Ian Richardson
Birthday
1934/04/07
Day of death
2007/02/09 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(1985) Brazil
as Mr. Warrenn
(1993) M. Butterfly
as Ambassador Toulon
(2001) From Hell
as Sir Charles Warren
(1998) Dark City
as Mr. Book
(2007) Becoming Jane
as Richter Langlois
(1986) Whoops Apocalypse
as Rear Admiral Bendish
(1987) The Fourth Protocol
as Sir Nigel Irvine
(2006) Twice Upon a Time
as Lord Evelyn Gaylord
(2007) Hogfather
as Death
(2005) Joyeux Noel
as The Bishop
(1998) A Knight in Camelot
as Merlin
(1992) An Ungentlemanly Act
as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
(1997) Incognito
as Turley (prosecutor)
(1999) The King and I
as The Kralahome (voice)
(1997) B.A.P.S
as Manley
(1996) Catherine the Great
as Vorontzov
(1996) The Treasure Seekers
as Haig
(1993) Dirty Weekend
as Nimrod
(1983) The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sherlock Holmes
(1994) A Change of Place
as Henri Chambertin
(1979) Charlie Muffin
as Cuthbertson
(1984) The Master of Ballantrae
as Mr. MacKellar
(1990) King of the Wind
as Bey of Tunis
(1985) Monsignor Quixote
as Bishop of Motopo
(1983) The Sign of Four
as Sherlock Holmes
(1988) Burning Secret
as Edmund's Father
(2022) Memorial Memorial
as Francis Urquhart (voice)
(1968) A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Oberon
(2000) Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Joseph Bell
(1990) The Plot to Kill Hitler
as Ludwig Beck
(1993) Remember
as Philip Rawlings
(1997) The Canterville Ghost
as Simon de Canterville
(1992) Year of the Comet
as Sir Mason Harwood
(1972) Man of La Mancha
as The Padre
(2004) Dæmos Rising
as Narrator
(1979) Ike
as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
(1980) Gauguin the Savage
as Degas
(1978) Danton's Death
as Robespierre
(1997) A Royal Scandal
as Narrator
(2005) The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
as Marcus Foster
(2006) The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
as Marcus
(1987) Cry Freedom
as State Prosecutor
(1972) The Darwin Adventure
as Capt. Fitzroy
(1968) All's Well That Ends Well
as Bertram
(1963) As You Like It
as Le Beau
(1989) The Winslow Boy
as Sir Robert Morton, KC
(2000) 3-D Halloween
as Narrator
(1985) Star Quality
as Ray Malcolm
(2004) Nero
as Septimus
(1991) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
as Polonius
(1998) Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Wasp
(1987) Blunt
as Anthony Blunt
(2005) The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
as Judge
(1979) Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
(1973) Gawain and the Green Knight
as Narrator (voice)
(1978) Sorry...
as Michael - 'Private View'
(1994) Words Upon the Window Pane
as Dr. Trench
(1997) The Woman In White
as Mr. Fairlie
(1987) The Devil's Disciple
as General Burgoyne
(1967) Marat/Sade
as Jean-Paul Marat
(2000) 102 Dalmatians
as Mr. Torte
(1982) A Cotswold Death
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
(1997) The Fifth Province
as Dr. Drudy
(2002) The Life of Shakespeare
as self
(1983) Salad Days
as Uncle Zed
(1995) Savage Play
as Count
(1993) Foreign Affairs
as Edwin
(1984) Slimming Down
as Mr. Shrigley
(1982) Passing Through
as Richard
(2005) Bleak House
as Chancellor
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(2003) Strange
as ---
(1999) The Magician's House
as Stephen Tyler
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mr. MacKellar
(2000) Gormenghast
as Lord Groan
(1981) Private Schulz
as Major Neuheim
(1982) The Woman in White
as ---
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Robespierre
(1990) House of Cards
as Francis Urquhart
(1990) The Gravy Train
as Michael Spearpoint
(1983) Number 10
as ---
(1979) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Bill Haydon
(1987) Porterhouse Blue
as ---
(1969) Civilisation
as Hamlet
(1984) Mistral's Daughter
as Adrien Avigdor
(2001) Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Joseph Bell
(1984) Six Centuries of Verse
as Himself - Reader
(1990) Chillers
as Lee Mandeville
(2004) Agatha Christie's Marple
as Conway Jefferson
(1990) The Phantom of the Opera
as Cholet
(2004) Imperium: Nero
as Settimio
(1995) The Final Cut
as Francis Urquhart
(1991) The Gravy Train Goes East
as Michael Spearpoint
(1982) The Woman in White
as Frederick Fairlie
(1986) Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
as Nehru
(1993) To Play the King
as Francis Urquhart
(1988) Troubles
as Edward Spencer
(2006) Hogfather
as Death
(1992) Highlander: The Series
as Max Leiner
(1970) Play for Today
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
(1971) Great Performances
as Bishop of Motopo
(1989) Twist of Fate
as SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg