Acting

Richard Wilson

Born 1936-07-09 · Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

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.

Credits

Newest first

Sweetly It Turns
as Len
2023
G♭
as Ceri
2022
Remembers…
as Self
2022
Around the World in 80 Days
as Grayson
2021
Sherlock Gnomes
as Mr. Capulet (voice)
2018
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Starveling
2016
Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland
as Narrator
2015
Danny & the Human Zoo
as James Broughton
2015
Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army
as Self - Host
2013
Playhouse Presents
as John
2012
Confessions from the Underground
as Self - Narrator(voice)
2012
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
Gnomeo & Juliet
as Mr. Capulet (voice)
2011
Gerard Kelly: A Celebration
as Self
2010
The One Ronnie
2010
Merlin: Secrets and Magic
as Self
2009
Britain's Best Drives
2009
Demons
as Father Simeon
2009
Merlin
as Gaius
2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
Kingdom
as Professor Barkway
2007
Reichenbach Falls
as Arthur Conan Doyle
2007
A Harlot's Progress
as Sir James Thornhill
2006
Love and Other Disasters
as Registrar
2006
Davina
2006
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mr. McGregor
2006
The F Word
2005
Monkey Trousers
2005
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Doctor Who
as Dr Constantine
2005
The Best of So Graham Norton
as Self (archive footage)
2004
King of Fridges
as Frank
2004
Out There
2003
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
as Duke of Edinburgh
2002
What's Your Problem?
Director
2002
Born and Bred
as Dr. Donald Newman
2002
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
as Sally the Cook
2002
Women Talking Dirty
as Ronald
2001
Life as We Know It
2001
High Stakes
2001
One Foot in the Grave: Visiting Uncle Dick
as Victor Meldrew
2001
I Don't Believe It!: The One Foot in the Grave Story
as Self (uncredited)
2000
Life Support
as John Doone
1999
Ted & Ralph
as Landowner at Party
1998
Duck Patrol
as PC Roland 'Prof' Rose
1998
So Graham Norton
as Self
1998
Fantasy World Cup
as Self
1998
In the Red
as Lord Tone
1998
All Saints
1998
Parkinson
as Self
1998
One Foot in the Grave: Endgame
as Victor Meldrew
1997
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Daggenhurst
1997
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
as Mr. McGregor (voice)
1996
One Foot in the Grave: Starbound
as Victor Meldrew
1996
Lord of Misrule
as Bill Webster
1996
TFI Friday
1996
Gulliver's Travels
as Professor of Language
1996
One Foot in the Grave: The Wisdom Of The Witch
as Victor Meldrew
1995
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
1995
Father Ted
as Richard Wilson
1995
Room 101
as Self
1994
Under the Hammer
as Ben Glazier
1994
Butter
as Steven Williams
1994
Shooting Stars
as Self
1993
One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
as Victor Meldrew
1993
The Vision Thing
as James Forth
1993
Live & Kicking
as Self
1993
Selling Hitler
as Henri Nannen
1993
One Foot in the Grave: Victor In The Bath
as Victor Meldrew
1993
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
as Uncle Salvatore
1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
as Mr. McGregor (voice)
1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mr. McGregor (voice)
1992
Unnatural Pursuits
as Hector Duff
1992
Carry On Columbus
as Don Juan Felipe
1992
The Other Side Of Paradise
as Doc Reid
1992
Unnatural Pursuits
as Hector Duff
1992
One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black Coat
as Victor Meldrew
1991
Selling Hitler
as Henri Nannen
1991