Ian Richardson
Acting • AGE 72
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...
Acting
Hogfather
Death
2007
Becoming Jane
Richter Langlois
2007
Hogfather
Death
2006
Twice Upon a Time
Lord Evelyn Gaylord
2006
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
Marcus
2006
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
Marcus Foster
2005
Joyeux Noel
The Bishop
2005
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Judge
2005
Bleak House
Chancellor
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Conway Jefferson
2004
Nero
Septimus
2004
Imperium: Nero
Settimio
2004
Dæmos Rising
Narrator
2004
Strange
Canon Adolphus Black
2003
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Joseph Bell
2001
From Hell
Sir Charles Warren
2001
3-D Halloween
Narrator
2000
102 Dalmatians
Mr. Torte
2000
Gormenghast
Lord Groan
2000
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Joseph Bell
2000
The Magician's House
Stephen Tyler
1999
The King and I
The Kralahome (voice)
1999
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Wasp
1998
A Knight in Camelot
Merlin
1998
Dark City
Mr. Book
1998
The Woman In White
Mr. Fairlie
1997
The Woman In White
Mr. Fairlie
1997
The Fifth Province
Dr. Drudy
1997
Incognito
Turley (prosecutor)
1997
The Canterville Ghost
Simon de Canterville
1997
A Royal Scandal
Narrator
1997
B.A.P.S
Manley
1997
The Treasure Seekers
Haig
1996
Catherine the Great
Vorontzov
1996
The Final Cut
Francis Urquhart
1995
Savage Play
Count
1995
A Change of Place
Henri Chambertin
1994
Words Upon the Window Pane
Dr. Trench
1994
To Play the King
Francis Urquhart
1993
Dirty Weekend
Nimrod
1993
Remember
Philip Rawlings
1993
M. Butterfly
Ambassador Toulon
1993
Foreign Affairs
Edwin
1993
Highlander: The Series
Max Leiner
1992
An Ungentlemanly Act
His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
1992
Year of the Comet
Sir Mason Harwood
1992
The Gravy Train Goes East
Michael Spearpoint
1991
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Polonius
1991
House of Cards
Francis Urquhart
1990
The Gravy Train
Michael Spearpoint
1990
King of the Wind
Bey of Tunis
1990
The Phantom of the Opera
Alain Choleti
1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Ludwig Beck
1990
Chillers
Lee Mandeville
1990
Twist of Fate
SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg
1989
Burning Secret
Edmund's Father
1988
Troubles
Edward Spencer
1988
Cry Freedom
State Prosecutor
1987
Porterhouse Blue
Sir Godber Evans
1987
The Devil's Disciple
General Burgoyne
1987
The Fourth Protocol
Sir Nigel Irvine
1987
Blunt
Anthony Blunt
1987
Whoops Apocalypse
Rear Admiral Bendish
1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Nehru
1986
Star Quality
Ray Malcolm
1985
Theatre Night
General Burgoyne
1985
Brazil
Mr. Warrenn
1985
Screen Two
Anthony Blunt
1985
Monsignor Quixote
Bishop of Motopo
1985
Mistral's Daughter
Adrien Avigdor
1984
Slimming Down
Mr. Shrigley
1984
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Reader
1984
The Master of Ballantrae
Mr. MacKellar
1984
The Sign of Four
Sherlock Holmes
1983
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
1983
Brass
Marshall Snelgrove, QC
1983
Number 10
James Ramsay MacDonald
1983
Salad Days
Uncle Zed
1983
Passing Through
Richard
1982
The Woman in White
1982
A Cotswold Death
Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
1982
Private Schulz
Major Neuheim
1981
Gauguin the Savage
Degas
1980
Charlie Muffin
Cuthbertson
1979
Churchill and the Generals
Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Bill Haydon
1979
Ike
FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
1979
Ike
FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
1979
Sorry...
Michael - 'Private View'
1978
Danton's Death
Robespierre
1978
Playhouse
Richard
1974
Gawain and the Green Knight
Narrator (voice)
1973
Man of La Mancha
The Padre
1972
The Darwin Adventure
Capt. Fitzroy
1972
Eyeless in Gaza
Anthony Beavis
1971
Great Performances
Bishop of Motopo
1971
Play for Today
Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
1970
Civilisation
Hamlet
1969
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Oberon
1968
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
Jean-Paul Marat
1967
NET Playhouse
Antipholus of Ephesus
1966
BBC Play of the Month
Maximilien Robespierre
1965
Theatre 625
1964
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mr. MacKellar
1951