Richard Wilson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-07-09 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Angel Coulby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1986

Foreign Body

as Colonel Partridge

1986

Whoops Apocalypse

as Nigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary)

1986

Murder by the Book

as Sir Max Mallowan

2006

1997

1993

The Vision Thing

as James Forth

2007

Reichenbach Falls

as Arthur Conan Doyle

1992

Unnatural Pursuits

as Hector Duff

2001

1988

1990

1993

Selling Hitler

as Henri Nannen

1993

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

as Uncle Salvatore

2022

G♭

as Ceri

1970

The People’s Jack

as George III

1988

Byrne About Byrne

as Eddie Clockerty

1998

Ted & Ralph

as Landowner at Party

1970

2006

A Harlot's Progress

as Sir James Thornhill

2015

Danny & the Human Zoo

as James Broughton

1988

The Four Minute Mile

as Harold Abrahams

2016

1987

Prick Up Your Ears

as Psychiatrist

1996

Lord of Misrule

as Bill Webster

2002

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

as Duke of Edinburgh

2004

1989

1984

A Passage to India

as Mr. Turton

2018

Sherlock Gnomes

as Mr. Capulet (voice)

1992

Carry On Columbus

as Don Juan Felipe

2011

Gnomeo & Juliet

as Mr. Capulet

1983

Those Glory Glory Days

as Arnold - Journalist

1985

Poppyland

as Theodore Watts-Dunton

1993

One Foot in the Algarve

as Victor Meldrew

1976

Bet Your Life

as Consultant

1980

Pasmore

as Abercrombie

1994

Butter

as Steven Williams

1975

Through the Night

as Registrar

1989

Fellow Traveller

as Sir Hugo Armstrong

1980

Shaping Up

as Tom McCann

1981

1976

The Portland Millions

as Albert Foster

2012

Confessions from the Underground

as Self - Narrator(voice)

1990

Who's Listening

as Victor Meldrew

1991

1994

The Man Who Blew Away

as Victor Meldrew

1995

The Wisdom Of The Witch

as Victor Meldrew

1996

Starbound

as Victor Meldrew

1997

Endgame

as Victor Meldrew

1993

Victor In The Bath

as Victor Meldrew

2001

Visiting Uncle Dick

as Victor Meldrew

1970

Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows

as Mr. O'Flanagan, O'Leary, Tram Conductor

Production

1990

Changing Step

as Director

1982

Commitments

as Director

1984

Under the Hammer

as Director

1982

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