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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Known For

Doctor Who

Dr Constantine

Crown Court

Jeremy Parsons QC

All Saints

Have I Got News for You

Self

Merlin

Gaius

Would I Lie to You?

Self

One Foot in the Grave

Victor Meldrew

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	Sweetly It Turns	Len
2022	G♭	Ceri
2018	Sherlock Gnomes	Mr. Capulet (voice)
2016	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Starveling
2015	Danny & the Human Zoo	James Broughton
2015	Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland	Narrator
2013	Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army
2012	Confessions from the Underground	Self - Narrator(voice)
2011	Gnomeo & Juliet	Mr. Capulet
2010	The One Ronnie
2007	Reichenbach Falls	Arthur Conan Doyle
2006	Love and Other Disasters	Registrar
2006	A Harlot's Progress	Sir James Thornhill
2004	King of Fridges	Frank
2002	Jeffrey Archer: The Truth	Duke of Edinburgh
2002	Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime	Sally the Cook
2001	Women Talking Dirty	Ronald
2001	Visiting Uncle Dick	Victor Meldrew
1998	Ted & Ralph	Landowner at Party
1997	The Man Who Knew Too Little	Daggenhurst
1997	Endgame	Victor Meldrew
1996	Lord of Misrule	Bill Webster
1996	Starbound	Victor Meldrew
1995	The Wisdom Of The Witch	Victor Meldrew
1994	Butter	Steven Williams
1994	The Man Who Blew Away	Victor Meldrew
1993	The Vision Thing	James Forth
1993	Selling Hitler	Henri Nannen
1993	Soft Top Hard Shoulder	Uncle Salvatore
1993	One Foot in the Algarve	Victor Meldrew
1993	The Tale of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny	Mr. McGregor (voice)
1993	Victor In The Bath	Victor Meldrew
1992	Unnatural Pursuits	Hector Duff
1992	Carry On Columbus	Don Juan Felipe
1992	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends	Mr. McGregor
1991	The Man In The Long Black Coat	Victor Meldrew
1990	Kremlin Farewell	Lebedev
1990	Who's Listening	Victor Meldrew
1989	How to Get Ahead in Advertising	John Bristol
1989	A Dry White Season	Cloete
1989	Fellow Traveller	Sir Hugo Armstrong
1988	Normal Service	Max
1988	Byrne About Byrne	Eddie Clockerty
1988	The Four Minute Mile	Harold Abrahams
1987	Prick Up Your Ears	Psychiatrist
1986	Foreign Body	Colonel Partridge
1986	Whoops Apocalypse	Nigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary)
1986	Murder by the Book	Sir Max Mallowan
1985	Poppyland	Theodore Watts-Dunton
1984	A Passage to India	Mr. Turton
1983	Those Glory Glory Days	Arnold - Journalist
1981	Virginia Fly is Drowning	Professor
1980	Pasmore	Abercrombie
1980	Shaping Up	Tom McCann
1977	Caledonian Cascade
1976	Bet Your Life	Consultant
1976	The Portland Millions	Albert Foster
1975	Through the Night	Registrar
1972	The Trouble with 2B
1972	The Trouble with 2b: Part Two, On the Air
1972	The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days	Mr Potter
1972	The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
1972	The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day
1970	The People’s Jack	George III
1970	The Day They Buried Cleaver	Det. Sgt. Sand
1970	Junket 89

Year	TV Show	Role
2021	Around the World in 80 Days	Grayson
2012	Playhouse Presents	John
2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Self - Participant
2009	Britain's Best Drives
2009	Merlin: Secrets and Magic
2009	Demons	Father Simeon
2008	Merlin	Gaius
2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self
2007	Would I Lie to You?	Self
2007	Kingdom	Professor Barkway
2006	The One Show	Self
2006	Davina
2005	Monkey Trousers
2005	Doctor Who Confidential
2005	Doctor Who
2005	Doctor Who	Dr Constantine
2003	Out There
2002	Born and Bred	Dr. Donald Newman
2002	Born and Bred	Richard Wilson
2001	McLeod's Daughters
2001	High Stakes
2001	Life as We Know It
1999	Life Support	John Doone
1998	All Saints
1998	So Graham Norton	Self
1998	Duck Patrol	PC Roland 'Prof' Rose
1998	Fantasy World Cup	Self
1998	In the Red	Lord Tone
1998	Parkinson	Self
1996	Gulliver's Travels	Professor of Language
1995	Father Ted	Richard Wilson
1995	The Frank Skinner Show	Self
1994	Room 101	Self
1993	Shooting Stars	Self
1992	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends	Mr. McGregor (voice)
1992	Unnatural Pursuits	Hector Duff
1991	Selling Hitler	Henri Nannen
1990	Mr. Bean	Dentist
1990	One Foot in the Grave	Victor Meldrew
1990	Have I Got News for You	Self
1990	Cluedo	Reverend Green
1989	Under the Sun	Self - Narrator (voice)
1988	Thompson
1988	The Play on One	Max
1987	Inspector Morse	Brian Thornton
1987	Tutti Frutti	Eddie Clockerty
1987	High & Dry	Richard Talbot
1986	Hot Metal
1986	Room at the Bottom
1985	The Last Place on Earth	Scott Keltie
1985	Howards' Way	Viscount Cunningham
1985	Screen Two	Sir Hugo Armstrong
1984	Sherlock Holmes	Duncan Ross
1982	Countdown
1982	Andy Robson	Mr. Ridley
1979	Only When I Laugh
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath
1976	Yanks Go Home
1976	Cilla's World Of Comedy
1976	Victorian Scandals	Albert Foster
1975	The Sweeney	D.C.I. Anderson
1974	Soldier and Me	Dr. Nixon
1973	Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1972	Crown Court	Jeremy Parsons QC
1970	Play for Today	Consultant
1970	Play for Today	Abercrombie
1968	The First Lady
1962	Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1960	Danger Man	King [Kabuki Group]