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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: 57/100

Highest rated: Jigsaw
79/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

BAFTA Awards · Best Actor
1972 · Won
Traitor, Play for Today
Source: Wikidata

Characters

2

The characters John Le Mesurier played, best-known titles first.

John Le Mesurier as Sgt. Arthur Wilson

John Le Mesurier as Colonel Maynard

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

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

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

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Recurring tags

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

as Arthur Harris

2020s

3 titles

Dad's Army at the BBC

TV show · as Sgt. Arthur Wilson

Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4

as Jack Mottram (Death In The Hand)

Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes

TV show · as Sgt. Arthur Wilson (voice)

2000s

2 titles

Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

as Sergeant Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

7 titles · average score 62

The Passionate Pilgrim

as The Narrator

Facelift

as Bruce

A Married Man

TV show · as Eustace Lough

Brideshead Revisited

82

TV show · as Father Mowbray

Hi-de-Hi!

68

TV show · as Hugo Buxton

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

30

as Perkins

The Shillingbury Blowers

68

as Council Chairman

1970s

40 titles · average score 61

Unidentified Flying Oddball

52

as Sir Gawain

Roger of the Raj

79

as Colonel Runciman

Jabberwocky

55

as Passelewe

What's Up Nurse

45

as Dr. Ogden

A Christmas Carol

66

as Marley's Ghost

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

46

as Col. Bromley-Pickering

Brief Encounter

52

as Stephen

Bod

TV show · as Narrator

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

60

as Lord Redcliff

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

45

as Inspector John Radlett

as Adrian Harris

Dad's Army

53

as Sergeant Arthur Wilson

1960s

80 titles · average score 61

Dad's Army

52

TV show · as Sergeant Arthur Wilson

Where the Spies Are

49

as Mc Gillivray

George and the Dragon

TV show

Our Man in Marrakesh

58

as George Lillywhite

War-Gods of the Deep

39

as Rev. Jonathan Ives

The Moon-Spinners

61

as Anthony Gamble

The Mouse on the Moon

59

as British Delegate

Long Past Glory

as Harry

Jigsaw

79

as Mr Simpson

Flat Two

as Warden

Only Two Can Play

72

as Salter

The Avengers

83

TV show

1950s

54 titles · average score 62

Ben-Hur

86

as Doctor (uncredited)

Jack the Ripper

61

as Dr. Tranter

Follow a Star

61

as Birkett

The Hound of the Baskervilles

68

as Barrymore

Man with a Gun

as Harry Drayson

Blood of the Vampire

46

as Chief Justice

Blind Spot

56

as Mr. Brent

Hancock's Half Hour

79

TV show · as Ship's Captain

Private's Progress

69

as Psychiatrist

The Pleasure Garden

63

as Col. Gargoyle

The Blue Parrot

56

as Henry Carson

Sunday Night Theatre

51

TV show · as Prosecuting Counsel

1940s

5 titles

A Matter of Murder

as Ginter

Old Mother Riley's New Venture

as Karl

Escape from Broadmoor

as Pendicot

Death in the Hand

as Jack Mottram

The Hangman Waits

as Newsman