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6 unusual facts about Arthur Lowe


2013 Aegon Championships – Singles

Winning in the final meant Murray became the first British player to win three titles at the Queen's Club since Arthur Lowe in the 1920s.

Edward Sinclair

This came as a shock to all the cast members, and it was Arthur Lowe, who stated at his funeral service, "With the loss of Teddy, it is now quite clear that there will be no more Dad's Army."

Eric Longworth

During the Dad's Army Stage Show, Longworth understudied (but, as he states, was thankfully never used for) Arthur Lowe.

Madeleine Orr

Madeleine Orr then returned to London, where, in her last TV appearance before her death, she played Mrs Hemmings in a 1979 episode of the Arthur Lowe vehicle Potter.

This Sporting Life

It also featured the future Dad's Army star, Arthur Lowe, who also appeared in four later films directed by Anderson.

Wispa

John Le Mesurier and Arthur Lowe also made a final appearance as their characters from Dad's Army.


Barkston

During World War II, Arthur Lowe, of Dad's Army, was stationed at Barkston with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, which was tasked with servicing searchlights.

It Sticks Out Half a Mile

The original pilot episode, set in 1948, involved former bank manager and Home Guard Captain George Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe) deciding to renovate a decrepit seaside pier in the fictional town of Frambourne-on-Sea, only to find when applying for a bank loan that the manager of the local branch is his former chief cashier and Home Guard Sergeant Arthur Wilson (John Le Mesurier).

Robert Dorning

Writer Jimmy Perry initially envisaged Jon Pertwee as the pompous bank manager and Home Guard officer Captain Mainwaring with Robert Dorning as Sergeant Wilson but eventually gave the roles to Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier respectively.

The Last of the Baskets

Created by John Stevenson the programme was about a factory worker Clifford Basket (played by Ken Jones) who inherited a title of the Earl of Clogborough, a rundown mansion at Little Clogborough-in-the-Marsh and a faithful servant Bodkin played by Arthur Lowe.


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