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John Le Mesurier

1912 - 1983

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John Le Mesurier (, born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 1912 – 15 November 1983) was an English actor. He is probably best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation comedy Dad's Army (1968–1977). A self-confessed "jobbing actor", Le Mesurier appeared in more than 120 films across a range of genres, normally in smaller supporting parts. Le Mesurier became interested in the stage as a young adult and enrolled at the Fay Compton Studio of Dramatic Art in 1933. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). John Le Mesurier is the 7,912th most popular actor (down from 7,446th in 2024), the 5,732nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,286th in 2019) and the 887th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, John Le Mesurier ranks 7,907 out of 13,578. Before him are Esther Acebo. After him are Kenneth Connor, Park Jeong-min, Mackenzie Phillips, Anna Mouglalis, Adele Jergens, Clark Johnson, Peter Ho, Edmund Breese, Mónica Spear, Danny Chan Kwok-kwan, and Stuart Holmes.

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Among people born in 1912, John Le Mesurier ranks 402. Before him are Horace Gwynne, Henry M. Jackson, Zoltán Várkonyi, Wendy Barrie, Zohra Sehgal, and Tip O'Neill. After him are Kees Mijnders, Kamil Tolon, Harry Hay, Roger Verey, Les Brown, and Kathleen Ollerenshaw. Among people deceased in 1983, John Le Mesurier ranks 265. Before him are Eubie Blake, Marie Mosquini, Henry M. Jackson, Derek J. de Solla Price, Merle Travis, and Terence Cooke. After him are Rezső Somlai, Vic Lindquist, Harold Stephen Black, Alexei Guryshev, Keith Holyoake, and William Demarest.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, John Le Mesurier ranks 5,734 out of 8,785. Before him are P. H. Newby (1918), David Thompson (1961), Alfred Bowerman (1873), Allenby Chilton (1918), Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), and Simon Monjack (1970). After him are F. F. Bruce (1910), Anne Seymour Damer (1748), Kenneth Connor (1918), Antony Tudor (1908), John Sell Cotman (1782), and Kathy Kirby (1938).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Le Mesurier ranks 887. Before him are Roland Young (1887), Hermione Gingold (1897), Isabel Jeans (1891), Jack Wild (1952), Hannah John-Kamen (1989), and Clive Standen (1981). After him are Kenneth Connor (1918), Michael Jayston (1935), Richard Greene (1918), Emma Chambers (1964), Josephine Tewson (1931), and Kenneth Williams (1926).

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