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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Mr. Warrenn

Brazil

Ambassador Toulon

M. Butterfly

Sir Charles Warren

From Hell

Mr. Book

Dark City

Richter Langlois

Becoming Jane

Rear Admiral Bendish

Whoops Apocalypse

Sir Nigel Irvine

The Fourth Protocol

Lord Evelyn Gaylord

Désaccord Parfait

Death

Hogfather

The Bishop

Joyeux Noël

Merlin

A Knight in Camelot

His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt

An Ungentlemanly Act

Turley (prosecutor)

Incognito

The Kralahome (voice)

The King and I

Manley

B.A.P.S

Vorontzov

Catherine the Great

Haig

The Treasure Seekers

Nimrod

Dirty Weekend

Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Henri Chambertin

A Change of Place

Cuthbertson

Charlie Muffin

Mr. MacKellar

The Master of Ballantrae

Bey of Tunis

King of the Wind

Bishop of Motopo

Monsignor Quixote

Sherlock Holmes

The Sign of Four

Edmund's Father

Burning Secret

Francis Urquhart (voice)

Memorial Memorial

Oberon

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Dr. Joseph Bell

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

Ludwig Beck

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Philip Rawlings

Remember

Simon de Canterville

The Canterville Ghost

Sir Mason Harwood

Year of the Comet

The Padre

Man of La Mancha

Narrator

Dæmos Rising

FM Sir Bernard Montgomery

Ike

Degas

Gauguin the Savage

Robespierre

Danton's Death

Narrator

A Royal Scandal

Marcus Foster

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

Marcus

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

State Prosecutor

Cry Freedom

Capt. Fitzroy

The Darwin Adventure

Bertram

All's Well That Ends Well

Le Beau

As You Like It

Sir Robert Morton, KC

The Winslow Boy

Narrator

3-D Halloween

Ray Malcolm

Star Quality

Septimus

Nerone

Polonius

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Wasp

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Anthony Blunt

Blunt

Judge

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery

Churchill and the Generals

Narrator (voice)

Gawain and the Green Knight

Michael - 'Private View'

Sorry...

Dr. Trench

Words Upon the Window Pane

Mr. Fairlie

The Woman In White

General Burgoyne

The Devil's Disciple

Jean-Paul Marat

Marat/Sade

Mr. Torte

102 Dalmatians

Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

A Cotswold Death

Dr. Drudy

The Fifth Province

self

The Life of Shakespeare

Uncle Zed

Salad Days

Count

Savage Play

Edwin

Foreign Affairs

Mr. Shrigley

Slimming Down

Richard

Passing Through

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

69

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-04-07

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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