Richard Wilson
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.
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Acting History
2023
Sweetly It Turns as Len
2022G♭ as Ceri
2021Around the World in 80 Days as Grayson
2018Sherlock Gnomes as Mr. Capulet (voice)
2016A Midsummer Night's Dream as Starveling
2015Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland as Narrator
2015Danny & the Human Zoo as James Broughton
2013Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army as Self - Host
2012Playhouse Presents as John
2012Confessions from the Underground as Self - Narrator(voice)
2011Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
2011Gnomeo & Juliet as Mr. Capulet
2010The One Ronnie
2009Merlin: Secrets and Magic
2009Britain's Best Drives
2009Demons as Father Simeon
2008Merlin as Gaius
2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
2007Would I Lie to You? as Self
2007Kingdom as Professor Barkway
2007Reichenbach Falls as Arthur Conan Doyle
2006A Harlot's Progress as Sir James Thornhill
2006Love and Other Disasters as Registrar
2006Davina
2005Monkey Trousers
2005Doctor Who
2005Doctor Who as Dr Constantine
2005Doctor Who Confidential
2004King of Fridges as Frank
2003Out There
2002Jeffrey Archer: The Truth as Duke of Edinburgh
2002Born and Bred as Dr. Donald Newman
2002Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime as Sally the Cook
2001Women Talking Dirty as Ronald
2001Life as We Know It
2001High Stakes
2001Visiting Uncle Dick as Victor Meldrew
1999Life Support as John Doone
1998Ted & Ralph as Landowner at Party
1998Duck Patrol as PC Roland 'Prof' Rose
1998So Graham Norton as Self
1998Fantasy World Cup as Self
1998In the Red as Lord Tone
1998All Saints
1998Parkinson as Self
1997Endgame as Victor Meldrew
1997The Man Who Knew Too Little as Daggenhurst
1996Starbound as Victor Meldrew
1996Lord of Misrule as Bill Webster
1996Gulliver's Travels as Professor of Language
1995The Wisdom Of The Witch as Victor Meldrew
1995The Frank Skinner Show as Self
1995Father Ted as Richard Wilson
1994The Man Who Blew Away as Victor Meldrew
1994Room 101 as Self
1994Butter as Steven Williams
1993Shooting Stars as Self
1993One Foot in the Algarve as Victor Meldrew
1993The Vision Thing as James Forth
1993Selling Hitler as Henri Nannen
1993Victor In The Bath as Victor Meldrew
1993The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny as Mr. McGregor (voice)
1993Soft Top Hard Shoulder as Uncle Salvatore
1992The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mr. McGregor (voice)
1992Unnatural Pursuits as Hector Duff
1992Carry On Columbus as Don Juan Felipe
1992The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mr. McGregor
1992Unnatural Pursuits as Hector Duff
1991The Man In The Long Black Coat as Victor Meldrew
1991Selling Hitler as Henri Nannen
1990Who's Listening as Victor Meldrew
1990Have I Got News for You as Self
1990Cluedo as Reverend Green
1990Kremlin Farewell as Lebedev
1990One Foot in the Grave as Victor Meldrew
1990Mr. Bean as Dentist
1989Fellow Traveller as Sir Hugo Armstrong
1989A Dry White Season as Cloete
1989Under the Sun as Self - Narrator (voice)
1989How to Get Ahead in Advertising as John Bristol
1988Thompson
1988The Four Minute Mile as Harold Abrahams
1988Byrne About Byrne as Eddie Clockerty
1988Normal Service as Max
1988The Play on One as Max
1987Prick Up Your Ears as Psychiatrist
1987Tutti Frutti as Eddie Clockerty
1987High & Dry as Richard Talbot
1987Inspector Morse as Brian Thornton
1986Room at the Bottom
1986Foreign Body as Colonel Partridge
1986Whoops Apocalypse as Nigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary)
1986Hot Metal
1986Murder by the Book as Sir Max Mallowan
1985Howards' Way as Viscount Cunningham
1985The Last Place on Earth as Scott Keltie
1985Poppyland as Theodore Watts-Dunton
1985Screen Two as Sir Hugo Armstrong
1984A Passage to India as Mr. Turton
1984Sherlock Holmes as Duncan Ross
1983Those Glory Glory Days as Arnold - Journalist
1982Countdown
1982Andy Robson as Mr. Ridley
1981Virginia Fly is Drowning as Professor
1980Shaping Up as Tom McCann
1980Pasmore as Abercrombie
1979Only When I Laugh as Gordon Thorpe
1977Caledonian Cascade
1977A Sharp Intake of Breath
1976Yanks Go Home
1976Bet Your Life as Consultant
1976The Portland Millions as Albert Foster
1976Victorian Scandals as Albert Foster
1976Cilla's World Of Comedy
1975Through the Night as Registrar
1975The Sweeney as D.C.I. Anderson
1974Soldier and Me as Dr. Nixon
1974Playhouse as Tom McCann
1974Playhouse as Professor
1973Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1972Crown Court as Jeremy Parsons QC
1972The Trouble with 2B
1972The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days as Mr Potter
1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Two, On the Air
1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day
1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
1970The Day They Buried Cleaver as Det. Sgt. Sand
1970Play for Today as Consultant
1970Play for Today as Abercrombie
1970Junket 89
1970Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows as Mr. O'Flanagan, O'Leary, Tram Conductor
1970The People’s Jack as George III
1968The First Lady
1962Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1960Danger Man as King [Kabuki Group]