Victor Meldrew
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Victor Meldrew is a fictional character in the BBC One sitcom One Foot in the Grave, created by David Renwick and portrayed by Richard Wilson. The character epitomised the archetypal grumpy old man. Meldrew is a foil for the bothersome aspects of children, cars, animals, power cuts and next-door neighbours.
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One Foot in the Grave character | |||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Richard Wilson | ||||||||||||||
Duration | 1990–2000 | ||||||||||||||
First appearance | "Alive and Buried" (4 January 1990) | ||||||||||||||
Last appearance | "Things Aren't Simple Any More" (20 November 2000) | ||||||||||||||
Created by | David Renwick | ||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Susan Belbin | ||||||||||||||
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The character was created specifically for Wilson, with whom Renwick had worked on the series Hot Metal, though Wilson initially turned the part down as at 53, he felt he was too young to play the 60-year-old Meldrew. Renwick considered Les Dawson for the part before Wilson changed his mind.[1]