- He was quoted as saying "It's all been rather lovely" before slipping into a final coma.
- He asked his wife Joan to place in The Times the following announcement of his death: "John Le Mesurier wishes it to be known that he conked out on November 15th. He sadly misses his family and friends.".
- He separated from his wife Joan Le Mesurier in the mid-1960s when she had an affair with their mutual friend Tony Hancock. John was understanding, and they began living together again after Hancock's death in 1968.
- His surname was pronounced like "measurer" - the "i" was silent.
- He had two sons with actress Hattie Jacques: Robin Le Mesurier (born 22 March 1953) and Kim Le Mesurier (born 12 October 1956). Kim died of an accidental drugs overdose on 6 October 1991, exactly 11 years after his mother's death.
- A few months into their marriage, John Le Mesurier's's third wife, Joan, left him for his best friend, Tony Hancock. A year later, having found Hancock an alcoholic, violent and impossible to live with, Joan returned to John. Hancock committed suicide in Australia in 1968. John was very forgiving of Joan and defended her for the rest of his days.
- In 1977 he was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver but recovered and lived for another six years before dying in Ramsgate Hospital.
- In her book, "Dear John", Joan Le Mesurier gives her husband's date of death as 16th November 1983.
- A memorial service was held for him at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden on 16th February 1984.
- He says in his autobiography that the original idea for Dad's Army (1968) was for him to play Captain Mainwaring and for Arthur Lowe to be an NCO. He says 'I hate to think how we would have fared if we had followed that'.
- Was known for being the same off screen as on - gentle and self-deprecating.
- He made a series of commercials for Australian television advertising British Airways.
- His autobiography "A Jobbing Actor" was released posthumously in 1984.
- He grew up in Bury St Edmunds where, following his father's wishes, he studied law for a while and worked in a solicitor's office, but his love was acting and he eventually joined a rep company.
- In 1940 he was called up to the army and prior to his posting to India he married June Melville but she was an alcoholic and the marriage eventually collapsed.
- He met Joan Malin, who would become his third wife, in 1964. His then wife, Hattie Jacques, was having an affair with her driver, John Schofield, and John agreed to take the blame in the divorce case so as not to damage her reputation or career. He and Joan remained good friends with Hattie until her death in 1980.
- He voiced the Home Pride Flour commercials on television for 16 years.
- He is best known for his role on Dad's Army (1968). He also went on to play Bilbo Baggins in the BBC Radio production of The Lord of the Rings, opposite Ian Holm and Bill Nighy. Holm went on to play Bilbo in Peter Jackson's films, while Nighy appeared in Dad's Army (2016).
- Would ruefully deflect congratulation on his BAFTA win (for his role as Adrian Harris in Dennis Potter's acclaimed Traitor (1971) by pointing out that the inscription it carried was the somewhat less-than-complimentary "John Le Mesurier - Traitor".
- The film Monsieur Lecoq (1967) was unfinished and abandoned.
- He loved jazz and going to Ronnie Scott's famous jazz club in London.
- He loved jazz and played the piano.
- His interment was at Saint George's Churchyard in Ramsgate.
- Not to be confused with one of disgraced MP Jeremy Thorpe's co-defendants on a charge of attempted murder, carpet dealer John Le Measurier (although le Measurier's name is sometimes spelled identically). The New Yorker advised potential US viewers of A Very English Scandal (2018), about the Thorpe case, "Imagine that one of the Watergate burglars had been named Alan Alda".
- Could play the piano and loved jazz. In his autobiography he said "If you happen to walk into a cocktail bar and you see an elderly grey-haired gentleman in a white jacket playing the piano rather badly, take another look - it might be me.".
- Grew up in Bury St Edmunds.
- He was a talented cricketer and played for Suffolk, if he'd been just that bit better he might have achieved first class county status. His other loves were classical and jazz music.
- He was the son of Charles Elton (1881-1964) and Amy Michelle Halliley (née Le Mesurier) (1878-1968).
- He was a very prolific British character actor known for his slight resemblance to fellow countryman Boris Karloff.
- Called up into the army in 1940.
- His father wanted him to go into law.
- In Dads Army he wanted to be Captain Mannering.
- Step son David Malin.
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