John Le Mesurier

★ Acting #16,306

1912 - 1983 (age 71) • Acting

Born: 4/5/1912 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Died: 11/15/1983 (age 71)

Known for: Acting

John Le Mesurier

★ Acting #16,306

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

Jabberwocky

60%

Passelewe

1977

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

60%

Lord Redcliff

1975

The Avengers

78%

Unknown

1961

Dad's Army

50%

Sergeant Arthur Wilson

1971

War-Gods of the Deep

50%

Rev. Jonathan Ives

1965

Dad's Army

74%

Sergeant Arthur Wilson

1968

Brideshead Revisited

78%

Father Mowbray

1981

The Moon-Spinners

58%

Anthony Gamble

1964

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4

70%

Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)

2025

Dad's Army at the BBC

Sgt. Arthur Wilson

2025

John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely

70%

Himself

2012

Hitler: The Comedy Years

50%

Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

Self (archive footage)

2001

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

100%

Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

2001

Facelift

100%

Bruce

1984

The Passionate Pilgrim

75%

The Narrator

1984

A Married Man

50%

Eustace Lough

1983

Brideshead Revisited

78%

Father Mowbray

1981

Late Flowering Love

Stephen

1976

Bod

72%

Narrator

1975

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

60%

Lord Redcliff

1975