Sergeant Wilson
| Sergeant Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Dad's Army character | |
| First appearance | The Man and the Hour |
| Last appearance | Never Too Old |
| Portrayed by |
John Le Mesurier Bill Nighy |
| Information | |
| Occupation | Head Bank Clerk |
| Relatives | Unnamed Ex-Wife Unnamed Daughter Frank Pike (son) Lettice (aunt) |
| Affiliated with | Home Guard |
The Honourable Arthur Wilson, also known as Sergeant Wilson, is a fictional Home Guard platoon sergeant and bank employee. He was portrayed in the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army by John Le Mesurier.
Wilson was born in 1887, and is carefree, cheerful and well-spoken, although more complex than he first seems. He has a vague and dreamy personality and an aura of mystery. In appearance, he resembles Anthony Eden. He is a kind man, who goes with the flow of life. He is chief cashier of Walmington-on-Sea bank, and captain of the cricket club. He has an upper-middle-class background; his great uncle was a peer of the realm, his father had a career in the City of London, and Wilson often recalls fond memories of his nanny. He was educated at a public school named Meadow Bridge, having failed the entrance exam for Harrow. He was destined for the Indian Civil Service but failed that exam too.
Captain Mainwaring, Wilson's senior in the Home Guard and in the bank, envies and resents Wilson's privileged background and once compared Wilson with Peter Pan, because he could never face responsibilities. These include Private Pike, who worships his "Uncle Arthur" but may be Wilson's son — Wilson has had a long relationship with Mavis Pike, Pike's widowed mother. It is gossip in Walmington-on-Sea, as both arrived in Walmington from Weston-super-Mare around the same time, and there are other "coincidences" that show Wilson and Mrs Pike are more than just close friends, such as them unofficially living together. He admits that Pike originally called him Daddy, until told to call him Uncle (although the writers have confirmed that Wilson is Pike's biological father.) In "Menace from the Deep" Mainwaring brushes against Wilson while he is asleep, and he says without fully waking "Gently, Mavis".
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