Richard Wilson

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Richard Wilson, OBE (born July 9, 1936) is a Scottish actor and theatre director, best known for playing Victor Meldrew in the popular BBC situation comedy One Foot in the Grave. When he appeared on Have I Got News For You, he was introduced by host Angus Deayton (who was Wilson's co-star in One Foot in the Grave) as playing "the elderly neighbour of the central character", a deliberately skewed and sarcastic interpretation of the show's theme.

He was born as Ian Colquhoun Wilson (or Iain Richard Wilson, according to the Internet Movie Database¹) in Greenock, Inverclyde. When he went into acting, he had to change his name because another actor was already called Ian Wilson.

In 1994, Richard Wilson was awarded the OBE for services to drama as a director and actor.

In 1996, he was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow for a period of three years. He was installed at a ceremony to be held on 24 April that year.

Richard is also the half cousin of Terry Wogan.

Contents

1 Television
2 Films
3 Theatre Direction
4 External links

Television

The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes (television) (1985) episode The Red Headed League as Duncan Ross
Born and Bred
Doctor Who — episodes The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances (2005)
Duck Patrol
Emmerdale
Father Ted — episode The Mainland (a cameo role as himself)
Inspector Morse
Mr Bean — episode The Trouble With Mr Bean (a cameo role as Bean's dentist)''
My Good Woman
Normal Service
One Foot in the Grave (as Victor Meldrew)
Only When I Laugh
A Sharp Intake Of Breath
Tutti Frutti
Cluedo (television)
''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

He appeared as the Duke of Edinburgh in , a television comedy drama written by Guy Jenkin, which was first shown on BBC1 on the evening of 1 December 2002.

Films

Theatre Direction

The Woman Before by Roland Shimmelfenwick — Royal Court, May 2005
East Coast Chicken Supper by Martin J Taylor — The Traverse, 2005
Rainbow Kiss by Simon Farquhar — Royal Court, April 2006

External links

¹
The Official Richard Wilson [Archive]
[Page on One Foot in the Grave] from "British TV Heaven", a website run by M. David Bennett
[University of Glasgow Newsletter] (20 March 1996 - Issue No: 178), announcing Wilson's election as Rector
Exclusive Interview with Richard Wilson [Here]
The New Richard Wilson TV IV WIKI [Here]

Preceded by:
Johnny Ball

Rector of Glasgow University
1996—1999

Followed by:
Ross Kemp

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