Creator / Arthur Lowe

Arthur Lowe (22 September 1915 – 15 April 1982) was an English actor, best known for playing the iconic Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army from 1968-77.

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Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

Film

• Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) — Reporter
• if.... (1968) — Mr. Kemp
• The Bed Sitting Room (1969) — Father
• Fragment of Fear (1970) — Mr. Nugent
• The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) — Ferret
• Dad's Army (1971) — Captain George Mainwaring
• The Ruling Class (1972) — Tucker
• Theatre of Blood (1973) — Horace Sprout
• O Lucky Man! (1973) — Mr. Duff/Charlie Johnson/Dr. Munda

Series

• Coronation Street, 197 episodes (1960-65) — Leonard Swindley
• Z Cars, episode "Handle with Care" (1962) — Jakey Ramsden
• Maigret, episode "Seven Little Crosses" (1962) — Monsieur Triboulet
• The Avengers, episode "Dead Man's Treasure" (1967) — Benstead
• Dad's Army, 80 episodes:
  • 80 episodes (1968-77) — Captain George Mainwaring
  • "The Two and a Half Feathers" (1970) — Sergeant Ironside
  • "My Brother and I" (1975) — Barry Mainwaring
• Jackanory, episode "The Emperor's Oblong Pancake" (1970) — Storyteller
• Doctor at Large, 5 episodes^{show list}"You Make Me Feel So Young", "Doctor Dish", "Modernising Major", "Congradulations- It's a Toad!", "Change Your Partners" (1971) — Dr. Maxwell
• The Last of the Baskets, 13 episodes (1971-72) — Redvers Bodkin
• Blue Peter, 2 episodes (1973-74) — Captain George Mainwaring
• Mr. Men, 28 episodes (1974-76) — Storyteller
• Bless Me Father, 21 episodes (1978-81) — Father Charles Clement Duddleswell

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