Richard Wilson: movies and TV shows
Richard Wilson has 162 credits in the archive: 75 films and 87 TV series, from 1960 to 2023. Highest rated: Andy Robson (9.7/10).
Career timeline
1960 – 2023 · busiest year: 1970 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sweetly It Turns | Len | Film | — | 86 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | Self | TV | 7.0 | 85 |
| 2022 | G♭ | Ceri | Film | 7.0 | 85 |
| 2021 | Around the World in 80 Days | Grayson | TV | 7.3 | 84 |
| 2018 | Sherlock Gnomes | Mr. Capulet (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 81 |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Starveling | Film | 5.4 | 79 |
| 2015 | Danny & the Human Zoo | James Broughton | Film | 6.4 | 78 |
| 2015 | Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland | Narrator | Film | 4.0 | 78 |
| 2013 | Richard Wilson - Both Feet In the Army | Self - Host | Film | — | 76 |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | John | TV | 6.0 | 75 |
| 2012 | Confessions from the Underground | Self - Narrator(voice) | Film | — | 75 |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | TV | 6.0 | 74 |
| 2011 | Gnomeo & Juliet | Mr. Capulet (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 74 |
| 2010 | Gerard Kelly: A Celebration | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2010 | The One Ronnie | Film | 7.4 | 73 | |
| 2009 | Merlin: Secrets and Magic | Self | TV | 8.2 | 72 |
| 2009 | Demons | Father Simeon | TV | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2009 | Demons | Father Simeon | Film | — | 72 |
| 2009 | Britain's Best Drives | TV | — | 72 | |
| 2008 | Merlin | Gaius | TV | 7.8 | 71 |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self | TV | 7.8 | 70 |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | TV | 4.5 | 70 |
| 2007 | Kingdom | Professor Barkway | TV | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2007 | Reichenbach Falls | Arthur Conan Doyle | Film | 7.5 | 70 |
| 2006 | Love and Other Disasters | Registrar | Film | 5.7 | 69 |
| 2006 | Davina | TV | — | 69 | |
| 2006 | A Harlot's Progress | Sir James Thornhill | Film | 4.7 | 69 |
| 2006 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Mr. McGregor | Film | 8.5 | 69 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | TV | 7.6 | 68 | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Dr Constantine | TV | 7.6 | 68 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who Confidential | TV | 8.1 | 68 | |
| 2005 | Monkey Trousers | TV | 7.5 | 68 | |
| 2004 | King of Fridges | Frank | Film | 7.5 | 67 |
| 2003 | Out There | TV | 7.0 | 66 | |
| 2002 | Born and Bred | Dr. Donald Newman | TV | 9.0 | 65 |
| 2002 | Dick Whittington: The ITV Pantomime | Sally the Cook | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 2002 | What's Your Problem? | TV | — | 65 | |
| 2002 | Jeffrey Archer: The Truth | Duke of Edinburgh | Film | 4.7 | 65 |
| 2001 | One Foot in the Grave: Visiting Uncle Dick | Victor Meldrew | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 2001 | Women Talking Dirty | Ronald | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 2001 | Life as We Know It | TV | 10.0 | 64 | |
| 2001 | High Stakes | TV | 6.5 | 64 | |
| 1999 | Life Support | John Doone | TV | — | 62 |
| 1998 | All Saints | TV | 6.2 | 61 | |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 61 |
| 1998 | So Graham Norton | Self | TV | 7.4 | 61 |
| 1998 | Duck Patrol | PC Roland 'Prof' Rose | TV | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1998 | Fantasy World Cup | Self | TV | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1998 | In the Red | Lord Tone | TV | 6.1 | 61 |
| 1998 | Ted & Ralph | Landowner at Party | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1997 | The Man Who Knew Too Little | Daggenhurst | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1997 | One Foot in the Grave: Endgame | Victor Meldrew | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Professor of Language | TV | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1996 | One Foot in the Grave: Starbound | Victor Meldrew | Film | 9.1 | 59 |
| 1996 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse | Mr. McGregor (voice) | Film | — | 59 |
| 1996 | Lord of Misrule | Bill Webster | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1995 | The Frank Skinner Show | Self | TV | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1995 | Father Ted | Richard Wilson | TV | 8.2 | 58 |
| 1995 | One Foot in the Grave: The Wisdom Of The Witch | Victor Meldrew | Film | 9.5 | 58 |
| 1994 | Room 101 | Self | TV | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1994 | Under the Hammer | Ben Glazier | TV | — | 57 |
| 1994 | One Foot in the Grave: The Man Who Blew Away | Victor Meldrew | Film | 1.0 | 57 |
| 1994 | Butter | Steven Williams | Film | 8.7 | 57 |
| 1993 | Shooting Stars | Self | TV | 7.7 | 56 |
| 1993 | Live & Kicking | Self | TV | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1993 | One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve | Victor Meldrew | Film | 8.5 | 56 |
| 1993 | One Foot in the Grave: Victor In The Bath | Victor Meldrew | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1993 | Soft Top Hard Shoulder | Uncle Salvatore | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1993 | Selling Hitler | Henri Nannen | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1993 | The Vision Thing | James Forth | Film | — | 56 |
| 1992 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Mr. McGregor (voice) | TV | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1992 | Carry On Columbus | Don Juan Felipe | Film | 3.9 | 55 |
| 1992 | Unnatural Pursuits | Hector Duff | TV | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1992 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny | Mr. McGregor (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1992 | The Other Side Of Paradise | Doc Reid | TV | — | 55 |
| 1992 | Unnatural Pursuits | Hector Duff | Film | — | 55 |
| 1991 | Selling Hitler | Henri Nannen | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1991 | One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black Coat | Victor Meldrew | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1990 | Mr. Bean | Dentist | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1990 | One Foot in the Grave | Victor Meldrew | TV | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1990 | Cluedo | Reverend Green | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1990 | One Foot in the Grave: Who's Listening | Victor Meldrew | Film | 8.5 | 53 |
| 1990 | Changing Step | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1990 | Kremlin Farewell | Lebedev | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1989 | Under the Sun | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | — | 52 |
| 1989 | A Dry White Season | Cloete | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1989 | Fellow Traveller | Sir Hugo Armstrong | Film | 4.2 | 52 |
| 1989 | How to Get Ahead in Advertising | John Bristol | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1988 | The Play on One | Max | TV | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1988 | The Play on One | TV | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 1988 | Thompson | TV | 5.0 | 51 | |
| 1988 | Byrne About Byrne | Eddie Clockerty | Film | — | 51 |
| 1988 | The Four Minute Mile | Harold Abrahams | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1988 | A Wholly Healthy Glasgow | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1988 | Normal Service | Max | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Brian Thornton | TV | 7.9 | 50 |
| 1987 | Tutti Frutti | Eddie Clockerty | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Psychiatrist | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1987 | High & Dry | Richard Talbot | TV | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | James Forth | TV | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1986 | Hot Metal | Dicky Lipton | TV | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1986 | Foreign Body | Colonel Partridge | Film | 4.6 | 49 |
| 1986 | Room at the Bottom | TV | 5.0 | 49 | |
| 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Nigel Lipman (Foreign Secretary) | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1986 | Murder by the Book | Sir Max Mallowan | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Sir Hugo Armstrong | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Theodore Watts-Dunton | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Lebedev | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1985 | Howards' Way | Viscount Cunningham | TV | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1985 | The Last Place on Earth | Scott Keltie | TV | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1985 | Poppyland | Theodore Watts-Dunton | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Duncan Ross | TV | 8.2 | 47 |
| 1984 | A Passage to India | Mr. Turton | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Duncan Ross | TV | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1984 | Under the Hammer | Film | 10.0 | 47 | |
| 1983 | Those Glory Glory Days | Arnold - Journalist | Film | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1982 | Countdown | TV | 6.1 | 45 | |
| 1982 | Andy Robson | Mr. Ridley | TV | 9.7 | 45 |
| 1982 | Commitments | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1982 | The Remainder Man | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1981 | Virginia Fly is Drowning | Professor | Film | — | 44 |
| 1980 | Shaping Up | Tom McCann | Film | — | 43 |
| 1980 | Pasmore | Abercrombie | Film | — | 43 |
| 1979 | Only When I Laugh | Gordon Thorpe | TV | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1978 | Strangers | Steven Wardrope | TV | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1978 | Pickersgill People | Arthur MacKenzie Tooth | TV | — | 41 |
| 1977 | The Sunday Drama | Dr Graham | TV | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1977 | Caledonian Cascade | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1977 | A Sharp Intake of Breath | TV | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1977 | The Sound of Laughter | Mr. Ramskill | TV | — | 40 |
| 1976 | Victorian Scandals | Albert Foster | TV | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1976 | Yanks Go Home | TV | 6.3 | 39 | |
| 1976 | The Portland Millions | Albert Foster | Film | — | 39 |
| 1976 | Cilla's World Of Comedy | TV | 7.5 | 39 | |
| 1976 | Bet Your Life | Consultant | Film | — | 39 |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | D.C.I. Anderson | TV | 8.1 | 38 |
| 1975 | Through the Night | Registrar | Film | — | 38 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Tom McCann | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Professor | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1974 | Not on Your Nellie | Joshua McGrimble | TV | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Jeremy Parsons QC | TV | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1972 | The Trouble with 2B | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1972 | The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1972 | The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days | Mr Potter | Film | — | 35 |
| 1972 | The Trouble with 2b: Part Two, On the Air | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1972 | The Trouble with 2b: Part Four, Parents' Day | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Consultant | TV | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Abercrombie | TV | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 1970 | Junket 89 | Film | 6.4 | 33 | |
| 1970 | The People’s Jack | George III | Film | — | 33 |
| 1970 | The Day They Buried Cleaver | Det. Sgt. Sand | Film | — | 33 |
| 1970 | Would You Look at Them Smashing All Those Lovely Windows | Mr. O'Flanagan, O'Leary, Tram Conductor | Film | — | 33 |
| 1968 | The First Lady | TV | 10.0 | 31 | |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Herr Kalewski | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Trevor | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | George III | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Mr. O'Flanagan | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Det. Sgt. Sand | TV | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | TV | 6.7 | 25 | |
| 1960 | Danger Man | King [Kabuki Group] | TV | 7.4 | 23 |