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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (19)

• Remembers… — Self
• 2013Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army — Self - Host
• 2012Confessions from the Underground — Self - Narrator(voice)
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
• 2010Gerard Kelly: A Celebration — Self
• Merlin: Secrets and Magic — Self
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self
• Would I Lie to You? — Self
• 2004The Best of So Graham Norton — Self (archive footage)
• 2000I Don't Believe It!: The One Foot in the Grave Story — Self (uncredited)
• Fantasy World Cup — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• So Graham Norton — Self
• The Frank Skinner Show — Self
• Room 101 — Self
• Live & Kicking — Self
• Shooting Stars — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self
• Under the Sun — Self - Narrator (voice)