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Best known for starring in Dad's Army, where his Sergeant Wilson was the languid, rakish, distracted foil to Arthur Lowe's pompous, chippy Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier is a beloved character actor. "Do you think that's wise, sir?" and "Would you mind awfully . . . ?" are just two of Sergeant Wilson's expressions that sum up his unorthodox, unruffled approach to service life. But occasionally, life mirrors art and there was much of Sergeant Wilson in "Le Mez," as he was known to friends and family. Just as Wilson appeared to enjoy a close—but unmarried—acquaintance with Private Pike's mom, so Le Mesurier had three unconventional marriages, one with the comic actress Hattie Jacques. His third wife left him for an affair with Tony Hancock, and he tended to prioritize an early-morning scan of the Racing Post above rehearsals. A phone call from Le Mez was often to suggest, "Playtime?"—always delivered in his irresistible drawl. This biography is fully authorized by his family.
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Graham McCann is the author of Cary Grant: A Class Apart, Dad's Army, and Fawlty Towers.
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'Graham McCann's book is an affectionate, enthralling account of this laid-back gentleman of whom Dad's Army writer Jimmy Perry said: 'He just swanned through life' Daily Mail
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- PublisherAurum Pr Ltd
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1845135830
- ISBN 13 9781845135836
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. As Sergeant Wilson in Dad's Army John Le Mesurier was the epitome of insouciance and languor. Cuffs undone, a half smile on his lips, oozing charm for the ladies - to the pompous bantam cock that was Captain Mainwaring everything about his deputy spoke lounge lizard rather than soldier. The real life of John Le Mesurier, as this authorised and definitive biography shows, was rather more complicated. To some extent Sergeant Wilson was indeed Le Mesurier playing himself - a man who prioritised a thorough perusal of the Racing Post in the morning before buckling down to rehearsals; who once sweet-talked a make-up girl into taking his watch off his wrist, winding it up for him, and tenderly putting it back on; from whom his friends would receive an early-evening phone call at witching hour consisting merely of a murmured, 'Playtime.?' But while his acting career, ranging from I'm All Right, Jack to Brideshead Revisited, found a glorious and sustained Indian summer in the greatest situation comedy British television has ever produced, in his private life this mild, quietly-spoken, decent man was plagued by turmoil and heartbreak. Married three times, he saw his first wife succumb to alcoholism, his second - the comedy diva Hattie Jacques - move her lover into the family home, and his third (though devotedly caring for him to the end of his life) enjoy a passionate dalliance with his former screen colleague Tony Hancock. Ultimately, as this sympathetic and moving book shows, John Le Mesurier was a far more courageous, profound and admirable man than Sergeant Wilson was ever meant to be, and is immortalised in the ubiquitous repeats of Dad's Army. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR003182066
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