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

Play for Today
1971
The Avengers
1964
Crown Court
1973
BBC Play of the Month
1978
The Wednesday Play
1966
Theatre 625
1966
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1967
Sunday Night Theatre
1957
Danger Man
1960
Sykes
1972
Thriller
1973

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
199
2025
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4
as Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)
2025
Dad's Army at the BBC
as Sgt. Arthur Wilson
2012
John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely
as Himself
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
The Passionate Pilgrim
as The Narrator
1984
Facelift
as Bruce
1983
A Married Man
as Eustace Lough
1982
Hi-de-Hi!
as Hugo Buxton
1981
Late Flowering Love
1981
Brideshead Revisited
as Father Mowbray
1980
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Perkins
1980
The Shillingbury Blowers
as Council Chairman
1980
Worzel Gummidge
as Baines
1979
Unidentified Flying Oddball
as Sir Gawain
1979
Roger of the Raj
as Colonel Runciman
1979
An Honourable Retirement
as Edward Brown
1979
Ripping Yarns
as Col. Runciman
1978
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
as Dr. Deere
1978
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
as Sir Archibald MacGregor
1978
BBC Play of the Month
as Ossian Flint
1977
Jabberwocky
as Passelewe
1977
A Christmas Carol
as Marley's Ghost
1977
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Col. Bromley-Pickering
1977
What's Up Nurse
as Dr. Ogden
1977
The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
as Sgt. Arthur Wilson
1977
Morecambe & Wise
as Sgt. Arthur Wilson
1976
Brief Encounter
as Stephen
1975
The Flight Fund
as Uncle Edward
1975
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Lord Redcliff
1975
Three for All
as Mr. Gibbons
1975
Bod
as Narrator
1975
Centre Play
as Uncle Edward
1975
Shades of Greene
as Schmidt
1975
Village Hall
as Harold Garfield
1974
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
as Inspector John Radlett
1974
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Robert Crowther
1974
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Stephen
1973
Rust
as Sir Henry Hawkes
1973
Thriller
as Stubbs
1973
Crown Court
as Reginald Standish
1973
Black and Blue
as Sir Henry Hawkes
1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Sidney Goldsmith
1973
Between the Wars
as Lord Moping
1972
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Ronald Frewin
1972
Anywhere but England
as Freddie
1972
Au Pair Girls
as Mr. Wainwright
1972
Jason King
1972
Sykes
as Lord Hetherington
1972
Armchair Theatre
as Freddie
1971
Dad's Army
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
1971
Traitor
as Adrian Harris
1971
Play for Today
1971
A Class by Himself
as Lord Bleasham
1971
The Goodies
as Uncle Tom
1971
Dear Mother... ...Love Albert
as Vicar
1970
Doctor in Trouble
as Purser
1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as Pelham
1969
The Italian Job
as Governor
1969
The Magic Christian
as Sir John
1969
Midas Run
as Wells
1969
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
as Judge Grayson
1969
Two in Clover
as Chairman
1969
W. Somerset Maugham
as Albert Forrester
1968
Salt & Pepper
as Col. Woodstock
1968
Dad's Army
as Sergeant Arthur Wilson
1967
Mister Ten Per Cent
as Jocelyn Macauley
1967
The Cuckoo Patrol
as Gibbs
1967
The Inn Way Out
as Pub Bore
1967
The 25th Hour
as Tribunal President
1967
Casino Royale
as M's Driver (uncredited)
1967
All Gas and Gaiters
as Timothy Post
1967
NET Playhouse
as Don Bernal de la Encino
1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Brian Turner
1966
Eye of the Devil
as Dr. Monnet
1966
Where the Spies Are
as Mc Gillivray
1966
Macready's Gala
as Canon Dunwoodie
1966
Our Man in Marrakesh
as George Lillywhite
1966
Finders Keepers
as Mr. X
1966
The Wrong Box
as Doctor Slattery
1966
The Sandwich Man
as Religious Sandwich Man
1966
George and the Dragon
1966
Pardon the Expression
as Sir Charles Dobson
1966
Theatre 625
as Doctor Parpalaid
1966
The Wednesday Play
as Canon Dunwoodie
1965
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as French Painter
1965
Masquerade
as Sir Robert
1965
The Liquidator
as Chekhov
1965
Tea Party
1965
The Early Bird
as Colonel Foster
1965
War-Gods of the Deep
as Rev. Jonathan Ives
1965
Story Parade
as Patrick Seton
1964
The Bone Yard
as Superintendent Melchior
1964
Never Put It in Writing
as Adams
1964
The Moon-Spinners
as Anthony Gamble
1964
Hot Enough for June
as Roger Allsop
1964
The Blackmailing of Mr. S
as Mr. Sparrow
1964
The Avengers
1964
Festival
as de Giray
1964
Festival
as Don Bernal de la Encina
1964
Armchair Mystery Theatre
as Mr. Sparrow
1963
The Pink Panther
as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)
1963
The Wrong Arm of the Law
as Assistant Commissioner
1963
We Joined the Navy
as George Dewberry Sr.
1963
The Punch and Judy Man
as The Sandman
1963
Long Past Glory
as Harry
1963
In the Cool of the Day
as Dr. Arraman
1963
The Mouse on the Moon
as British Delegate
1963
Armchair Theatre
as Harry
1962
Only Two Can Play
as Salter
1962
The Main Attraction
as Bozo
1962
Village of Daughters
as Don Calogere
1962
Flat Two
as Warden
1962
Jigsaw
as Mr Simpson
1962
Go to Blazes
as Fisherman
1962
Hair of the Dog
as Sir Mortimer Gallant
1962
Mrs. Gibbons' Boys
as Cole
1962
Dial RIX
1962
Dial RIX
as George Frampton
1961
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle
as Mr. Elvin
1961
The Rebel
as Office manager
1961
Very Important Person
as Escape Officer Piggott
1961
On the Fiddle
as Hixon
1961
Invasion Quartet
1961
Don't Bother to Knock
as Father
1961
Mr. Topaze
as Blackmailer
1961
Five Golden Hours
as Dr. Alfiera
1961
Armchair Theatre
as Mr. Elvin
1960
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
as Minister of Education
1960
Never Let Go
as Pennington
1960
School for Scoundrels
as Skinner
1960
Doctor in Love
as Dr. Mincing
1960
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as Green
1960
The Night We Got the Bird
as Clerk of the Court
1960
The Bulldog Breed
as Prosecuting Counsel
1960
Let's Get Married
as Dean
1960
Dead Lucky
as Inspector Corcoran
1960
A Touch of Larceny
as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)
1960
Our Man in Havana
as Louis (uncredited)
1960
Danger Man
as Alvarado
1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Barrymore
1959
I'm All Right Jack
as Waters
1959
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Grand Duke Alexis
1959
Too Many Crooks
as Magistrate
1959
Jack the Ripper
as Dr. Tranter
1959
The Captain's Table
as Sir Angus
1959
Operation Amsterdam
as Colonel Janssen
1959
Ben-Hur
as Doctor (uncredited)
1959
The Lady is a Square
as Fergusson
1959
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Attorney
1959
Follow a Star
as Birkett
1959
Shake Hands with the Devil
as British General
1959
Desert Mice
as Staff Colonel
1959
Interpol Calling
as Monsieur Iamprou
1959
The Adventures of William Tell
as Duke of Burgundy
1958
Another Time, Another Place
as Dr. Aldridge
1958
Blind Spot
as Mr. Brent
1958
The Moonraker
as Cromwell
1958
Happy Is the Bride
as Chaytor
1958
Law and Disorder
as Sir Humphrey Pomfret
1958
Man with a Gun
as Harry Drayson
1958
Blood of the Vampire
as Chief Justice
1958
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Judge
1958
I Was Monty's Double
as Adjutant RAPC
1958
Gideon's Day
as Barrister (uncredited)
1957
These Dangerous Years
as Commanding Officer
1957
The Admirable Crichton
as Monsieur Fleury, chef at Loam Hall
1957
High Flight
as Commandant
1957
The Good Companions
as Monte Mortimer
1957
Brothers in Law
as His Honour Judge Ryman
1957
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
as Lord Chief Justice Williams
1957
Hancock's Half Hour
as Ship's Captain
1957
Sunday Night Theatre
as Prosecuting Counsel
1956
Private's Progress
as Psychiatrist
1956
The Battle of the River Plate
as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
1956
The Baby and the Battleship
as The Marshal’s Aide
1955
Police Dog
as Inspector
1955
A Time to Kill
as Phinneas Tilliard
1955
Josephine and Men
as Registrar
1954
Dangerous Cargo
as Luigi
1954
Make Me an Offer!
as Mr. Toshack
1954
Beautiful Stranger
as Man at Casino #1
1954
Stranger from Venus
as Official/Man at Desk (uncredited)
1953
The Drayton Case
as Divisional Superintendent Henley
1953
The Blue Parrot
as Henry Carson
1953
Black 13
as Inspector
1953
The Pleasure Garden
as Col. Gargoyle
1953
Scotland Yard
1952
Blind Man's Bluff
as Lefty Jones
1952
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
1951
The Railway Children
1950
Dark Interval
as Cedric, the butler
1949
A Matter of Murder
as Ginter
1949
Old Mother Riley's New Venture
as Karl
1948
Death in the Hand
as Jack Mottram
1948
Escape from Broadmoor
as Pendicot
1947
The Hangman Waits
as Newsman
Twenty Minutes South
as Arthur Harris