Early Life
Arthur Lowe was born in Hayfield, Derbyshire, the only child of Arthur (1888–1971) and his wife Mary Annie Ford (1885–1981). His father worked for a railway company and was in charge of moving theatrical touring companies around Northern England and the Midlands using special trains. Arthur Jr. went to Chapel Street Junior School in Chapel Street, Levenshulme, Manchester. His original intention was to join the Merchant Navy, but this was thwarted by his poor eyesight. Working at an aircraft factory, he joined the British Army on the eve of the Second World War, but not before experiencing his first brush with acting by working as a stagehand at the Manchester Palace of Varieties. Lowe served in the Middle East with the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, and took part in shows put on for the troops. At the war's end, he was discharged from the Army, having served as a radar technician, with the rank of Sergeant Major.
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