<Tr> <Th> Notable work </Th> <Td> See below </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Television </Th> <Td> Only When I Laugh One Foot in the Grave Born and Bred Britain's Best Drives Merlin Doctor Who </Td> </Tr> <P> Richard Wilson OBE (born Iain Carmichael Wilson; 9 July 1936) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster . He played Victor Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave . A later role was as Gaius, the court physician of Camelot, in the BBC drama Merlin . </P> <P> Wilson was born in Greenock, Scotland . He studied science subjects at Greenock Academy, then did his National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving in Singapore . </P>

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