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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2012John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely — Himself
• 2001The Best of Morecambe and Wise — Self (archive footage)