Ian Richardson

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Birthday April 7, 1934

Day of Death February 9, 2007 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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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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2022

as Francis Urquhart (voice)

2007		Hogfather as Death
2007		Becoming Jane as Richter Langlois

2006		Hogfather (2 episodes) as Death
2006		Twice Upon a Time as Lord Evelyn Gaylord
2006		The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering as Marcus

2005		The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt as Marcus Foster
2005		Joyeux Noel as The Bishop
2005		The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby as Judge
2005		Bleak House (5 episodes) as Chancellor

2004		Agatha Christie's Marple (1 episode) as Conway Jefferson
2004		Imperium: Nero (2 episodes) as Settimio
2004		Nero as Septimus
2004		Dæmos Rising as Narrator

2003

(6 episodes)

2002

as self

2001		Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (4 episodes) as Dr. Joseph Bell
2001		From Hell as Sir Charles Warren

2000		3-D Halloween as Narrator
2000		102 Dalmatians as Mr. Torte
2000		Gormenghast (4 episodes) as Lord Groan
2000		Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes as Dr. Joseph Bell

1999		The Magician's House (12 episodes) as Stephen Tyler
1999		The King and I as The Kralahome (voice)

1998		Alice Through the Looking Glass as Wasp
1998		A Knight in Camelot as Merlin
1998		Dark City as Mr. Book

1997		The Fifth Province as Dr. Drudy
1997		Incognito as Turley (prosecutor)
1997		The Canterville Ghost as Simon de Canterville
1997		A Royal Scandal as Narrator
1997		B.A.P.S as Manley
1997		The Woman In White as Mr. Fairlie

1996		The Treasure Seekers as Haig
1996		Catherine the Great as Vorontzov

1995		The Final Cut (4 episodes) as Francis Urquhart
1995		Savage Play as Count

1994		A Change of Place as Henri Chambertin
1994		Words Upon the Window Pane as Dr. Trench

1993		To Play the King (4 episodes) as Francis Urquhart
1993		Dirty Weekend as Nimrod
1993		Remember as Philip Rawlings
1993		M. Butterfly as Ambassador Toulon
1993		Foreign Affairs as Edwin

1992		Highlander: The Series (1 episode) as Max Leiner
1992		An Ungentlemanly Act as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
1992		Year of the Comet as Sir Mason Harwood

1991		The Gravy Train Goes East (4 episodes) as Michael Spearpoint
1991		Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Polonius

1990		House of Cards (4 episodes) as Francis Urquhart
1990		The Gravy Train (4 episodes) as Michael Spearpoint
1990		King of the Wind as Bey of Tunis
1990		Chillers (1 episode) as Lee Mandeville
1990		The Phantom of the Opera (2 episodes) as Cholet
1990		The Plot to Kill Hitler as Ludwig Beck

1989		The Winslow Boy as Sir Robert Morton, KC
1989		Twist of Fate (2 episodes) as SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg

1988		Burning Secret as Edmund's Father
1988		Troubles (2 episodes) as Edward Spencer

1987		Cry Freedom as State Prosecutor
1987		Porterhouse Blue (4 episodes)
1987		The Devil's Disciple as General Burgoyne
1987		The Fourth Protocol as Sir Nigel Irvine
1987		Blunt as Anthony Blunt

1986		Whoops Apocalypse as Rear Admiral Bendish
1986		Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (6 episodes) as Nehru

1985		Star Quality as Ray Malcolm
1985		Brazil as Mr. Warrenn
1985		Monsignor Quixote as Bishop of Motopo

1984		Mistral's Daughter (8 episodes) as Adrien Avigdor
1984		Slimming Down as Mr. Shrigley
1984		Six Centuries of Verse (10 episodes) as Himself - Reader
1984		The Master of Ballantrae as Mr. MacKellar

1983		The Sign of Four as Sherlock Holmes
1983		The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes
1983		Number 10 (1 episode)
1983		Salad Days as Uncle Zed

1982		Passing Through as Richard
1982		The Woman in White (5 episodes) as Frederick Fairlie (1 episode)
1982		A Cotswold Death as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

1981

(6 episodes) as Major Neuheim

1980

as Degas

1979		Charlie Muffin as Cuthbertson
1979		Churchill and the Generals as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
1979		Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (7 episodes) as Bill Haydon
1979		Ike as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery

1978		Sorry... as Michael - 'Private View'
1978		Danton's Death as Robespierre

1973

as Narrator (voice)

1972		Man of La Mancha as The Padre
1972		The Darwin Adventure as Capt. Fitzroy

1971

(1 episode) as Bishop of Motopo

1970

(1 episode) as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

1969

(1 episode) as Hamlet

1968		A Midsummer Night's Dream as Oberon
1968		All's Well That Ends Well as Bertram

1967

as Jean-Paul Marat

1965

(1 episode) as Robespierre

1963

as Le Beau

1962

(1 episode) as Self

1951

(1 episode) as Mr. MacKellar

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