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Richard Wilson

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jul 9, 1936 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

Biography

Richard Wilson OBE (born Ian Carmichael Wilson; 9 July 1936) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster. He played Victor Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave. A later role was as Gaius, the court physician of Camelot, in the BBC drama Merlin.

Known For

Acting
2023Sweetly It TurnsLen
2022G♭Ceri
2022Remembers…Self
2021Around the World in 80 DaysGrayson
2018Sherlock GnomesMr. Capulet (voice)
2016A Midsummer Night's DreamStarveling
2015Danny & the Human ZooJames Broughton
2015Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay ScotlandNarrator
2013Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the ArmySelf - Host
2012Confessions from the UndergroundSelf - Narrator(voice)
2012Playhouse PresentsJohn
2011Gnomeo & JulietMr. Capulet
2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant
2010The One Ronnie
2010Gerard Kelly: A CelebrationSelf
2009DemonsFather Simeon
2009Britain's Best Drives
2009Merlin: Secrets and MagicSelf
2009DemonsFather Simeon
2008MerlinGaius
2007Reichenbach FallsArthur Conan Doyle
2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf
2007Would I Lie to You?Self
2007KingdomProfessor Barkway
2006Love and Other DisastersRegistrar
2006A Harlot's ProgressSir James Thornhill
2006The World of Peter Rabbit and FriendsMr. McGregor
2006Davina
2005Monkey Trousers
2005Doctor Who Confidential
2005Doctor Who
2005Doctor WhoDr Constantine
2004King of FridgesFrank
2003Out There
2002Jeffrey Archer: The TruthDuke of Edinburgh
2002Dick Whittington: The ITV PantomimeSally the Cook
2002Born and BredDr. Donald Newman
2001Women Talking DirtyRonald
2001One Foot in the Grave: Visiting Uncle DickVictor Meldrew
2001High Stakes
2001Life as We Know It
1999Life SupportJohn Doone
1998Ted & RalphLandowner at Party
1998All Saints
1998So Graham NortonSelf
1998Duck PatrolPC Roland 'Prof' Rose
1998Fantasy World CupSelf
1998ParkinsonSelf
1998In the RedLord Tone
1997The Man Who Knew Too LittleDaggenhurst
1997One Foot in the Grave: EndgameVictor Meldrew
1996Lord of MisruleBill Webster
1996One Foot in the Grave: StarboundVictor Meldrew
1996The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. TittlemouseMr. McGregor (voice)
1996Gulliver's TravelsProfessor of Language
1995One Foot in the Grave: The Wisdom Of The WitchVictor Meldrew
1995Father TedRichard Wilson
1995The Frank Skinner ShowSelf
1994ButterSteven Williams
1994One Foot in the Grave: The Man Who Blew AwayVictor Meldrew
1994Room 101Self
1993The Vision ThingJames Forth
1993Selling HitlerHenri Nannen
1993Soft Top Hard ShoulderUncle Salvatore
1993One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the AlgarveVictor Meldrew
1993One Foot in the Grave: Victor In The BathVictor Meldrew
1993Shooting StarsSelf
1992Unnatural PursuitsHector Duff
1992Carry On ColumbusDon Juan Felipe
1992The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin BunnyMr. McGregor (voice)
1992The World of Peter Rabbit and FriendsMr. McGregor (voice)
1992Unnatural PursuitsHector Duff
1991One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black CoatVictor Meldrew
1991Selling HitlerHenri Nannen
1990Kremlin FarewellLebedev
1990One Foot in the Grave: Who's ListeningVictor Meldrew
1990Mr. BeanDentist
1990One Foot in the GraveVictor Meldrew
1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
1990CluedoReverend Green
1989How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingJohn Bristol
1989A Dry White SeasonCloete
1989Fellow TravellerSir Hugo Armstrong
1989Under the SunSelf - Narrator (voice)
1988Normal ServiceMax
1988Byrne About ByrneEddie Clockerty
1988The Four Minute MileHarold Abrahams
1988Thompson
1988The Play on OneMax
1987Prick Up Your EarsPsychiatrist
1987Inspector MorseBrian Thornton
1987Tutti FruttiEddie Clockerty
1987High & DryRichard Talbot
1986Foreign BodyColonel Partridge
1986Whoops ApocalypseNigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary)
1986Murder by the BookSir Max Mallowan
1986Hot Metal
1986Room at the Bottom
1985PoppylandTheodore Watts-Dunton
1985The Last Place on EarthScott Keltie
1985Howards' WayViscount Cunningham
1985Screen TwoSir Hugo Armstrong
1984A Passage to IndiaMr. Turton
1984Sherlock HolmesDuncan Ross
1983Those Glory Glory DaysArnold - Journalist
1982Countdown
1982Andy RobsonMr. Ridley
1981Virginia Fly is DrowningProfessor
1980PasmoreAbercrombie
1980Shaping UpTom McCann
1979Only When I LaughGordon Thorpe
1978StrangersSteven Wardrope
1977Caledonian Cascade
1977A Sharp Intake of Breath
1976Bet Your LifeConsultant
1976The Portland MillionsAlbert Foster
1976Yanks Go Home
1976Cilla's World Of Comedy
1976Victorian ScandalsAlbert Foster
1975Through the NightRegistrar
1975The SweeneyD.C.I. Anderson
1974PlayhouseTom McCann
1974PlayhouseProfessor
1973Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1972The Trouble with 2B
1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day
1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Two, On the Air
1972The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy DaysMr Potter
1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
1972Crown CourtJeremy Parsons QC
1970The People’s JackGeorge III
1970The Day They Buried CleaverDet. Sgt. Sand
1970Junket 89
1970Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely WindowsMr. O'Flanagan, O'Leary, Tram Conductor
1970Play for TodayConsultant
1970Play for TodayAbercrombie
1968The First Lady
1967ITV PlayhouseHerr Kalewski
1967ITV PlayhouseTrevor
1967ITV PlayhouseGeorge III
1967ITV PlayhouseMr. O'Flanagan
1962Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1960Danger ManKing [Kabuki Group]
Directing
2002What's Your Problem?Director
1990Changing StepDirector
1988A Wholly Healthy GlasgowDirector
1984Under the HammerDirector
1982CommitmentsDirector
1982The Remainder ManDirector
1970Play for TodayDirector