Person Details

Birthday: 1915-09-22 22:15:38

Death: 1982-04-15 22:15:38

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Hayfield, Derbyshire, England

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Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 14


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Lowe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Avengers
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8

The Avengers

(1961) Benstead
Coronation Street
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5

Coronation Street

(1960) Leonard Swindley
BBC Play of the Month
Average
5

BBC Play of the Month

(1965) Sir Oliver Surface
The Wednesday Play
Average
5

The Wednesday Play

(1964) Colonel Harrup
if....
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7

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(1968) Mr. Kemp
Laurence Olivier Presents
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0
This Sporting Life
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7

This Sporting Life

(1963) Charles Slomer
Fragment of Fear
Average
6

Fragment of Fear

(1970) Mr. Nugent

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2007 Capt. George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001 Self (archive footage)
2000 Self
1983 N/A
1982 A.J. Wentworth, B.A.
Guest Patient
1980 Captain Walton
1979 The Mayor
Shorter Workman
Jeremy Charters
Redvers Potter
1978 Father Charles Clement Duddleswell
Gooch
1977 Mr. Jones
Dr. John H. Watson
Herbert Morrison
N/A
1976 Gooch
Dr. Thwackum
Watson
1974 Narrator
Spiros
Louis Pasteur
1973 Mr. Leslie Bromley
Maj. Drysdale
Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda
Horace Sprout
1972 Tucker
Mr. Phineas Drake
1971 Redvers Bodkin
Capt. George Mainwaring
Whitehouse
1970 Ferret
Mr. Aspinall
Mr. Nugent
Police Sergeant
1969 Father
Councillor Henry Parker
1968 Mr. Kemp
Captain George Mainwaring
Mr. Cakebread
Self
1967 The Mayor
Leonard Swindley
1965 Sir Oliver Surface
Husband
Leonard Swindley
1964 Colonel Harrup
1963 Tailor
Charles Slomer
1962 Warder
1961 Capt. George Mainwaring
Benstead
1960 Leonard Swindley
Monsieur Triboulet
Bank Official (uncredited)
Mr King
Mr. Podgers
1959 N/A
Bridge Mechanic
1958 Garage Owne
N/A
1957 Jeweller
Caligraphy Expert
1956 Radio Salesman
N/A
Mitchell
Tailor
Shop demonstrator (uncredited)
1955 Sam
Mr. Fogarty
1954 Barratt
Arthur Henry
1950 Albert Davies
1949 Town Clerk
The Reporter
Archibald (uncredited)
1948 Commuter on Train (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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