Arthur Lowe
Known for: Acting
Born: September 22, 1915
Died: April 15, 1982
Place of birth: 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's Army from 1968 until 1977.
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Filmography
59 movies · 35 TV shows, newest first
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Dad's Army at the BBC
2025
5.0
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
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The Best of Morecambe and Wise
200110.0
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
2001
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A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe
2000
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ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
7.3
A J Wentworth, BA
1982
6.2
Britannia Hospital
1982
4.3
Sweet William
1980
7.4
The Plank
1979
6.0
The Lady Vanishes
1979
6.8
Potter
1979
6.3
Bless Me Father
1978
7.5
Daphne Laureola
1978NR
Oh What A Lovely Report
1977
6.3
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
1977NR
Cottage to Let
1977
5.4
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
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The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
3.5
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
1976
7.3
Bill Brand
1976
8.5
Shades of Greene
1975
7.7
Mr. Men
1974
5.0
Churchill's People
1974
4.9
Man About the House
1974
5.8
David Copperfield
1974
6.0
Microbes and Men
1974
5.2
No Sex Please - We're British
1973
5.0
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
1973NR
Armchair 30
1973
6.8
O Lucky Man!
1973
6.7
Theatre of Blood
1973
6.4
The Ruling Class
1972
9.0
It's Murder. But Is It Art?
1972NR
The Last Of The Baskets
1971
5.0
Dad's Army
1971
7.8
A Hole Lot of Trouble
1971
6.0
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
5.8
Spring and Port Wine
1970NR
Ben Travers Farces
1970
5.9
Fragment of Fear
1970
8.0
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
5.2
Some Will, Some Won't
1970NR
Plays of Today
1969
5.9
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
9.0
It All Goes to Show
1969
7.0
if....
1968
7.4
Dad's Army
1968NR
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
1968
5.0
Red, White, and Zero
1968
8.0
About "The White Bus"
19689.5
Rogues' Gallery
1968
6.0
The White Bus
1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
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Turn Out the Lights
1967
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
5.4
You Must Be Joking
19657.0
Pardon the Expression
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
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The Snag
1963
7.0
This Sporting Life
1963
6.3
Go to Blazes
1962
6.5
Morecambe & Wise
1961
7.8
The Avengers
1961
5.4
Coronation Street
1960
7.1
Maigret
1960
6.1
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960
7.0
A Night Out
1960
10.0
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
1960
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
6.0
The Boy and the Bridge
1959
5.7
Stormy Crossing
1958
5.9
Blind Spot
1958
6.9
Stranger in Town
1957
6.4
Hour of Decision
1957
7.0
The Green Man
1956
9.0
The Errol Flynn Theatre
1956
5.5
Breakaway
1956
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
5.5
Who Done It?
1956
7.0
One Way Out
19558.0
Windfall
1955
6.3
The Reluctant Bride
1955
6.1
Final Appointment
1954
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The Mirror and Markheim
1954
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
6.9
The Spider and the Fly
1949
7.6
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949
5.9
Stop Press Girl
1949
7.3
Floodtide
1949
7.0
London Belongs to Me
1948NR
William Webb Ellis, Are You Mad?
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