Arthur Lowe
Acting • Born 1915-09-22 – Died 1982-04-15
Biography
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
87 credits
The Lady Vanishes
Movie • 1979
Jeremy Charters
Dad's Army
Movie • 1971
Captain George Mainwaring
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
Movie • 1973
Maj. Drysdale
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
Movie • 1977
Dr. John H. Watson
The Ruling Class
Movie • 1972
Tucker
The Bed Sitting Room
Movie • 1969
Father
Theatre of Blood
Movie • 1973
Horace Sprout
O Lucky Man!
Movie • 1973
Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Movie • 1977
Herbert Morrison
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie • 2007
George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Snag
Movie • 1963
Tailor
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Movie • 1960
Bank Official (uncredited)
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Movie • 1970
Ferret
One Way Out
Movie • 1955
Sam
The White Bus
Movie • 1967
The Mayor
The Plank
Movie • 1979
Shorter Workman
No Sex Please - We're British
Movie • 1973
Mr. Leslie Bromley
Spring and Port Wine
Movie • 1970
Mr. Aspinall
Some Will, Some Won't
Movie • 1970
Police Sergeant
A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe
Movie • 2000
Self
The Spider and the Fly
Movie • 1949
Town Clerk
It All Goes to Show
Movie • 1969
Councillor Henry Parker
Breakaway
Movie • 1956
Mitchell
London Belongs to Me
Movie • 1948
Commuter on Train (uncredited)
Sweet William
Movie • 1980
Captain Walton
Oh What A Lovely Report
Movie • 1977
Mr. Jones
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Movie • 1949
The Reporter
Blind Spot
Movie • 1958
A Hole Lot of Trouble
Movie • 1971
Whitehouse
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Movie • 1960
Mr. Podgers
The Reluctant Bride
Movie • 1955
Mr. Fogarty
if....
Movie • 1968
Mr. Kemp
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Movie • 1976
Dr. Thwackum
Man About the House
Movie • 1974
Spiros
Daphne Laureola
Movie • 1978
Gooch
The Green Man
Movie • 1956
Radio Salesman
This Sporting Life
Movie • 1963
Charles Slomer
Fragment of Fear
Movie • 1970
Mr. Nugent
Final Appointment
Movie • 1954
Barratt
Red, White, and Zero
Movie • 1968
The Mayor
About "The White Bus"
Movie • 1968
Self
Hour of Decision
Movie • 1957
Caligraphy Expert
You Must Be Joking
Movie • 1965
Husband
Go to Blazes
Movie • 1962
Warder
Britannia Hospital
Movie • 1982
Guest Patient
A Night Out
Movie • 1960
Mr King
Stop Press Girl
Movie • 1949
Archibald (uncredited)
Stormy Crossing
Movie • 1958
Garage Owne
The Mirror and Markheim
Movie • 1954
Arthur Henry
Who Done It?
Movie • 1956
Shop demonstrator (uncredited)
Stranger in Town
Movie • 1957
Jeweller
The Boy and the Bridge
Movie • 1959
Bridge Mechanic
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Movie • 1968
Mr. Godsall
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
Movie • 2001
Captain George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Movie • 1970
John Dickens
Windfall
Movie • 1955
Wilkins
Floodtide
Movie • 1949
Pianist (uncredited)
A J Wentworth, BA
TV • 1982
A.J. Wentworth, B.A.
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Benstead
Pardon the Expression
TV • 1965
Leonard Swindley
Microbes and Men
TV • 1974
Louis Pasteur
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Sir Oliver Surface
Bless Me Father
TV • 1978
Father Charles Clement Duddleswell
It's Murder. But Is It Art?
TV • 1972
Phineas Drake
The Last Of The Baskets
TV • 1971
Redvers Bodkin
Potter
TV • 1979
Redvers Potter
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV • 1976
Gooch
ITV Christmas Comedy
TV • 1983
Rogues' Gallery
TV • 1968
Mr. Cakebread
Bill Brand
TV • 1976
Watson
Turn Out the Lights
TV • 1967
Leonard Swindley
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Colonel Harrup
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Tailor
Mr. Men
TV • 1974
Narrator
The Errol Flynn Theatre
TV • 1956
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Albert Davies
Morecambe & Wise
TV • 1961
Capt. George Mainwaring
Coronation Street
TV • 1960
Leonard Swindley
Maigret
TV • 1960
Monsieur Triboulet
Ben Travers Farces
TV • 1970
Clement Peck
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
TV • 1977
Henry Duckworth
David Copperfield
TV • 1974
Wilkins Micawber
Churchill's People
TV • 1974
Epillicus
Dad's Army at the BBC
TV • 2025
Capt Goerge Mainwaring
Dad's Army
TV • 1968
Captain George Mainwaring