Arthur Lowe

Known for: Acting
Born: September 22, 1915, Hayfield, Derbyshire, England
Died: April 15, 1982
Movies: 59

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.6

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

7.0

if....

1968

6.7

Theatre of Blood

1973

7.0

This Sporting Life

1963

6.8

O Lucky Man!

1973

6.4

The Ruling Class

1972

5.0

Dad's Army

1971

6.2

Britannia Hospital

1982

6.0

The Lady Vanishes

1979

5.9

The Bed Sitting Room

1969

Filmography

2007	Hitler: The Comedy Years	George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001	The Best of Morecambe and Wise	Self (archive footage)
2001	Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box	Captain George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000	A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe	Self
1982	Britannia Hospital	Guest Patient
1980	Sweet William	Captain Walton
1979	The Plank	Shorter Workman
1979	The Lady Vanishes	Jeremy Charters
1978	Daphne Laureola	Gooch
1977	The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show	Capt. George Mainwaring
1977	Oh What A Lovely Report	Mr. Jones
1977	The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It	Dr. John H. Watson
1977	Philby, Burgess and Maclean	Herbert Morrison
1976	The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones	Dr. Thwackum
1974	Man About the House	Spiros
1973	No Sex Please - We're British	Mr. Leslie Bromley
1973	Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall	Maj. Drysdale
1973	O Lucky Man!	Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda
1973	Theatre of Blood	Horace Sprout
1972	The Ruling Class	Tucker
1971	Dad's Army	Captain George Mainwaring
1971	A Hole Lot of Trouble	Whitehouse
1970	The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer	Ferret
1970	Spring and Port Wine	Mr. Aspinall
1970	Fragment of Fear	Mr. Nugent
1970	The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens	John Dickens
1970	Some Will, Some Won't	Police Sergeant
1969	The Bed Sitting Room	Father
1969	It All Goes to Show	Councillor Henry Parker
1968	if....	Mr. Kemp
1968	Mrs. Capper's Birthday	Mr. Godsall
1968	Red, White, and Zero	The Mayor
1968	About "The White Bus"	Self
1967	The White Bus	The Mayor
1965	You Must Be Joking	Husband
1963	The Snag	Tailor
1963	This Sporting Life	Charles Slomer
1962	Go to Blazes	Warder
1960	The Day They Robbed the Bank of England	Bank Official (uncredited)
1960	A Night Out	Mr King
1960	Lord Arthur Savile's Crime	Mr. Podgers
1959	The Boy and the Bridge	Bridge Mechanic
1958	Stormy Crossing	Garage Owne
1958	Blind Spot
1957	Stranger in Town	Jeweller
1957	Hour of Decision	Caligraphy Expert
1956	The Green Man	Radio Salesman
1956	Breakaway	Mitchell
1956	Who Done It?	Shop Demonstrator (uncredited)
1955	One Way Out	Sam
1955	Windfall	Wilkins
1955	The Reluctant Bride	Mr. Fogarty
1954	Final Appointment	Barratt
1954	The Mirror and Markheim	Arthur Henry
1949	The Spider and the Fly	Town Clerk
1949	Kind Hearts and Coronets	The Reporter
1949	Stop Press Girl	Archibald (uncredited)
1949	Floodtide	Pianist (uncredited)
1948	London Belongs to Me	Commuter on Train (uncredited)

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