Richard Wilson

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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.

Known For

Doctor Who

Self

Doctor Who

Dr Constantine

Gnomeo & Juliet

Mr. Capulet (voice)

Mr. Bean

Dentist

Merlin

Gaius

Sherlock Gnomes

Mr. Capulet (voice)

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Daggenhurst

Father Ted

Richard Wilson

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2023	Sweetly It Turns MOVIE	Len
2022	G♭ MOVIE	Ceri
2022	Remembers… TV	Self
2021	Around the World in 80 Days TV	Grayson
2018	Sherlock Gnomes MOVIE	Mr. Capulet (voice)
2016	A Midsummer Night's Dream MOVIE	Starveling
2015	Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland MOVIE	Narrator
2015	Danny & the Human Zoo MOVIE	James Broughton
2013	Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army MOVIE	Self - Host
2012	Playhouse Presents TV	John
2012	Confessions from the Underground MOVIE	Self - Narrator(voice)
2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip TV	Self - Participant
2011	Gnomeo & Juliet MOVIE	Mr. Capulet (voice)
2010	Gerard Kelly: A Celebration MOVIE	Self
2010	The One Ronnie MOVIE	Self
2009	Merlin: Secrets and Magic TV	Self
2009	Britain's Best Drives TV	Self
2009	Demons TV	Father Simeon
2008	Merlin TV	Gaius
2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV	Self
2007	Would I Lie to You? TV	Self
2007	Kingdom TV	Professor Barkway
2007	Reichenbach Falls MOVIE	Arthur Conan Doyle
2006	A Harlot's Progress MOVIE	Sir James Thornhill
2006	Love and Other Disasters MOVIE	Registrar
2006	Davina TV	Self
2006	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends MOVIE	Mr. McGregor
2005	The F Word TV	Self
2005	Monkey Trousers TV	Self
2005	Doctor Who Confidential TV	Self
2005	Doctor Who TV	Self
2005	Doctor Who TV	Dr Constantine
2004	The Best of So Graham Norton MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2004	King of Fridges MOVIE	Frank
2003	Out There TV	Self
2002	Jeffrey Archer: The Truth MOVIE	Duke of Edinburgh
2002	Born and Bred TV	Dr. Donald Newman
2002	Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime MOVIE	Sally the Cook
2001	Women Talking Dirty MOVIE	Ronald
2001	Life as We Know It TV	Self
2001	High Stakes TV	Self
2001	One Foot in the Grave: Visiting Uncle Dick MOVIE	Victor Meldrew
2000	I Don't Believe It!: The One Foot in the Grave Story MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
1999	Life Support TV	John Doone
1998	Ted & Ralph MOVIE	Landowner at Party
1998	Duck Patrol TV	PC Roland 'Prof' Rose
1998	So Graham Norton TV	Self
1998	Fantasy World Cup TV	Self
1998	In the Red TV	Lord Tone
1998	All Saints TV	Self
1998	Parkinson TV	Self
1997	One Foot in the Grave: Endgame MOVIE	Victor Meldrew
1997	The Man Who Knew Too Little MOVIE	Daggenhurst
1996	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse MOVIE	Mr. McGregor (voice)
1996	One Foot in the Grave: Starbound MOVIE	Victor Meldrew
1996	Lord of Misrule MOVIE	Bill Webster
1996	TFI Friday TV	Self
1996	Gulliver's Travels TV	Professor of Language
1995	One Foot in the Grave: The Wisdom Of The Witch MOVIE	Victor Meldrew
1995	The Frank Skinner Show TV	Self
1995	Father Ted TV	Richard Wilson
1994	Room 101 TV	Self
1994	Under the Hammer TV	Ben Glazier
1994	Butter MOVIE	Steven Williams
1993	Shooting Stars TV	Self
1993	One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve MOVIE	Victor Meldrew
1993	The Vision Thing MOVIE	James Forth
1993	Live & Kicking TV	Self
1993	Selling Hitler MOVIE	Henri Nannen
1993	One Foot in the Grave: Victor In The Bath MOVIE	Victor Meldrew
1993	Soft Top Hard Shoulder MOVIE	Uncle Salvatore
1992	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny MOVIE	Mr. McGregor (voice)
1992	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends TV	Mr. McGregor (voice)
1992	Unnatural Pursuits TV	Hector Duff
1992	Carry On Columbus MOVIE	Don Juan Felipe
1992	The Other Side Of Paradise TV	Doc Reid
1992	Unnatural Pursuits MOVIE	Hector Duff
1991	One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black Coat MOVIE	Victor Meldrew
1991	Selling Hitler TV	Henri Nannen
1990	One Foot in the Grave: Who's Listening MOVIE	Victor Meldrew
1990	Have I Got News for You TV	Self
1990	Cluedo TV	Reverend Green
1990	Kremlin Farewell MOVIE	Lebedev
1990	One Foot in the Grave TV	Victor Meldrew
1990	Mr. Bean TV	Dentist
1989	Fellow Traveller MOVIE	Sir Hugo Armstrong
1989	A Dry White Season MOVIE	Cloete
1989	Under the Sun TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
1989	How to Get Ahead in Advertising MOVIE	John Bristol
1988	Thompson TV	Self
1988	The Four Minute Mile MOVIE	Harold Abrahams
1988	Byrne About Byrne MOVIE	Eddie Clockerty
1988	Normal Service MOVIE	Max
1988	The Play on One TV	Max
1987	Prick Up Your Ears MOVIE	Psychiatrist
1987	Tutti Frutti TV	Eddie Clockerty
1987	High & Dry TV	Richard Talbot
1987	Inspector Morse TV	Brian Thornton
1986	Room at the Bottom TV	Self
1986	Foreign Body MOVIE	Colonel Partridge
1986	ScreenPlay TV	James Forth
1986	Whoops Apocalypse MOVIE	Nigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary)
1986	Hot Metal TV	Dicky Lipton
1986	Murder by the Book MOVIE	Sir Max Mallowan
1985	Howards' Way TV	Viscount Cunningham
1985	The Last Place on Earth TV	Scott Keltie
1985	Poppyland MOVIE	Theodore Watts-Dunton
1985	Screen Two TV	Sir Hugo Armstrong
1985	Screen Two TV	Theodore Watts-Dunton
1985	Screen Two TV	Lebedev
1984	A Passage to India MOVIE	Mr. Turton
1984	Sherlock Holmes TV	Duncan Ross
1984	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes TV	Duncan Ross
1983	Those Glory Glory Days MOVIE	Arnold - Journalist
1982	Countdown TV	Self
1982	Andy Robson TV	Mr. Ridley
1981	Virginia Fly is Drowning MOVIE	Professor
1980	Shaping Up MOVIE	Tom McCann
1980	Pasmore MOVIE	Abercrombie
1979	Only When I Laugh TV	Gordon Thorpe
1978	Strangers TV	Steven Wardrope
1978	Pickersgill People TV	Arthur MacKenzie Tooth
1977	Caledonian Cascade MOVIE	Self
1977	The Sound of Laughter TV	Mr Ramskill
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Mr Ramskill
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Dr Macburney
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Mr Myers
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Mr Fitch
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Mr Fraser
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Jack Wainwright
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Mr Kerr
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Perkins
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Dr Condon
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Reverend Ernest Plummley
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Prison Doctor
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Superintendent Redway
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Mr Cotterill
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Henshaw
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Basil Dawson
1977	A Sharp Intake of Breath TV	Dad
1977	The Sunday Drama TV	Dr Graham
1976	Yanks Go Home TV	Reverend Desmond Brierley
1976	Bet Your Life MOVIE	Consultant
1976	The Portland Millions MOVIE	Albert Foster
1976	Victorian Scandals TV	Albert Foster
1976	Cilla's World Of Comedy TV	Self
1975	Through the Night MOVIE	Registrar
1975	The Sweeney TV	D.C.I. Anderson
1974	Soldier and Me TV	Dr Nixon
1974	Playhouse TV	Tom McCann
1974	Playhouse TV	Professor
1974	Not on Your Nellie TV	Joshua McGrimble
1972	Crown Court TV	Jeremy Parsons QC
1972	The Trouble with 2B MOVIE	Self
1972	The Trouble with 2b: Part Two, On the Air MOVIE	Self
1972	The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days MOVIE	Mr Potter
1972	The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger MOVIE	Self
1972	The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day MOVIE	Self
1970	The Day They Buried Cleaver MOVIE	Det. Sgt. Sand
1970	Play for Today TV	Consultant
1970	Play for Today TV	Abercrombie
1970	Junket 89 MOVIE	Self
1970	Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows MOVIE	Mr. O'Flanagan, O'Leary, Tram Conductor
1970	The People’s Jack MOVIE	George III
1968	The First Lady TV	Self
1967	ITV Playhouse TV	Herr Kalewski
1967	ITV Playhouse TV	Trevor
1967	ITV Playhouse TV	George III
1967	ITV Playhouse TV	Mr. O'Flanagan
1967	ITV Playhouse TV	Det. Sgt. Sand
1962	Dr. Finlay's Casebook TV	Self
1960	Danger Man TV	King [Kabuki Group]

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