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Victor Meldrew was a fictional character in the popular 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 or next-door neighbours (his particular example being Patrick Trench played by Angus Deayton).