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Richard Wilson

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Richard Wilson

Born July 9, 1936 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK64 films

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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A Passage to India posterFirst watchA Passage to India19846.8as Mr. TurtonCultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.View film

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Filmography

64 films as actor
  1. 2023Sweetly It TurnsLen
  2. 2022G♭Ceri
  3. 2018Sherlock GnomesMr. Capulet (voice)
  4. 2016A Midsummer Night's DreamStarveling
  5. 2015Danny & the Human ZooJames Broughton
  6. 2011Gnomeo & JulietMr. Capulet (voice)
  7. 2010The One Ronnie
  8. 2007Reichenbach FallsArthur Conan Doyle
  9. 2006A Harlot's ProgressSir James Thornhill
  10. 2006Love and Other DisastersRegistrar
  11. 2006The World of Peter Rabbit and FriendsMr. McGregor
  12. 2004King of FridgesFrank
  13. 2002Jeffrey Archer: The TruthDuke of Edinburgh
  14. 2002Dick Whittington: The ITV PantomimeSally the Cook
  15. 2001Women Talking DirtyRonald
  16. 2001One Foot in the Grave: Visiting Uncle DickVictor Meldrew
  17. 1998Ted & RalphLandowner at Party
  18. 1997One Foot in the Grave: EndgameVictor Meldrew
  19. 1997The Man Who Knew Too LittleDaggenhurst
  20. 1996The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. TittlemouseMr. McGregor (voice)
  21. 1996One Foot in the Grave: StarboundVictor Meldrew
  22. 1996Lord of MisruleBill Webster
  23. 1995One Foot in the Grave: The Wisdom Of The WitchVictor Meldrew
  24. 1994ButterSteven Williams
  25. 1993One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the AlgarveVictor Meldrew
  26. 1993The Vision ThingJames Forth
  27. 1993Selling HitlerHenri Nannen
  28. 1993One Foot in the Grave: Victor In The BathVictor Meldrew
  29. 1993Soft Top Hard ShoulderUncle Salvatore
  30. 1992The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin BunnyMr. McGregor (voice)
  31. 1992Carry On ColumbusDon Juan Felipe
  32. 1992Unnatural PursuitsHector Duff
  33. 1991One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black CoatVictor Meldrew
  34. 1990One Foot in the Grave: Who's ListeningVictor Meldrew
  35. 1990Kremlin FarewellLebedev
  36. 1989Fellow TravellerSir Hugo Armstrong
  37. 1989A Dry White SeasonCloete
  38. 1989How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingJohn Bristol
  39. 1988The Four Minute MileHarold Abrahams
  40. 1988Byrne About ByrneEddie Clockerty
  41. 1988Normal ServiceMax
  42. 1987Prick Up Your EarsPsychiatrist
  43. 1986Foreign BodyColonel Partridge
  44. 1986Whoops ApocalypseNigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary)
  45. 1986Murder by the BookSir Max Mallowan
  46. 1985PoppylandTheodore Watts-Dunton
  47. 1984A Passage to IndiaMr. Turton
  48. 1983Those Glory Glory DaysArnold - Journalist
  49. 1981Virginia Fly is DrowningProfessor
  50. 1980Shaping UpTom McCann
  51. 1980PasmoreAbercrombie
  52. 1977Caledonian Cascade
  53. 1976Bet Your LifeConsultant
  54. 1976The Portland MillionsAlbert Foster
  55. 1975Through the NightRegistrar
  56. 1972The Trouble with 2B
  57. 1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
  58. 1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day
  59. 1972The Trouble with 2b: Part Two, On the Air
  60. 1972The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy DaysMr Potter
  61. 1970The Day They Buried CleaverDet. Sgt. Sand
  62. 1970Junket 89
  63. 1970Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely WindowsMr. O'Flanagan, O'Leary, Tram Conductor
  64. 1970The People’s JackGeorge III