John Le Mesurier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Le Mesurier

English actor

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1912

Place of Birth: Bedford, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Nov-1983

Profession: stage actor, television actor, film actor, autobiographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About John Le Mesurier

  • John Le Mesurier (, born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 1912 – 15 November 1983) was an English actor.
  • He is perhaps best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation comedy Dad's Army (1968–77).
  • 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.
  • From there he took a position in repertory theatre and made his stage debut in September 1934 at the Palladium Theatre in Edinburgh in the J.
  • B.
  • Priestley play Dangerous Corner.
  • He later accepted an offer to work with Alec Guinness in a John Gielgud production of Hamlet.
  • He first appeared on television in 1938 as Seigneur de Miolans in the BBC broadcast of The Marvellous History of St Bernard.
  • During the Second World War Le Mesurier was posted to British India, as a captain with the Royal Tank Regiment.
  • He returned to acting and made his film debut in 1948, starring in the second feature comedy short Death in the Hand, opposite Esme Percy and Ernest Jay. Le Mesurier had a prolific film career, appearing mostly in comedies, usually in roles portraying figures of authority such as army officers, policemen and judges.
  • As well as Hancock's Half Hour, Le Mesurier appeared in Hancock's two principal films, The Rebel and The Punch and Judy Man.
  • In 1971 Le Mesurier received his only award: a British Academy of Film and Television Arts "Best Television Actor" award for his lead performance in Dennis Potter's television play Traitor; it was one of the few lead roles he played during the course of his career. He took a relaxed approach to acting and felt that his parts were those of "a decent chap all at sea in a chaotic world not of his own making".
  • Le Mesurier was married three times, most notably to the actress Hattie Jacques.
  • A heavy drinker of alcohol for most of his life, Le Mesurier died in 1983, aged 71, from a stomach haemorrhage, brought about as a complication of cirrhosis of the liver.
  • After his death, critics reflected that, for an actor who normally took minor roles, the viewing public were "enormously fond of him".

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