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

Highlander: The Series

Agatha Christie's Marple

Great Performances

Play for Today

The Merv Griffin Show

BBC Play of the Month

Screen Two

Playhouse

All Movies (71)

• Memorial Memorial2022 · as Francis Urquhart (voice)
• Hogfather2007 · as Death
• Becoming Jane2007 · as Richter Langlois
• Twice Upon a Time2006 · as Lord Evelyn Gaylord
• The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering2006 · as Marcus
• The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt2005 · as Marcus Foster
• Joyeux Noel2005 · as The Bishop
• The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby2005 · as Judge
• Nero2004 · as Septimus
• Dæmos Rising2004 · as Narrator
• The Life of Shakespeare2002 · as self
• Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem2001 · as Dr. Joseph Bell
• From Hell2001 · as Sir Charles Warren
• 3-D Halloween2000 · as Narrator
• 102 Dalmatians2000 · as Mr. Torte
• One Foot in Arthur's Seat2000 · as Self
• Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes2000 · as Dr. Joseph Bell
• The King and I1999 · as The Kralahome (voice)
• Alice Through the Looking Glass1998 · as Wasp
• A Knight in Camelot1998 · as Merlin
• Dark City1998 · as Mr. Book
• The Woman In White1997 · as Mr. Fairlie
• The Fifth Province1997 · as Dr. Drudy
• Incognito1997 · as Turley (prosecutor)
• The Canterville Ghost1997 · as Simon de Canterville
• A Royal Scandal1997 · as Narrator
• B.A.P.S1997 · as Manley
• The Treasure Seekers1996 · as Haig
• Catherine the Great1996 · as Vorontzov
• Savage Play1995 · as Count
• A Change of Place1994 · as Henri Chambertin
• Words Upon the Window Pane1994 · as Dr. Trench
• Dirty Weekend1993 · as Nimrod
• Remember1993 · as Philip Rawlings
• M. Butterfly1993 · as Ambassador Toulon
• Foreign Affairs1993 · as Edwin
• An Ungentlemanly Act1992 · as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
• Year of the Comet1992 · as Sir Mason Harwood
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead1991 · as Polonius
• King of the Wind1990 · as Bey of Tunis
• The Plot to Kill Hitler1990 · as Ludwig Beck
• The Winslow Boy1989 · as Sir Robert Morton, KC
• Burning Secret1988 · as Edmund's Father
• Cry Freedom1987 · as State Prosecutor
• The Devil's Disciple1987 · as General Burgoyne
• The Fourth Protocol1987 · as Sir Nigel Irvine
• Blunt1987 · as Anthony Blunt
• Whoops Apocalypse1986 · as Rear Admiral Bendish
• Star Quality1985 · as Ray Malcolm
• Brazil1985 · as Mr. Warrenn
• Monsignor Quixote1985 · as Bishop of Motopo
• Slimming Down1984 · as Mr. Shrigley
• The Master of Ballantrae1984 · as Mr. MacKellar
• The Sign of Four1983 · as Sherlock Holmes
• The Hound of the Baskervilles1983 · as Sherlock Holmes
• Salad Days1983 · as Uncle Zed
• Passing Through1982 · as Richard
• A Cotswold Death1982 · as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
• Gauguin the Savage1980 · as Degas
• Charlie Muffin1979 · as Cuthbertson
• Churchill and the Generals1979 · as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
• Ike1979 · as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
• Sorry...1978 · as Michael - 'Private View'
• Danton's Death1978 · as Robespierre
• Gawain and the Green Knight1973 · as Narrator (voice)
• Man of La Mancha1972 · as The Padre
• The Darwin Adventure1972 · as Capt. Fitzroy
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1968 · as Oberon
• All's Well That Ends Well1968 · as Bertram
• 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 Sade1967 · as Jean-Paul Marat
• As You Like It1963 · as Le Beau

All TV Shows (45)

• Hogfather2006 · as Death
• Bleak House2005 · as Chancellor
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Conway Jefferson
• Imperium: Nero2004 · as Settimio
• Strange2003 · as Canon Adolphus Black
• Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes2001 · as Dr. Joseph Bell
• Gormenghast2000 · as Lord Groan
• The Magician's House1999 · as Stephen Tyler
• The Final Cut1995 · as Francis Urquhart
• To Play the King1993 · as Francis Urquhart
• Highlander: The Series1992 · as Max Leiner
• The Gravy Train Goes East1991 · as Michael Spearpoint
• House of Cards1990 · as Francis Urquhart
• The Gravy Train1990 · as Michael Spearpoint
• The Phantom of the Opera1990 · as Alain Choleti
• Chillers1990 · as Lee Mandeville
• Twist of Fate1989 · as SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg
• Troubles1988 · as Edward Spencer
• Porterhouse Blue1987 · as Sir Godber Evans
• Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy1986 · as Nehru
• Theatre Night1985 · as General Burgoyne
• Screen Two1985 · as Anthony Blunt
• Mistral's Daughter1984 · as Adrien Avigdor
• Six Centuries of Verse1984 · as Self - Reader
• Brass1983 · as Marshall Snelgrove, QC
• Number 101983 · as James Ramsay MacDonald
• The Woman in White1982
• The Woman in White1982 · as Frederick Fairlie
• Private Schulz1981 · as Major Neuheim
• Private Schulz1981 · as Gerald Melfort
• Private Schulz1981 · as Stanley Kemp
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy1979 · as Bill Haydon
• Ike1979 · as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
• Playhouse1974 · as Richard
• Eyeless in Gaza1971 · as Anthony Beavis
• Great Performances1971 · as Bishop of Motopo
• Play for Today1970 · as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
• Plays of Today1969 · as The Son
• Civilisation1969 · as Hamlet
• NET Playhouse1966 · as Antipholus of Ephesus
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Maximilien Robespierre
• Theatre 6251964
• Festival1963 · as Antipholus of Ephesus
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Mr. MacKellar