Portrait of Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson

Acting

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.

Born: July 9, 1936

Place of Birth: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

Filmography

2022
G♭

as Ceri

2018
Sherlock Gnomes

as Mr. Capulet (voice)

2016
2015
Danny & the Human Zoo

as James Broughton

2012
Confessions from the Underground

as Self - Narrator(voice)

2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

2011
Gnomeo & Juliet

as Mr. Capulet

2009
Demons

as Father Simeon

2008
Merlin

as Gaius

2007
Kingdom

as Professor Barkway

2006
A Harlot's Progress

as Sir James Thornhill

2006
2005
Doctor Who

as Dr Constantine

2004
2002
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

as Duke of Edinburgh

2002
Born and Bred

as Dr. Donald Newman

2001
2001
Visiting Uncle Dick

as Victor Meldrew

1998
Ted & Ralph

as Landowner at Party

1998
Duck Patrol

as PC Roland 'Prof' Rose

1998
1998
In the Red

as Lord Tone

1998
Parkinson

as Self

1997
Endgame

as Victor Meldrew

1997
1996
Starbound

as Victor Meldrew

1996
Gulliver's Travels

as Professor of Language

1995
The Wisdom Of The Witch

as Victor Meldrew

1995
Father Ted

as Richard Wilson

1994
The Man Who Blew Away

as Victor Meldrew

1994
Room 101

as Self

1994
Butter

as Steven Williams

1993
1993
One Foot in the Algarve

as Victor Meldrew

1993
The Vision Thing

as James Forth

1993
Selling Hitler

as Henri Nannen

1993
Victor In The Bath

as Victor Meldrew

1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder

as Uncle Salvatore

1992
1992
Unnatural Pursuits

as Hector Duff

1992
Carry On Columbus

as Don Juan Felipe

1992
Unnatural Pursuits

as Hector Duff

1991
1991
Selling Hitler

as Henri Nannen

1990
Who's Listening

as Victor Meldrew

1990
Cluedo

as Reverend Green

1990
1990
One Foot in the Grave

as Victor Meldrew

1990
Mr. Bean

as Dentist

1989
Fellow Traveller

as Sir Hugo Armstrong

1989
1988
The Four Minute Mile

as Harold Abrahams

1988
Byrne About Byrne

as Eddie Clockerty

1988
1988
1987
Prick Up Your Ears

as Psychiatrist

1987
Tutti Frutti

as Eddie Clockerty

1987
Inspector Morse

as Brian Thornton

1986
Foreign Body

as Colonel Partridge

1986
Whoops Apocalypse

as Nigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary)

1986
Murder by the Book

as Sir Max Mallowan

1985
Howards' Way

as Viscount Cunningham

1985
1985
Screen Two

as Sir Hugo Armstrong

1984
A Passage to India

as Mr. Turton

1984
Sherlock Holmes

as Duncan Ross

1983
Those Glory Glory Days

as Arnold - Journalist

1981
1980
Shaping Up

as Tom McCann

1980
Pasmore

as Abercrombie

1979
Only When I Laugh

as Gordon Thorpe

1976
Bet Your Life

as Consultant

1976
The Portland Millions

as Albert Foster

1975
Through the Night

as Registrar

1975
The Sweeney

as D.C.I. Anderson

1974
Soldier and Me

as Dr. Nixon

1974
Playhouse

as Tom McCann

1974
Playhouse

as Professor

1972
Crown Court

as Jeremy Parsons QC

1970
Play for Today

as Consultant

1970
Play for Today

as Abercrombie

1970
The People’s Jack

as George III

1960
Danger Man

as King [Kabuki Group]