Portrait of John Le Mesurier

Acting

John Le Mesurier

Career

Active from 1947 to 2025, with a break from 1985 to 2022, busiest in 1962 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
27
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Jigsaw
Jigsaw
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 82 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Le Mesurier Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    4.1, average 5.5
  • Pathos
    3.9, average 5.3
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • British Comedy 5
  • Classic British Sitcom 5
  • Nostalgic 5
  • Character-Driven Humor 3
  • Wholesome 3
  • Classic Cinema 3
  • Suspenseful Plot 3
  • Witty Dialogue 3
  • Gentle Humor 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Slapstick Humor 3
  • Period Piece 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

192
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Twenty Minutes South
Twenty Minutes South

as Arthur Harris

2020s

3 titles
Dad's Army at the BBC
Dad's Army at the BBC (2025)

TV show ยท as Sgt. Arthur Wilson

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 (2025)

as Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)

Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes
Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes (2023)

TV show ยท as Sgt. Arthur Wilson (voice)

2000s

2 titles
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)

as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box (2001)

as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

7 titles ยท average score 62
The Passionate Pilgrim
The Passionate Pilgrim (1984)

as The Narrator

Facelift
Facelift (1984)

as Bruce

A Married Man
A Married Man (1983)

TV show ยท as Eustace Lough

Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited (1981)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Father Mowbray

Hi-de-Hi!
Hi-de-Hi! (1980)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Hugo Buxton

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
GoodWatch score 30

as Perkins

The Shillingbury Blowers
The Shillingbury Blowers (1980)
GoodWatch score 68

as Council Chairman

1970s

40 titles ยท average score 61
Unidentified Flying Oddball
Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
GoodWatch score 52

as Sir Gawain

Roger of the Raj
Roger of the Raj (1979)
GoodWatch score 79

as Colonel Runciman

Jabberwocky
Jabberwocky (1977)
GoodWatch score 55

as Passelewe

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (1977)
GoodWatch score 66

as Marley's Ghost

What's Up Nurse
What's Up Nurse (1977)
GoodWatch score 45

as Dr. Ogden

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977)
GoodWatch score 46

as Col. Bromley-Pickering

Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter (1976)
GoodWatch score 52

as Stephen

Bod
Bod (1975)

TV show ยท as Narrator

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
GoodWatch score 60

as Lord Redcliff

Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
GoodWatch score 42

as Inspector John Radlett

Traitor
Traitor (1971)

as Adrian Harris

Dad's Army
Dad's Army (1971)
GoodWatch score 53

as Sergeant Arthur Wilson

1960s

80 titles ยท average score 61
Dad's Army
Dad's Army (1968)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Sergeant Arthur Wilson

Where the Spies Are
Where the Spies Are (1966)
GoodWatch score 49

as Mc Gillivray

George and the Dragon
George and the Dragon (1966)

TV show

War-Gods of the Deep
War-Gods of the Deep (1965)
GoodWatch score 38

as Rev. Jonathan Ives

The Liquidator
The Liquidator (1965)
GoodWatch score 60

as Chekhov

The Moon-Spinners
The Moon-Spinners (1964)
GoodWatch score 61

as Anthony Gamble

Long Past Glory
Long Past Glory (1963)

as Harry

The Mouse on the Moon
The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
GoodWatch score 59

as British Delegate

Jigsaw
Jigsaw (1962)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mr Simpson

Flat Two
Flat Two (1962)

as Warden

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show

Dead Lucky
Dead Lucky (1960)

as Inspector Corcoran

1950s

54 titles ยท average score 62
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur (1959)
GoodWatch score 86

as Doctor (uncredited)

Follow a Star
Follow a Star (1959)
GoodWatch score 61

as Birkett

Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper (1959)
GoodWatch score 61

as Dr. Tranter

Man with a Gun
Man with a Gun (1958)

as Harry Drayson

Blood of the Vampire
Blood of the Vampire (1958)
GoodWatch score 46

as Chief Justice

Blind Spot
Blind Spot (1958)
GoodWatch score 56

as Mr. Brent

Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour (1956)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Ship's Captain

Private's Progress
Private's Progress (1956)
GoodWatch score 69

as Psychiatrist

Dangerous Cargo
Dangerous Cargo (1954)

as Luigi

The Pleasure Garden
The Pleasure Garden (1953)
GoodWatch score 63

as Col. Gargoyle

The Blue Parrot
The Blue Parrot (1953)
GoodWatch score 56

as Henry Carson

Sunday Night Theatre
Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Prosecuting Counsel

1940s

5 titles
A Matter of Murder
A Matter of Murder (1949)

as Ginter

Old Mother Riley's New Venture
Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949)

as Karl

Escape from Broadmoor
Escape from Broadmoor (1948)

as Pendicot

Death in the Hand
Death in the Hand (1948)

as Jack Mottram

The Hangman Waits
The Hangman Waits (1947)

as Newsman