Richard Wilson
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
131
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-07-09 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Acting

2023

Sweetly It Turns as Len

2022

G♭ as Ceri

2018

Sherlock Gnomes as Mr. Capulet (voice)

2016

A Midsummer Night's Dream as Starveling

2015

Danny & the Human Zoo as James Broughton

2012

Playhouse Presents as John

2011

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant

2011

Gnomeo & Juliet as Mr. Capulet

2010

The One Ronnie as Not available

2009

Merlin: Secrets and Magic as Not available

2009

Demons as Father Simeon

2009

Britain's Best Drives as Not available

2008

Merlin as Gaius

2007

Would I Lie to You? as Self

2007

Kingdom as Professor Barkway

2007

Reichenbach Falls as Arthur Conan Doyle

2006

The One Show as Self

2006

Davina as Not available

2006

Love and Other Disasters as Registrar

2006

A Harlot's Progress as Sir James Thornhill

2005

Doctor Who as Not available

2005

Doctor Who as Dr Constantine

2005

Doctor Who Confidential as Not available

2005

Monkey Trousers as Not available

2004

King of Fridges as Frank

2003

Out There as Not available

2002

Born and Bred as Dr. Donald Newman

2002

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth as Duke of Edinburgh

2001

McLeod's Daughters as Not available

2001

Life as We Know It as Not available

2001

High Stakes as Not available

2001

Women Talking Dirty as Ronald

1999

Life Support as John Doone

1998

All Saints as Not available

1998

So Graham Norton as Self

1998

Parkinson as Self

1998

Fantasy World Cup as Self

1998

Duck Patrol as PC Roland 'Prof' Rose

1998

In the Red as Lord Tone

1998

Ted & Ralph as Landowner at Party

1997

The Man Who Knew Too Little as Daggenhurst

1996

Gulliver's Travels as Professor of Language

1996

Lord of Misrule as Bill Webster

1995

Father Ted as Richard Wilson

1994

Room 101 as Self

1994

Butter as Steven Williams

1993

Shooting Stars as Self

1993

Soft Top Hard Shoulder as Uncle Salvatore

1993

One Foot in the Algarve as Victor Meldrew

1993

The Tale of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny as Mr. McGregor (voice)

1993

The Vision Thing as James Forth

1992

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mr. McGregor (voice)

1992

Carry On Columbus as Don Juan Felipe

1992

Unnatural Pursuits as Hector Duff

1992

Unnatural Pursuits as Hector Duff

1991

Selling Hitler as Henri Nannen

1991

Selling Hitler as Henri Nannen

1990

Mr. Bean as Dentist

1990

Cluedo as Reverend Green

1990

One Foot In the Grave as Victor Meldrew

1990

Kremlin Farewell as Lebedev

1989

Under the Sun as Self - Narrator (voice)

1989

A Dry White Season as Cloete

1989

How to Get Ahead in Advertising as John Bristol

1989

Fellow Traveller as Sir Hugo Armstrong

1988

The Play on One as Max

1988

Thompson as Not available

1988

The Four Minute Mile as Harold Abrahams

1988

Byrne About Byrne as Eddie Clockerty

1988

Normal Service as Max

1987

Inspector Morse as Brian Thornton

1987

High & Dry as Richard Talbot

1987

Tutti Frutti as Eddie Clockerty

1987

Prick Up Your Ears as Psychiatrist

1986

Hot Metal as Not available

1986

Room at the Bottom as Not available

1986

Whoops Apocalypse as Nigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary)

1986

Foreign Body as Colonel Partridge

1986

Murder by the Book as Sir Max Mallowan

1985

Howards' Way as Viscount Cunningham

1985

Screen Two as Sir Hugo Armstrong

1985

The Last Place on Earth as Scott Keltie

1985

Poppyland as Theodore Watts-Dunton

1984

Sherlock Holmes as Duncan Ross

1984

A Passage to India as Mr. Turton

1983

Those Glory Glory Days as Arnold - Journalist

1982

Countdown as Not available

1982

Andy Robson as Mr. Ridley

1981

Virginia Fly is Drowning as Professor

1980

Pasmore as Abercrombie

1980

Shaping Up as Tom McCann

1979

Only When I Laugh as Not available

1977

A Sharp Intake of Breath as Not available

1977

Caledonian Cascade as Not available

1976

Yanks Go Home as Not available

1976

Victorian Scandals as Albert Foster

1976

Cilla's World Of Comedy as Not available

1976

Bet Your Life as Consultant

1976

The Portland Millions as Albert Foster

1975

The Sweeney as D.C.I. Anderson

1975

Through the Night as Registrar

1974

Soldier and Me as Dr. Nixon

1973

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em as Not available

1972

Crown Court as Jeremy Parsons QC

1972

The Trouble with 2B as Not available

1970

Play for Today as Consultant

1970

Play for Today as Abercrombie

1970

The Day They Buried Cleaver as Det. Sgt. Sand

1970

Junket 89 as Not available

1970

The People’s Jack as George III

1968

The First Lady as Not available

1962

Dr. Finlay's Casebook as Not available
Crew

2002

What's Your Problem? Director

1990

Changing Step Director

1984

Under the Hammer Director

1982

Commitments Director

1982

The Remainder Man Director

1970

Play for Today Director