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Richard Wilson (born July 9, 1936) is a British actor and theatre director, best known for playing Victor Meldrew in the popular BBC situation comedy One Foot in the Grave.

He was born as Ian Colquhoun Wilson (or Iain Richard Wilson, according to the Internet Movie Database¹) in the Scottish town of Greenock. 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 dramaThis article refers to the art form. For the town, see Drama, Greece . Drama is a term generally used to refer to an art form involving performances by actors, either real or computer-generated. These performances can be in a variety of media: live perfor as a director and actor.

In 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan, he was elected Rector of the University of GlasgowThe University of Glasgow is the largest of the three universities in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 1451 by papal bull of Pope Nicholas V, at the suggestion of King James II, giving Bishop William Turnbull permission to add the university to the ci for a period of three years. He was to be installed at a ceremony to be held on 24 April that year.

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• My Good Woman
• Normal Service
• One Foot in the Grave (as Victor Meldrew)
• Only When I Laugh
• Sharp Intake of Breath
• Tutti Frutti

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