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Richard Wilson OBE (born Ian 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, and Gaius, the court physician of Camelot, in the BBC drama Merlin.
Wilson was born in Greenock, Scotland. He studied science in Greenock, and did National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving in Singapore. He worked in a laboratory at Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow as a research scientist, before switching to acting at age 27. He trained at RADA and then appeared in repertory theatres in Edinburgh (Traverse Theatre), Glasgow and Manchester (Stables Theatre).
Wilson was awarded the OBE for services to drama as a director and actor in 1994. In April 1996, he was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow for a term of three years.
Wilson has worked for the gay rights campaign group Stonewall and the Labour Party. He 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.
Actors: Emilio Roso (director), Corey Feldman (actor), Grainger Hines (actor), Tim Halpin (actor), Emilio Roso (actor), Emilio Roso (producer), Jack Betts (actor), Doris Roberts (actress), Emilio Roso (writer), Katarina Fabic (actress), Ruben Rabasa (actor), Scott L. Treger (miscellaneous crew), Martin Harris (actor), Carlos Antonio León (actor), Fiona Hardingham (actress),
Plot: A small town meets it's darkest hour when a troubled teenager seeks revenge after being bullied countless of times. The teenager walks into a grocery store packed with assault rifles and hand guns; firing and killing everyone in sight. Innocent people from children, parents, grandparents, all lying on the floor bleeding, fighting for their last breath because of a bullet that hit them . The film follows different families who lost a loved one on that horrific day, as they try to overcome what has happened to them. How long does it take to recover from unforeseeable loss which wasn't supposed to happen? They say that "Time heals all wounds".. In this case, time doesn't help. A series of investigations is held by the town sheriff and the FBI try to figure out who is to blame for all of this...because, maybe, pointing the finger at someone could help manage the pain. A film about losing someone, losing hope, losing faith, all because of a gun.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jorge Pupo (actor), Robert McKay (actor), Rachel I. Johnson (writer), Rachel I. Johnson (director), Rachel I. Johnson (producer), Rachel I. Johnson (editor), Stephen Cofield (actor), J. Mallory McCree (actor), Naomi Davis (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Greene (actor), Petol Weekes (actor), Justin Chiao (miscellaneous crew), Kaliya Warren (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Zern (actor), Deric L. Johnson (actor),
Genres: Drama, Family, Short,Actors: Barbara Gordon (actress), Kim Roberts (actress), Nicholas Tabarrok (producer), Lauren Holly (actress), Ron Wisman (editor), Norma Bailey (director), Stanley M. Brooks (producer), Art Hindle (actor), Rob Lowe (actor), Rosemary Dunsmore (actress), Eugene Clark (actor), Katie Griffin (actress), Amanda Mason (miscellaneous crew), Donald Martin (writer), Noreen Landry (costume designer),
Plot: Bart Corbin's wife Jenn dies in their home, apparently suicide, as the police believes. While he moves in with young sons Taylor and Trevor at brother Bobby's, her sister Heather starts a relentless campaign, without any clue, to make the police believe Bart must have murdered her and have an affair with practice secretary Dara. However PC data show Jenn was the one who has an Internet affair with a Chris, who turned out to be a lesbian's alias.
Keywords: based-on-novel, based-on-true-story, boy, brother-brother-relationship, false-identity, infidelity, title-directed-by-femaleActors: Kay Hawtrey (actress), Margo Martindale (actress), David Sparrow (actor), James Spader (actor), Jeffrey Wright (actor), Philip Bosco (actor), Harvey Atkin (actor), Colm Feore (actor), Don Carmody (actor), Edward Herrmann (actor), Albert Brooks (actor), Al Waxman (actor), Anne Bancroft (actress), Wallace Shawn (actor), Helen Mirren (actress),
Plot: Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million estate? Meanwhile, Werner must contend with his nutty supervisor, who insists that he only care for patients with full insurance. Can Werner sidestep the hospital's legal team and do what's best for the patient?
Keywords: based-on-novel, black-comedy, blackmail, doctor, ethics, euthanasia, half-sister, hallucination, health-insurance, hospitalActors: Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Fred Silverman (producer), Raymond Burr (actor), Ann Jillian (actress), William Katt (actor), Dean Hargrove (producer), Dick DeBenedictis (composer), Anthony Geary (actor), Barbara Hale (actress), Mike Moroff (actor), Richard Portnow (actor), John Rhys-Davies (actor), David Ogden Stiers (actor), Melissa J.L. Smith (miscellaneous crew), Erle Stanley Gardner (writer),
Plot: Della meets up with an old friend, a child that she used to baby-sit and she and Perry are invited to meet the friend's new wife, Suzanne. Meanwhile, Suzanne rents out her house to four gentlemen who are having a meeting about a plan that could get them all rich - little realising that Suzanne is taping the whole conversation. Suzanne holds out for more money from her "client" before giving up the tape and is found murdered and the tape gone. As Perry, Della and Paul start to help the friend (who discovered the body and hence the prime suspect.) they discover that Suzanne used to be a Madam of a "certain kind of house", that the four "meeting" takes great pains to cover up their business and that Suzanne's past may have caught up with her...
Keywords: character-name-in-title, courtroom, detective, perry-mason, sequelActors: Max Cullen (actor), Rhys McConnochie (actor), Justine Saunders (actress), Ken Wayne (actor), Simon Heath (director), Simon Heath (producer), Simon Heath (writer), Nene Morgan (producer), Glenn Buttress-Grove (actor), Clive Pascoe (composer),
Genres: ,Actors: Tito Vuolo (actor), Melville Shavelson (writer), Blanche Sweet (actress), Mike Mahoney (actor), Bob Hope (actor), Tuesday Weld (actress), Danny Kaye (actor), Bill Baldwin (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Harry Guardino (actor), Louis Armstrong (actor), Len Hendry (actor), Ned Glass (actor), Edith Head (costume designer), Leith Stevens (composer),
Plot: Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz. He forms the "Five Pennies" which features his wife, Bobbie, as vocalist. At the peak of his fame, Red and Bobbie's daughter, Dorothy, develops polio. Red quits the music business to move to Los Angeles where the climate is better for Dorothy. As Dorothy becomes a young teen, she learns of her father's musical past, and he is persuaded to open a small nightclub which is failing until some noted names from his past come to help out.
Keywords: african-american, band, birthday-party, boarding-school, clowning, cornet, doctor, double-date, drunkenness, fameActors: E.D. Horkheimer (producer), Charles Dudley (actor), H.M. Horkheimer (producer), Edward Jobson (actor), Gloria Joy (actress), Sherwood MacDonald (director), Al Rockett (actor), Ruth Lackaye (actress), Ethel Pepperell (actress), Edward Saunders (actor), Nell Saalman (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Chester Barnett (actor), Pearl White (actress), Phillips Smalley (director), Harry Russell (actor), Kathryn Dana (actress),
Genres: Drama, Romance, Short,