Jul 9, 1936 - 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.
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| Movie | 1986 | Foreign Body | Colonel Partridge | |
| Movie | 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Nigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary) | |
| Movie | 1986 | Murder by the Book | Sir Max Mallowan | |
| Movie | 2006 | Love and Other Disasters | Registrar | |
| Movie | 1997 | The Man Who Knew Too Little | Daggenhurst | |
| Movie | 1989 | How to Get Ahead in Advertising | John Bristol | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Vision Thing | James Forth | |
| Movie | 2007 | Reichenbach Falls | Arthur Conan Doyle | |
| Movie | 1992 | Unnatural Pursuits | Hector Duff | |
| Movie | 2001 | Women Talking Dirty | Ronald | |
| Movie | 1988 | Normal Service | Max | |
| Movie | 1990 | Kremlin Farewell | Lebedev | |
| Movie | 2013 | Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army | Self - Host | |
| Movie | 1993 | Selling Hitler | Henri Nannen | |
| Movie | 2010 | The One Ronnie | ||
| Movie | 1993 | Soft Top Hard Shoulder | Uncle Salvatore | |
| Movie | 2023 | Sweetly It Turns | Len | |
| Movie | 2022 | G♭ | Ceri | |
| Movie | 1970 | The People’s Jack | George III | |
| Movie | 1988 | Byrne About Byrne | Eddie Clockerty | |
| Movie | 1998 | Ted & Ralph | Landowner at Party | |
| Movie | 1970 | The Day They Buried Cleaver | Det. Sgt. Sand | |
| Movie | 2006 | A Harlot's Progress | Sir James Thornhill | |
| Movie | 2015 | Danny & the Human Zoo | James Broughton | |
| Movie | 1988 | The Four Minute Mile | Harold Abrahams | |
| Movie | 1970 | Junket 89 | ||
| Movie | 2016 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Starveling | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Trouble with 2B | ||
| Movie | 1972 | The Trouble with 2b: Part Two, On the Air | ||
| Movie | 1972 | The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days | Mr Potter | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger | ||
| Movie | 1972 | The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day | ||
| Movie | 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Psychiatrist | |
| Movie | 1996 | Lord of Misrule | Bill Webster | |
| Movie | 2002 | Jeffrey Archer: The Truth | Duke of Edinburgh | |
| Movie | 2004 | King of Fridges | Frank | |
| Movie | 1989 | A Dry White Season | Cloete | |
| Movie | 1984 | A Passage to India | Mr. Turton | |
| Movie | 2018 | Sherlock Gnomes | Mr. Capulet (voice) | |
| Movie | 1992 | Carry On Columbus | Don Juan Felipe | |
| Movie | 2015 | Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet | Mr. Capulet | |
| Movie | 1983 | Those Glory Glory Days | Arnold - Journalist | |
| Movie | 1985 | Poppyland | Theodore Watts-Dunton | |
| Movie | 1993 | One Foot in the Algarve | Victor Meldrew | |
| Movie | 1976 | Bet Your Life | Consultant | |
| Movie | 1980 | Pasmore | Abercrombie | |
| Movie | 2002 | Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime | Sally the Cook | |
| Movie | 1994 | Butter | Steven Williams | |
| Movie | 1975 | Through the Night | Registrar | |
| Movie | 1989 | Fellow Traveller | Sir Hugo Armstrong | |
| Movie | 2006 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Mr. McGregor | |
| Movie | 1980 | Shaping Up | Tom McCann | |
| Movie | 1981 | Virginia Fly is Drowning | Professor | |
| Movie | 1976 | The Portland Millions | Albert Foster | |
| Movie | 1992 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny | Mr. McGregor (voice) | |
| Movie | 1977 | Caledonian Cascade | ||
| Movie | 2012 | Confessions from the Underground | Self - Narrator(voice) | |
| Movie | 1990 | Who's Listening | Victor Meldrew | |
| Movie | 1991 | The Man In The Long Black Coat | Victor Meldrew | |
| Movie | 1994 | The Man Who Blew Away | Victor Meldrew | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Wisdom Of The Witch | Victor Meldrew | |
| Movie | 1996 | Starbound | Victor Meldrew | |
| Movie | 1997 | Endgame | Victor Meldrew | |
| Movie | 1993 | Victor In The Bath | Victor Meldrew | |
| Movie | 2001 | Visiting Uncle Dick | Victor Meldrew | |
| Movie | 1970 | Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows | Mr. O'Flanagan, O'Leary, Tram Conductor | |
| Movie | 1996 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse | Mr. McGregor (voice) | |
| TV Show | 1975 | The Sweeney | D.C.I. Anderson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Shooting Stars | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Monkey Trousers | 7 | |
| TV Show | 2005 | Doctor Who Confidential | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1995 | Father Ted | Richard Wilson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | All Saints | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1994 | Room 101 | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | Davina | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1982 | Countdown | 5 | |
| TV Show | 1987 | Inspector Morse | Brian Thornton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Mr. Bean | Dentist | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | One Foot in the Grave | Victor Meldrew | 36 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1977 | A Sharp Intake of Breath | 12 | |
| TV Show | 2001 | High Stakes | 6 | |
| TV Show | 2008 | Merlin | Gaius | 65 |
| TV Show | 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1968 | The First Lady | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1987 | Tutti Frutti | Eddie Clockerty | 6 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Out There | 13 | |
| TV Show | 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1976 | Yanks Go Home | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1998 | So Graham Norton | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | The Frank Skinner Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Hot Metal | 13 | |
| TV Show | 1985 | The Last Place on Earth | Scott Keltie | 7 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Room at the Bottom | 13 | |
| TV Show | 2009 | Britain's Best Drives | 6 | |
| TV Show | 1976 | Cilla's World Of Comedy | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2001 | Life as We Know It | 7 | |
| TV Show | 1976 | Victorian Scandals | Albert Foster | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Duck Patrol | PC Roland 'Prof' Rose | 7 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Merlin: Secrets and Magic | 14 | |
| TV Show | 1998 | Fantasy World Cup | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Doctor Who | 0 | |
| TV Show | 2012 | Playhouse Presents | John | 1 |
| TV Show | 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1972 | Crown Court | Jeremy Parsons QC | 36 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Life Support | John Doone | 6 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Demons | Father Simeon | 2 |
| TV Show | 2007 | Kingdom | Professor Barkway | 2 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Under the Sun | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | Thompson | 1 | |
| TV Show | 2005 | Doctor Who | Dr Constantine | 2 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Andy Robson | Mr. Ridley | 3 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Duncan Ross | 1 |
| TV Show | 2021 | Around the World in 80 Days | Grayson | 2 |
| TV Show | 1992 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Mr. McGregor (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | Born and Bred | Dr. Donald Newman | 11 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Professor of Language | 2 |
| TV Show | 1987 | High & Dry | Richard Talbot | 7 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | 4 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Soldier and Me | Dr. Nixon | 9 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Selling Hitler | Henri Nannen | 5 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Howards' Way | Viscount Cunningham | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Cluedo | Reverend Green | 6 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Screen Two | Sir Hugo Armstrong | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | Play for Today | Consultant | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | Play for Today | Abercrombie | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | The Play on One | Max | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Unnatural Pursuits | Hector Duff | 2 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Parkinson | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1960 | Danger Man | King [Kabuki Group] | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Playhouse | Tom McCann | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Playhouse | Professor | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Only When I Laugh | Gordon Thorpe | 29 |
| TV Show | 1998 | In the Red | Lord Tone | 3 |
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| Movie | 1990 | Changing Step | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1988 | A Wholly Healthy Glasgow | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | Commitments | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1984 | Under the Hammer | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1982 | The Remainder Man | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1970 | Play for Today | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 2002 | What's Your Problem? | Director | Directing |
