Ian Richardson
Acting

Ian Richardson

Born 7 April 1934 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Died 9 February 2007

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

Brazil
Dark City
From Hell
102 Dalmatians
Becoming Jane
Joyeux Noel
Highlander: The Series
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
M. Butterfly
Cry Freedom
The Fourth Protocol
Hogfather
Memorial Memorial
2022
Becoming Jane
Hogfather
Twice Upon a Time
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
Joyeux Noel
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Dæmos Rising
Nero
From Hell
Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem
2001
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
3-D Halloween
102 Dalmatians
The King and I
Dark City
A Knight in Camelot
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Incognito
B.A.P.S
The Canterville Ghost
A Royal Scandal
The Woman In White
The Fifth Province
Catherine the Great
The Treasure Seekers
Savage Play
A Change of Place
Words Upon the Window Pane
M. Butterfly
Dirty Weekend
Remember
Foreign Affairs
An Ungentlemanly Act
Year of the Comet
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
King of the Wind
The Plot to Kill Hitler
The Winslow Boy
1989
Burning Secret
The Fourth Protocol
Cry Freedom
Blunt
The Devil's Disciple
Whoops Apocalypse
Brazil
Monsignor Quixote
Star Quality
The Master of Ballantrae
Slimming Down
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Sign of Four
Salad Days
A Cotswold Death
Passing Through
Gauguin the Savage
Charlie Muffin
Ike
Churchill and the Generals
Danton's Death
Sorry...
Gawain and the Green Knight
Man of La Mancha
The Darwin Adventure
A Midsummer Night's Dream
All's Well That Ends Well
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
As You Like It
1963
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