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.
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Acting History
2022
Memorial Memorial as Francis Urquhart (voice)
2007Hogfather as Death
2007Becoming Jane as Richter Langlois
2006Hogfather as Death
2006Twice Upon a Time as Lord Evelyn Gaylord
2006The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering as Marcus
2005The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt as Marcus Foster
2005Joyeux Noel as The Bishop
2005The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby as Judge
2005Bleak House as Chancellor
2004Agatha Christie's Marple as Conway Jefferson
2004Imperium: Nero as Settimio
2004Nero as Septimus
2004Dæmos Rising as Narrator
2003Strange as Canon Adolphus Black
2002The Life of Shakespeare as self
2001Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes as Dr. Joseph Bell
2001From Hell as Sir Charles Warren
20003-D Halloween as Narrator
2000102 Dalmatians as Mr. Torte
2000Gormenghast as Lord Groan
2000Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes as Dr. Joseph Bell
1999The Magician's House as Stephen Tyler
1999The King and I as The Kralahome (voice)
1998Alice Through the Looking Glass as Wasp
1998A Knight in Camelot as Merlin
1998Dark City as Mr. Book
1997The Fifth Province as Dr. Drudy
1997Incognito as Turley (prosecutor)
1997The Canterville Ghost as Simon de Canterville
1997A Royal Scandal as Narrator
1997B.A.P.S as Manley
1997The Woman In White as Mr. Fairlie
1996The Treasure Seekers as Haig
1996Catherine the Great as Vorontzov
1995The Final Cut as Francis Urquhart
1995Savage Play as Count
1994A Change of Place as Henri Chambertin
1994Words Upon the Window Pane as Dr. Trench
1993To Play the King as Francis Urquhart
1993Dirty Weekend as Nimrod
1993Remember as Philip Rawlings
1993M. Butterfly as Ambassador Toulon
1993Foreign Affairs as Edwin
1992Highlander: The Series as Max Leiner
1992An Ungentlemanly Act as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
1992Year of the Comet as Sir Mason Harwood
1992Chillers as Lee Mandeville
1991The Gravy Train Goes East as Michael Spearpoint
1991Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Polonius
1990House of Cards as Francis Urquhart
1990The Gravy Train as Michael Spearpoint
1990King of the Wind as Bey of Tunis
1990The Phantom of the Opera as Cholet
1990The Plot to Kill Hitler as Ludwig Beck
1989The Winslow Boy as Sir Robert Morton, KC
1989Twist of Fate as SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg
1988Burning Secret as Edmund's Father
1988Troubles as Edward Spencer
1987Cry Freedom as State Prosecutor
1987Porterhouse Blue as Sir Godber Evans
1987The Devil's Disciple as General Burgoyne
1987The Fourth Protocol as Sir Nigel Irvine
1987Blunt as Anthony Blunt
1986Whoops Apocalypse as Rear Admiral Bendish
1986Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy as Nehru
1985Star Quality as Ray Malcolm
1985Theatre Night as General Burgoyne
1985Brazil as Mr. Warrenn
1985Monsignor Quixote as Bishop of Motopo
1984Mistral's Daughter as Adrien Avigdor
1984Slimming Down as Mr. Shrigley
1984Six Centuries of Verse as Self - Reader
1984The Master of Ballantrae as Mr. MacKellar
1983The Sign of Four as Sherlock Holmes
1983The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes
1983Brass as Marshall Snelgrove, QC
1983Number 10 as James Ramsay MacDonald
1983Salad Days as Uncle Zed
1982Passing Through as Richard
1982The Woman in White
1982The Woman in White as Frederick Fairlie
1982A Cotswold Death as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
1981Private Schulz as Major Neuheim
1980Gauguin the Savage as Degas
1979Charlie Muffin as Cuthbertson
1979Churchill and the Generals as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
1979Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Bill Haydon
1979Ike as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
1979Ike as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
1978Sorry... as Michael - 'Private View'
1978Danton's Death as Robespierre
1974Playhouse as Richard
1973Gawain and the Green Knight as Narrator (voice)
1972Man of La Mancha as The Padre
1972The Darwin Adventure as Capt. Fitzroy
1971Great Performances as Bishop of Motopo
1970Play for Today as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
1969Civilisation as Hamlet
1968A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon
1968All's Well That Ends Well as Bertram
1967Marat/Sade as Jean-Paul Marat
1965BBC Play of the Month as Maximilien Robespierre
1964Theatre 625
1963Festival as Antipholus of Ephesus
1963As You Like It as Le Beau
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mr. MacKellar
—Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem as Dr. Joseph Bell