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[edit] Trivia
- Name: Richard Wilson
- Born: 9 July 1936
- From: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
- Richard Wilson was born in Greenock and worked as a research scientist, before becoming an actor.
- Keen Supporter of the Labour Party.
- Appointed an OBE in 1994.
- Rector of the University of Glasgow, 1996-1999.
- Graduated from RADA at the age of 29.
- Became an Associate Member of RADA.
- Appeared with actors James Fox and Edward Fox in both 'A Passage to India' and 'Gulliver's Travels': the only productions the two brothers appeared in together.
- Richard has worked as an actor and a Director initially within amateur stage productions and then professionally after he attended RADA at the age of 29.
[edit] Director for Theatre
His recent directorial work in theatre includes:
- Playing the Victim (Royal Court/Traverse/tour)
- Under the Whaleback,
- A Day in Dull Armour/Graffiti,
- Where Do We Live,
- Nightingale and Chase,
- I Just Stopped By to See the Man,
- Mr Kolpert (for which he won the TMA Best Director Award in 2000)
- Toast and Four (Royal Court)
- Playing the Victim (Sheffield/Edinburgh Festival/Royal Court/tour)
- Four Knights in Knaresborough (Tricycle at the New Vic)
- Tom and Clem (West End/tour)
- Simply Disconnected (Chichester)
- The Lodger (Hampstead Theatre /Royal Exchange, Manchester)
- Women Laughing (Royal Exchange, Manchester/Royal Court; winner of the Manchester Evening News Best Play and Writers’ Guild Award for Regional Theatre)
- Imagine Drowning (Hampstead Theatre; for which he won the John Whiting Award).
- Richard Wilson in Life as we know it.
[edit] Director for Television
Directing for television includes:
- The Egg,
- Changing Step (written by Antony Sher),
- A Wholly Healthy Glasgow,
- Under The Hammer,
- Remainder Man,
- Commitments.
As an actor his recent theatre work includes:
- Waiting for Godot (Royal Exchange Manchester);
- What The Butler Saw (National).
On Television:
- One Foot in the Grave
- Born and Bred
- Doctor Who
- Duck Patrol
- Tutti Frutti
- Crown Court
- Only When I Laugh
[edit] Memorable Moments
On television, he is probably best known for One Foot in the Grave. The series concluded when Wilson's character was killed by a neighbour played by another Scot, Hannah Gordon (b.1941).
Richard was Rector of Glasgow University from 1996 to 1999 and is now visiting professor for Drama. He is an Associate Director of the Royal Court. In 1994 he was awarded the OBE for services to drama as a director and actor.
[edit] Awards and Accolades
Starred in One Foot in the Grave in which he won two Light Entertainment BAFTA Awards and the British Comedy Awards’ Top Television Comedy Actor
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