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John Le Mesurier
Born: 5th April 1912, Chaucer Road, Bedford, England, as John Charles Elton Le Mesurier de Somerys Halliley
Died: 15 November 1983, in Ramsgate Hospital, after a long fight with liver disease
Parents: Son of Charles Elton Halliley and Anne Michelle Halliley (nee Le Mesurier)
Married: John had three wives:
- June Melville, an actress/director/producer, born 1915, died 1970 (married 1939-47, divorced)
- Hattie Jacques, an actress, born as Josephine Edwina Jacques on 7 Feb 1924, died 6 Oct 1980 (1952 - 65, divorced)
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Joan Malin, a circus performer (married 2 March 1966 till his death, now widow Joan Le Mesurier)
Children: Robin and Kim Le Mesurier, sons from marriage to Hattie Jacques. Kim (known as Jake) died in 1990, aged 35.
Biographies and Books of Interest:
A Jobbing Actor - by John Le Mesurier (autobiography)
Lady Don't Fall Backwards - by Joan Le Mesurier (the autobiography of John's wife, with much about him)
Dear John - by Joan Le Mesurier (biography)
Acknowledgements: SFTA award for Best Television Actor 1971, for dramatic lead role in Dennis Potter’s television play Traitor
Professional Debut: The Palladium Theatre, Edinburgh, in repertory, 1935
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John Le Mesurier's Television Career
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John Le Mesurier made his television debut in 1938, in the BBC's Alexandra Palace days.
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The Marvellous History of St
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Richard of Bordeaux
Gaslight
They Flew Through Sand
They Flew Through Sand
Just William
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The Railway Children
The Railway Children
The Railway Children
Whirligig
The Railway Children
Whirligig
Whirligig
Whirligig
Whirligig
The Railway Children
The Railway Children
Show Me A Spy!
Show Me A Spy!
Show Me A Spy!
Show Me A Spy!
Sherlock Holmes
A Time To Be Born
Saturday Special
The Twelfth Brother
In Search of Maitland
A Time to be Born
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays
The Unguarded Hour
Flight One-Zero-One
Twenty Minutes South
The Grenville Melodramas
The Grenville Melodramas
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The Grenville Melodramas_
Deadline in Vienna
The Way Home
Assignment Foreign Legion
Mademoiselle Fifi
The Ludlow Affair’
The Gay Cavalier
The Vise
Hancock’s Half Hour
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The Trial of Marie Lafarge
The Macropulos Secret
Sword of Freedom
The Winslow Boy
The Vise
Hancock’s Half Hour
The Education of Mr Surrage
Hancock’s Half Hour
Adventures Of William Tell
Hancock’s Half Hour
Hancock’s Half Hour
Interpol Calling
Hancock’s Half Hour
The Enormous Shadow
The Third Man
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Signour de Miolans
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Sir John Montague
Policeman
RAF Press Oficer
RAF Press Officer
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The Doctor
The Doctor
The Doctor
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The Doctor
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The Doctor
The Doctor
Sir Alexander Blythe
Sir Alexander Blythe
Sir Alexander Blythe
Sir Alexander Blythe
Eduardo Lucas
Joseph
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Judah
Doctor Martin
Innkeeper
Mr Mulberry
Mr Mulberry
Mr Mulberry
Mr Mulberry
Mr Mulberry
Pewson
Doctor Garside
Arthur Harris
Sir William Ralston__
Sir John
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Mr Rencleaw
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Geoffrey Warren
Dr Lloyd
Leblond
Curè
Inspector Burroughs
Sir Richard
Wilson
Lord Chief Justice
__Williams
Prosecuting Consel
Doctor Kolenaty
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Sir Robert Quinlan
Dr. Worthington
Bindloss
The Colonel
Duke of Burgundy
Colonel Winthrop
National Trust man
Monsieur Iamprou
The Captain
Wensley
Prime Minister
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adaptation of book
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a play of the RAF in the Western Desert
repeat performance of above
a play televised from The Granville Theatre, Walham Green, based on Richmal Crompton's books
episode 3 'An Illness and a Birthday'
episode 4 'Prisoners and Captives'
episode 5 'Saviours of the Train'
'Mr. Lumber's Shop' segment
episode 7 'The Hound in the Red Jersey'
'Mr. Lumber's Shop' segment
'Mr. Lumber's Shop' segment
'Mr. Lumber's Shop' segment
'Mr. Lumber's Shop' segment
episode 10 'The Old Gentleman'
episode 12 'The End of Things'
two part comedy thriller for children, live, Part 1
Part One ‘Number Unknown’ re-performed
Part Two ‘Address Unknown’
Part Two ‘Address Unknown’ re-performed
episode 6 ‘The Second Stain’ as a villain
play
Children's Television
details unknown
Children's Television
Children's Television, nativity play
episode 1, with Hattie Jacques and Clive Dunn
episode 1, with Hattie Jacques and Clive Dunn
episode 1, with Hattie Jacques and Clive Dunn
episode 1, with Hattie Jacques and Clive Dunn
episode 1, with Hattie Jacques and Clive Dunn
drama of a murder trial
in Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology
ep. 'The Unwanted Child; or The Babe in the Wood'
episode 'Clara The Maid of Durham, or Home Sweet Home'
episode 'The Drunkard; or The Fallen Saved'
in Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology
in Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology
episode 4 'The Search'
in Errol Flynn Theatre anthology
in Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology
episode ‘The Sealed Knot’
episode 5 'The Baby-Sitter'
episode ‘The Lawyer: The Crown vs James S.’
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Sunday Night Theatre play
Television Playhouse play
episode 'Portrait in Emerald Green'
not confirmed
episode 'Silence For Sale'
episode ‘The New Nose’
Play of the Week
episode ‘The Horror Serial’
episode ‘The Avenger’
episode ‘The Servants’
episode ‘Lord Byron Lived Here’
episode 5 ‘The Long Weekend’
episode ‘The Cruise’
ITV Play of the Week
episode 'Harry Lime and the King'
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17 Apr 1938
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18 Dec 1938
19 Mar 1939
14 June 1946
17 June 1946
23 Dec 1946
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20 Feb 1951
27 Feb 1951
6 Mar 1951
17 Mar 1951
20 Mar 1951
28 Apr 1951
26 May 1951
23 Jun 1951
14 Jul 1951
17 July 1951
31 July 1951
1 Nov 1951
4 Nov 1951
8 Nov 1951
11 Nov 1951
1 Dec 1951
24 Dec 1951
1 Mar 1952
6 Jul 1952
15 Oct 1953
24 Oct 1953
24 Jul 1954
7 Aug 1954
21 Aug 1954
4 Sep 1954
18 Sept 1954
29 Mar 1955
27 June 1955
8 Aug 1955
30 Nov 1955
6 Dec 1955
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21 Jan 1956
9 July 1956
12 Oct 1956
24 Nov 1956
28 Jan 1957
21 Aug 1957
8 Nov 1957
2 Dec 1957
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15 Dec 1957
7 Mar 1958
14 Mar 1958
2 Oct 1958
1959
16 Jan 1959
20 Jan 1959
30 Jan 1959
8 Feb 1959
27 Mar 1959
9 Oct 1959
11 Oct 1959
30 Oct 1959
10 Nov 1959
3 Dec 1959
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Man From Interpol
Hancock’s Half Hour
Saber of London
Danger Man
The Pursuers
Hancock
Anna Karenina
Ghost Squad
A Tune On The Old Tax Fiddle
Dial RIX
Mr. Justice Duncannon
This Is Your Life Hattie Jacques
Mr. Justice Duncannon
Hancock
A Clerical Error
The Brimstone Butterfly
Long Past Glory
The Avengers
The Lady Of The Camellias
The Master Of Santiago
Sunday Story
Sunday Story
The Blackmailing of Mr. S
The Bone Yard
Thorndyke
The Bachelors
Tea Party
The Bachelors
Barnaby Spoot and the
_Exploding Whoopee Cushion
Memoirs Of A Chaise Longue
A World of Comedy
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A World of Comedy
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Riviera Police
Doctor Knock
The Avengers
Macready’s Gala
Frankie Howerd
Pardon The Expression
Pardon The Expression
Marriage Lines
Pardon The Expression
Pardon The Expression
Comedy Half Hour
The Caramel Crisis
Adam Adamant Lives
George And The Dragon
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Hugh And I
All Gas And Gaiters
An Absolute Treasure
Mr Rose
The Troubleshooters
Further Adventures of_Lucky Jim
To Lucifer - A Son
Call My Bluff
Two in Clover
Dad’s Army
Harry Worth
Christmas Night With The Stars
The Creative Impulse
The Mind Of Mr JG Reeder
The Last Train Through
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Christmas Night With The Stars
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Count Salon
The Doctor
Franz
Alvarado
Joe Raker
Air Marshal
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Volgu
Toby Dixon
George Frampton
Mr. Justice Hoop
himself
Mr. Justice Hoop
Ambrose Butterfield
Caleb Bullrush
Mr Slade
Harry
Doctor Macombie
de Giray
Don Bernal de la Encina
himself
himself
Mr Sparrow
Superintendant Melchior
Pembury
Octave de_Coetquidan
Disley
Patrick Seton
Mr Bostock
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Creature Of Habit
Magistrate, Psychologist,
_ Solicitor, Man in
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Magistrate, Psychologist,
_ Solicitor, Man in
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Jeremiah Canlon
Dr. Parpalaid
Benson
Canon Dunwoodie
guest
Sir Charles Dobson
Sir Charles Dobson
Mr. Hopkins
Sir Charles Dobson
Sir Charles Dobson
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Lame
Velmer
Colonel Maynard
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Timothy Post
Brian Turner
Purser
Kemp
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Lucifer
contestant
The Chairman
Sgt Arthur Wilson
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Colonel Fullbright
Sgt Arthur Wilson
Mr. Albert Forester
Joseph Bracher
Judge Grayson
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episode 'Odds On Murder'
episode ‘The Cold’
episode 'The Diplomatic Affair'
episode 1.10 ‘An Affair Of State’
episode 2 'The Husband'
episode ‘The Lift’
not confirmed
crime adventure, episode 'Death From a Distance'
one hour play in ArmchairTheatre series
topical farce, episode 'What A Drag'
episode 'Brief to Counsel', comedy
tribute show to his then wife actress
episode 'A Case of Whisky'
episode ‘The Politician’
one-off Galton & Simpson Comedy Playhouse
Victorian period drama, 80 minutes
one-off comedy drama by Len Deighton
episode 'Mandrake'
drama, with Billie Whitelaw, in Festival genre
90 minute drama in the Festival series
Part 1 'In the Olive Garden', reading an Easter story
Part 2 'In Joseph's Garden'
Armchair Theatre play
Wednesday Play
episode 'A Case of Premeditation'
ITV Play of the Week
The Largest Theatre In The World genre
in the 'Story Parade' series
one-off sitcom, as a joke shop proprietor
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comedy by Marty Feldman & Barry Took
episode 'Innocent But Insane'
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episode 'The Enormous Ear'
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episode 2 ‘That Kind of Girl’
Theatre 625 play, with Leonard Rossitter
episode “What The Butler Saw”
Wednesday Play
comedy show
episode 23 'The Take-Over Bid'
episode 32 ‘Thunderfinger Part 1’
episode 'And Then There Were Five'
episode 33 ‘Thunderfinger Part 2'
episode 34 'The Switched On Scene'
with Warren Mitchell. Recorded 3 March 1966
Thirty Minute Theatre, short drama
episode “The Terribly Happy Embalmers”
26 episodes, starring John, Sid James and Peggy Mount
episode 'Chinese Crackers', with Geoffrey Lumsden
episode 'The Bishop Gets The Sack'
Thirty Minute Theatre, short drama
episode ‘The Jolly Swagman’, crime drama
episode 'Some Days You Just Can't Win'
episode 'Home James'
one-off Comedy Playhouse
with Patrick Campbell and Jocasta Innes
episode 2
regular starring role for 80 episodes
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episode ‘Private Pimpernel’, with James Beck
Dad’s Army insert, recorded 27 Oct 68
W. Somerset Maugham play
episode ‘The Investors’, crime drama
in the Wednesday Play genre
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Dad’s Army insert 'Resisting The Agressor'
‘Dad’s Army’ skit with Arthur Lowe, Clive Dunn |
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ATV
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Granada
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Thames
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4 Mar 1960
29 Aug 1960
13 Nov 1960
1961
16 Jun 1961
3 Nov 1961
4 Nov 1961
17 Dec 1961
5 Oct 1962
25 Jan 1963
12 Feb 1963
15 Feb 1963
7 Mar 1963
5 Apr 1963
16 Apr 1963
17 Nov 1963
24 Jan 1964
12 Feb 1964
26 Feb 1964
5 Apr 1964
12 Apr 1964
26 July 1964
30 Sep 1964
10 Oct 1964
23 Nov 1964
25 Mar 1965
1 Apr 1965
28 May 1965
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2 July 1965
16 Jul 1965
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30 Jul 1965
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9 Aug 1965
2 Jan 1966
26 Feb 1966
2 Mar 1966
8 Mar 1966
28 Mar 1966
30 May 1966
3 Jun 1966
6 Jun 1966
13 Jun 1966
1966
25 Apr 1966
4 Aug 1966
19 Nov 1966
- 31 Oct 1968
3 Jan 1967
31 Jan 1967
22 Feb 1967
17 Mar 1967
20 Mar 1967
30 May 1967
29 June 1967
25 Feb 1968
25 Feb 1968
31 July 1968
- 13 Nov 1977
21 Oct 1968
25 Dec 1968
17 Jun 1969
11 Jun 1969
1 Oct 1969
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Suffer Little Children
Bird’s Eye View
Haven Of Rest
Royal TV Gala Performance
The Des O’Connor Show
Christmas Night With The
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British Screen Awards
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Dear Mother...Love Albert
This Is Your Life: Clive Dunn
Morecambe And Wise Show
Paul Temple
Joker’s Wild
Joker's Wild
Misleading Cases
Doctor At Large
Traitor
The Goodies
Jason King
Out Of The Box
British Screen Awards
Athlete
Jackanory
Jackanory
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Jackanory
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A Class By Himself
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Jackanory
Jackanory
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Sykes
Anywhere But England Old Boy
Appeal
Christmas Night With The
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Marry The Girls
Blue Peter
Between The Wars
Thriller
The Sergeant From Sandhurst
Rust
Great Mysteries
Crown Court
Storyteller
Francis Howerd In Concert
Silver Wedding
Brief Counter
Village Hall
The Flight Fund
Death of an Old Fashioned Girl
The Root Of All Evil
Bod
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This Is Your Life: Arnold Ridley
Storyteller
Multi Coloured Swap Shop
A Christmas Carol
Morecambe And Wise Show
Flint
John Le Mesuirer Appeal
An Honourable Retirement
Ripping Yarns
The 70s Stop Here
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Henderson
Guide
Mr Prentice
Sgt Arthur Wilson
himself
Sgt Arthur Wilson
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himself
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himself
Sailor Sgt Wilson
West
himself
himself
Maurice Sason
Mr Stanley Moon
Adrian Harris
Uncle Tom
Doctor Litz
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himself
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himself
himself
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himself
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Lord Bleasham
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himself
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himself
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Lord Hetherington
Freddie
himself
Sgt Arthur Wilson
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Luke Elms
Sgt Wilson
Mr Stubbs
himself
Sir Henry
Sidney Goldsmith
Reginald Standish
himself?
himself
Geoffrey
Stephen
Harold Garfield
Uncle Edward
the patron
Schmidt
Narrator
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himself & Sgt Wilson
Narrator
Sgt Wilson
Jacob Marley
Sgt Wilson
The Rev. Ossian Flint
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Colonel Runciman
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Saturday Night Theatre
episode “What A Lovely Day!”, documentary
one-off old folk’s home sitcom
Dad's Army sketch 'Guarding Buckingham Palace'
guest on this variety show
Dad’s Army insert 'The Choir Practise'
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supporting Jimmy Perry and David Croft who won an award for best television script for Dad’s Army
episode 'Lost Weekend"
guest on tribute show to Clive Dunn
guest cameo, Arthur Lowe was main guest
episode 'Paper Chase', crime series
contestant on gameshow, also with Clive Dunn
contestant on gameshow, with Clive Dunn
episode ‘What Is A Snail?’, courtroom comedy
episode ‘Mr Moon’
Play For Today genre
episode “Farm Fresh Food”, aka ‘Health Farm’
episode 17, ‘If It’s Got To Go - It’s Got To Go’
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won Best Actor for the play Traitor
episode 2 'Hurdles'
read ‘Andy The Dandy Lion’, part 1 ‘The Red Trunk’
reading ‘Andy The Dandy Lion’, part 2 ‘Ten Million People’
reading ‘The 27th Annual African Hippopotamus Race’, part one ‘Six Days To Go’
starring role in six part aristocracy comedy
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reading ‘The 27th Annual African Hippopotamus Race’, part two ‘The Mighty Zamboots’
reading ‘The 27th Annual African Hippopotamus Race’ part three ‘On Your Marks’
episode 'Uncle', with ex-wife Hattie Jacques
‘Armchair Theatre’ play set in the Mediterranean
made appeal for the Simon Community Trust
Dad’s Army insert 'Broadcast To The Empire'
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Comedy Playhouse, starring role
appearance with Arthur Lowe as Mainwaring
'Mr Loveday's Little Outing' play with Ronald Fraser
episode ‘File It Under Fear’, UK/US-made
On Camera documentary about John Le Mesurier
comedy playlet in the series ‘Black And Blue’
episode ‘Death of an Old Fashioned Girl’
episode 'Murder Most Foul'
probably children’s story
with Frankie Howerd in a one-off stand-up show
in the Late Night Theatre series
US film for TV
episode 'Pie in the Sky', anthology series
'Centre Play' drama, with Harold Bennett
In Orson Welles' Great Mysteries anthology
play in series ‘Shades Of Greene”
15 five minute cartoons for Watch With Mother, 13 episodes
guest on tribute show to friend Arnold Ridley
Episode 'The Treasure' by W. Somerset Maugham
Children’s show, with Clive Dunn
hour long Dickens adaptation
Dad’s Army cameo with Lowe and Laurie
drama in "Play of the Month" series
making an appeal for the Simon Community Trust
episode “Roger Of The Raj”
I assume a clip show, included Arthur Lowe
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LWT
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ITC
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BBC 1
BBC
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Granada
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Thames
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3 Jan 1970
22 Mar 1970
1 Apr 1970
24 May 1970
31 Jul 1970
25 Dec 1970
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4 Mar 1971
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8 Mar 1971
24 Mar 1971
22 Apr 1971
9 June 1971
7 July 1971
28 July 1971
6 Aug 1971
22 Aug 1971
14 Oct 1971
10 Dec 1971
16 Feb 1972
1972
1972
12 Jun 1972
11 Sep 1972
12 Sep 1972
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13 Sep 1972
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13 Sep 1972
- 18 Oct 1972
14 Sep 1972
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15 Sep 1972
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29 Sep 1972
31 Oct 1972
12 Nov 1972
25 Dec 1972
1 Feb 1973
22 Feb 1973
1 June 1973
2 June 1973
31 July 1973
4 Sept 1973
28 Nov 1973
27 Dec 1973
1974
18 Sept 1974
25 Sept 1974
12 Nov 1974
18 May 1975
14 Jul 1975
7 Oct 1975
25 Sep 1975
23 Dec 1975
- 9 Mar 1976
10 Mar 1976
10 Jul 1976
15 Oct 1977
24 Dec 1977
25 Dec 1977
15 Jan 1978
19 Feb 1978
1979
25 Oct 1979
31 Dec 1979
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The Dick Emery Show
The Shillingbury Blowers
Worzel Gummidge
Night of 100 Stars
Behind The Scenes with... The
__ Mermaid Theatre
Brideshead Revisited
Dead Ernest
Bognor
Bognor
Bognor
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Hi-De-Hi
A Married Man
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The Passionate Pilgrim
Late Flowering Love
The Unforgettable John Le
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guest
Council Chairman
Baines
Sgt Arthur Wilson
himself?
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Father Mulberry
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Bright-Purley
Bright-Purley
Bright-Purley
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Hugo Buxton
Eustace Lough
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Narrator
Colonel Hunter Dunn
himself and clips
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comedy sketch show
one off drama
kid’s series, episode ‘Very Good Worzel’
variety celebration of British acting
a special about the 30th anniversary of the theatre and its reopening after refurbishment
episode 6 ‘Julia’ of epic mini-series
comedy
episode 'Just Desserts Part One - Scoff Not"
ep. 'Just Desserts Part Two - A Health Warning"
episode 'Just Desserts Part Three - The Fastest Cork In The West" (comedy-drama)
episode 'Carnival Time'
last TV role, aired posthumously, 4-part drama
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short film, aired posthumously
dramatising Sir John Betjeman poem, made July 81
documentary series profiling famous stars
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Thames
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Anglia
C4
ITV
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5 Jan 1980
6 Jan 1980
3 Feb 1980
21 Dec 1980
24 Sep 1981
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17 Nov 1981
15 Feb 1982
9 Mar 1982
16 Mar 1982
23 Mar 1982
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7 Nov 1982
10 July 1984
- 31 July 1984
1984
3 Mar 1985
9 Sep 2001
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