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  • This Sporting Life
  • This Sporting Life review by Zamy from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars Great film 4 April 2005
    ... Rachel Roberts is first rate with strong support from the likes of Alan Badel, Arthur Lowe and William Hartnell. This is very much a film of its time and a grey northern ...   Read customer review
  • Dad's Army - Series 4
  • Dad's Army - Series 4 review by A customer from Derby England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Oldie but still a goodie 1 June 2006
    ... moment and proves at least to me that old comedy still takes a lot of beating. Arthur Lowe was a master of his art and in this series his talent really shines through, fr...   Read customer review

Arthur Lowe - filmography


  • Dad's Army - Series 9 on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Arthur Lowe
    Director: Robert Knights
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This ninth volume marks the last of the series and finds the boys taking to the stage to re-enact the battle of George and the dragon. Episodes include ‘Wake-Up Walmington’, ‘The Making Of Private Pike’, ‘Knights Of Madness’, ‘The Miser’s Hoard’, ‘Number Engaged’ and ‘Never too Old’.
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 548 members
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  • Dad's Army - Series 5 (2 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Arthur Lowe,  John Le Mesurier,  John Le Mesurier
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Features all 13 episodes of the classic series: Asleep in the Deep, Keep Young & Beautiful, Getting the Bird, A Soldier's Farewell, The Desperate Drive of Corporal Jones, If the Cap Fits..., The King was in his Counting House, All is safely Gathered in, When Did you Last See your Money?, Brain Vs ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 1,392 member
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  • Dad's Army - Series 4 (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Arthur Lowe,  John Le Mesurier,  John Le Mesurier
    Director: David Croft
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Features the complete thirteen episodes from the fourth series of the popular television comedy. In 'The Big Parade', despite Mainwaring's reservations, Private Walker is chosen to supply the mascot for a parade. Also features: 'Don't Forget The Diver', 'Boots, Boots, Boots', 'SGT - Save My Boy!', '..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 1,907 member
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  • Dad's Army - Series 3 (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Arthur Lowe,  John Le Mesurier,  John Le Mesurier
    Director: David Croft
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Features the complete fourteen episodes from the third series. Episodes include: 'The Armoured Might Of Lance Corporal Jones', 'Battle School', 'The Lion Has Phones', 'The Bullet Is Not For Firing', 'Something Nasty In The Vault', 'Room At The Bottom', 'Big Guns', 'The Day The Balloon Went Up', '..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 74% from 2,411 members
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  • Britannia Hospital (1982)
    Starring: Leonard Rossiter,  Graham Crowden,  Joan Plowright
    Director: Lindsay Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Lindsay Anderson and screenwriter David Sherwin continue their story of Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), who played the rebellious school boy in the 1969 film IF and the go-getter coffee salesman in the 1973 film O LUCKY MAN! In BRITANNIA HOSPITAL, Mick Travis is now an undercover ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 645 members
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  • Sweet William on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Sam Waterston,  Jenny Agutter,  Anna Massey
    Director: Claude Whatham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    As soon as she meets William (Sam Waterston), Ann (Jenny Agutter) finds herself drawn to him. Their whirlwind romance is rapidly consummated and they decide to live together in Ann's flat. However, Ann soon discovers that William is also in a relationship with her friend Pamela - and is also ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 50 members
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  • The Lady Vanishes (1979)
    Starring: Elliott Gould,  Cybill Shepherd,  Angela Lansbury
    Director: Anthony Page
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A remake of Hitchcock's suspense classic about a woman who disappears while on a train trip between Germany and the Swiss border. When a British nanny attempts to organise a search for the missing woman, she finds the other passengers oddly reluctant to help.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 646 members
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  • Man About The House (1974)
    Starring: Richard O'Sullivan,  Paula Wilcox,  Sally Thomsett
    Director: John Robins
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE is another title in the 1970's trend of UK sitcoms being turned in feature length films. Student lay about Robin shares his flat with two attractive girls Chrissie and Jo, which they rent from George Roper and his wife Mildred (who would go on to have their own spin-off series). ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 375 members
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  • O Lucky Man! on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Malcolm McDowell,  Arthur Lowe,  Ralph Richardson
    Director: Lindsay Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lindsay Anderson, working again with Malcolm McDowell and Robert Sherwin, continues his comic comment on corruption in British society when Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the school boy from IF. . ., sets out, like a modern Candide, to make his way in the business world. Anderson stretches the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,104 member
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  • Adolf Hitler - My Part In His Downfall on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Jim Dale,  Arthur Lowe,  Bill Maynard
    Director: Norman Cohen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in London in 1940 the story follows the life of aspiring musician Terence 'Spike' Milligan as he reluctantly joins the Royal Artillery when he is 'called-up' and Spike and friends get involved in many scrapes. Based on the war memoirs of real-life Spike Milligan.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 481 members
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  • The Ruling Class on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Peter O'Toole,  Alastair Sim,  Arthur Lowe
    Director: Peter Medak
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A sprawling, bursting-at-the-seams send-up of the in-grown eccentricities of the British upper class with Peter O'Toole as one of the least crazy of the English blue-bloods -- he thinks he's Jesus Christ. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Peter O'Toole.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 519 members
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  • Dad's Army - Series 7 on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Arthur Lowe,  John Le Mesurier,  John Le Mesurier
    Director: David Croft
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Series 7 of the popular BBC comedy series set in the fictional south coast seaside town of Walmington-On-Sea during World War 2. Contains the episodes: Everybody's Trucking, A Man of Action, Gorilla Warfare, The Godiva Affair, The Captain's Car and Turkey Dinner.
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 995 members
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  • If.... on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Malcolm McDowell,  Arthur Lowe,  David Wood
    Director: Lindsay Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rebellious students at an English private school plan a violent revolt against their repressive environment in director Lindsay Anderson's highly acclaimed but extremely controversial drama. Centering on a small group of non-conformists led by Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the film paints a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 5,518 members
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  • Dad's Army - Series 1 And 2 (2 discs) on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Arthur Lowe,  Clive Dunn,  John Le Mesurier
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Classic TV comedy from the Home Guards at Walmington-On-Sea who are both bumbling and ineffectual as well as incompetent which makes life chaotic for all around. Contains all of the first series followed by the remaining episodes of the second series. The other three instalments are missing and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 3,209 members
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  • Pardon The Expression - Series 2 (1966)
    Starring: Robert Dorning,  Betty Driver,  Arthur Lowe
    Director: Michael Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    One of only two spin-offs from CORONATION STREET, this sitcom, set in Weatherfield, finds former boutique owner Leonard Swindley (Arthur Lowe - DAD'S ARMY) taking a new job as assistant manager of a chain store. Features the second series of the show.
    1 star out of 5 17% from 4 members
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  • Pardon The Expression - Series 1 (1965)
    Starring: Arthur Lowe,  Paul Dawkins
    Director: Wally Butler
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Pardon The Expression is the spin-off from Coronation Street which follows Leonard Swindley after his run of bad luck in Weatherfield as he moves on to become assistant manager of a branch of Dobson and Hawks stores.
    0.5 stars out of 5 12% from 4 members
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  • This Sporting Life (1963)
    Starring: Richard Harris,  Rachel Roberts,  Alan Badel
    Director: Lindsay Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Adapted from David Storey's novel of the same title, THIS SPORTING LIFE is a gritty, unblinking look at life in the coal mining region of Northern England as seen through the eyes of Frank Machin. Richard Harris gives a remarkable performance as Machin, a proud man who wants to quit his job as a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,946 member
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  • Bless Me Father - Complete Series
    Starring: Arthur Lowe,  Sheila Keith
    Director: David Askey
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this hilarious Britcom classic, a newly minted priest learns the ropes from a crusty veteran with a gentle brogue and a sharp eye on the bottom line. Arthur Lowe (Dad's Army) stars as Father Duddleswell, wily pastor of St. Jude's parish in suburban London. Daniel Abineri is the eager young ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 9 members
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Arthur Lowe facts

5 most recent films

Dad's Army - Series 9 - 4.0 stars
The Rise And Rise Of Michael Rimmer - 3.5 stars
Dad's Army - Series 6 - 4.0 stars
Dad's Army - Series 5 - 4.0 stars
Dad's Army - Series 4 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Dad's Army - Series 9 - 4.0 stars
Dad's Army - Series 8 - 4.0 stars
Dad's Army - Christmas Special - 4.0 stars
Dad's Army - Series 7 - 4.0 stars
Dad's Army - Series 6 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Pardon The Expression - Series 1 - 0.5 stars
Pardon The Expression - Series 2 - 1.0 stars
Bless Me Father - Complete Series - 2.0 stars
Philby, Burgess And Maclean - 2.5 stars
Sweet William - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Clive Dunn - 21 times - show films
John Le Mesurier - 21 times - show films
John Laurie - 20 times - show films
Arnold Ridley - 16 times - show films
Ian Lavender - 16 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Croft - 12 times - show films
none - 8 times - show films
Lindsay Anderson - 6 times - show films
Anthony Page - 2 times - show films
Norman Cohen - 2 times - show films