Editing Richard Wilson (Scottish actor) (section)

==Personal life==
Wilson has lived in London since 1959.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12268853.hes-all-the-rage/ | title=He's all the rage | date=12 June 1999 }}</ref>

Wilson has been a campaigner for gay rights for many years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/10911937/Richard-Wilson-interview-A-lot-of-Scots-hate-me.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/10911937/Richard-Wilson-interview-A-lot-of-Scots-hate-me.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Richard Wilson, interview: 'A lot of Scots hate me'|last=Rees|first=Jasper|date=26 June 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=22 November 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He appeared at charity events organised by gay rights campaign group [[Stonewall (UK)|Stonewall]], but had not discussed his own sexuality in interviews with the media.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/the-big-interview-richard-wilson-1-3525966 |title=The big interview: Richard Wilson |first=Nick |last=Ahad |work=[[The Yorkshire Post]] |date=4 July 2011 |access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref> He was named in a list of influential gay people in 2013 by ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' magazine, which he considered to have [[outed]] him.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/01/richard-wilson-outed-sarah-kane-blasted-victor-meldrew |title=Interview. Richard Wilson: 'For a long time I thought Tony Blair was the greatest thing since cream cheese' |first=Fiona |last=Maddocks |work=The Observer |date=15 November 2015 |access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a462841/merlins-richard-wilson-i-dont-mind-people-knowing-im-gay/|title='Merlin's Richard Wilson: 'I don't mind people knowing I'm gay'|last=Earp|first=Catherine|date=2 March 2013|website=Digital Spy|access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref>

Wilson is a supporter of his local football club, [[Greenock Morton]], but he has come to lend greater support to English club [[Manchester United]].<ref name="Independent interview 21Nov2010"/> He is a patron of the [[Manchester United Supporters Trust]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Wilson |url=http://www.joinmust.org/about/patrons/richard-wilson.php |work=joinmust.org |publisher=Manchester United Supporters Trust |access-date=11 June 2011 }}</ref> Wilson is a good friend of his ''One Foot in the Grave'' co-star [[Angus Deayton]], and is godfather to Deayton's son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/82160-interview-richard-wilson-and-angus-deayton-on-how-they-wont-be-painting-edinburgh-red-together-this-fringe/|title=Interview: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton on how they won't be painting Edinburgh red together this Fringe|last=McLean|first=Craig|date=12 July 2016|website=The List|access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref>

Wilson is one of the patrons of [[Scottish Youth Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishyouththeatre.org/involved/syt-productions/ |title=Scottish Youth Theatre website |publisher=Scottishyouththeatre.org |date=26 March 2008 |access-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728005101/http://www.scottishyouththeatre.org/involved/syt-productions/ |archive-date=28 July 2011 }}</ref> Wilson is also a long-time supporter of the charity Sense and in 2007 hosted their annual award ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.listal.com/list/celebrity-supporters-sense |title=Celebrity supporters of Sense |publisher=Listal.com |date=24 June 2009 |access-date=7 August 2011}}</ref> He is also one of the honorary patrons of the London children's charity, Scene & Heard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sceneandheard.org/about_whoweare.html |title=Scene & Heard&nbsp;– Who We Are |publisher=sceneandheard.org |year=2010 |access-date=19 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210015720/http://sceneandheard.org/about_whoweare.html |archive-date=10 February 2009 }}</ref> He has been Honorary President of the Scottish Community Drama Association (SCDA) since 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Presidents and Members – SCDA|url=https://scda.org.uk/?page_id=265|language=en-GB|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>

Wilson is a supporter of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. He donated more than £5,000 to the party in 1997<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/161057.stm | title= 'Luvvies' for Labour |work=BBC News | date=30 August 1998 | access-date=25 March 2024 }}</ref> and recorded the party's manifesto on audio for the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8623120.stm|title= Delay in Labour braille and audio manifesto criticised|work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date= 15 April 2010|access-date=5 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8617149.stm|title=Election 2010: Political celebrities&nbsp;– then and now |last=Young|first=Kevin|date=20 April 2010|work=BBC News |access-date=20 April 2010}}</ref>

On 12 August 2016, it was reported that Wilson had suffered a heart attack. He had been due to reprise the role of [[Victor Meldrew]] in a one-man show at the 2016 [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-37056850|title= Victor Meldrew actor Richard Wilson suffers heart attack |work=BBC News |date= 12 August 2016|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>

In June 2021, Wilson was the guest on BBC Radio 4's ''[[Desert Island Discs]]''. His choices included "Hammond Song" by [[The Roches]], ''[[Symphony No. 6 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 6 in D minor]]'' by Sibelius and "[[The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face]]" performed by [[Roberta Flack]]. His book choice was the poetry of [[Robert Burns]] and his luxury item was a subscription to ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref name="discs">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000x6cj |title=BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Richard Wilson, actor and director |publisher=BBC |date=20 June 2021 |access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref>

Wilson had one older sister, who died in 2021, at the age of 91.<ref name="discs"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierchristianity.com/News/UK/Richard-Wilson-s-sister-praying-as-Victor-Meldrew-star-suffers-heart-attack|title=Richard Wilson's sister 'praying' as Victor Meldrew star suffers heart attack|last=Jones|first=Marcus|year=2016|website=Premier Christianity|access-date=22 November 2017}}</ref>