Ian Richardson

Personal Info

Birthday

April 7, 1934

Day of Death

2007-02-09

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Ian Richardson

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

Great Performances

Agatha Christie's Marple

Play for Today

Highlander: The Series

BBC Play of the Month

Playhouse

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Bleak House

Filmography

2022
Memorial Memorial
as Francis Urquhart (voice)
2007
Becoming Jane
as Richter Langlois
2006
Twice Upon a Time
as Lord Evelyn Gaylord
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
as Marcus
2005
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
as Marcus Foster
Joyeux Noel
as The Bishop
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
as Judge
2004
Nero
as Septimus
Dæmos Rising
as Narrator
2002
The Life of Shakespeare
as self
2001
From Hell
as Sir Charles Warren
2000
3-D Halloween
as Narrator
102 Dalmatians
as Mr. Torte
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Joseph Bell
1999
The King and I
as The Kralahome (voice)
1998
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Wasp
A Knight in Camelot
as Merlin
Dark City
as Mr. Book
1997
The Fifth Province
as Dr. Drudy
Incognito
as Turley (prosecutor)
The Canterville Ghost
as Simon de Canterville
A Royal Scandal
as Narrator
B.A.P.S
as Manley
The Woman In White
as Mr. Fairlie
1996
The Treasure Seekers
as Haig
Catherine the Great
as Vorontzov
1995
Savage Play
as Count
1994
A Change of Place
as Henri Chambertin
Words Upon the Window Pane
as Dr. Trench
1993
Dirty Weekend
as Nimrod
Remember
as Philip Rawlings
M. Butterfly
as Ambassador Toulon
Foreign Affairs
as Edwin
1992
An Ungentlemanly Act
as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
Year of the Comet
as Sir Mason Harwood
1991
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
as Polonius
1990
King of the Wind
as Bey of Tunis
The Plot to Kill Hitler
as Ludwig Beck
1989
The Winslow Boy
as Sir Robert Morton, KC
1988
Burning Secret
as Edmund's Father
1987
Cry Freedom
as State Prosecutor
The Devil's Disciple
as General Burgoyne
The Fourth Protocol
as Sir Nigel Irvine
Blunt
as Anthony Blunt
1986
Whoops Apocalypse
as Rear Admiral Bendish
1985
Star Quality
as Ray Malcolm
Brazil
as Mr. Warrenn
Monsignor Quixote
as Bishop of Motopo
1984
Slimming Down
as Mr. Shrigley
The Master of Ballantrae
as Mr. MacKellar
1983
The Sign of Four
as Sherlock Holmes
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sherlock Holmes
Salad Days
as Uncle Zed
1982
Passing Through
as Richard
A Cotswold Death
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
1980
Gauguin the Savage
as Degas
1979
Charlie Muffin
as Cuthbertson
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
Ike
as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
1978
Sorry...
as Michael - 'Private View'
Danton's Death
as Robespierre
1973
Gawain and the Green Knight
as Narrator (voice)
1972
Man of La Mancha
as The Padre
The Darwin Adventure
as Capt. Fitzroy
1968
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Oberon
All's Well That Ends Well
as Bertram
1967
Marat/Sade
as Jean-Paul Marat
1963
As You Like It
as Le Beau