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John Le Mesurier BiographyUK actor John Le Mesurier was born on the 5th April 1912 at Chaucer Road in Bedford, Bedfordshire. His real name was John Charles Elton Le Mesurier De Somerys Halliley. His father was a solicitor and the family moved to Bury St Edmunds soon after John's birth. John Le Mesurier was educated at public school in Dorset, England. Acting Career Of John Le MesurierHe originally studied law and worked as an articled clerk to Greene and Greene but left this when he was 20 to study acting at the Fay Compton School of Acting and Dramatic Art. He adopted his middle name as his stage name which was his mother's maiden name - Le Mesurier. He was sometimes called John LeMesurier in some productions, films and television appearances. Military Career Of John Le MesurierHis first acting job was in repertory but this was interrupted by World War II where he served as a Captain in the Royal Armoured Corps. He saw service in England at Tidworth on Salisbury Plain and in India. In 1939 he married June Melville and they divorced in 1947. Find Extra Work Find more ways to earn extra money part time, full time and in between your regular job at our other website www.findextrawork.co.uk First Film Of John Le MesurierJohn Le Mesurier returned to the stage in 1945. Three years later he appeared in his first film Death In The Hand. Hattie Jacques And John Le MesurierIn 1949 he married the actress Hattie Jacques who was famous for acting in Sykes, Hancock's Half Hour and the Carry On films. They had two sons called Kim and Robin. Hattie and John divorced in 1965. Joan Le MesurierIn 1965 he married Joan Le Mesurier. Awards Of John Le MesurierIn 1971 John Le Mesurier won a BAFTA award for Best Actor of the Year for his performance as Adrian Harris in the Kim Philby based Dennis Potter's TV drama called Traitor. Death Of John Le MesurierJohn Le Mesurier died on the 15th November 1983 at Ramsgate in Kent from a stomach haemorrhage. He had suffered from cirrhosis of the liver. He was aged 71 years old. His last words to his wife, Joan, were "It’s all been rather lovely". His wishes were that Joan would place an obituary in The Times newspaper stating that "John Le Mesurier conked out and he sadly misses his family and friends". His autobiography was called A Jobbing Actor and was published posthumously in 1994. Joan, his third wife, wrote the book Dear John after he died. Film And TV Appearances Of John Le MesurierBrideshead Revisited as Father Mowbray Dad's Army as Sergeant Arthur K Wilson The Spaceman and King Arthur as Sir Gawain Bod TV Series as the Voice of the Narrator The Italian Job as Governor Traitor as Adrian Harris The Early Bird as Colonel Foster The Rebel as the Office Manager The Bulldog Breed as Prosecuting Counsel Late Flowering Love as Colonel Hunter Dunn The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu as Perkins The Shillingbury Blowers as Council Chairman Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse as Sir Archibald MacGregor A Christmas Carol as Marley's Ghost Jabberwocky as Passelewe Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers as Colonel Bromley-Pickering What's Up Nurse! as Doctor Ogden The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother as Lord Redcliff Brief Encounter as Stephen Confessions of a Window Cleaner as Inspector Radlett The Alf Garnett Saga as Frewin On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Pelham Doctor in Trouble as Purser Finders Keepers as Mr. X Our Man in Marrakesh as George Lillywhite George and the Dragon as Colonel Maynard The Sandwich Man as the Religious Sandwich Man The City Under the Sea as Reverend Jonathan Ives A Clerical Error as Caleb Bullrush Jigsaw as Mr. Simpson We Joined the Navy as Dewberry On the Fiddle as Hixon Brothers in Law as Judge Ryman The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's as the Minister of Education Doctor in Love as Dr. Mincing The Day They Robbed the Bank of England as Green School for Scoundrels or How to Win Without Actually Cheating! as Head Waiter Dead Lucky as Inspector Corcoran Let's Get Married as Dean The Captain's Table as Sir Angus The Hound of the Baskervilles as Barrymore Too Many Crooks as Magistrate Jack the Ripper as Dr. Tranter Hi-de-hi! as Hugo Buxton The Goodies as Uncle Tom Sykes as Lord Hetherington Jason King as Doctor Litz Doctor at Large as Stanley Moon Adam Adamant Lives! as Velmer The Avengers as Benson and Dr. Macombie The Railway Children as the Doctor Hancock as Ambrose Butterfield and The Air Marshall Danger Man as Alvarado Ben-Hur as a Doctor The Pink Panther as the Defence Attorney John Le Mesurier did television adverts for Homepride Flour as flour grader Fred where his catch phrase was "Graded grains make finer flour". He also did TV advertisements for British Airways. Radio Work Of John Le MesurierJohn Le Mesurier also voiced radio plays and comedies such as J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings for BBC Radio 4 where he played Bilbo Baggins. He also starred in the Dad's Army radio series spin off It Sticks Out Half A Mile where Pike and Hodges buy a pier. Other productions included The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy where he played the wise old bird. More celebrity obituaries. Automatically Add Uttertrivia To Your Favourites Folder - Bookmark Us. 
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