Birthday

1915-09-22

Died

1982-04-15

Birthplace

Hayfield, Derbyshire, England

Gender

Male

Known For

Acting

Arthur Lowe

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.

Acting Credits

Dad's Army

Captain George Mainwaring

The Lady Vanishes

Jeremy Charters

Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall

Maj. Drysdale

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

Dr. John H. Watson

The Ruling Class

Tucker

The Bed Sitting Room

Father

Theatre of Blood

Horace Sprout

O Lucky Man!

Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Herbert Morrison

Hitler: The Comedy Years

George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Snag

Tailor

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

Bank Official (uncredited)

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

Ferret

One Way Out

Sam

The White Bus

The Mayor

The Plank

Shorter Workman

No Sex Please - We're British

Mr. Leslie Bromley

Spring and Port Wine

Mr. Aspinall

Some Will, Some Won't

Police Sergeant

A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe

Self

The Spider and the Fly

Town Clerk

It All Goes to Show

Councillor Henry Parker

Breakaway

Mitchell

London Belongs to Me

Commuter on Train (uncredited)

Sweet William

Captain Walton

Oh What A Lovely Report

Mr. Jones

Kind Hearts and Coronets

The Reporter

Blind Spot

A Hole Lot of Trouble

Whitehouse

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

Mr. Podgers

The Reluctant Bride

Mr. Fogarty

if....

Mr. Kemp

The Best of Morecambe and Wise

Self (archive footage)

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

Dr. Thwackum

Man About the House

Spiros

Daphne Laureola

Gooch

The Green Man

Radio Salesman

This Sporting Life

Charles Slomer

Fragment of Fear

Mr. Nugent

Final Appointment

Barratt

Red, White, and Zero

The Mayor

About "The White Bus"

Self

Hour of Decision

Caligraphy Expert

You Must Be Joking

Husband

Go to Blazes

Warder

Britannia Hospital

Guest Patient

A Night Out

Mr King

Stop Press Girl

Archibald (uncredited)

Stormy Crossing

Garage Owne

The Mirror and Markheim

Arthur Henry

Who Done It?

Shop demonstrator (uncredited)

Stranger in Town

Jeweller

The Boy and the Bridge

Bridge Mechanic

Mrs. Capper's Birthday

Mr. Godsall

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

Captain George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

John Dickens

Windfall

Wilkins

Dad's Army

Captain George Mainwaring

A J Wentworth, BA

A.J. Wentworth, B.A.

The Avengers

Benstead

Pardon the Expression

Pardon the Expression

Leonard Swindley

Microbes and Men

Louis Pasteur

No Hiding Place

BBC Play of the Month

Sir Oliver Surface

Bless Me Father

Father Charles Clement Duddleswell

It's Murder. But Is It Art?

Phineas Drake

The Last Of The Baskets

The Last Of The Baskets

Redvers Bodkin

Potter

Redvers Potter

Laurence Olivier Presents

Gooch

ITV Christmas Comedy

ITV Christmas Comedy

Rogues' Gallery

Rogues' Gallery

Mr. Cakebread

Bill Brand

Watson

Turn Out the Lights

Leonard Swindley

The Wednesday Play

Colonel Harrup

Armchair Theatre

Tailor

Mr. Men

Narrator

The Errol Flynn Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

Albert Davies

Morecambe & Wise

Capt. George Mainwaring

Coronation Street

Leonard Swindley

Maigret

Monsieur Triboulet

Ben Travers Farces

Ben Travers Farces

Clement Peck

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

Henry Duckworth

David Copperfield

Wilkins Micawber

Churchill's People

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