Dad's Army - Arthur Lowe

Arthur Lowe

Born: 22 September 1915, at Hayfield, Derbyshire, England, as Arthur Lowe

Died: 15 April 1982, at Birmingham, England, after suffering a stroke, aged 66

Parents: Arthur Lowe (senior) (died 12th August 1971, aged 82 and Mary Lowe (nee Ford, known as Nan)

Married: Joan Cooper, 10 January 1948, at Robert Adam Registry Office, The Strand, London (actress, born 23 August 1922 – died 1989)

Children: Stepson - David Gatehouse (Joan’s son from a previous marriage) and Son - Stephen Lowe (born 1953 at Hammersmith, London, UK)

Biographies:
Arthur Lowe - A Life by Stephen Lowe
Arthur Lowe - by Graham Lord

Acknowledgements: British Academy Award 1973 for his three roles in ‘O Lucky Man’ won for Best Supporting Actor

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Arthur Lowe's Stage Credits ________1940's_____1950's______1960's______1970's______1980's__
Play	Role	Theatre	Dates
The Monkey’s Paw Bound East For Cardiff Recall Christmas Revue Christmas Revue George Bernard Shaw Festival Without The Prince The Wind And The Rain Several other plays Bedtime Story Flare Path Uncle Harry Whispering Gallery The Wrong Number The Fake It Happened At Blackpool The Letter Smilin’ Through My Wife’s Family Sunshine Sisters There’s Always Tomorrow Uncle Sam’s Relations I Killed The Count The Case Of Lady Camber The Barton Mystery Almost A Honeymoon Jane Eyre Sport Of Kings The Last Of Mrs Cheyney Quiet Weekend The Old Man Candida Trilby Artificial Silk The Sex Business Lady Be Careful Flame Guard Arms And The Man While The Sun Shines Ignorance Pink String and Sealing Wax Portrait In Black Scandalmongers Several other plays How Are They At Home? Blithe Spirit Pink String And Sealing Wax While The Sun Shines Ghosts Worm’s Eye View Wishing Well Flare Path The Corn Is Green Quiet Weekend Caste This Land of Ours Jane Steps Out Ten Little Niggers The Importance Of Being Earnest This Happy Breed See How They Run Candida Acacia Avenue Poison Pen Kendall Wakes Jupiter Laughs Bank Letters To A Lady Your Brother George The Door Opens The Years Between Wuthering Heights The Hasty Heart Bird In Hand Arsenic And Old Lace Fools Rush In The Sacred Flame By Candlelight The Wind Of Heaven This Blessed Plot Grand National Night Too Young To Marry Night Must Fall Claudia Some For Love The Ghost Train Numerous plays throughout 1948 Numerous plays throughout 1948 Numerous plays throughout 1948 Dear Brutus The School For Scandal The School For Scandal The School For Scandal The School For Scandal The School For Scandal The Linden Tree The Linden Tree Fly Away Peter The Linden Tree The Merchant Of Venice Life With Father You Never Can Tell Too Young To Marry Queen Bongo The Perfect Woman The Years Between The Magic Cupboard The Rose And The Ring	John White Oleson (Norwegian) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dickson Squadron Leader Swanson Albert Morgan _ _ _ John Withers George Ainley ___ _ _ Buckle possibly multiple roles _ John _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr. Brodman Irish doctor Free French officer Engstrand _ _ _ John Goronwy Jones _ A drunk Old Farmer _ Judge _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ted Saul Various Various Various Lob Crabtree and Moses Crabtree and Moses Crabtree and Moses Crabtree and Moses Crabtree and Moses Alfred Lockhart Alfred Lockhart _ Alfred Lockhart _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-	REME No 1 Welfare Club, Rafah, Gaza Derna, Libya REME No 1 Welfare Club, Rafah YWCA hostel, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt Hospital, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt Cairo, Egypt Mercury Theatre, Alexandria, Egypt Mercury Theatre, Alexandria Mercury Theatre, Alexandria Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Hulme Hippodrome, Manchester Unknown Manchester theatres County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford County Theatre, Hereford Empire Theatre, Penge Grand Theatre, Croydon Bromley New Theatre Ipswich Arts Theatre Empire Theatre, Penge Grand Theatre, Croydon Alexandra Theatre Birmingham The Opera House, Manchester Theatre Royal, Brighton Mask Theatre, London Theatre Royal, Bolton _ Grand Theatre, Croydon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -	8th Feb 1943 1943 1943 Christmas 1943 Christmas 1943 1944 Oct 1944 Nov 1944 Dec 1944-1945 17 Dec 1945 21 January 1946 Feb 1946 11 March 1946 18 March 1946 25 March 1946 1 April 1946 8 April 1946 15 April 1946 22 April 1946 29 April 1946 6 May 1946 13 May 1946 20 May 1946 27 May 1946 3 June 1946 10 June 1946 17 June 1946 24 June 1946 1 July 1946 8 July 1946 15 July 1946 22 July 1946 29 July 1946 5 Aug1946 12 Aug 1946 19 Aug1946 26 Aug1946 3 Sep 1946 10 Sep 1946 17 Sep 1946 24 Sep1946 1 Oct 1946 8 Oct 1946 Oct – Dec 46 6 Jan1947 3 Jan 1947 20 Jan 1947 27 Jan 1947 3 Feb 1947 10 Feb1947 17 Feb 1947 3 Mar 1947 10 Mar 1947 18 Mar 1947 24 Mar 1947 31 Mar 1947 7 April 1947 14 April 1947 22 April 1947 28 April 1947 5 May 1947 20 May 1947 26 May 1947 2 June 1947 9 June 1947 17 June 1947 21 June 1947 30 June 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1948 1948 1948 2 Feb 1948 April 1948 26 April 1948 3 May 1948 24 May 1948 June 1948 Aug & Oct 1949 25 Oct 1948 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949 1949
Off The Record Little Women The Hasty Heart The Happiest Days Of Your Life Mountain Air Edward My Son Clutterbuck Jane Steps Out Wind Of Heaven The Middle Watch Musical Chairs Larger Than Life The Romantic Young Lady Dear Brutus What Anne Brought Home Bonaventure QE Slept Here You Never Can Tell The Constant Wife She Stoops To Conquer The Third Visitor Two Young To Marry Castle In The Air When We Were Married Murder At The Vicarage Man And Superman The Party For Christmas Just William Larger Than Life The Silver Box Peg O’ My Heart One Wild Oat Hassan _ Champagne For Delilah A Streetcar Named Desire Count Your Blessings The Holly And The Ivy The Wishing Well Lace On Her Petticoat Design For living The Bishop Misbehaves Who Is Sylvia? The Case Of The Frightened Lady Totty On Monday Next The Apple Cart Charley’s Aunt The Barrett’s Of Wimpole Street Party Manners The Importance of Wearing Clothes Black Coffee Call Me Madam Call Me Madam Call Me Madam Call Me Madam Call Me Madam See How They Run Murder At The Ministry To Cristobel Life Begins At Fifty The Marriot Mystery Glad Tidings Wake Up! Meet Mr Callaghan Pal Joey Witness For The Prosecution The Pajama Game A Dead Secret A Dead Secret A Dead Secret Come Rain, Come Shine The Ring of Truth The Ring of Truth The Ring of Truth The Ring Of Truth	_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Waiter _ Hardcastle _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ Wilson Relieving Officer _ _ Porter, Calligraphist, and Old Man __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Overture Players company _ Spettigue _ _ Sir Thomas Schmidt _ Senator Brockbank Senator Brockbank Senator Brockbank Senator Brockbank Senator Brockbank _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mike _ Salesman Bert Vokes Bert Vokes Bert Vokes _ Mr Filby Mr Filby Mr Filby Mr Filby	New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley Duke Of York’s Theatre, London Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley Cambridge Theatre, London _ New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley Grand Theatre, Croydon Grand Theatre, Croydon New Theatre, Bromley New Theatre, Bromley _ New Theatre, Oxford The Coliseum, London Streatham Hill, London Golders Green, London Another theatre (unknown) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Prince’s Theatre, London _ The Coliseum, London Theatre Royal, Newcastle Theatre Royal, Brighton The Piccadilly Theatre, London Unknown provincial theatre Kings Theatre, Glasgow Kings Theatre, Edinburgh Manchester The Savoy Theatre, London	1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 April 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 18 Sep 1950 1950 9 Oct 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 27 Apr–20 May 1950 31 Jan–17 Mar 1951 1951 1951 9 May–2 June 1951 _ 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1952 March 1952 15 Mar 52 – 16 May 53 18 May – 13 June 53 15 June – 11 July 53 July – mid-Aug 53 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1953 1954 1954 March 1954 1955 13 Oct 55– 9 Mar 57 6 May 1957 May 1957 30 May–30 Nov 1957 1958 June 1959 1959 1959 16 July 59 – 20 Feb 60
Stop It Whoever You Are Kelly’s Eye The Tulip Tree The Farmer’s Wife Inadmissible Evidence Inadmissible Evidence A Cuckoo in the Nest Foursome Reel Foursome Reel Foursome Reel Foursome Reel A Royal Gala Perfomance The Soldier’s Fortune Lock Up Your Daughters Lock Up Your Daughters Lock Up Your Daughters Lock Up Your Daughters Lock Up Your Daughters Baked Beans And Caviar Marya The Dragon Home And Beauty Ann Veronica _	Ald Oglethorpe _ _ _ Judge and Hudson Judge and Hudson _ Matthew Bellows Matthew Bellows Matthew Bellows Matthew Bellows Leonard Swindley Sir Davy Dunce Mr Squeezum Mr Squeezum Mr Squeezum Mr Squeezum Mr Squeezum _ Yevstigneyichand Andrei Mayor Solicitor A B Raham Ramage _	The Arts Theatre, London Royal Court Theatre New Theatre, Bromley _ Theatre Royal, Brighton Royal Court Theatre Royal Court Theatre Arts Theatre, Cambridge New Theatre, Kingston-Upon-Hull tour, provincial & Scottish theatres Dundee Rep London Palladium Royal Court Theatre Mermaid Theatre, London Empire Theatre, Sunderland Civic Theatre, Darlington Alhambra Theatre, Bradford Arts Theatre, Cambridge Theatre Royal, Windsor Royal Court Theatre Royal Court Theatre Old Vic, National Theatre Comp. Brighton, Coventry, then The Cambridge Theatre, London	15 Feb 1961 from 12 June 1963 1963 1963 13 Aug 1964 9 Sep 1964 22 Oct 1964 Sep 1965 4 – 11 Oct 1965 1965 – 66 25 July 1966 29 Nov 1966 12 Jan 1967 Mar 1967 21 Mar – 1 Apr 1967 3 Apr – 8 Apr 1967 17 – 21 Apr 1967 30 Apr 1967 1967 19 Oct 1967 Dec 1967 Nov 1968 17 Apr - May 1969 _
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Beyond A Joke Hobson’s Choice Beyond A Joke Mother Goose Home At Seven Home At Seven	_ Henry Horatio Hobson _ _ David Preston David Preston	New Zealand Tour Lyric, Hammersmith Brighton, Hull New Theatre Victoria Palace, London Grand Theatre, Croydon Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham	Aug - Sept 1980 from 29th June 1981 1981 21 Dec 1981-82 March 1982 April 1982
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