Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson

Birthday: 1936-07-09

Place of Birth: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

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.

Movies

Foreign Body
Foreign Body

Banerjee stars as Ram Das, a jobless Indian man who, tired of life in Calcutta, steals money from hi...

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Whoops Apocalypse
Whoops Apocalypse

When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrori...

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Murder by the Book
Murder by the Book

Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-f...

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Love and Other Disasters
Love and Other Disasters

Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a ...

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The Man Who Knew Too Little
The Man Who Knew Too Little

An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case...

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How to Get Ahead in Advertising
How to Get Ahead in Advertising

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck....

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The Vision Thing
The Vision Thing

In the run-up to a General Election, the British Prime Minister thinks he is receiving messages from...

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Reichenbach Falls
Reichenbach Falls

A psychological thriller, set in the heart of Edinburgh and featuring the underbelly of the capital ...

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Unnatural Pursuits
Unnatural Pursuits

An English playwright sacrifices his health waiting for his play's make-or-break opening on Broadway...

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Women Talking Dirty
Women Talking Dirty

A lively, outspoken single mother develops an unlikely friendship with a shy cartoonist....

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Normal Service
Normal Service

It's General Election day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under stress. To...

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Kremlin Farewell
Kremlin Farewell

A drama of intrigue and betrayal in Stalin's Russia. Stepan grows up in an orphanage, learning to lo...

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Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army
Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army

Former National Service Conscript - actor, Richard Wilson - takes a light hearted look at this taste...

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Selling Hitler
Selling Hitler

In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what...

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The One Ronnie
The One Ronnie

One of Britain's most enduring and best-loved comics, Ronnie Corbett, turned 80 in December 2010. In...

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Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Soft Top Hard Shoulder

Eight years ago, Gavin, the artistic son of a Scots-Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Gl...

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Sweetly It Turns
Sweetly It Turns

A kitchen-sink drama following the lives of a working-class family in Wolverhampton as they deal wit...

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G♭
G♭

84-year-old cellist Ceri has lost his husband to cancer and his ability to play to a debilitating st...

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The People’s Jack
The People’s Jack

A musical version of the life of the 17th Century English radical politician, John Wilkes, who camp...

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Byrne About Byrne
Byrne About Byrne

In this diverse and inventive autobiography, painter and author John Byrne travels from his youth, t...

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Ted & Ralph
Ted & Ralph

One-off comedy drama featuring characters from award-winning BBC sketch series 'The Fast Show'. Ralp...

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The Day They Buried Cleaver
The Day They Buried Cleaver

The Chief Constable of a grimy northern town runs it his particular way with all natural human faili...

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A Harlot's Progress
A Harlot's Progress

Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his m...

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Danny & the Human Zoo
Danny & the Human Zoo

A dramatised account of the early life and career of impressionist, comedian and actor Lenny Henry....

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The Four Minute Mile
The Four Minute Mile

For two brilliant young athletes - Roger Bannister of England and John Landy of Australia - the 1952...

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Junket 89
Junket 89

Science-fiction comedy: Junket, a schoolboy, borrows an apparatus invented by the absent-minded scie...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream

At the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a priso...

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The Trouble with 2B
The Trouble with 2B

It isn't really the fault of the children in 2B that their efforts to be helpful end in disaster....

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

A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master,...

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

A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master,...

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

A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master,...

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

A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master,...

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Prick Up Your Ears
Prick Up Your Ears

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama sc...

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Lord of Misrule
Lord of Misrule

Comedy drama. Retired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspape...

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Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

A satirical look at the 'secret' TRUE life of Jeffrey Archer. The Truth, the whole truth and everyth...

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King of Fridges
King of Fridges

A play about an ambitious young manager of a Dixons-style electrical warehouse who gets saddled with...

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A Dry White Season
A Dry White Season

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he ask...

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A Passage to India
A Passage to India

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an India...

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Sherlock Gnomes
Sherlock Gnomes

Garden gnomes Gnomeo & Juliet recruit renown detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigate the mysterious...

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Carry On Columbus
Carry On Columbus

Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the Kin...

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Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland
Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland

A varied history of gay people and Scotland....

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Gnomeo & Juliet
Gnomeo & Juliet

A version of Shakespeare's play, set in the world of warring indoor and outdoor gnomes. Garden gnome...

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Those Glory Glory Days
Those Glory Glory Days

Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first ...

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Poppyland
Poppyland

He is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise...

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One Foot in the Algarve
One Foot in the Algarve

The Meldrews go on holiday to Portugal with Mrs Warboys, who is hoping for romance with her penpal A...

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Bet Your Life
Bet Your Life

Like alcoholism, gambling is a disease. Ches, a compulsive gambler, is sent for medical help. A wond...

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Pasmore
Pasmore

Colin Pasmore tests his strength against his family ties but finds them stronger than he ever imagin...

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Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime
Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime

An adaptation of the folktale about a lonely boy, his beloved cat, and the hard decisions that come ...

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Butter
Butter

Jane has an eating problem. She has bought and prepared a feast for an unseen date who calls in sick...

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Through the Night
Through the Night

The play tells the story of Christine Potts, who undergoes an unexpected mastectomy, and struggles t...

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Fellow Traveller
Fellow Traveller

In the Golden Age of Hollywood, two men had it all; one was a top screenwriter, the other a film ido...

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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

Classic tales of Peter Rabbit."Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were...

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Shaping Up
Shaping Up

Chrissie and Colum are to be married tomorrow. Happy? ' I feel sick', says Colum. ' I feel sick', sa...

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Virginia Fly is Drowning
Virginia Fly is Drowning

Secure in her suburban home, Virginia Fly dreams of a life of unbridled passion and romance. She fee...

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The Portland Millions
The Portland Millions

Annie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland....

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

"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", episode 1. The mischievous adventure of Peter Rabbit and hi...

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Caledonian Cascade
Caledonian Cascade

A bored upper class Edinburgh woman decides to rebel against societal conventions....

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Confessions from the Underground
Confessions from the Underground

Documentary providing a rare glimpse into the depths of the London Underground as its staff strive u...

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Who's Listening
Who's Listening

The Meldrews become acquainted with a reverend who thinks he has lost his faith, and Victor learns m...

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The Man In The Long Black Coat
The Man In The Long Black Coat

Relations between Patrick and Victor reach a new low via an unending stream of post-it notes; during...

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The Man Who Blew Away
The Man Who Blew Away

The Meldrews get a surprise visit from Mr. Foskett, whom they know only because they stayed in the s...

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The Wisdom Of The Witch
The Wisdom Of The Witch

A witch predicts an untimely end for Victor; Patrick and Pippa prepare to move far away from the Mel...

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Starbound
Starbound

The Meldrews find a man living in their shed; he turns out to be a drug-dealer. Victor takes a garde...

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Endgame
Endgame

The Meldrews make an effort to get on with their pleasant new neighbors; Victor buys a haunted carav...

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Victor In The Bath
Victor In The Bath

Victor muses about life while in the bath....

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Visiting Uncle Dick
Visiting Uncle Dick

Margaret is visiting a relative in hospital. Victor is his usual self, complaining about everything;...

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Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows
Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows

Drama about the 1914-16 Irish uprising, from the perspective of Irish rebels and English military pl...

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

"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", episode 8. The six fluffy babies of Benjamin Bunny are in g...

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