Ian Richardson
Acting • Born 1934-04-07 – Died 2007-02-09
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.
Filmography
111 credits
Brazil
Movie • 1985
Mr. Warrenn
M. Butterfly
Movie • 1993
Ambassador Toulon
From Hell
Movie • 2001
Sir Charles Warren
Dark City
Movie • 1998
Mr. Book
Becoming Jane
Movie • 2007
Richter Langlois
Whoops Apocalypse
Movie • 1986
Rear Admiral Bendish
The Fourth Protocol
Movie • 1987
Sir Nigel Irvine
Twice Upon a Time
Movie • 2006
Lord Evelyn Gaylord
Hogfather
Movie • 2007
Death
Joyeux Noel
Movie • 2005
The Bishop
A Knight in Camelot
Movie • 1998
Merlin
An Ungentlemanly Act
Movie • 1992
His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
Incognito
Movie • 1997
Turley (prosecutor)
The King and I
Movie • 1999
The Kralahome (voice)
B.A.P.S
Movie • 1997
Manley
Catherine the Great
Movie • 1996
Vorontzov
The Treasure Seekers
Movie • 1996
Haig
Dirty Weekend
Movie • 1993
Nimrod
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie • 1983
Sherlock Holmes
A Change of Place
Movie • 1994
Henri Chambertin
Charlie Muffin
Movie • 1979
Cuthbertson
The Master of Ballantrae
Movie • 1984
Mr. MacKellar
King of the Wind
Movie • 1990
Bey of Tunis
Monsignor Quixote
Movie • 1985
Bishop of Motopo
The Sign of Four
Movie • 1983
Sherlock Holmes
Burning Secret
Movie • 1988
Edmund's Father
Memorial Memorial
Movie • 2022
Francis Urquhart (voice)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie • 1968
Oberon
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Movie • 2000
Dr. Joseph Bell
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Movie • 1990
Ludwig Beck
Remember
Movie • 1993
Philip Rawlings
The Canterville Ghost
Movie • 1997
Simon de Canterville
Year of the Comet
Movie • 1992
Sir Mason Harwood
Man of La Mancha
Movie • 1972
The Padre
Dæmos Rising
Movie • 2004
Narrator
Ike
Movie • 1979
FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Gauguin the Savage
Movie • 1980
Degas
Danton's Death
Movie • 1978
Robespierre
A Royal Scandal
Movie • 1997
Narrator
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
Movie • 2005
Marcus Foster
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
Movie • 2006
Marcus
Cry Freedom
Movie • 1987
State Prosecutor
The Darwin Adventure
Movie • 1972
Capt. Fitzroy
All's Well That Ends Well
Movie • 1968
Bertram
As You Like It
Movie • 1963
Le Beau
The Winslow Boy
Movie • 1989
Sir Robert Morton, KC
3-D Halloween
Movie • 2000
Narrator
Star Quality
Movie • 1985
Ray Malcolm
Nero
Movie • 2004
Septimus
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Movie • 1991
Polonius
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie • 1998
Wasp
Blunt
Movie • 1987
Anthony Blunt
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Movie • 2005
Judge
Churchill and the Generals
Movie • 1979
Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
Gawain and the Green Knight
Movie • 1973
Narrator (voice)
Sorry...
Movie • 1978
Michael - 'Private View'
Words Upon the Window Pane
Movie • 1994
Dr. Trench
The Woman In White
Movie • 1997
Mr. Fairlie
The Devil's Disciple
Movie • 1987
General Burgoyne
Marat/Sade
Movie • 1967
Jean-Paul Marat
102 Dalmatians
Movie • 2000
Mr. Torte
A Cotswold Death
Movie • 1982
Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
The Fifth Province
Movie • 1997
Dr. Drudy
The Life of Shakespeare
Movie • 2002
self
Salad Days
Movie • 1983
Uncle Zed
Savage Play
Movie • 1995
Count
Foreign Affairs
Movie • 1993
Edwin
Slimming Down
Movie • 1984
Mr. Shrigley
Passing Through
Movie • 1982
Richard
Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem
Movie • 2001
Dr. Joseph Bell
Bleak House
TV • 2005
Chancellor
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Strange
TV • 2003
Canon Adolphus Black
The Magician's House
TV • 1999
Stephen Tyler
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Mr. MacKellar
Gormenghast
TV • 2000
Lord Groan
Private Schulz
TV • 1981
Major Neuheim
The Woman in White
TV • 1982
House of Cards
TV • 1990
Francis Urquhart
The Gravy Train
TV • 1990
Michael Spearpoint
Porterhouse Blue
TV • 1987
Sir Godber Evans
Civilisation
TV • 1969
Hamlet
Mistral's Daughter
TV • 1984
Adrien Avigdor
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 2001
Dr. Joseph Bell
Six Centuries of Verse
TV • 1984
Self - Reader
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Conway Jefferson
The Phantom of the Opera
TV • 1990
Cholet
Imperium: Nero
TV • 2004
Settimio
The Final Cut
TV • 1995
Francis Urquhart
The Gravy Train Goes East
TV • 1991
Michael Spearpoint
The Woman in White
TV • 1982
Frederick Fairlie
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
TV • 1986
Nehru
To Play the King
TV • 1993
Francis Urquhart
Troubles
TV • 1988
Edward Spencer
Hogfather
TV • 2006
Death
Highlander: The Series
TV • 1992
Max Leiner
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Bishop of Motopo
Twist of Fate
TV • 1989
SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Richard
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Maximilien Robespierre
Festival
TV • 1963
Antipholus of Ephesus
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Number 10
TV • 1983
James Ramsay MacDonald
Brass
TV • 1983
Marshall Snelgrove, QC
Theatre Night
TV • 1985
General Burgoyne
Ike
TV • 1979
FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Private Schulz
TV • 1981
Gerald Melfort
Private Schulz
TV • 1981
Stanley Kemp
Chillers
TV • 1990
Lee Mandeville
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV • 1979
Bill Haydon