Arthur Lowe
Acting
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.
Born: September 22, 1915
Place of Birth: Hayfield, Derbyshire, England
Known For
It All Goes to Show
A fading seaside resort attempt to revive its fortunes with a summer show.
The Avengers
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
Mr. Men
The Mr Men are a whole host of brightly colored characters that live in Misterland. All of them have names like Mr Happy, Mr Clumsy and Mr Greedy and their appearance and personality match their name. Based on the books by Roger Hargraves.
Kind Hearts and Coronets
When 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 avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.
Dad's Army
Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
The Plank
Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion. TV remake of the 1967 short.
Maigret
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
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In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.
London Belongs to Me
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.
A Hole Lot of Trouble
Three workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local officials who believe the hole is being dug in the wrong place and should be closer to the home of a prissy fashion designer.
Filmography
as Capt Goerge Mainwaring
as George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as A.J. Wentworth, B.A.
as Guest Patient
as Captain Walton
as Shorter Workman
as Jeremy Charters
as Redvers Potter
as Father Charles Clement Duddleswell
as Gooch
as Dr. John H. Watson
as Herbert Morrison
as Henry Duckworth
as Gooch
as Dr. Thwackum
as Watson
as Narrator
as Epillicus
as Spiros
as Wilkins Micawber
as Louis Pasteur
as Mr. Leslie Bromley
as Maj. Drysdale
as Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda
as Horace Sprout
as Tucker
as Phineas Drake
as Captain George Mainwaring
as Whitehouse
as Ferret
as Mr. Aspinall
as Mr. Nugent
as Police Sergeant
as Father
as Councillor Henry Parker
as Mr. Kemp
as Captain George Mainwaring
as The Mayor
as Self
as The Mayor
as Leonard Swindley
as Sir Oliver Surface
as Husband
as Colonel Harrup
as Tailor
as Charles Slomer
as Warder
as Capt. George Mainwaring
as Benstead
as Leonard Swindley
as Monsieur Triboulet
as Bank Official (uncredited)
as Mr King
as Mr. Podgers
as Bridge Mechanic
as Garage Owne
as Jeweller
as Caligraphy Expert
as Radio Salesman
as Mitchell
as Tailor
as Shop demonstrator (uncredited)
as Sam
as Mr. Fogarty
as Barratt
as Arthur Henry
as Albert Davies
as Town Clerk
as The Reporter
as Archibald (uncredited)
as Commuter on Train (uncredited)