Nook NotesPick a film
Arthur Lowe

Actor

Arthur Lowe

Born September 22, 1915 in Hayfield, Derbyshire, EnglandDied April 15, 198255 films

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.

Start here

The best way into Arthur Lowe's work
Kind Hearts and Coronets posterFirst watchKind Hearts and Coronets19497.6as The ReporterWhen his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
if.... poster7.0if....1968Theatre of Blood poster6.7Theatre of Blood1973This Sporting Life poster7.0This Sporting Life1963O Lucky Man! poster6.8O Lucky Man!1973The Ruling Class poster6.4The Ruling Class1972Britannia Hospital poster6.2Britannia Hospital1982The Lady Vanishes poster6.0The Lady Vanishes1979The Bed Sitting Room poster5.9The Bed Sitting Room1969

Filmography

55 films as actor
  1. TBAWilliam Webb Ellis, Are You Mad?School Headmaster
  2. 1982Britannia HospitalGuest Patient
  3. 1980Sweet WilliamCaptain Walton
  4. 1979The PlankShorter Workman
  5. 1979The Lady VanishesJeremy Charters
  6. 1978Daphne LaureolaGooch
  7. 1977The Morecambe and Wise Christmas ShowCapt. George Mainwaring
  8. 1977Oh What A Lovely ReportMr. Jones
  9. 1977The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know ItDr. John H. Watson
  10. 1977Philby, Burgess and MacleanHerbert Morrison
  11. 1976The Bawdy Adventures of Tom JonesDr. Thwackum
  12. 1974Man About the HouseSpiros
  13. 1973No Sex Please - We're BritishMr. Leslie Bromley
  14. 1973Adolf Hitler: My Part in His DownfallMaj. Drysdale
  15. 1973O Lucky Man!Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda
  16. 1973Theatre of BloodHorace Sprout
  17. 1972The Ruling ClassTucker
  18. 1971Dad's ArmyCaptain George Mainwaring
  19. 1971A Hole Lot of TroubleWhitehouse
  20. 1970The Rise and Rise of Michael RimmerFerret
  21. 1970Spring and Port WineMr. Aspinall
  22. 1970Fragment of FearMr. Nugent
  23. 1970The Great Inimitable Mr. DickensJohn Dickens
  24. 1970Some Will, Some Won'tPolice Sergeant
  25. 1969The Bed Sitting RoomFather
  26. 1969It All Goes to ShowCouncillor Henry Parker
  27. 1968if....Mr. Kemp
  28. 1968Mrs. Capper's BirthdayMr. Godsall
  29. 1968Red, White, and ZeroThe Mayor
  30. 1967The White BusThe Mayor
  31. 1965You Must Be JokingHusband
  32. 1963The SnagTailor
  33. 1963This Sporting LifeCharles Slomer
  34. 1962Go to BlazesWarder
  35. 1960The Day They Robbed the Bank of EnglandBank Official (uncredited)
  36. 1960A Night OutMr King
  37. 1960Lord Arthur Savile's CrimeMr. Podgers
  38. 1959The Boy and the BridgeBridge Mechanic
  39. 1958Stormy CrossingGarage Owne
  40. 1958Blind Spot
  41. 1957Stranger in TownJeweller
  42. 1957Hour of DecisionCaligraphy Expert
  43. 1956The Green ManRadio Salesman
  44. 1956BreakawayMitchell
  45. 1956Who Done It?Shop Demonstrator (uncredited)
  46. 1955One Way OutSam
  47. 1955WindfallWilkins
  48. 1955The Reluctant BrideMr. Fogarty
  49. 1954Final AppointmentBarratt
  50. 1954The Mirror and MarkheimArthur Henry
  51. 1949The Spider and the FlyTown Clerk
  52. 1949Kind Hearts and CoronetsThe Reporter
  53. 1949Stop Press GirlArchibald (uncredited)
  54. 1949FloodtidePianist (uncredited)
  55. 1948London Belongs to MeCommuter on Train (uncredited)