Ian Richardson

Known for: Acting
Born: April 7, 1934, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Died: February 9, 2007
Movies: 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. He was also a leading Shakespearean stage actor.

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Best-Known Movies

7.7

Brazil

1985

7.3

Dark City

1998

6.7

From Hell

2001

5.5

102 Dalmatians

2000

7.3

Becoming Jane

2007

7.3

Joyeux Noel

2005

6.9

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

1991

6.6

M. Butterfly

1993

7.0

Cry Freedom

1987

6.3

The Fourth Protocol

1987

Filmography

2022	Memorial Memorial	Francis Urquhart (voice)
2007	Hogfather	Death
2007	Becoming Jane	Richter Langlois
2006	Twice Upon a Time	Lord Evelyn Gaylord
2006	The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering	Marcus
2005	The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt	Marcus Foster
2005	Joyeux Noel	The Bishop
2005	The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby	Judge
2004	Nero	Septimus
2004	Dæmos Rising	Narrator
2002	Brook by Brook	Self
2002	The Life of Shakespeare	self
2001	Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem	Dr. Joseph Bell
2001	From Hell	Sir Charles Warren
2000	3-D Halloween	Narrator
2000	102 Dalmatians	Mr. Torte
2000	One Foot in Arthur's Seat	Self
2000	Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes	Dr. Joseph Bell
1999	The King and I	The Kralahome (voice)
1998	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Wasp
1998	A Knight in Camelot	Merlin
1998	Dark City	Mr. Book
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
1996	The Treasure Seekers	Haig
1996	Catherine the Great	Vorontzov
1995	Savage Play	Count
1994	A Change of Place	Henri Chambertin
1994	Words Upon the Window Pane	Dr. Trench
1993	Dirty Weekend	Nimrod
1993	Remember	Philip Rawlings
1993	M. Butterfly	Ambassador Toulon
1993	Foreign Affairs	Edwin
1992	An Ungentlemanly Act	His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
1992	Year of the Comet	Sir Mason Harwood
1991	Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead	Polonius
1990	King of the Wind	Bey of Tunis
1990	The Plot to Kill Hitler	Ludwig Beck
1989	The Winslow Boy	Sir Robert Morton, KC
1988	Burning Secret	Edmund's Father
1987	Cry Freedom	State Prosecutor
1987	The Devil's Disciple	General Burgoyne
1987	The Fourth Protocol	Sir Nigel Irvine
1987	Blunt	Anthony Blunt
1986	Whoops Apocalypse	Rear Admiral Bendish
1985	Star Quality	Ray Malcolm
1985	Brazil	Mr. Warrenn
1985	Monsignor Quixote	Bishop of Motopo
1984	Slimming Down	Mr. Shrigley
1984	The Master of Ballantrae	Mr. MacKellar
1983	The Sign of Four	Sherlock Holmes
1983	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Sherlock Holmes
1983	Salad Days	Uncle Zed
1982	Passing Through	Richard
1982	A Cotswold Death	Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
1980	Gauguin the Savage	Degas
1979	Charlie Muffin	Cuthbertson
1979	Churchill and the Generals	Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
1979	Ike	FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
1978	Sorry...	Michael - 'Private View'
1978	Danton's Death	Robespierre
1973	Gawain and the Green Knight	Narrator (voice)
1972	Man of La Mancha	The Padre
1972	The Darwin Adventure	Capt. Fitzroy
1968	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Oberon
1968	All's Well That Ends Well	Bertram
1967	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
1963	As You Like It	Le Beau

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