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Arthur Lowe

Acting

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

as Capt Goerge Mainwaring

Hitler: The Comedy Years

as George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

as Self (archive footage)

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

as Captain George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe

as Self

ITV Christmas Comedy

Cast

A J Wentworth, BA

as A.J. Wentworth, B.A.

Britannia Hospital

as Guest Patient

Sweet William

as Captain Walton

The Plank

as Shorter Workman

The Lady Vanishes

as Jeremy Charters

Potter

as Redvers Potter

Bless Me Father

as Father Charles Clement Duddleswell

Daphne Laureola

as Gooch

Oh What A Lovely Report

as Mr. Jones

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

as Dr. John H. Watson

Cottage to Let

as Bernard Clayman

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

as Herbert Morrison

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

as Henry Duckworth

Laurence Olivier Presents

as Gooch

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

as Dr. Thwackum

Bill Brand

as Watson

Shades of Greene

as Javitt

Mr. Men

as Narrator

Churchill's People

as Epillicus

Man About the House

as Spiros

David Copperfield

as Wilkins Micawber

Microbes and Men

as Louis Pasteur

No Sex Please - We're British

as Mr. Leslie Bromley

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

as Maj. Drysdale

Armchair 30

as Alfred Potter

O Lucky Man!

as Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda

Theatre of Blood

as Horace Sprout

The Ruling Class

as Tucker

It's Murder. But Is It Art?

as Phineas Drake

The Last Of The Baskets

as Redvers Bodkin

Dad's Army

as Captain George Mainwaring

A Hole Lot of Trouble

as Whitehouse

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

as Ferret

Spring and Port Wine

as Mr. Aspinall

Ben Travers Farces

as Clement Peck

Fragment of Fear

as Mr. Nugent

The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

as John Dickens

Some Will, Some Won't

as Police Sergeant

Plays of Today

as The Headmaster

The Bed Sitting Room

as Father

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

as Mr. Cakebread

It All Goes to Show

as Councillor Henry Parker

if....

as Mr. Kemp

Dad's Army

as Captain George Mainwaring

Mrs. Capper's Birthday

as Mr. Godsall

Red, White, and Zero

as The Mayor

About "The White Bus"

as Self

Rogues' Gallery

as Mr. Cakebread

The White Bus

as The Mayor

ITV Playhouse

as Eric

Turn Out the Lights

as Leonard Swindley

BBC Play of the Month

as Sir Oliver Surface

You Must Be Joking

as Husband

Pardon the Expression

as Leonard Swindley

The Wednesday Play

as Colonel Harrup

The Snag

as Tailor

This Sporting Life

as Charles Slomer

Go to Blazes

as Warder

Morecambe & Wise

as Capt. George Mainwaring

The Avengers

as Benstead

Coronation Street

as Leonard Swindley

Maigret

as Monsieur Triboulet

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

as Bank Official (uncredited)

A Night Out

as Mr King

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

as Mr. Podgers

No Hiding Place

Cast

The Boy and the Bridge

as Bridge Mechanic

Stormy Crossing

as Garage Owne

Blind Spot

Cast

Stranger in Town

as Jeweller

Hour of Decision

as Caligraphy Expert

The Green Man

as Radio Salesman

The Errol Flynn Theatre

Cast

Breakaway

as Mitchell

Armchair Theatre

as Tailor

Who Done It?

as Shop Demonstrator (uncredited)

One Way Out

as Sam

Windfall

as Wilkins

The Reluctant Bride

as Mr. Fogarty

Final Appointment

as Barratt

The Mirror and Markheim

as Arthur Henry

Sunday Night Theatre

as Albert Davies

The Spider and the Fly

as Town Clerk

Kind Hearts and Coronets

as The Reporter

Stop Press Girl

as Archibald (uncredited)

Floodtide

as Pianist (uncredited)

London Belongs to Me

as Commuter on Train (uncredited)

William Webb Ellis, Are You Mad?

as School Headmaster