Arthur Lowe

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Arthur Lowe

Acting September 22, 1915

Hayfield, Derbyshire, England

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'…

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Coronation Street

Coronation Street

5.4 1960 TV Show
Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets

7.6 1949 Movie
The Avengers

The Avengers

7.8 1961 TV Show
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7.0 1968 Movie
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

5.2 1965 TV Show
Theatre of Blood

Theatre of Blood

6.7 1973 Movie
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

5.2 1964 TV Show
ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

7.0 1967 TV Show
Dad's Army

Dad's Army

7.5 1968 TV Show
No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

4.8 1959 TV Show
ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

7.0 1969 TV Show
This Sporting Life

This Sporting Life

7.0 1963 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Dad's Army at the BBC

    TV show Capt Goerge Mainwaring

  2. 2007
    Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Movie George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)

  3. 2001
    The Best of Morecambe and Wise

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2001
    Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

    Movie Captain George Mainwaring (archive footage) (uncredited)

  5. 2000
    A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe

    Movie Self

  6. 1983
    ITV Christmas Comedy

    TV show

  7. 1982
    A J Wentworth, BA

    TV show A.J. Wentworth, B.A.

  8. 1982
    Britannia Hospital

    Movie Guest Patient

  9. 1980
    Sweet William

    Movie Captain Walton

  10. 1979
    The Plank

    Movie Shorter Workman

  11. 1979
    The Lady Vanishes

    Movie Jeremy Charters

  12. 1979
    Potter

    TV show Redvers Potter

  13. 1978
    Bless Me Father

    TV show Father Charles Clement Duddleswell

  14. 1978
    Daphne Laureola

    Movie Gooch

  15. 1977
    Oh What A Lovely Report

    Movie Mr. Jones

  16. 1977
    The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

    Movie Dr. John H. Watson

More credits
  1. 1977
    Cottage to Let

    TV show Bernard Clayman

  2. 1977
    Philby, Burgess and Maclean

    Movie Herbert Morrison

  3. 1977
    The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

    TV show Henry Duckworth

  4. 1976
    Laurence Olivier Presents

    TV show Gooch

  5. 1976
    The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

    Movie Dr. Thwackum

  6. 1976
    Bill Brand

    TV show Watson

  7. 1975
    Shades of Greene

    TV show Javitt

  8. 1974
    Mr. Men

    TV show Narrator

  9. 1974
    Churchill's People

    TV show Epillicus

  10. 1974
    Man About the House

    Movie Spiros

  11. 1974
    David Copperfield

    TV show Wilkins Micawber

  12. 1974
    Microbes and Men

    TV show Louis Pasteur

  13. 1973
    No Sex Please - We're British

    Movie Mr. Leslie Bromley

  14. 1973
    Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall

    Movie Maj. Drysdale

  15. 1973
    Armchair 30

    TV show Alfred Potter

  16. 1973
    O Lucky Man!

    Movie Mr. Duff / Charlie Johnson / Dr. Munda

  17. 1973
    Theatre of Blood

    Movie Horace Sprout

  18. 1972
    The Ruling Class

    Movie Tucker

  19. 1972
    It's Murder. But Is It Art?

    TV show Phineas Drake

  20. 1971
    The Last Of The Baskets

    TV show Redvers Bodkin

  21. 1971
    Dad's Army

    Movie Captain George Mainwaring

  22. 1971
    A Hole Lot of Trouble

    Movie Whitehouse

  23. 1970
    The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

    Movie Ferret

  24. 1970
    Spring and Port Wine

    Movie Mr. Aspinall