Ian Richardson

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.

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Known For

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 • as Self

Play for Today

1970 • as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

BBC Play of the Month

1965 • as Robespierre

Highlander: The Series

1992 • as Max Leiner

Great Performances

1971 • as Bishop of Motopo

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004 • as Conway Jefferson

Filmography

2022

Movie

Memorial Memorial

as Francis Urquhart (voice)

Movie - Released: 5/15/2022

2007

Becoming Jane

as Richter Langlois

Movie - Released: 3/2/2007

Hogfather

as Death

Movie - Released: 10/12/2007

2006

Twice Upon a Time

as Lord Evelyn Gaylord

Movie - Released: 11/8/2006

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

as Marcus

Movie - Released: 5/21/2006

Hogfather

as Death

TV - Released: 12/17/2006

2005

Joyeux Noel

as The Bishop

Movie - Released: 11/9/2005

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

as Marcus Foster

Movie - Released: 12/25/2005

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

as Judge

Movie - Released: 10/29/2005

Bleak House

as Chancellor

TV - Released: 10/27/2005

2004

Dæmos Rising

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 3/31/2004

Nero

as Septimus

Movie - Released: 5/23/2004

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Conway Jefferson

TV - Released: 12/12/2004

Imperium: Nero

as Settimio

TV - Released: 5/23/2004

2003

Strange

as Canon Adolphus Black

TV - Released: 5/31/2003

2002

Movie

The Life of Shakespeare

as self

Movie - Released: 1/1/2002

2001

From Hell

as Sir Charles Warren

Movie - Released: 2/8/2001

Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. Joseph Bell

TV - Released: 9/4/2001

2000

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. Joseph Bell

Movie - Released: 1/5/2000

3-D Halloween

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 10/15/2000

102 Dalmatians

as Mr. Torte

Movie - Released: 10/7/2000

Gormenghast

as Lord Groan

TV - Released: 1/17/2000

1999

The King and I

as The Kralahome (voice)

Movie - Released: 3/19/1999

The Magician's House

as Stephen Tyler

TV - Released: 10/31/1999

1998

Dark City

as Mr. Book

Movie - Released: 2/27/1998

A Knight in Camelot

as Merlin

Movie - Released: 11/8/1998

Alice Through the Looking Glass

as Wasp

Movie - Released: 12/26/1998

1997

Incognito

as Turley (prosecutor)

Movie - Released: 11/14/1997

B.A.P.S

as Manley

Movie - Released: 3/28/1997

The Canterville Ghost

as Simon de Canterville

Movie - Released: 10/31/1997

A Royal Scandal

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 10/10/1997

The Woman In White

as Mr. Fairlie

Movie - Released: 1/1/1997

The Fifth Province

as Dr. Drudy

Movie - Released: 12/12/1997

1996

Catherine the Great

as Vorontzov

Movie - Released: 4/28/1996

The Treasure Seekers

as Haig

Movie - Released: 12/25/1996

1995

Savage Play

as Count

Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

The Final Cut

as Francis Urquhart

TV - Released: 11/5/1995

1994

A Change of Place

as Henri Chambertin

Movie - Released: 10/9/1994

Words Upon the Window Pane

as Dr. Trench

Movie - Released: 6/10/1994

1993

M. Butterfly

as Ambassador Toulon

Movie - Released: 10/1/1993

Dirty Weekend

as Nimrod

Movie - Released: 10/29/1993

Remember

as Philip Rawlings

Movie - Released: 10/24/1993

Foreign Affairs

as Edwin

Movie - Released: 1/1/1993

To Play the King

as Francis Urquhart

TV - Released: 11/21/1993

1992

An Ungentlemanly Act

as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt

Movie - Released: 6/13/1992

Year of the Comet

as Sir Mason Harwood

Movie - Released: 4/24/1992

Highlander: The Series

as Max Leiner

TV - Released: 10/3/1992

1991

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

as Polonius

Movie - Released: 2/8/1991

The Gravy Train Goes East

as Michael Spearpoint

TV - Released: 10/28/1991

1990

King of the Wind

as Bey of Tunis

Movie - Released: 5/25/1990

The Plot to Kill Hitler

as Ludwig Beck

Movie - Released: 1/30/1990

House of Cards

as Francis Urquhart

TV - Released: 11/18/1990

The Gravy Train

as Michael Spearpoint

TV - Released: 6/27/1990

Chillers

as Lee Mandeville

TV - Released: 4/14/1990

The Phantom of the Opera

as Cholet

TV - Released: 3/18/1990

1989

Movie

The Winslow Boy

as Sir Robert Morton, KC

Movie - Released: 4/30/1989

Twist of Fate

as SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg

TV - Released: 1/8/1989

1988

Burning Secret

as Edmund's Father

Movie - Released: 12/23/1988

Troubles

as Edward Spencer

TV - Released: 5/1/1988

1987

The Fourth Protocol

as Sir Nigel Irvine

Movie - Released: 3/20/1987

Cry Freedom

as State Prosecutor

Movie - Released: 11/6/1987

Blunt

as Anthony Blunt

Movie - Released: 1/11/1987

The Devil's Disciple

as General Burgoyne

Movie - Released: 5/17/1987

Porterhouse Blue

TV - Released: 6/3/1987

1986

Whoops Apocalypse

as Rear Admiral Bendish

Movie - Released: 5/6/1986

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

as Nehru

TV - Released: 1/26/1986

1985

Brazil

as Mr. Warrenn

Movie - Released: 2/20/1985

Monsignor Quixote

as Bishop of Motopo

Movie - Released: 1/1/1985

Star Quality

as Ray Malcolm

Movie - Released: 11/10/1985

1984

The Master of Ballantrae

as Mr. MacKellar

Movie - Released: 1/31/1984

Slimming Down

as Mr. Shrigley

Movie - Released: 6/30/1984

Mistral's Daughter

as Adrien Avigdor

TV - Released: 9/24/1984

Six Centuries of Verse

as Himself - Reader

TV - Released: 5/2/1984

1983

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Sherlock Holmes

Movie - Released: 11/3/1983

The Sign of Four

as Sherlock Holmes

Movie - Released: 12/6/1983

Salad Days

as Uncle Zed

Movie - Released: 1/2/1983

Number 10

TV - Released: 2/13/1983

1982

A Cotswold Death

as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

Movie - Released: 1/12/1982

Passing Through

as Richard

Movie - Released: 5/7/1982

The Woman in White

TV - Released: 4/14/1982

The Woman in White

as Frederick Fairlie

TV - Released: 4/14/1982

1981

Private Schulz

as Major Neuheim

TV - Released: 5/6/1981

1980

Gauguin the Savage

as Degas

Movie - Released: 4/29/1980

1979

Charlie Muffin

as Cuthbertson

Movie - Released: 12/11/1979

Ike

as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery

Movie - Released: 5/3/1979

Churchill and the Generals

as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery

Movie - Released: 9/23/1979

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as Bill Haydon

TV - Released: 9/10/1979

1978

Danton's Death

as Robespierre

Movie - Released: 4/23/1978

Sorry...

as Michael - 'Private View'

Movie - Released: 11/21/1978

1973

Gawain and the Green Knight

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 6/1/1973

1972

Man of La Mancha

as The Padre

Movie - Released: 12/12/1972

The Darwin Adventure

as Capt. Fitzroy

Movie - Released: 9/27/1972

1971

Great Performances

as Bishop of Motopo

TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1970

Play for Today

as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

TV - Released: 10/15/1970

1969

Civilisation

as Hamlet

TV - Released: 2/23/1969

1968

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Oberon

Movie - Released: 9/30/1968

Movie

All's Well That Ends Well

as Bertram

Movie - Released: 3/6/1968

1967

Marat/Sade

as Jean-Paul Marat

Movie - Released: 2/22/1967

1965

BBC Play of the Month

as Robespierre

TV - Released: 10/19/1965

1963

Movie

As You Like It

as Le Beau

Movie - Released: 3/21/1963

1962

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mr. MacKellar

TV - Released: 12/24/1951