John Le Mesurier
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Le Mesurier (born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley, 5 April 1912 – 15 November 1983) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Le Mesurier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ben-Hur
as Doctor (uncredited)In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely...
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Casino Royale
as M's Driver (uncredited)Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James...
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The Pink Panther
as Defence Barrister (as John LeMesurier)The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime....
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Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a...
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as French PainterIn order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers...
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The Liquidator
as ChekhovSpy spoof about Boysie Oakes, a British secret agent who specialises in Liquidating. In actual...
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Jabberwocky
as PasseleweA medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper...
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The Battle of the River Plate
as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS ExeterIn the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep...
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Jigsaw
as Mr SimpsonA woman is found murdered in a house along the coast from Brighton. Local detectives Fellows and...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
as BarrymoreWhen a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective...
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The Rebel
as Office managerAnthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of...
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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
as Lord RedcliffAfter spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling,...
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Midas Run
as WellsA veteran secret service officer from Britain hijacks a government shipment of $15 million of...
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Masquerade
as Sir RobertThe British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
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War-Gods of the Deep
as Rev. Jonathan IvesA chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover...
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Salt & Pepper
as Col. WoodstockAfter discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub,...
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Brief Encounter
as StephenTwo strangers, both married to others, meet in a railway station and soon find themselves in a...
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
as PelhamDaisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her...
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I'm All Right Jack
as WatersNaive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business....
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Finders Keepers
as Mr. XCliff Richard and the Shadows arrive in a small Spanish town for a concert when a U.S. plane...
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Mr. Topaze
as BlackmailerMr. Topaze (Peter Sellers) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town,...
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The Mouse on the Moon
as British DelegateSequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in...
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Blind Spot
as Mr. BrentUS Army Officer Dan Adams, blinded during the war, is framed for a diamond smuggling rap. Upon...
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The Moonraker
as CromwellAfter the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's...
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School for Scoundrels
as Head WaiterHapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by...
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The Wrong Box
as Doctor SlatteryIn Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can...
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The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as AttorneyA disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to...
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The Moon-Spinners
as Anthony GambleYoung English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less...
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Au Pair Girls
as Mr. WainwrightFour sexy young foreign girls come to England as au pairs and quickly become quite intimate with...
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Only Two Can Play
as SalterJohn Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her...
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The Magic Christian
as Sir JohnSir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set...
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Operation Amsterdam
as Colonel JanssenWhen Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond...
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
as Dr. DeereMystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being...
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Police Dog
as InspectorWhen his colleague is killed during a chase in Kentish Town, London bobby Frank volunteers to...
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Desert Mice
as Staff ColonelA World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service...
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High Flight
as CommandantThe Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet...
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The Wrong Arm of the Law
as Assistant CommissionerThe crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then...
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Unidentified Flying Oddball
as Sir GawainA NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, traveling faster than light, it ends up near King...
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Dad's Army
as Sgt. Arthur WilsonDad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by...
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Our Man in Marrakesh
as George LillywhiteOne of six travelers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh is carrying $2...
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Sgt. Arthur Wilson (archive footage) (uncredited)A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
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Dead Lucky
as Inspector CorcoranMike Billing's newspaper series about quasi-illegal gambling parties in Mayfair have so far been...
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Dangerous Cargo
as LuigiInspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal...
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Facelift
as BruceIn a dystopian future, the population is divided between the elite "numbers" and the destitute...
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Black 13
as InspectorThe son of a college professor who turns to a life of crime after killing a pedestrian in an...
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Shake Hands with the Devil
as British GeneralIn 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh...
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Happy Is the Bride
as ChaytorIn a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the...
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The Lady is a Square
as FergussonNeagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony...
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Hot Enough for June
as Roger AllsopA young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an...
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Gideon's Day
as BarristerScotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a...
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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as PerkinsFu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's...
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Doctor in Love
as Dr MincingDoctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice,...
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I Was Monty's Double
as Adjutant RAPCThe incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General...
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The Early Bird
as Colonel FosterNorman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened...
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Doctor in Trouble
as PurserDr. Burke is in love with Ophelia but doesn't have time to propose to her as she leaves for a...
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Another Time, Another Place
as Dr. AldridgeIn England during WWII, an American news correspondent’s affair with a married British...
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Private's Progress
as PsychiatristStanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end...
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Eye of the Devil
as Dr. MonnetA French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
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The Admirable Crichton
as uncreditedLord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his...
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Invasion Quartet
as uncreditedThis British men-on-a-mission spoof set during World War II finds intrepid officer Bill Travers...
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Blood of the Vampire
as Chief JusticeA man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has...
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Confessions of a Window Cleaner
as Inspector RadlettYoung Timmy starts as a window cleaner in the little company of his brother. Soon he learns that...
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We Joined the Navy
as George Dewberry Sr.Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting...
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Brothers in Law
as His Honour Judge RymanRoger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the...
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A Touch of Larceny
as Head of the Admiralty (uncredited)After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man,...
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Flat Two
as uncreditedA victim's boyfriend sneaks into a blackmailer's flat to sort him out, but another man's already...
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Jack the Ripper
as Dr. TranterA serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman...
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Too Many Crooks
as MagistrateAccident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky...
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In the Cool of the Day
as Dr. ArramanAfter he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls...
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Where the Spies Are
as Mc GillivrayA local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the...
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Go to Blazes
as FishermanA gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own...
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The Punch and Judy Man
as The SandmanWalter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of...
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The Good Companions
as Monte MortimerThe story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
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Don't Bother to Knock
as FatherAn Edinburgh travel agent loses his keys and his fiancé in one night. A friend finds the keys...
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The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
as Minister of EducationThe fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s...
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The Baby and the Battleship
as The Marshal’s AideAfter a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds...
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On the Fiddle
as HixonTricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main...
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Stranger from Venus
as OfficialStranger from Venus (a.k.a. Immediate Disaster and The Venusian) is the story of a woman who...
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Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
as Sir Archibald MacGregorYoung Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors...
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The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as GreenLondon at the turn of the century. Three men are on a mission from the IRA to steal all the gold...
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The Sandwich Man
as Religious Sandwich ManA man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
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A Christmas Carol
as Marley's GhostMiser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...
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Tea Party
as uncreditedMysteries abound. What is going on between the wife and her brother? Are they indeed brother and...
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Mister Ten Per Cent
as Jocelyn MacauleyPercy Pointer's passion in life is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he...
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The Bulldog Breed
as Prosecuting counselNorman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right....
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Follow a Star
as BirkettNorman Truscott is a store worker who dreams of stardom. Vernon Carew is a singer whose star is...
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The Alf Garnett Saga
as FrewinAlf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf...
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Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Grand Duke AlexisGreat Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific...
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Law and Disorder
as Sir Humphrey PomfretWhen Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great...
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The Blue Parrot
as Henry Carson'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he...
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Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Col. Bromley-PickeringSome British soldiers in Singapore are more concerned with finding sex than finding Communists.
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Make Me an Offer!
as Mr. ToshackA struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when...
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The Pleasure Garden
as Col. GargoylePeople quietly or mischievously pass the time in an overgrown garden full of statues, while a...
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These Dangerous Years
as Commanding OfficerA Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he...
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The Captain's Table
as Sir AngusA captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner....
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The Inn Way Out
as Pub BoreA man encounters all sorts of strange places and people when he goes out for cigarettes.
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Never Let Go
as PenningtonJohn Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the...
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Very Important Person
as Piggott, Escape OfficerComedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest...
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Josephine and Men
as RegistrarThe trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to...
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The Cuckoo Patrol
as GibbsFreddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of...
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Village of Daughters
as Don CalogereA salesman from England is picked to select one girl in an Italian town who will become a bride...
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Man with a Gun
as Harry DraysonA £20,000 insurance claim is lodged when a nightclub is destroyed by fire, and claims...
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What's Up Nurse
as Dr. OgdenWhen Dr. Robert "Sweeney" Todd arrives to fill his post at a new hospital, he is shocked to see...
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The Drayton Case
as Divisional Superintendent HenleyDuring the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a...
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Blind Man's Bluff
as Lefty JonesYoung Anthony Pendrell plays the precocious son of Scotland Yard inspector Norman Shelley....
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The Main Attraction
as BozoAn affable drifter on the lam for a murder he didn't commit hides out in a circus.
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Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
as Robert CrowtherBarry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated...
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The Night We Got the Bird
as Clerk of the CourtGood natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty...
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The Bone Yard
as Superintendent MelchiorExtraordinary things happen at an ordinary police station.
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as JudgeAmerican scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting...
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File It Under Fear
as Mr. StubbsFile It Under Fear takes place in an outwardly normal rural British community. The tranquility...
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Three for All
as Mr. GibbonsA pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain
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Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle
as Mr. ElvinWhen the inland revenue gets an angry mistress's letter exposing a man named Toby as a tax...
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The Passionate Pilgrim
as The NarratorA pilgrim attempts to gain entry to a castle by any means possible, to get to a beautiful...
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Five Golden Hours
as Dr. AlfieraA petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession...
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A Time to Kill
as Phinneas TilliardA man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins...
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Macready's Gala
as Canon DunwoodieThe Headmaster and governors of a boarding school are accidentally locked in the new memorial...
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Escape from Broadmoor
as PendicotA maniac killer returns to the scene of a ten-year-old crime, only to find the ghost of a...
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A Matter of Murder
as GinterAn embezzler is implicated in his girlfriend’s murder.
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John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely
as HimselfMichael Palin, Clive Dunn and Ian Lavender are among those who contribute to this candid...
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The Avengers
as uncreditedThe Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....
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Play for Today
as uncreditedPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Thirty-Minute Theatre
as uncreditedThirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television...
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The Morecambe & Wise Show
as Sgt. Arthur WilsonThe Morecambe & Wise Show is the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and...
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Dad's Army
as Sergeant Arthur WilsonIntroducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a...
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Hancock's Half Hour
as Ship's CaptainHancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and...
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Crown Court
as Reginald StandishCrown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...
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Thriller
as StubbsThriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is...
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The Adventures of William Tell
as Duke of BurgundyThe Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on...
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Hi-de-Hi!
as Hugo BuxtonHi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom set in Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 and 1960,...
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Brideshead Revisited
as Father MowbrayCharles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family...
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Adam Adamant Lives!
as uncreditedAdam Adamant Lives! is a British television series which ran from 1966 to 1967 on the BBC,...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as StephenHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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The Goodies
as uncreditedA British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...
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The Goodies
as Uncle TomA British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...
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Pardon the Expression
as Sir Charles DobsonPardon The Expression! is an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast...
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Interpol Calling
as Monsieur IamprouThe adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international...
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Jason King
as uncreditedJason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world...
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George And The Dragon
as uncreditedGeorge and the Dragon is a British situation comedy made by ATV for the ITV network which was...
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Ripping Yarns
as Col. RuncimanA British television comedy series, written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python...
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Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes
as Sgt. WilsonA new series of animated Dad's Army (1968) episodes, created using archive audio recordings of...
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Bod
as NarratorClassic BBC children's animated television series about the adventures of a little boy who lives...
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Dad's Army: The Animations
as Sergeant Arthur WilsonLost episodes of Dad's Army, animated to surviving soundtrack recordings.
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Scotland Yard
as uncreditedScotland Yard was perhaps the best-known series to emerge from Anglo-Amalgamated’s output of...
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