
Richard Wilson
Department: 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.
Known For

Foreign Body
1986

Whoops Apocalypse
1986

Murder by the Book
1986

Love and Other Disasters
2006

The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997

How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989

The Vision Thing
1993

Reichenbach Falls
2007

Unnatural Pursuits
1992

Women Talking Dirty
2001

Normal Service
1988

Kremlin Farewell
1990

Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army
2013

Selling Hitler
1993

The One Ronnie
2010

Soft Top Hard Shoulder
1993

Sweetly It Turns
2023

G♭
2022

The People’s Jack
1970

Byrne About Byrne
1988

Ted & Ralph
1998

The Day They Buried Cleaver
1970

A Harlot's Progress
2006

Danny & the Human Zoo
2015

The Four Minute Mile
1988

Junket 89
1970

A Midsummer Night's Dream
2016

The Trouble with 2B
1972

The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
1972

The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day
1972

The Trouble with 2b: Part Two, On the Air
1972

The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
1972

Prick Up Your Ears
1987

Lord of Misrule
1996

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002

King of Fridges
2004

A Dry White Season
1989

A Passage to India
1984

Sherlock Gnomes
2018

Carry On Columbus
1992

Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland
2015

Gnomeo & Juliet
2011

Those Glory Glory Days
1983

Poppyland
1985

One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
1993

Bet Your Life
1976

Pasmore
1980

Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
2002

Butter
1994

Through the Night
1975

Fellow Traveller
1989

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006

Shaping Up
1980

Virginia Fly is Drowning
1981

The Portland Millions
1976

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
1992

Caledonian Cascade
1977

Confessions from the Underground
2012

One Foot in the Grave: Who's Listening
1990

One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black Coat
1991

One Foot in the Grave: The Man Who Blew Away
1994

One Foot in the Grave: The Wisdom Of The Witch
1995

One Foot in the Grave: Starbound
1996

One Foot in the Grave: Endgame
1997

One Foot in the Grave: Victor In The Bath
1993

One Foot in the Grave: Visiting Uncle Dick
2001

Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows
1970

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
1996

Demons
2009

Gerard Kelly: A Celebration
2010

The Sweeney
1975

Shooting Stars
1993

Monkey Trousers
2005

Doctor Who Confidential
2005

Father Ted
1995

All Saints
1998

Room 101
1994

Davina
2006

Countdown
1982

Inspector Morse
1987

Mr. Bean
1990

One Foot in the Grave
1990

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973

A Sharp Intake of Breath
1977

High Stakes
2001

Merlin
2008

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962

The First Lady
1968

Tutti Frutti
1987

Out There
2003

The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007

Yanks Go Home
1976

So Graham Norton
1998

The Frank Skinner Show
1995

Hot Metal
1986

The Last Place on Earth
1985

Room at the Bottom
1986

Britain's Best Drives
2009

Cilla's World Of Comedy
1976

Life as We Know It
2001

Duck Patrol
1998

Merlin: Secrets and Magic
2009

Fantasy World Cup
1998

Doctor Who
2005

Would I Lie to You?
2007

Crown Court
1972

Life Support
1999

Demons
2009

Kingdom
2007

Under the Sun
1989

Thompson
1988

Doctor Who
2005

Andy Robson
1982

Sherlock Holmes
1984

Around the World in 80 Days
2021

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992

Born and Bred
2002

Gulliver's Travels
1996

High & Dry
1987

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011

Have I Got News for You
1990

Selling Hitler
1991

Howards' Way
1985

Cluedo
1990

Screen Two
1985

Play for Today
1970

Play for Today
1970

The Play on One
1988

Unnatural Pursuits
1992

Parkinson
1998

Danger Man
1960

Playhouse
1974

Playhouse
1974

Only When I Laugh
1979

In the Red
1998

Remembers…
2022

Victorian Scandals
1976

Strangers
1978

Playhouse Presents
2012

ITV Playhouse
1967

ITV Playhouse
1967