Acting
Ian Richardson
Born 1934-04-07
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Ian Richardson
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Brazil
1985
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Dark City
1998
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From Hell
2001
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102 Dalmatians
2000
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Becoming Jane
2007
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Joyeux Noel
2005
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Highlander: The Series
1992
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Play for Today
1970
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The Merv Griffin Show
1962
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Great Performances
1971
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (118 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Memorial | Francis Urquhart (voice) | Movie | 2022 | |
 | Hogfather | Death | Movie | 2007 |
 | Becoming Jane | Richter Langlois | Movie | 2007 |
 | Hogfather | Death | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Twice Upon a Time | Lord Evelyn Gaylord | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering | Marcus | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt | Marcus Foster | Movie | 2005 |
 | Joyeux Noel | The Bishop | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | Judge | Movie | 2005 |
 | Bleak House | Chancellor | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Conway Jefferson | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Nero | Septimus | Movie | 2004 |
 | Imperium: Nero | Settimio | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Dæmos Rising | Narrator | Movie | 2004 |
 | Strange | Canon Adolphus Black | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Brook by Brook | Self | Movie | 2002 |
| The Life of Shakespeare | self | Movie | 2002 | |
| Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem | Dr. Joseph Bell | Movie | 2001 | |
 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Joseph Bell | TV Series | 2001 |
 | From Hell | Sir Charles Warren | Movie | 2001 |
 | 3-D Halloween | Narrator | Movie | 2000 |
 | 102 Dalmatians | Mr. Torte | Movie | 2000 |
| One Foot in Arthur's Seat | Self | Movie | 2000 | |
 | Gormenghast | Lord Groan | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Joseph Bell | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Magician's House | Stephen Tyler | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The King and I | The Kralahome (voice) | Movie | 1999 |
 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Wasp | Movie | 1998 |
 | A Knight in Camelot | Merlin | Movie | 1998 |
 | Dark City | Mr. Book | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Woman In White | Mr. Fairlie | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Woman In White | Mr. Fairlie | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The Fifth Province | Dr. Drudy | Movie | 1997 |
 | Incognito | Turley (prosecutor) | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Canterville Ghost | Simon de Canterville | Movie | 1997 |
 | A Royal Scandal | Narrator | Movie | 1997 |
 | B.A.P.S | Manley | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Treasure Seekers | Haig | Movie | 1996 |
 | Catherine the Great | Vorontzov | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Final Cut | Francis Urquhart | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Savage Play | Count | Movie | 1995 |
 | A Change of Place | Henri Chambertin | Movie | 1994 |
 | Words Upon the Window Pane | Dr. Trench | Movie | 1994 |
 | To Play the King | Francis Urquhart | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Dirty Weekend | Nimrod | Movie | 1993 |
 | Remember | Philip Rawlings | Movie | 1993 |
 | M. Butterfly | Ambassador Toulon | Movie | 1993 |
 | Foreign Affairs | Edwin | Movie | 1993 |
 | Highlander: The Series | Max Leiner | TV Series | 1992 |
 | An Ungentlemanly Act | His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt | Movie | 1992 |
 | Year of the Comet | Sir Mason Harwood | Movie | 1992 |
 | The Gravy Train Goes East | Michael Spearpoint | TV Series | 1991 |
 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Polonius | Movie | 1991 |
 | House of Cards | Francis Urquhart | TV Series | 1990 |
 | The Gravy Train | Michael Spearpoint | TV Series | 1990 |
 | King of the Wind | Bey of Tunis | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Phantom of the Opera | Alain Choleti | TV Series | 1990 |
 | The Plot to Kill Hitler | Ludwig Beck | Movie | 1990 |
 | Chillers | Lee Mandeville | TV Series | 1990 |
| The Winslow Boy | Sir Robert Morton, KC | Movie | 1989 | |
 | Twist of Fate | SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Burning Secret | Edmund's Father | Movie | 1988 |
 | Troubles | Edward Spencer | TV Series | 1988 |
 | Cry Freedom | State Prosecutor | Movie | 1987 |
 | Porterhouse Blue | Sir Godber Evans | TV Series | 1987 |
 | The Devil's Disciple | General Burgoyne | Movie | 1987 |
 | The Fourth Protocol | Sir Nigel Irvine | Movie | 1987 |
 | Blunt | Anthony Blunt | Movie | 1987 |
 | Whoops Apocalypse | Rear Admiral Bendish | Movie | 1986 |
 | Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy | Nehru | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Star Quality | Ray Malcolm | Movie | 1985 |
 | Theatre Night | General Burgoyne | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Brazil | Mr. Warrenn | Movie | 1985 |
 | Screen Two | Anthony Blunt | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Monsignor Quixote | Bishop of Motopo | Movie | 1985 |
 | Mistral's Daughter | Adrien Avigdor | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Slimming Down | Mr. Shrigley | Movie | 1984 |
 | Six Centuries of Verse | Self - Reader | TV Series | 1984 |
 | The Master of Ballantrae | Mr. MacKellar | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Sign of Four | Sherlock Holmes | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes | Movie | 1983 |
 | Brass | Marshall Snelgrove, QC | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Number 10 | James Ramsay MacDonald | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Salad Days | Uncle Zed | Movie | 1983 |
 | Passing Through | Richard | Movie | 1982 |
 | The Woman in White | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1982 |
| The Woman in White | Frederick Fairlie | TV Series | 1982 |
 | A Cotswold Death | Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith | Movie | 1982 |
 | Private Schulz | Major Neuheim | TV Series | 1981 |
| Private Schulz | Gerald Melfort | TV Series | 1981 |
| Private Schulz | Stanley Kemp | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Gauguin the Savage | Degas | Movie | 1980 |
 | Charlie Muffin | Cuthbertson | Movie | 1979 |
 | Churchill and the Generals | Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery | Movie | 1979 |
 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Bill Haydon | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Ike | FM Sir Bernard Montgomery | Movie | 1979 |
| Ike | FM Sir Bernard Montgomery | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Sorry... | Michael - 'Private View' | Movie | 1978 |
 | Danton's Death | Robespierre | Movie | 1978 |
 | Playhouse | Richard | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Gawain and the Green Knight | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1973 |
 | Man of La Mancha | The Padre | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Darwin Adventure | Capt. Fitzroy | Movie | 1972 |
 | Eyeless in Gaza | Anthony Beavis | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Great Performances | Bishop of Motopo | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Play for Today | Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith | TV Series | 1970 |
| Plays of Today | The Son | TV Series | 1969 | |
 | Civilisation | Hamlet | TV Series | 1969 |
 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon | Movie | 1968 |
| All's Well That Ends Well | Bertram | Movie | 1968 | |
 | 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 | Jean-Paul Marat | Movie | 1967 |
 | NET Playhouse | Antipholus of Ephesus | TV Series | 1966 |
 | BBC Play of the Month | Maximilien Robespierre | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Theatre 625 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1964 |
| Festival | Antipholus of Ephesus | TV Series | 1963 | |
| As You Like It | Le Beau | Movie | 1963 | |
 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mr. MacKellar | TV Series | 1951 |