Born April 5, 1912
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
185 credits
Acting
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.
The Avengers
1961 · ★ 7.7
Crown Court
1972 · ★ 5.7
Play for Today
1970 · ★ 6.6
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · ★ 5.3
Theatre 625
1964 · ★ 7.2
Ben-Hur
1959 · ★ 7.9
Thriller
1973 · ★ 6.9
Danger Man
1960 · ★ 7.4
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · ★ 3.5
Dad's Army
1968 · ★ 7.4
Sykes
1972 · ★ 6.7
Festival
1963 · ★ 8.0
Hancock's Half Hour
1956 · ★ 7.4
Casino Royale
1967 · ★ 5.2
Interpol Calling
1959 · ★ 7.3
The Italian Job
1969 · ★ 6.9
The Goodies
1970 · ★ 7.5
Centre Play
1973 · ★ 7.0
The Pink Panther
1963 · ★ 6.8
Brideshead Revisited
1981 · ★ 7.9
Jason King
1971 · ★ 7.8
The Adventures of William Tell
1958 · ★ 6.8
Adam Adamant Lives!
1966 · ★ 7.5
Black and Blue
1973 · ★ 6.5
Worzel Gummidge
1979 · ★ 6.2
Hi-de-Hi!
1980 · ★ 7.0
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · ★ 6.8
Story Parade
1964 · ★ 8.0
Morecambe & Wise
1961 · ★ 6.5
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978 · ★ 6.1
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · ★ 8.8
All Gas and Gaiters
1967 · ★ 6.3
Ripping Yarns
1976 · ★ 7.7
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 · ★ 6.4
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · ★ 6.8
Our Man in Marrakesh
1966 · ★ 5.9
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960 · ★ 9.0
The Wrong Box
1966 · ★ 6.5
Scotland Yard
1953 · ★ 0.0
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
1970 · ★ 6.8
The Moon-Spinners
1964 · ★ 5.8
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965 · ★ 6.8
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980 · ★ 4.9
The Magic Christian
1969 · ★ 5.7
Hot Enough for June
1964 · ★ 5.7
Gideon's Day
1958 · ★ 6.4
Jabberwocky
1977 · ★ 6.0
The Bulldog Breed
1960 · ★ 6.0
Two in Clover
1969 · ★ 7.2
Au Pair Girls
1972 · ★ 4.6
The 25th Hour
1967 · ★ 7.7
The Admirable Crichton
1957 · ★ 6.9
George and the Dragon
1966 · ★ 6.8
Another Time, Another Place
1958 · ★ 5.8
A Christmas Carol
1977 · ★ 6.7
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959 · ★ 6.3
On the Fiddle
1961 · ★ 5.7
The Captain's Table
1959 · ★ 6.0
Dad's Army
1971 · ★ 5.0
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1974 · ★ 5.0
The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963 · ★ 6.7
Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
1969 · ★ 5.5
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960 · ★ 6.5
Armchair Theatre
1956 · ★ 6.0
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959 · ★ 6.5
I Was Monty's Double
1958 · ★ 6.9
I'm All Right Jack
1959 · ★ 6.6
War-Gods of the Deep
1965 · ★ 5.0
A Married Man
1983 · ★ 5.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007 · ★ 5.0
Private's Progress
1956 · ★ 6.6
Eye of the Devil
1966 · ★ 6.1
Brothers in Law
1957 · ★ 7.1
Bod
1975 · ★ 7.2
Masquerade
1965 · ★ 5.1
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975 · ★ 6.0
Doctor in Trouble
1970 · ★ 5.0
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959 · ★ 6.2
Salt & Pepper
1968 · ★ 5.3
Law and Disorder
1958 · ★ 6.4
The Liquidator
1965 · ★ 6.3
The Rebel
1961 · ★ 7.9
Never Let Go
1960 · ★ 6.5
Dial RIX
1962 · ★ 0.0
Jigsaw
1962 · ★ 7.3
School for Scoundrels
1960 · ★ 7.0
Doctor in Love
1960 · ★ 5.5
Unidentified Flying Oddball
1979 · ★ 5.6
The Sandwich Man
1966 · ★ 6.5
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960 · ★ 6.1
Brief Encounter
1976 · ★ 4.9
Pardon the Expression
1965 · ★ 7.0
Mr. Topaze
1961 · ★ 5.9
The Railway Children
1951 · ★ 9.0
The Baby and the Battleship
1956 · ★ 6.4
The Moonraker
1958 · ★ 6.9
The Mouse on the Moon
1963 · ★ 6.3
The Early Bird
1965 · ★ 7.6
Jack the Ripper
1959 · ★ 6.2
Too Many Crooks
1959 · ★ 7.4
Where the Spies Are
1966 · ★ 5.4
Beautiful Stranger
1954 · ★ 5.2
Dangerous Cargo
1954 · ★ 6.4
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952 · ★ 4.3
Traitor
1971 · ★ 8.3
The Blue Parrot
1953 · ★ 6.4
Mister Ten Per Cent
1967 · ★ 5.6
A Touch of Larceny
1960 · ★ 6.0
We Joined the Navy
1963 · ★ 6.0
Josephine and Men
1955 · ★ 6.4
Operation Amsterdam
1959 · ★ 6.1
These Dangerous Years
1957 · ★ 7.3
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
2001 · ★ 0.0
A Class by Himself
1971 · ★ 8.0
Three for All
1975 · ★ 3.3
The Punch and Judy Man
1963 · ★ 7.9
The Shillingbury Blowers
1980 · ★ 7.5
Blood of the Vampire
1958 · ★ 5.8
Follow a Star
1959 · ★ 6.2
Midas Run
1969 · ★ 4.7
Only Two Can Play
1962 · ★ 5.8
High Flight
1957 · ★ 6.2
In the Cool of the Day
1963 · ★ 5.8
The Good Companions
1957 · ★ 7.0
Stranger from Venus
1954 · ★ 5.2
Blind Spot
1958 · ★ 5.9
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972 · ★ 5.0
Very Important Person
1961 · ★ 5.5
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974 · ★ 5.4
The Pleasure Garden
1953 · ★ 6.4
Finders Keepers
1966 · ★ 6.8
Black 13
1953 · ★ 7.0
Hair of the Dog
1962 · ★ 7.5
The Lady is a Square
1959 · ★ 6.2
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977 · ★ 4.6
What's Up Nurse
1977 · ★ 4.8
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
1969 · ★ 6.5
Let's Get Married
1960 · ★ 9.0
Happy Is the Bride
1958 · ★ 7.0
Dad's Army at the BBC
2025 · ★ 0.0
Man with a Gun
1958 · ★ 5.8
Dead Lucky
1960 · ★ 6.5
Never Put It in Writing
1964 · ★ 8.0
Don't Bother to Knock
1961 · ★ 4.8
Facelift
1984 · ★ 10.0
The Main Attraction
1962 · ★ 4.0
Roger of the Raj
1979 · ★ 8.0
Flat Two
1962 · ★ 0.0
Five Golden Hours
1961 · ★ 7.0
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
1962 · ★ 7.0
Police Dog
1955 · ★ 6.7
Rust
1973 · ★ 0.0
The Bone Yard
1964 · ★ 9.0
The Cuckoo Patrol
1967 · ★ 4.6
Death in the Hand
1948 · ★ 7.0
Desert Mice
1959 · ★ 6.2
The Night We Got the Bird
1960 · ★ 6.3
Make Me an Offer!
1954 · ★ 7.4
A Time to Kill
1955 · ★ 7.7
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
1978 · ★ 4.6
Invasion Quartet
1961 · ★ 6.5
Anywhere but England
1972 · ★ 0.0
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958 · ★ 6.3
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4
2025 · ★ 7.0
Go to Blazes
1962 · ★ 6.3
The Inn Way Out
1967 · ★ 0.0
Macready's Gala
1966 · ★ 7.0
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
2001 · ★ 10.0
The Passionate Pilgrim
1984 · ★ 7.5
Tea Party
1965 · ★ 7.0
The Drayton Case
1953 · ★ 7.0
John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely
2012 · ★ 7.0
Village of Daughters
1962 · ★ 6.7
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle
— · ★ 0.0
Long Past Glory
1963 · ★ 10.0
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
1957 · ★ 0.0
Dark Interval
1950 · ★ 10.0
Late Flowering Love
1981 · ★ 8.0
Old Mother Riley's New Venture
1949 · ★ 9.5
The Flight Fund
1975 · ★ 9.0
The Blackmailing of Mr. S
1964 · ★ 0.0
Blind Man's Bluff
1952 · ★ 8.0
Escape from Broadmoor
1948 · ★ 6.8
A Matter of Murder
1949 · ★ 6.3
Twenty Minutes South
— · ★ 0.0