Richard Wilson
Acting

Richard Wilson

Born 9 July 1936 · Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
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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.

Known for

Doctor Who
Gnomeo & Juliet
Mr. Bean
Merlin
Sherlock Gnomes
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Father Ted
Love and Other Disasters
A Passage to India
Around the World in 80 Days
Gulliver's Travels
A Dry White Season
Sweetly It Turns
G♭
Sherlock Gnomes
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Danny & the Human Zoo
Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland
Gnomeo & Juliet
The One Ronnie
Love and Other Disasters
A Harlot's Progress
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
King of Fridges
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
Women Talking Dirty
One Foot in the Grave: Visiting Uncle Dick
Ted & Ralph
The Man Who Knew Too Little
One Foot in the Grave: Endgame
One Foot in the Grave: Starbound
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
One Foot in the Grave: The Wisdom Of The Witch
Butter
The Vision Thing
Selling Hitler
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
One Foot in the Grave: Victor In The Bath
Unnatural Pursuits
Carry On Columbus
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black Coat
Kremlin Farewell
One Foot in the Grave: Who's Listening
Changing Step
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
A Dry White Season
Fellow Traveller
Normal Service
Byrne About Byrne
The Four Minute Mile
Prick Up Your Ears
Foreign Body
Whoops Apocalypse
Murder by the Book
A Passage to India
Under the Hammer
Those Glory Glory Days
Commitments
The Remainder Man
Virginia Fly is Drowning
Pasmore
Shaping Up
Bet Your Life
The Portland Millions
Through the Night
The People’s Jack
Junket 89
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