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Season 2, Episode 4
A persistent door-to-door salesman makes grouchy Victor Meldrew see red - and an unending stream of junk mail through his letterbox threatens to push him over the brink into insanity. Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie and Angus Deayton star
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Cast & Crew
Richard Wilson
(Actor)
.. Victor Meldrew
Annette Crosbie
(Actor)
.. Margaret Meldrew
Angus Deayton
(Actor)
.. Patrick Trench
Jimmy Jewel
(Actor)
.. Albert
Owen Brenman
(Actor)
.. Nick Swainey
William Vanderpuye
(Actor)
.. Salesman
David Renwick
(Writer)
Susan Belbin
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Richard Wilson
(Actor)
.. Victor Meldrew
Born:
July 09, 1937
in
Greenock, Renfrewshire
Best Known For:
His role as acerbic pensioner Victor Meldrew.
Early-life:
Iain Richard Wilson was born on July 9, 1936, in Greenock, Renfrewshire. He has an older sister called Moira. His father worked in the shipyards and was an elder in the Presbyterian Church. Wilson claims to have been teased at school due to his slight frame. On leaving school, Wilson became a hospital laboratory technician, did National Service and eventually got into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada) at the age of 27. After graduating, he concentrated largely on theatre work.
Career:
Wilson has film credits, sitcoms and top dramas to his name. Only When I Laugh, Tutti Frutti and A Passage to India are among them, but it is probably for the character of Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave that he will be best remembered. The series was written with him in mind by David Renwick, though Wilson turned it down at first, believing he was too young to play a retired man. Luckily, he changed his mind and a TV legend was born. Since then he's appeared in such projects as Born and Bred, Doctor Who, and he had a regular role in BBC hit Merlin. Away from the small screen, he continues to direct plays and was awarded an OBE in 1994.
Quote:
'I do find it quite easy to get angry, especially after a hard day. In public, you have to try and rein in your temper because people try and goad you into it.'
Trivia:
He lent his voice to a character in the animated film Gnomeo & Juliet.
Annette Crosbie
(Actor)
.. Margaret Meldrew
Born:
February 12, 1934
in
Gorebridge, near Edinburgh
Best Known For:
Playing Victor Meldrew's wife in One Foot in the Grave.
Early-life:
Born on February 12, 1934, in Gorebridge, outside Edinburgh. Her parents were strict Calvinists and did not believe in lavishing affection on their only child. She had little self-confidence and as a youngster her only friend was a Staffordshire bull terrier called Dougal. Her mother was a talented musician and wanted Crosbie to be a music teacher, but she became an actress against both her parents' wishes. 'You'd have thought I'd announced I wanted to go on the streets,' she remarks about their reaction to her career choice.
Career:
After gaining experience with various repertory companies, Crosbie left Scotland at the age of 17 for a scholarship at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school. On graduating, she worked in London's West End. Her film debut came in 1959's The Bridal Path. She later had acclaimed TV roles in The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Edward the King. More recently she has starred in One Foot in the Grave, Doctor Finlay, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Calendar Girls, Quite Ugly One Morning, New Tricks, Doctor Who and Little Dorrit.
Quote:
'You don't really want to know about me. My dogs are far more interesting.'
Trivia:
Crosbie was awarded an OBE in 1998 and works tirelessly for animal rights.
Angus Deayton
(Actor)
.. Patrick Trench
Born:
January 06, 1956
in
Surrey
Best Known For:
Have I Got News For You?
Early-life:
Born Gordon Angus Deayton on January 6, 1956, the youngest son of an insurance firm manager and a cookery teacher. He was raised in Caterham, Surrey. He excelled at football at school and had a trial with Crystal Palace at age 12. He studied French and German at New College, Oxford, but a showbusiness career didn't seem to be on the cards until writer Richard Curtis asked him to stand in at the last minute after someone dropped out of an Edinburgh Festival revue.
Career:
Success in Australia with spoof band the Hebegeebees prompted him to concentrate on comedy. He sold a sketch to The Dick Emery Show in 1978, and in 1983 made his TV debut in The Black Adder. Other small roles followed before his show Radio Active transferred to the small screen as KYTV in 1988. Two years later he became a household name thanks to sitcom One Foot in the Grave and his role as the host of current affairs comedy quiz Have I Got News For You. He left the quiz in 2002 following accusations about his private life. Deayton also appeared in the film Elizabeth, TV shows Mr Bean, Monkey Trousers, Nighty Night and Waterloo Road, and presented Hell's Kitchen, Bognor or Bust and Stick to What You Know.
Quote:
'When one door closes, another one falls on top of you.'
Trivia:
In BBC Two's World's Most Dangerous Roads, Deayton drove with Mariella Frostrup along the east coast of Madagascar.
Jimmy Jewel
(Actor)
.. Albert
Owen Brenman
(Actor)
.. Nick Swainey
William Vanderpuye
(Actor)
.. Salesman
David Renwick
(Writer)
Susan Belbin
(Producer)
