Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was a BAFTA Award winning English actor. He was best known for playing Captain George Mainwaring in the popular British sitcom Dad's Army from 1968 until 1977.

Filmography

• Dad's Army at the BBC — Capt Goerge Mainwaring
• 2007Hitler: The Comedy Years — George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2001Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box — Captain George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)
• ITV Christmas Comedy
• A J Wentworth, BA — A.J. Wentworth, B.A.
• 1982Britannia Hospital — Guest Patient
• 1980Sweet William — Captain Walton
• Potter — Redvers Potter
• 1979The Lady Vanishes — Jeremy Charters
• 1979The Plank — Shorter Workman
• Bless Me Father — Father Charles Clement Duddleswell
• 1978Daphne Laureola — Gooch
• Cottage to Let — Bernard Clayman
• 1977Oh What A Lovely Report — Mr. Jones
• 1977Philby, Burgess and Maclean — Herbert Morrison
• The Galton & Simpson Playhouse — Henry Duckworth
• 1977The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show — Capt. George Mainwaring
• 1977The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It — Dr. John H. Watson
• Bill Brand — Watson
• Laurence Olivier Presents — Gooch
• 1976The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones — Dr. Thwackum
• Shades of Greene — Javitt
• Churchill's People — Epillicus
• David Copperfield — Wilkins Micawber
• 1974Man About the House — Spiros
• Microbes and Men — Louis Pasteur
• Mr. Men — Narrator
• 1973Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall — Maj. Drysdale
• Armchair 30 — Alfred Potter
• 1973No Sex Please - We're British — Mr. Leslie Bromley
• 1973O Lucky Man! — Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda
• 1973Theatre of Blood — Horace Sprout
• It's Murder. But Is It Art? — Phineas Drake
• 1972The Ruling Class — Tucker
• 1971A Hole Lot of Trouble — Whitehouse
• 1971Dad's Army — Captain George Mainwaring
• The Last Of The Baskets — Redvers Bodkin
• Ben Travers Farces — Clement Peck
• 1970Fragment of Fear — Mr. Nugent
• 1970Some Will, Some Won't — Police Sergeant
• 1970Spring and Port Wine — Mr. Aspinall
• 1970The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens — John Dickens
• 1970The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer — Ferret
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Mr. Cakebread, Mason
• 1969It All Goes to Show — Councillor Henry Parker
• Plays of Today — The Headmaster
• 1969The Bed Sitting Room — Father
• Dad's Army — Captain George Mainwaring
• 1968Mrs. Capper's Birthday — Mr. Godsall
• 1968Red, White, and Zero — The Mayor
• Rogues' Gallery — Mr. Cakebread
• 1968if.... — Mr. Kemp
• ITV Playhouse — Eric
• 1967The White Bus — The Mayor
• Turn Out the Lights — Leonard Swindley
• BBC Play of the Month — Sir Oliver Surface
• Pardon the Expression — Leonard Swindley
• 1965You Must Be Joking — Husband
• The Wednesday Play — Colonel Harrup
• 1963The Snag — Tailor
• 1963This Sporting Life — Charles Slomer
• 1962Go to Blazes — Warder
• Morecambe & Wise — Capt. George Mainwaring
• The Avengers — Benstead
• 1960A Night Out — Mr King
• Coronation Street — Leonard Swindley
• 1960Lord Arthur Savile's Crime — Mr. Podgers
• Maigret — Monsieur Triboulet
• 1960The Day They Robbed the Bank of England — Bank Official (uncredited)
• No Hiding Place
• 1959The Boy and the Bridge — Bridge Mechanic
• 1958Blind Spot
• 1958Stormy Crossing — Garage Owne
• 1957Hour of Decision — Caligraphy Expert
• 1957Stranger in Town — Jeweller
• Armchair Theatre — Tailor, Det. Sgt. Wimpole, Mr. Godsall
• 1956Breakaway — Mitchell
• The Errol Flynn Theatre
• 1956The Green Man — Radio Salesman
• 1956Who Done It? — Shop Demonstrator (uncredited)
• 1955One Way Out — Sam
• 1955The Reluctant Bride — Mr. Fogarty
• 1955Windfall — Wilkins
• 1954Final Appointment — Barratt
• 1954The Mirror and Markheim — Arthur Henry
• Sunday Night Theatre — Albert Davies
• 1949Floodtide — Pianist (uncredited)
• 1949Kind Hearts and Coronets — The Reporter
• 1949Stop Press Girl — Archibald (uncredited)
• 1949The Spider and the Fly — Town Clerk
• 1948London Belongs to Me — Commuter on Train (uncredited)
• William Webb Ellis, Are You Mad? — School Headmaster

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2001The Best of Morecambe and Wise — Self (archive footage)
• 2000A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe — Self
• 1968About "The White Bus" — Self