Ian Richardson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 7, 1934
- Died
- Feb 9, 2007 (aged 72)
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Credits
- 115
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.
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Known for
Filmography
Memorial Memorial
2022Movie
Francis Urquhart (voice)
Hogfather
2007Movie
Death
Becoming Jane
2007Movie
Richter Langlois
Hogfather
2006TV
Death
Twice Upon a Time
2006Movie
Lord Evelyn Gaylord
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
2006Movie
Marcus
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
2005Movie
Marcus Foster
Joyeux Noel
2005Movie
The Bishop
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005Movie
Judge
Bleak House
2005TV
Chancellor
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004TV
Conway Jefferson
Nero
2004Movie
Septimus
Imperium: Nero
2004TV
Settimio
Dæmos Rising
2004Movie
Narrator
Strange
2003TV
Canon Adolphus Black
Brook by Brook
2002Movie
Self
The Life of Shakespeare
2002Movie
self
Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem
2001Movie
Dr. Joseph Bell
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001TV
Dr. Joseph Bell
From Hell
2001Movie
Sir Charles Warren
3-D Halloween
2000Movie
Narrator
102 Dalmatians
2000Movie
Mr. Torte
One Foot in Arthur's Seat
2000Movie
Self
Gormenghast
2000TV
Lord Groan
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000Movie
Dr. Joseph Bell
The Magician's House
1999TV
Stephen Tyler
The King and I
1999Movie
The Kralahome (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998Movie
Wasp
A Knight in Camelot
1998Movie
Merlin
Dark City
1998Movie
Mr. Book
The Woman In White
1997Movie
Mr. Fairlie
The Woman In White
1997TV
Mr. Fairlie
The Fifth Province
1997Movie
Dr. Drudy
Incognito
1997Movie
Turley (prosecutor)
The Canterville Ghost
1997Movie
Simon de Canterville
A Royal Scandal
1997Movie
Narrator
B.A.P.S
1997Movie
Manley
The Treasure Seekers
1996Movie
Haig
Catherine the Great
1996Movie
Vorontzov
The Final Cut
1995TV
Francis Urquhart
Savage Play
1995Movie
Count
A Change of Place
1994Movie
Henri Chambertin
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994Movie
Dr. Trench
To Play the King
1993TV
Francis Urquhart
Dirty Weekend
1993Movie
Nimrod
Remember
1993Movie
Philip Rawlings
M. Butterfly
1993Movie
Ambassador Toulon
Foreign Affairs
1993Movie
Edwin
Highlander: The Series
1992TV
Max Leiner
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992Movie
His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
Year of the Comet
1992Movie
Sir Mason Harwood
The Gravy Train Goes East
1991TV
Michael Spearpoint
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991Movie
Polonius
House of Cards
1990TV
Francis Urquhart
The Gravy Train
1990TV
Michael Spearpoint
King of the Wind
1990Movie
Bey of Tunis
The Phantom of the Opera
1990TV
Alain Choleti
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990Movie
Ludwig Beck
Chillers
1990TV
Lee Mandeville
The Winslow Boy
1989Movie
Sir Robert Morton, KC
Twist of Fate
1989TV
SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg
Burning Secret
1988Movie
Edmund's Father
Troubles
1988TV
Edward Spencer
Cry Freedom
1987Movie
State Prosecutor
Porterhouse Blue
1987TV
Sir Godber Evans
The Devil's Disciple
1987Movie
General Burgoyne
The Fourth Protocol
1987Movie
Sir Nigel Irvine
Blunt
1987Movie
Anthony Blunt
Whoops Apocalypse
1986Movie
Rear Admiral Bendish
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986TV
Nehru
Star Quality
1985Movie
Ray Malcolm
Theatre Night
1985TV
General Burgoyne
Brazil
1985Movie
Mr. Warrenn
Screen Two
1985TV
Anthony Blunt
Monsignor Quixote
1985Movie
Bishop of Motopo
Mistral's Daughter
1984TV
Adrien Avigdor
Slimming Down
1984Movie
Mr. Shrigley
Six Centuries of Verse
1984TV
Self - Reader
The Master of Ballantrae
1984Movie
Mr. MacKellar
The Sign of Four
1983Movie
Sherlock Holmes
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983Movie
Sherlock Holmes
Brass
1983TV
Marshall Snelgrove, QC
Number 10
1983TV
James Ramsay MacDonald
Salad Days
1983Movie
Uncle Zed
Passing Through
1982Movie
Richard
The Woman in White
1982TV
Frederick Fairlie
A Cotswold Death
1982Movie
Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
Private Schulz
1981TV
Major Neuheim, Gerald Melfort, Stanley Kemp
Gauguin the Savage
1980Movie
Degas
Charlie Muffin
1979Movie
Cuthbertson
Churchill and the Generals
1979Movie
Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979TV
Bill Haydon
Ike
1979Movie
FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Ike
1979TV
FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Sorry...
1978Movie
Michael - 'Private View'
Danton's Death
1978Movie
Robespierre
Playhouse
1974TV
Richard
Gawain and the Green Knight
1973Movie
Narrator (voice)
Man of La Mancha
1972Movie
The Padre
The Darwin Adventure
1972Movie
Capt. Fitzroy
Eyeless in Gaza
1971TV
Anthony Beavis
Great Performances
1971TV
Bishop of Motopo
Play for Today
1970TV
Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
Plays of Today
1969TV
The Son
Civilisation
1969TV
Hamlet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968Movie
Oberon
All's Well That Ends Well
1968Movie
Bertram
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
1967Movie
Jean-Paul Marat
NET Playhouse
1966TV
Antipholus of Ephesus
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Maximilien Robespierre
Theatre 625
1964TV
Festival
1963TV
Antipholus of Ephesus
As You Like It
1963Movie
Le Beau
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Mr. MacKellar