Arthur Lowe

★ Acting #26,194

1915 - 1982 (age 66) • Acting

Born: 9/22/1915 in Hayfield, Derbyshire, England

Died: 4/15/1982 (age 66)

Known for: Acting

Arthur Lowe

★ Acting #26,194

Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was a BAFTA Award winning English actor. He was best known for playing Captain George Mainwaring in the popular British sitcom Dad's Army from 1968 until 1977.

Known For

The Avengers

78%

Benstead

1961

O Lucky Man!

68%

Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda

1973

Coronation Street

54%

Leonard Swindley

1960

The Ruling Class

64%

Tucker

1972

Dad's Army

50%

Captain George Mainwaring

1971

Dad's Army

74%

Captain George Mainwaring

1968

The Lady Vanishes

60%

Jeremy Charters

1979

The Bed Sitting Room

59%

Father

1969

Dad's Army at the BBC

Capt Goerge Mainwaring

2025

Hitler: The Comedy Years

50%

George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

Self (archive footage)

2001

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

100%

Captain George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)

2001

A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe

Self

2000

ITV Christmas Comedy

Unknown

1983

A J Wentworth, BA

73%

A.J. Wentworth, B.A.

1982

Britannia Hospital

62%

Guest Patient

1982

Sweet William

43%

Captain Walton

1980

The Plank

74%

Shorter Workman

1979

The Lady Vanishes

60%

Jeremy Charters

1979

Potter

68%

Redvers Potter

1979

Bless Me Father

63%

Father Charles Clement Duddleswell

1978

Daphne Laureola

75%

Gooch

1978

Oh What A Lovely Report

Mr. Jones

1977

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

63%

Dr. John H. Watson

1977

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

54%

Herbert Morrison

1977

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

Henry Duckworth

1977

Laurence Olivier Presents

70%

Gooch

1976

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

35%

Dr. Thwackum

1976

Bill Brand

73%

Watson

1976

Mr. Men

77%

Narrator

1974

Churchill's People

50%

Epillicus

1974

Man About the House

50%

Spiros

1974

David Copperfield

58%

Wilkins Micawber

1974

Microbes and Men

60%

Louis Pasteur

1974

No Sex Please - We're British

52%

Mr. Leslie Bromley

1973

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

50%

Maj. Drysdale

1973