
Ian Richardson
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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
Credits

102 Dalmatians (2000)
as Mr. Torte

Dark City (1998)
as Mr. Book

Becoming Jane (2007)
as Richter Langlois

Brazil (1985)
as Mr. Warrenn

From Hell (2001)
as Sir Charles Warren

Joyeux Noel (2005)
as The Bishop

Cry Freedom (1987)
as State Prosecutor

The Fourth Protocol (1987)
as Sir Nigel Irvine

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
as Polonius

The King and I (1999)
as The Kralahome (voice)

Hogfather (2007)
as Death

B.A.P.S (1997)
as Manley

M. Butterfly (1993)
as Ambassador Toulon

Ike (1979)
as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery

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 (1967)
as Jean-Paul Marat

Man of La Mancha (1972)
as The Padre

Burning Secret (1988)
as Edmund's Father

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
as Wasp

A Knight in Camelot (1998)
as Merlin

Year of the Comet (1992)
as Sir Mason Harwood

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
as Judge

King of the Wind (1990)
as Bey of Tunis

The Woman In White (1997)
as Mr. Fairlie

The Devil's Disciple (1987)
as General Burgoyne

A Change of Place (1994)
as Henri Chambertin

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
as Oberon

Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
as Rear Admiral Bendish

The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
as Ludwig Beck

Catherine the Great (1996)
as Vorontzov

Monsignor Quixote (1985)
as Bishop of Motopo

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
as Dr. Joseph Bell

Incognito (1997)
as Turley (prosecutor)

The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
as Mr. MacKellar

Words Upon the Window Pane (1994)
as Dr. Trench

Nero (2004)
as Septimus

Passing Through (1982)
as Richard

The Sign of Four (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes

Foreign Affairs (1993)
as Edwin

An Ungentlemanly Act (1992)
as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
Memorial Memorial (2022)
as Francis Urquhart (voice)

The Treasure Seekers (1996)
as Haig

Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
as Narrator (voice)

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (2005)
as Marcus Foster

Churchill and the Generals (1979)
as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery

Sorry... (1978)
as Michael - 'Private View'

Brook by Brook (2002)
as Self
As You Like It (1963)
as Le Beau
All's Well That Ends Well (1968)
as Bertram

Twice Upon a Time (2006)
as Lord Evelyn Gaylord
The Life of Shakespeare (2002)
as self
Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem (2001)
as Dr. Joseph Bell

Dirty Weekend (1993)
as Nimrod

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering (2006)
as Marcus

Danton's Death (1978)
as Robespierre

Charlie Muffin (1979)
as Cuthbertson

Gauguin the Savage (1980)
as Degas
The Winslow Boy (1989)
as Sir Robert Morton, KC

The Canterville Ghost (1997)
as Simon de Canterville

A Cotswold Death (1982)
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

Remember (1993)
as Philip Rawlings

A Royal Scandal (1997)
as Narrator

3-D Halloween (2000)
as Narrator
One Foot in Arthur's Seat (2000)
as Self

The Darwin Adventure (1972)
as Capt. Fitzroy

Star Quality (1985)
as Ray Malcolm

The Fifth Province (1997)
as Dr. Drudy

Blunt (1987)
as Anthony Blunt

Slimming Down (1984)
as Mr. Shrigley

Salad Days (1983)
as Uncle Zed

Dæmos Rising (2004)
as Narrator

Savage Play (1995)
as Count





