Acting Wilton made his acting debut in 1980 in the
Whitehall farce Simple Spymen, directed by
Brian Rix,
Doctors (twice),
Casualty,
Heartbeat,
The Bill (three times), ''
Carrott's Lib (two series and Election Specials), The Omid Djalili Show'' and the children's show
Scoop. He appeared as a guest in ''
My Dad's the Prime Minister, No. 73 (five series), Saturday Superstore as Mo the Crow and as Mr Seagrove for 11 episodes in Big Meg, Little Meg''. In the late eighties, he also performed
cabaret. In 2011, he appeared in a
Specsavers advert alongside chef
Gordon Ramsay. The following year, he was cast in the film version of Ray Cooney's
farce Run for Your Wife. Wilton has also starred in international stage productions such as ''
No Sex Please - We're British, produced by the British Theatre Playhouse in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in May 2015, and A Bedfull of Foreigners'', produced by the same company in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in September 2006.
Scriptwriting Wilton is also a scriptwriter and has written for
Three of a Kind,
Play Away,
In One Ear (three series),
The Smith and Jones Sketchbook,
Smack the Pony,
WYSIWYG and wrote one episode of
Jackanory. In 1987 he wrote an episode for
The Les Dennis Laughter Show and in 1984 he wrote four episodes of
Spitting Image. Wilton also wrote for ''
Not the Nine O'Clock News, A Kick Up the Eighties and the TV series Alas Smith and Jones''.
Pantomime He first performed in
pantomime in 1987 and as a
dame every Christmas since 2000. ==Awards and nominations==