| birth_place = [[Hadleigh, Suffolk]], England The second son of Eric Llewellyn Newell, of High Lodge, Hadleigh, Suffolk,<ref>The Medical Directory, Part 2, J. & A. Churchill Ltd, 1957, p. 1611</r

| death_place = [[Heveningham]], [[Suffolk]], UK ...uthend-on-Sea]] for almost five years. He began to appear in British films from the mid-1950s, including a bit part in the classic [[Ealing Studios|Ealing

...nrolled at the [[Fay Compton|Fay Compton Studio of Dramatic Art]] in 1933. From there he took a position in [[repertory theatre]] and made his stage debut ...rinker of alcohol for most of his life, Le Mesurier died in 1983, aged 71, from a stomach haemorrhage, brought about as a complication of [[cirrhosis]] of

...e ukulele to his performance. He started his recording career in 1926 and, from 1934, he increasingly worked in film to develop into a major star by the la ...6 it was estimated that he had performed in front of three million service personnel. After the war his career declined, although he toured [[Commonwealth of Na