- Films
- 44
- Avg rating
- 6.28
- Peak run
- 1960’63
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
John by the numbers
Average
6.28
25 rated films
Vote weighted
6.31
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.73
rating spread
Career
27y
1954 to 1980
Total votes
213K
across every film
Best
7.2
The Italian Job
Worst
6.0
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Newest first
Filmography
| 1980 | The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Perkins | 4.9 | 2,576 |
| 1979 | Unidentified Flying Oddball | Sir Gawain | 5.2 | 1,574 |
| 1978 | Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse | Sir Archibald MacGregor | · | 267 |
| 1977 |  Jabberwocky | The Chamberlain | 6.1 | 17,355 |
| 1975 |  The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother | Lord Redcliff | 6.0 | 7,973 |
| 1974 | Confessions of a Window Cleaner | Inspector Radlett | 4.8 | 2,102 |
| 1971 | Dad's Army | Sgt. Wilson | 6.9 | 3,981 |
| 1970 | Doctor in Trouble | Purser | · | 550 |
| 1969 |  The Italian Job | Governor | 7.2 | 55,078 |
| 1968 | Salt and Pepper | Col. Woodstock | · | 908 |
| 1966 | Eye of the Devil | Dr. Monnet | 6.1 | 3,815 |
| 1966 | Bang! Bang! You're Dead! | George C. Lillywhite | 5.7 | 1,076 |
| 1965 | Where the Spies Are | MacGillivray | · | 999 |
| 1965 | Masquerade | Sir Robert | · | 648 |
| 1965 | The Liquidator | Chekhov | 5.9 | 1,446 |
| 1965 | The Early Bird | Colonel Foster (golf partner) | 6.6 | 1,459 |
| 1965 | City in the Sea | Rev. Jonathan Ives | 5.3 | 2,981 |
| 1964 | The Moon-Spinners | Anthony Gamble | 6.5 | 3,418 |
| 1963 | In the Cool of the Day | Dr. Arraman | · | 743 |
| 1963 |  The Pink Panther | Defence Barrister | 7.0 | 62,524 |
Better together?
John Le Mesurier's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Val Guest and John Le Mesurier movies
Takes
On John Le Mesurier
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