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