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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Lowe, rotund and professionally indefatigable, rightly gained acclaim... more
Trivia:
He was an active supporter of the British Conservative Party. more
Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
'Dad's Army' still pulling the punters
(From digitalspy. 4 August 2008, 4:21 AM, PDT)
Filmography
Actor:
- "Wagner" .... Meser (1 episode, 1983)
- Part 2 (1983) TV episode .... Meser - "A.J. Wentworth, BA" .... A.J. Wentworth (6 episodes, 1982)
- The Outsider (1982) TV episode .... A.J. Wentworth
- Founder's Day (1982) TV episode .... A.J. Wentworth
- IIIA Goes to War (1982) TV episode .... A.J. Wentworth
- Problems, Problems (1982) TV episode .... A.J. Wentworth
- Mud Larks (1982) TV episode .... A.J. Wentworth
(1 more) - Britannia Hospital (1982) .... Guest Patient
- "Bless Me Father" .... Father Charles Clement Duddleswell (21 episodes, 1978-1981)
- A Mixed-Up Marriage (1981) TV episode .... Father Charles Clement Duddleswell
- Porgy & Bess (1981) TV episode .... Father Charles Clement Duddleswell
- A Legend Comes to Stay (1981) TV episode .... Father Charles Clement Duddleswell
- Fire & Brimstone (1981) TV episode .... Father Charles Clement Duddleswell
- Beddings and Weddings (1981) TV episode .... Father Charles Clement Duddleswell
(16 more) - Sweet William (1980) .... Captain Walton
- "Potter" .... Redvers Potter (13 episodes, 1979-1980)
- Episode #2.7 (1980) TV episode .... Redvers Potter
- Episode #2.6 (1980) TV episode .... Redvers Potter
- Episode #2.5 (1980) TV episode .... Redvers Potter
- Episode #2.4 (1980) TV episode .... Redvers Potter
- Episode #2.3 (1980) TV episode .... Redvers Potter
(8 more) - Comedy Tonight (1980) (TV)
- The Plank (1979) (TV) .... Smaller Workman
- The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979) (TV) (voice: English version) .... Mr. Beaver
... aka The First Book of the Chronicles of Narnia (UK: subtitle) - The Lady Vanishes (1979) .... Charters
- Daphne Laureola (1978) (TV) .... Gooch
... aka Laurence Olivier Presents: Daphne Laureola (UK: series title) - "The Morecambe & Wise Show" .... Capt. George Mainwaring (1 episode, 1977)
- 1977 Christmas Show (1977) TV episode .... Capt. George Mainwaring - "Dad's Army" .... Capt. George Mainwaring / ... (80 episodes, 1968-1977)
- Never Too Old (1977) TV episode .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- Number Engaged (1977) TV episode .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- The Miser's Hoard (1977) TV episode .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- Knights of Madness (1977) TV episode .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- The Making of Private Pike (1977) TV episode .... Capt. George Mainwaring
(75 more) - The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977) .... Dr. William Watson, M.D.
- Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977) (TV) .... Herbert Morrison
- "The Galton & Simpson Playhouse" .... Henry Duckworth (1 episode, 1977)
- Car Along the Pass (1977) TV episode .... Henry Duckworth - "Bill Brand" .... Watson (1 episode, 1976)
- Resolution (1976) TV episode .... Watson - The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) .... Dr. Thwackum
- "Shades of Greene" .... Javitt (1 episode, 1976)
- Under the Garden (1976) TV episode .... Javitt - "BBC Play of the Month" (1 episode, 1975)
- The School for Scandal (1975) TV episode - "Churchill's People" .... Epillicus, the Barber (1 episode, 1975)
- The Lost Island (1975) TV episode .... Epillicus, the Barber - "David Copperfield" .... Wilkins Micawber (4 episodes, 1974)
- Episode #1.5 (1974) TV episode .... Wilkins Micawber
- Episode #1.4 (1974) TV episode .... Wilkins Micawber
- Episode #1.3 (1974) TV episode .... Wilkins Micawber
- Episode #1.2 (1974) TV episode .... Wilkins Micawber - Man About the House (1974) .... Spiros
- "Microbes and Men" .... Louis Pasteur (3 episodes, 1974)
- Certain Death (1974) TV episode .... Louis Pasteur
- Men of Little Faith (1974) TV episode .... Louis Pasteur
- A Germ Is Life (1974) TV episode .... Louis Pasteur - "Blue Peter" .... Capt. George Mainwaring (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
- Episode dated 29 April 1974 (1974) TV episode .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- Episode dated 22 February 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Capt. George Mainwaring - "Mr. Men" .... Narrator (28 episodes)
- Mr Bounce (????) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
- Mr Bump (????) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
- Mr. Chatterbox (????) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
- Mr. Daydream (????) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
- Mr. Dizzy (????) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
(23 more) - "ITV Saturday Night Theatre" .... Mason (1 episode, 1973)
... aka ITV Sunday Night Theatre (UK: new title)
- Hopcraft Into Europe (1973) TV episode .... Mason - O Lucky Man! (1973) .... Mr. Duff/Charlie Johnson/Dr. Munda
- Theater of Blood (1973) .... Horace Sprout
... aka Much Ado About Murder - No Sex Please: We're British (1973) .... Mr. Bromley
- The Ruling Class (1972) .... Daniel Tucker
- "It's Murder But Is It Art" .... Mr. Phineas Drake (6 episodes, 1972)
- Mister Drake Reveals All (1972) TV episode .... Mr. Phineas Drake
- Mister Drake Asks Questions (1972) TV episode .... Mr. Phineas Drake
- Mister Drake Has Visitors (1972) TV episode .... Mr. Phineas Drake
- Mister Drake and Ars Gratia Artis (1972) TV episode .... Mr. Phineas Drake
- Mister Drake Goes to Jail (1972) TV episode .... Mr. Phineas Drake
(1 more) - "The Last of the Baskets" .... Redvers Bodkin (13 episodes, 1971-1972)
- A Tisket, a Tasket (1972) TV episode .... Redvers Bodkin
- Nice Work If You Can Keep It (1972) TV episode .... Redvers Bodkin
- The Hound of the Baskets (1972) TV episode .... Redvers Bodkin
- A Chip Off the Old Block (1972) TV episode .... Redvers Bodkin
- Good Queen Bess Slept Here (1972) TV episode .... Redvers Bodkin
(8 more) - Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall (1972) .... Maj. Drysdale
- Dad's Army (1971) .... Capt. Mainwaring
- "Doctor at Large" .... Dr. Maxwell (5 episodes, 1971)
... aka Doctor in the House
- Change Your Partners (1971) TV episode .... Dr. Maxwell
- Congratulations - It's a Toad! (1971) TV episode .... Dr. Maxwell
- Modernising Major (1971) TV episode .... Dr. Maxwell
- Doctor Dish (1971) TV episode .... Dr. Maxwell
- You Make Me Feel So Young (1971) TV episode .... Dr. Maxwell - A Hole Lot of Trouble (1971) .... Whitehouse
- William Webb Ellis, Are You Mad? (1971)
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) .... Ferret
- She Follows Me About (1970) (TV) .... Rev. Stanley Cuffe
... aka Ben Travers' Farces: She Follows Me About (UK: series title) - "Jackanory" .... Reader (1 episode, 1970)
- The Emperor's Oblong Pancake (1970) TV episode .... Reader - A Cuckoo in the Nest (1970) (TV) .... Major Bone
... aka Ben Travers Farces: A Cuckoo in the Nest (UK: series title) - Rookery Nook (1970) (TV) .... Harold Twine
... aka Ben Travers Farces: Rookery Nook (UK: series title) - Fragment of Fear (1970) .... Mr. Nugent
... aka Freelance - Some Will, Some Won't (1970) .... Police Sergeant
- Spring and Port Wine (1970) .... Mr. Aspinall
- The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970) (TV)
- A Voyage Round My Father (1969) (TV)
... aka Plays of Today: A Voyage Around My Father (UK: series title) - The Bed Sitting Room (1969) .... Father
- "Rogues' Gallery" .... Mr. Cakebread (1 episode, 1969)
- The Wicked Stage (1969) TV episode .... Mr. Cakebread - "ITV Playhouse" .... Eric (1 episode, 1969)
- Murder: When Robin Was a Boy (1969) TV episode .... Eric - It All Goes to Show (1969) .... Councillor Henry Parker
- "A Christmas Night with the Stars" .... Captain George Mainwaring (1 episode, 1968)
- Episode dated 25 December 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Captain George Mainwaring - If.... (1968) .... Mr. Kemp
- "The Wednesday Play" .... Colonel Harrup (1 episode, 1968)
- A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka (1968) TV episode .... Colonel Harrup - "Armchair Theatre" .... Det. Sgt. Wimpole / ... (5 episodes, 1960-1968)
- Mrs Capper's Birthday (1968) TV episode .... Mr. Godsall
- A Nice Little Business (1964) TV episode .... Det. Sgt. Wimpole
- The Snag (1963) TV episode .... Tailor
- A Night Out (1960) TV episode .... Mr. King
- Lord Arthur Saville's Crime (1960) TV episode .... Mr. Podgers - The White Bus (1967) .... Mayor
... aka Red, White and Zero (USA) - "The Golden Age" .... Sir Robert (1 episode, 1967)
- The Arts and Leisure (1967) TV episode .... Sir Robert - "The Avengers" .... Benstead (1 episode, 1967)
- Dead Man's Treasure (1967) TV episode .... Benstead - "Turn Out the Lights" .... Leonard Swindley (6 episodes, 1967)
- One for Yes, Two for No (1967) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
- You Can't Get the Wood (1967) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
- The Happy Medium (1967) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
- A Big Hand for a Little Lady (1967) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
- Hail Thee, Aunt Shelmadine (1967) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
(1 more) - "Pardon the Expression" .... Leonard Swindley (36 episodes, 1965-1966)
- Down on the Health Farm Something Stirred (1966) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
- The Cup That Cheers (1966) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
- The Switched-On Scene (1966) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
- Thunderfinger: Part 2 (1966) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
- Thunderfinger: Part 1 (1966) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
(31 more) - You Must Be Joking! (1965) .... Husband
- "Coronation Street" .... Leonard Swindley (27 episodes, 1960-1965)
... aka Corrie (UK: informal title)
... aka The Street (UK: informal title)
- Episode #1.431 (1965) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
- Episode #1.421 (1964) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
- Episode #1.391 (1964) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
- Episode #1.375 (1964) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
- Episode #1.371 (1964) TV episode .... Leonard Swindley
(22 more) - This Sporting Life (1963) .... Charles Slomer
- "Maigret" (1 episode, 1962)
- Seven Little Crosses (1962) TV episode - Go to Blazes (1962) .... Warder
- "BBC Sunday-Night Play" .... Slippy Wokingham (1 episode, 1962)
- So Many Children (1962) TV episode .... Slippy Wokingham - "Z Cars" .... Jakey Ramsden (1 episode, 1962)
- Handle with Care (1962) TV episode .... Jakey Ramsden - "Three Live Wires" (1 episode, 1961)
- The Ring (1961) TV episode - "No Hiding Place" .... Raymond Watkins / ... (2 episodes, 1960-1961)
- The Long Stretch (1961) TV episode .... Simpson
- Double Fugue (1960) TV episode .... Raymond Watkins - "ITV Play of the Week" (2 episodes, 1958-1960)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- Ladies of the Corridor (1960) TV episode
- Disturbance (1958) TV episode - Follow That Horse! (1960) (uncredited) .... Auctioneer
- The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) (uncredited) .... Bank Official
- "The Long Way Home" .... Joubert (1 episode, 1960)
... aka The Escape the Germans Allowed (UK: subtitle)
- The French Resistance (1960) TV episode .... Joubert - "Inside Story" .... Fred (1 episode, 1960)
- A Present for Penny (1960) TV episode .... Fred - The Boy and the Bridge (1959) .... Bridge Mechanic
- "All Aboard" (1958) TV series .... Sydney Barker, steward
- "Leave It to Todhunter" (1958) TV series .... Gunsmith (unknown episodes)
- Stormy Crossing (1958) .... Garage Owner
... aka Black Tide (USA) - Hour of Decision (1957)
- Stranger in Town (1957) (uncredited) .... Jeweller
- "The Errol Flynn Theatre" (1 episode, 1957)
... aka Mystery Adventure: The Errol Flynn Theatre (USA: syndication title)
- Evil Thoughts (1957) TV episode - High Terrace (1956) (uncredited)
- The Green Man (1956) .... Radio salesman
- "Adventure Theater" .... 3rd Drama critic (1 episode, 1956)
... aka Calling Scotland Yard (UK: copyright title)
- Thirty Days to Die (1956) TV episode .... 3rd Drama critic - Who Done It? (1956) (uncredited)
- Murder Anonymous (1955) (uncredited) .... Fingerprint Expert
... aka Casebook: The Case of the Murder Anonymous (UK: TV title)
... aka Scotland Yard: Murder Anonymous (UK: series title) - One Way Out (1955) .... Sam
- Passage of Arms (1955) (TV) .... Servant
- Reluctant Bride (1955) .... Mr. Fogarty
... aka Two Grooms for a Bride (USA) - The Woman for Joe (1955) (uncredited) .... George's Agent
- "The Children of the New Forest" .... Shopkeeper (1 episode, 1955)
- Alone (1955) TV episode .... Shopkeeper - Windfall (1955) (uncredited)
... aka Dangerous Money (UK: reissue title) - Breakaway (1955) .... Mitchell
- "The Three Musketeers" .... Bonacieux (3 episodes, 1954)
- The Queen's Diamonds (1954) TV episode .... Bonacieux
- D'Artagnan's Mission (1954) TV episode .... Bonacieux
- The Queen and the Cardinal (1954) TV episode .... Bonacieux - Final Appointment (1954) .... Mr. Barrett
... aka The Last Appointment (USA) - Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder (1954) .... 3rd Drama critic
- Cage of Gold (1950) (uncredited) .... Short Man
- The Spider and the Fly (1949) .... Town Clerk
- Poet's Pub (1949) (uncredited) .... Coach Guide
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) .... The Reporter
- Stop Press Girl (1949) (uncredited) .... Archibald
- Floodtide (1949/I) (uncredited) .... Pianist
- London Belongs to Me (1948) (uncredited) .... Commuter on Train
... aka Dulcimer Street (UK: alternative title) (USA)
Self:
- "Looks Familiar" .... Himself - Panellist (1 episode, 1982)
- Episode dated 19 April 1982 (1982) TV episode .... Himself - Panellist - "Pebble Mill at One" .... Himself (1 episode, 1982)
... aka Pebble Mill (UK: new title)
- Episode dated 14 April 1982 (1982) TV episode .... Himself - "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1976)
- Arnold Ridley (1976) TV episode .... Himself - "The Morecambe & Wise Show" .... Captain Bligh / ... (1 episode, 1971)
- Episode #5.2 (1971) TV episode .... Himself / Captain Bligh - Holiday Startime (1970) (TV) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
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"Comedy Connections"
- Dad's Army (2008) TV episode (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- Just Good Friends (2007) TV episode (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- It Ain't Half Hot, Mum (2007) TV episode (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring - Jonathan Ross Salutes 'Dad's Army' (2008) (TV) (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring
-
"The Comedy Map of Britain"
- Episode #2.5 (2008) TV episode (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring - 50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (2008) (TV) (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- The Passing Years (2007) (V) (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring/Barry Mainwaring
-
"British Film Forever"
- Bullets, Bombs and Bridges: The Story of the War Film (2007) TV episode (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring - Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- Coronation Street (2006) (VG) (uncredited) .... Leonard Swindley
-
"The Best of the Royal Variety"
- The Comedians (2006) TV episode - 'We Are the Boys...': Arthur Lowe (2006) (V) .... Himself
-
"Room 101"
- Episode #10.4 (2005) TV episode (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring - Greatest TV Comedy Moments (2005) (TV) .... Captain Mainwaring
- 'We Are the Boys...': James Beck (2005) (V) .... Capt. George Mainwaring
-
"After They Were Famous"
- Z Cars (2002) TV episode - 'Dad's Army': Missing Presumed Wiped (2001) (TV) .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- The Best of Morecambe & Wise (2001) (V) .... Himself
- The Unforgettable John Le Mesurier (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- The 100 Greatest TV Characters (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- The Unforgettable Arthur Lowe (2000) (TV) (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring/Leonard Swindley/Father Charles Duddleswell/Various Characters
- Don't Panic! The 'Dad's Army' Story (2000) (TV) .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- Women of Coronation Street (1998) (V) .... Leonard Swindley
-
"Selection Box"
- Dad's Army (1997) TV episode (uncredited) .... Capt. George Mainwaring - Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms (1995) (TV) .... Capt. George Mainwaring
- To See Such Fun (1977) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
In 1976 he appeared in television commercials for Pascall's Hanky Panky sweet snacks. more
Publicity Listings:
3 Print Biographies | 1 Interview | 3 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo more
Plot Keywords:
Independent Film | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title | Based On Play more
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