Richard Wilson

Personal Info

Birthday

July 9, 1936

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

ریچارد ویلسون

Richard Wilson

Biography

Richard Wilson OBE (born Ian Carmichael Wilson) 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

Doctor Who

One Foot in the Grave

Merlin

Sherlock Holmes

Play for Today

Mr. Bean

Howards' Way

Crown Court

Filmography

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
Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland
as Narrator
Danny & the Human Zoo
as James Broughton
2013
Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army
as Self - Host
2012
Confessions from the Underground
as Self - Narrator(voice)
2011
Gnomeo & Juliet
as Mr. Capulet
2007
Reichenbach Falls
as Arthur Conan Doyle
2006
A Harlot's Progress
as Sir James Thornhill
Love and Other Disasters
as Registrar
2004
King of Fridges
as Frank
2002
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
as Duke of Edinburgh
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
as Sally the Cook
2001
Women Talking Dirty
as Ronald
Visiting Uncle Dick
as Victor Meldrew
1998
Ted & Ralph
as Landowner at Party
1997
Endgame
as Victor Meldrew
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Daggenhurst
1996
Starbound
as Victor Meldrew
Lord of Misrule
as Bill Webster
1995
The Wisdom Of The Witch
as Victor Meldrew
1994
The Man Who Blew Away
as Victor Meldrew
Butter
as Steven Williams
1993
One Foot in the Algarve
as Victor Meldrew
The Tale of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny
as Mr. McGregor (voice)
The Vision Thing
as James Forth
Victor In The Bath
as Victor Meldrew
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
as Uncle Salvatore
1992
Carry On Columbus
as Don Juan Felipe
1991
The Man In The Long Black Coat
as Victor Meldrew
1990
Who's Listening
as Victor Meldrew
Kremlin Farewell
as Lebedev
1989
Fellow Traveller
as Sir Hugo Armstrong
A Dry White Season
as Cloete
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
as John Bristol
1988
The Four Minute Mile
as Harold Abrahams
Byrne About Byrne
as Eddie Clockerty
Normal Service
as Max
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
as Psychiatrist
1986
Foreign Body
as Colonel Partridge
Whoops Apocalypse
as Nigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary)
Murder by the Book
as Sir Max Mallowan
1985
Poppyland
as Theodore Watts-Dunton
1984
A Passage to India
as Mr. Turton
1983
Those Glory Glory Days
as Arnold - Journalist
1981
Virginia Fly is Drowning
as Professor
1980
Shaping Up
as Tom McCann
Pasmore
as Abercrombie
1976
Bet Your Life
as Consultant
The Portland Millions
as Albert Foster
1975
Through the Night
as Registrar
1972
The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
as Mr Potter
1970
The Day They Buried Cleaver
as Det. Sgt. Sand
Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows
as Mr. O'Flanagan, O'Leary, Tram Conductor
The People’s Jack
as George III