commandant
Age: 45
These Dangerous Years (1957) as Commanding Officer
Age: 45
The Admirable Crichton (1957)
Age: 45
The Good Companions (1957) as Monte Mortimer
Age: 45
Brothers in Law (1957) as His Honour Judge Ryman
Age: 44
The Battle of the River Plate (1956) as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
Age: 44
The Baby and the Battleship (1956) as The Marshal’s Aide
Age: 44
Private's Progress (1956) as Psychiatrist
Age: 43
Josephine and Men (1955) as Registrar
Age: 43
A Time to Kill (1955) as Phinneas Tilliard
Age: 43
Police Dog (1955) as Inspector
Age: 43
Make Me an Offer! (1954) as Mr. Toshack
Age: 42
Stranger from Venus (1954) as Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)
Age: 42
Beautiful Stranger (1954) as Man at Casino #1
Age: 42
Dangerous Cargo (1954) as Luigi
Age: 42
Black 13 (1953) as Inspector
Age: 41
The Pleasure Garden (1953) as Col. Gargoyle
Age: 41
The Blue Parrot (1953) as Henry Carson
Age: 41
The Drayton Case (1953) as Divisional Superintendent Henley
Age: 40
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952) as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Age: 40
Blind Man's Bluff (1952) as Lefty Jones
Age: 39
Dark Interval (1950) as Cedric, the butler
Age: 38
A Matter of Murder (1949) as Ginter
Age: 37
Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949) as Karl
Age: 37
Escape from Broadmoor (1948) as Pendicot
Age: 36
Death in the Hand (1948) as Jack Mottram
Age: 35