Ian Richardson

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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.

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Known For

Brazil

Mr. Warrenn

Dark City

Mr. Book

From Hell

Sir Charles Warren

102 Dalmatians

Mr. Torte

Becoming Jane

Richter Langlois

Joyeux Noel

The Bishop

Highlander: The Series

Max Leiner

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Polonius

Full Filmography

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

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