Ian Richardson

Actor Apr 7 (died age 72) Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 1951–2022 (71 year career)

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Biography

Ian William Richardson CBE (7 April 1934 – 9 February 2007) was a Scottish actor, best known for his portrayal of the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards trilogy. He was also a leading Shakespearean stage actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

Brazil

Mr. Warrenn

Film

Dark City

Mr. Book

Film

From Hell

Sir Charles Warren

Film

Becoming Jane

Richter Langlois

Film

Joyeux Noel

The Bishop

Film

House of Cards

Francis Urquhart

Film

102 Dalmatians

Mr. Torte

Film

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Polonius

Filmography

Acting (113)

Movies (70)

Memorial Memorial

2022

as Francis Urquhart (voice)

Hogfather

as Death

Becoming Jane

as Richter Langlois

Twice Upon a Time

as Lord Evelyn Gaylord

5.9

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

as Marcus

Joyeux Noel

as The Bishop

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

2005

as Judge

5.4

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

as Marcus Foster

Nero

as Septimus

Dæmos Rising

as Narrator

The Life of Shakespeare

2002

as self

From Hell

2001

as Sir Charles Warren

6.7

Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem

2001

as Dr. Joseph Bell

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. Joseph Bell

102 Dalmatians

as Mr. Torte

3-D Halloween

as Narrator

The King and I

as The Kralahome (voice)

5.4

Dark City

1998

as Mr. Book

7.3

Alice Through the Looking Glass

as Wasp

A Knight in Camelot

as Merlin

The Canterville Ghost

1997

as Simon de Canterville

B.A.P.S

1997

as Manley

5.2

Incognito

1997

as Turley (prosecutor)

The Woman In White

as Mr. Fairlie

A Royal Scandal

as Narrator

The Fifth Province

as Dr. Drudy

The Treasure Seekers

as Haig

Catherine the Great

as Vorontzov

Savage Play

as Count

Words Upon the Window Pane

1994

as Dr. Trench

A Change of Place

as Henri Chambertin

M. Butterfly

as Ambassador Toulon

Dirty Weekend

as Nimrod

Remember

as Philip Rawlings

Foreign Affairs

1993

as Edwin

7.0

An Ungentlemanly Act

1992

as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt

5.5

Year of the Comet

1992

as Sir Mason Harwood

5.7

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

as Polonius

King of the Wind

as Bey of Tunis

The Plot to Kill Hitler

1990

as Ludwig Beck

6.0

The Winslow Boy

1989

as Sir Robert Morton, KC

Burning Secret

as Edmund's Father

Cry Freedom

as State Prosecutor

Blunt

as Anthony Blunt

The Fourth Protocol

as Sir Nigel Irvine

The Devil's Disciple

as General Burgoyne

Whoops Apocalypse

as Rear Admiral Bendish

Brazil

as Mr. Warrenn

Monsignor Quixote

as Bishop of Motopo

Star Quality

as Ray Malcolm

The Master of Ballantrae

1984

as Mr. MacKellar

6.0

Slimming Down

1984

as Mr. Shrigley

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1983

as Sherlock Holmes

6.5

Salad Days

1983

as Uncle Zed

The Sign of Four

1983

as Sherlock Holmes

6.4

A Cotswold Death

1982

as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

7.0

Passing Through

1982

as Richard

Gauguin the Savage

1980

as Degas

Ike

1979

as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery

6.2

Charlie Muffin

1979

as Cuthbertson

5.5

Churchill and the Generals

1979

as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery

Danton's Death

1978

as Robespierre

Sorry...

1978

as Michael - 'Private View'

Gawain and the Green Knight

1973

as Narrator (voice)

4.6

The Darwin Adventure

1972

as Capt. Fitzroy

Man of La Mancha

1972

as The Padre

6.5

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1968

as Oberon

6.0

All's Well That Ends Well

1968

as Bertram

Marat/Sade

1967

as Jean-Paul Marat

6.1

As You Like It

1963

as Le Beau

Television (43)

Hogfather

as Death

Bleak House

as Chancellor

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Conway Jefferson

Imperium: Nero

as Settimio

Strange

as Canon Adolphus Black

7.0

Strange

2003

as Canon Adolphus Black

7.0

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. Joseph Bell

Gormenghast

as Lord Groan

Gormenghast

as Lord Groan

The Magician's House

as Stephen Tyler

The Final Cut

as Francis Urquhart

To Play the King

as Francis Urquhart

Highlander: The Series

as Max Leiner

Chillers

as Lee Mandeville

The Gravy Train Goes East

1991

as Michael Spearpoint

7.0

House of Cards

1990

as Francis Urquhart

8.1

The Phantom of the Opera

1990

as Cholet

7.3

The Gravy Train

1990

as Michael Spearpoint

8.0

Twist of Fate

1989

as SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg

Troubles

as Edward Spencer

Porterhouse Blue

as Sir Godber Evans

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

1986

as Nehru

5.0

Theatre Night

1985

as General Burgoyne

Mistral's Daughter

1984

as Adrien Avigdor

5.8

Six Centuries of Verse

1984

as Self - Reader

6.0

Brass

1983

as Marshall Snelgrove, QC

5.8

Number 10

1983

as James Ramsay MacDonald

The Woman in White

as Frederick Fairlie

The Woman in White

Private Schulz

as Major Neuheim

Private Schulz

as Major Neuheim

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1979

as Bill Haydon

7.6

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1979

as Bill Haydon

7.6

Ike

1979

as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery

Playhouse

as Richard

Great Performances

as Bishop of Motopo

Play for Today

as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

6.3

Civilisation

1969

as Hamlet

8.2

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Maximilien Robespierre

Theatre 625

Festival

as Antipholus of Ephesus

8.0

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Mr. MacKellar

8.6