Background
Wilton was born on 8 March 1957 in Stalham, Norfolk.
Wilton was born on 8 March 1957 in Stalham, Norfolk.
He studied English and Drama at the University of Kent.
Best known for playing Mr Lister in the British Broadcasting Corporation soap opera EastEnders as a recurring character, Wilton has also appeared in Carrott"s Liberal, Fast Forward and Jackanory. He is a patron of The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America. Acting Wilton made his acting debut in 1980 in the Whitehall farce Simple Spymen, directed by Brian Rix (now Lord Rix) and went on to play opposite Brian in the West End revival of Dry Rot at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue in 1988.
He appeared as a guest in My Dad"s the Prime Minister, Number.
73 (five series), Saturday Superstore as "Mo the Crow" and as "Mr Seagrove" for 11 episodes in Big Meg, Little Meg. He was also in and wrote for the children"s sketch show Fast Forward for 19 episodes between 1984-1987.
On he was in and wrote for In One Ear (3 series), Son of Cliché (2 series), Cover to Cover, Aspects of the Fringe and The Story So Far. He has written dialogue and provided voices for exhibitions at the London Transport Museum.
Presented the comedy channel for Emirates and SriLankan Airlines from 1998 to 2010 and made a recording of Ricky Gervais"s biography, The Story So Far.
In the late eighties he also performed cabaret. Since 2000 he has appeared as Pantomime dame every Christmas. In 2011, he appeared in a Specsavers advert alongside chef Gordon Ramsay.
Scriptwriting Wilton is also a scriptwriter and has written for "Three of a Kind", "Playaway", "In One Ear" (radio / three series)The Smith and Jones Sketchbook television series, Smack the Pony in 1999, television series, 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. He also wrote for Not the Nine O"Clock News, A Kick Up the Eighties and the television series Alas Smith and Jones.
Wilton was nominated for the Perrier Award alongside his revue group, Writers Incorporated and won in 1982. He was in the "Carrott"s Liberal" team that won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for Best Light Entertainment programme in 1983. On radio he was in the two Sony Award winning comedy series Son of Cliché (best comedy 1984), with Chris Barrie and Nick Maloney, which was written by Red Dwarf creators Rob Grant & Doug Naylor and In One Ear (best comedy 1985), which went out live for three series, and which he created with the producer Jamie Rix.
