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Richard Wilson (born Iain Carmichael Wilson; 9 July 1936) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster. He is most famous for playing Victor Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave. Another notable role was as Gaius, the court physician of Camelot, in the BBC drama Merlin. Early life Wilson was born in Greenock in Renfrewshire, Scotland. He went to the Lady Alice Primary school in Greenock. He studied science subjects at Greenock Academy, then completed his National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving in Singapore. Career Wilson worked in a laboratory at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow as a research assistant before switching to acting at age 27. He trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, graduating in 1965 with an Acting (RADA Diploma). He then appeared in repertory theatres in Edinburgh (Traverse Theatre), Glasgow and Manchester (Stables Theatre). Wilson initially turned down the role of Victor Meldrew and it was almost offered to Les Dawson before Wilson changed his mind. Wilson was appointed an OBE in the 1994 Birthday Honours for services to Drama. In April 1996, he was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow for a term of three years. The narration of "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus", from Strawbs' 1969 eponymous first album, was performed by Wilson. Wilson's biography, One Foot on the Stage: The Biography of Richard Wilson, was written by James Roose-Evans. In March 2011, Wilson presented an edition of the Channel 4 current affairs programme Dispatches entitled Train Journeys From Hell, with transport journalist Christian Wolmar highlighting the failings of the British railway network. Personal life and political views Wilson has lived in London since 1959. Wilson has been a campaigner for gay rights for many years. He appeared at charity events organised by gay rights campaign group Stonewall, but had not discussed his own sexuality in interviews with the media. He was named in a list of influential gay people in 2013 by Time Out magazine, which he considered to have outed him. Wilson is a supporter of his local football club, Greenock Morton, but he has come to lend greater support to English club Manchester United. He is a patron of the Manchester United Supporters Trust. Wilson is a good friend of his One Foot in the Grave co-star Angus Deayton, and is godfather to Deayton's son. Wilson is one of the patrons of Scottish Youth Theatre. Wilson is also a long-time supporter of the charity Sense and in 2007 hosted their annual award ceremony. He is also one of the honorary patrons of the London children's charity, Scene & Heard. He has been Honorary President of the Scottish Community Drama Association (SCDA) since 1998. Wilson is a supporter of the Labour Party. He donated more than £5,000 to the party in 1997 and recorded the party's manifesto on audio for the 2010 general election. It was reported on 12 August 2016 that Wilson had suffered a heart attack. He had been due to reprise the role of Victor Meldrew in a one-man show at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In June 2021 Wilson was the guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. His choices included "Hammond Song" by The Roches, Symphony No. 6 in D minor by Sibelius and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack. His book choice was the poetry of Robert Burns and his luxury item was a subscription to The Guardian. Wilson had one older sister, Moira, who died in 2021 aged 91. Filmography Films Junket 89 (1970) as Mr Potter The Trouble with 2B (1972) as Mr Potter Mark Gertler: Fragments of a Biography (1981) as Clive Bell Those Glory Glory Days (1983, TV Movie) as Arnold – Journalist A Passage to India (1984) as Turton Foreign Body (1986) as Col. Partridge Whoops Apocalypse (1986) as Nigel Lipman Prick Up Your Ears (1987) as Psychiatrist How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) as Bristol A Dry White Season (1989) as Cloete Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1992) as Uncle Salvatore Carry On Columbus (1992) as Don Juan Felipe The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) as Sir Roger Daggenhurst Women Talking Dirty (1999) as Ronald Love and Other Disasters (2006) as Registrar Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) as Mr. Capulet (voice) Sherlock Gnomes (2018) as Mr. Capulet (voice) Television The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956) (Uncredited) Crown Court (1970s) – as Jeremy Parsons QC (1972–1984) My Good Woman (1972–1974) Soldier and me (1974) – as Dr Nixon A Sharp Intake of Breath 1977 to 1980 The Sweeney episode "The Bigger They Are" as DCI Anderson (1978) Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em episode "Wendy House" as Mr Harris The Insurance Man (1978) Only When I Laugh (1979–1982) as Gordon Thorpe In Loving Memory as Percy Openshaw (in two episodes) Andy Robson (1982–1983) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes episode The Red Headed League as Duncan Ross (1985) Have I Got News for You Screen Two: Poppyland (1985) as Theodore Watts-Dunton Howards' Way (1986 one episode) as Viscount Cunningham Emmerdale (1986) Room at the Bottom (1986–1988) as Toby Duckworth High & Dry as Richard Talbot Tutti Frutti (1987) Hot Metal (1988) The Play on One: Normal Service (1988) as Max Screen Two: Fellow Traveller (1989) Sir Hugo One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000) as Victor Meldrew Cluedo (1991) as Reverend Jonathan Green Selling Hitler (1991) Mr. Bean – episode The Trouble with Mr. Bean as Mr A. M. Peggit The Dentist (1992) Inspector Morse – episode "Absolute Conviction (1992)" The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mr. McGregor (1992) Under the Hammer (1994) (as Ben Glazier) Gulliver's Travels (1996) Lord of Misrule (1996) (as Bill Webster). Filmed at Fowey in Cornwall Duck Patrol (1998) Father Ted – episode "The Mainland" as himself (1998) The Mrs Merton Show (1998) guest appearance alongside Bernard Manning Other Animals (1999) (as Alex Cameron) High Stakes (2001) Life As We Know It (2001) Jeffrey Archer: The Truth as Duke of Edinburgh (2002) King of Fridges (2004) (as Frank) Doctor Who – episodes "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances" (2005) – Doctor Constantine Born and Bred (2005) The F Word – Appeared as himself in the middle of the first series. (2005) A Harlot's Progress (2006) Would I Lie to You? (2007) Thank God You're Here (2008) Merlin – (all 65 episodes + 2 Children in Need specials) as Gaius (2008–2012) Demons – as Father Simeon (2009) Britain's Best Drives (2009) New Tricks (2009) – as Father Bernárd in episode "The War Against Drugs" Confessions from the Underground – Narrated (2012) All Aboard East Coast Trains – Narrated (2013) Richard Wilson on the Road (2015) Trollied (2015) Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland - Narrated (2015) Richard Wilson's Highland Fling at IMDb (2017) travel in style by rail and ship through the Scottish Highlands (documentary) Around the World in 80 Days (2021) Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2023) One Foot in the Grave - 30 Years Of Laughs (2023) Stage acting Twelfth Night, as Malvolio – Royal Shakespeare Company Whippin.... Discover the Richard Wilson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Richard Wilson books.
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Scientist
Richard RhodesA masterful, timely, fully authorized biography of the great and hugely influential biologist and naturalist E. O. Wilson, one of the most groundbreaking and controversial scientis...
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Double Take
Richard WilsonThe barn turned out to be a spaceship in disguise, and that was only the beginning. Before his strange adventure ended, young Paul Asher found himself going around in circlesvery p...
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Scoring At Half-Time
George BestMichael Parkinson: 'What was the nearest to kickoff that you made love to a woman?'George Best: 'Er I think it was halftime actually'George Best was the first celeb...
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Great North American Stage Directors Volume 6
Ann M. ShanahanThis volume assesses the work of Meredith Monk, Richard Foreman, and Robert Wilson, three artists who have revolutionized the craft of directing and the art of theatre in both rela...
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Jesus
Dr Geza VermesThe Nativity, Passion and Resurrection are the three defining episodes in the life of Jesus, forming the foundations of the Christian tradition. But what is the truth behind these ...
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The Presidents Decoded
Katie Kennedy & Monique SteeleEver wonder what the President does? Meet the 45 people who have held the job in this important book that showcases how they each led the country in their timeand features their ow...
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Goliath
Matt Stoller“Every thinking American must read” (The Washington Book Review) this startling and “insightful” (The New York Times) look at how concentrated financial power and consumerism has t...
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Soul Song
David Delargy, Eugene O'Hagan & Martin O'HaganKnown collectively as The Priests, Fr Martin, Fr Eugene and Fr David, have taken the music world by storm. Since they signed their muchreported Sony contract in front of Westminste...
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Postcards to Europe
Various AuthorsThis is not a book about politics. It is a book about what makes us British, and what makes us European.Spend time with some of your favourite writers and artists in this truly uni...
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The Authentic Gospel of Jesus
Dr Geza VermesThere can be no doubt that Jesus, 'a religious genius' as Geza Vermes describes him, lived and taught in Palestine some 2000 years ago. The influence he has had is incalculable. Ho...
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Twentieth Century Men
Richard WilsonTwentieth Century Men is a family saga that traces the lives of the Wilson family starting in 1888 and continuing through three generations of Wilsons until 2006. It describes how ...
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They Found the Secret
V. Raymond EdmanExplore the lives of twenty Christian figures whose powerful testimonies and lives of service will inspire you to embrace Christ as the secret to abundant living.Written by V. Raym...
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Stand for the Land
Tom HarrisRichard A. Wilson is a remarkable man, grounded in courage and commitment, fighting for what he loves – the land, our water, and our forests. For most of his long life, he has live...
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Richard Leon Wilson v. State Texas
Fourteenth District, Houston Court of Appeals of TexasAt the outset appellant complains that the trial court erred in denying his motion to quash the indictment which, omitting the formal parts, alleged that he "did then and there kno...
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
Charles Darwin & J. BurrowWith his revolutionary work The Origin of Species Charles Darwin overthrew contemporary beliefs about Divine Providence and the beginnings of life on earth. Written for the general...
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Richard Wilson Slipstream
Jean Wainwright"What I wanted was the most beautiful piece of sculpture in Europe and I think that's what we have here with Slipstream.' John HollandKaye, Heathrow Development Director In 2010, H...
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As I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Carol McKay & Eileen MunroWhen Eileen Munro's mother became pregnant at 16, she was told to give her baby away to a 'good family', but the couple who paid the fee at the Salvation Army motherandbaby home in...
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How to be The Good Father
James Richard Wilson9 months of waiting and the day arrives, your firstborn enters into this world, your miracle, your gift from God. But what do you do now? This book takes you through t...
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The Making of a Royal Romance
Katie NichollKatie Nicholl, Royal Correspondent for the Mail on Sunday, has been at the centre of royal reporting since she joined the newspaper in 2001. There is no one who is more intimately ...
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The Power and the Money
Tevi TroyWhen U.S. presidents clash with corporate titans, what tips the balance of power? In The Power and the Money, acclaimed presidential historian Tevi Troy takes readers on...
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Statesmanship
Various AuthorsNo British periodical or weekly magazine has a richer and more distinguished archive than The New Statesman, which has long been at the centre of British political and cultural lif...
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How to Create An Economic Democracy
Richard J. WilsonIn 1620 Francis Bacon’s Novum Organum introduced a new scientific method of investigating nature. In 1690 John Locke used the new scientific method to discover how to create politi...
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents, Part 2
Steven F. HaywardA book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!
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The Separation
Dinah JefferiesFROM THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE The Separation, Dinah Jefferies' stunning debut novel, is the heartbreaking tale of a family fractured by lies and on...
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Sandra Jean Wilson v. Richard Alan Wilson
Court of Appeals of New YorkThis is an appeal from the district court for Saline County. The parties to this case, Sandra Jean Wilson and Richard Alan Wilson, were divorced on October 4, 1982. As part of the ...
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Dirty Tricks
Shane O'SullivanThe victory of Richard Nixon in the US presidential election of 1968 swung on an “October Surprise” a treasonous plot engineered by key figures in the Republican Party to keep the ...
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Sweet Bird of Youth
Tennessee WilliamsNow with an insightful new introduction, the author's original Foreword, and the oneact play, The Enemy: Time, on which Sweet Bird of Youth was based. Tennessee Williams knew how t...
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Why Evolution Is True
Jerry A. Coyne"Coyne's knowledge of evolutionary biology is prodigious, his deployment of it as masterful as his touch is light." Richard Dawkins In the current debate about creationism and in...
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Before the Rains
Dinah JefferiesA romantic, heartwrenching tale of love against the odds from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author1930, Rajputana, India. Since her husband's death, 28yearold photojourna...
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The Promise of Canada
Charlotte GrayWhat does it mean to be a Canadian? What great ideas have changed our country? An awardwinning writer casts her eye over our nation’s history, highlighting some of our most importa...
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Home at Grasmere
Dorothy Wordsworth & William WordsworthA continuous text made up of extracts from Dorothy Wordsworth's Journal and a selection of her brother's poems. Dorothy Wordsworth kept her Journal 'because I shall give William pl...
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Pearly L. Wilson v. Richard Seiter
Supreme Court of the United StatesThis case presents the questions whether a prisoner claiming that conditions of confinement constitute cruel and unusual punishment must show a culpable state of mind on the part o...