Ian Richardson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1934-04-07 – 2007-02-09 (aged 72)

From: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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.

Filmography (114)

MOVIE
Memorial Memorial
2022
as Francis Urquhart (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Hogfather
2007
as Death
MOVIE★ 7.3
Becoming Jane
2007
as Richter Langlois
TV★ 7.6
Hogfather
2006
as Death
MOVIE★ 5.9
Twice Upon a Time
2006
as Lord Evelyn Gaylord
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
2006
as Marcus
MOVIE★ 8.7
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
2005
as Marcus Foster
MOVIE★ 7.4
Joyeux Noel
2005
as The Bishop
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
as Judge
TV★ 8.0
Bleak House
2005
as Chancellor
TV★ 7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Conway Jefferson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Nero
2004
as Septimus
TV★ 6.2
Imperium: Nero
2004
as Settimio
MOVIE★ 6.5
Dæmos Rising
2004
as Narrator
TV★ 7.8
Strange
2003
as Canon Adolphus Black
MOVIE
The Life of Shakespeare
2002
as self
MOVIE
Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem
2001
as Dr. Joseph Bell
TV★ 7.9
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001
as Dr. Joseph Bell
MOVIE★ 6.7
From Hell
2001
as Sir Charles Warren
MOVIE★ 5.5
3-D Halloween
2000
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.5
102 Dalmatians
2000
as Mr. Torte
MOVIE
One Foot in Arthur's Seat
2000
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Gormenghast
2000
as Lord Groan
MOVIE★ 8.0
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000
as Dr. Joseph Bell
TV★ 6.0
The Magician's House
1999
as Stephen Tyler
MOVIE★ 5.4
The King and I
1999
as The Kralahome (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
as Wasp
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Knight in Camelot
1998
as Merlin
MOVIE★ 7.3
Dark City
1998
as Mr. Book
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Woman In White
1997
as Mr. Fairlie
TV
The Woman In White
1997
as Mr. Fairlie
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Fifth Province
1997
as Dr. Drudy
MOVIE★ 5.8
Incognito
1997
as Turley (prosecutor)
MOVIE
The Canterville Ghost
1997
as Simon de Canterville
MOVIE★ 7.6
A Royal Scandal
1997
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.4
B.A.P.S
1997
as Manley
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Treasure Seekers
1996
as Haig
MOVIE★ 5.6
Catherine the Great
1996
as Vorontzov
TV★ 7.6
The Final Cut
1995
as Francis Urquhart
MOVIE★ 8.0
Savage Play
1995
as Count
MOVIE★ 5.2
A Change of Place
1994
as Henri Chambertin
MOVIE★ 9.0
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994
as Dr. Trench
TV★ 7.8
To Play the King
1993
as Francis Urquhart
MOVIE★ 5.0
Dirty Weekend
1993
as Nimrod
MOVIE★ 9.0
Remember
1993
as Philip Rawlings
MOVIE★ 6.6
M. Butterfly
1993
as Ambassador Toulon
MOVIE★ 7.0
Foreign Affairs
1993
as Edwin
TV★ 7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Max Leiner
MOVIE★ 5.8
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992
as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
MOVIE★ 5.8
Year of the Comet
1992
as Sir Mason Harwood
TV★ 8.0
The Gravy Train Goes East
1991
as Michael Spearpoint
MOVIE★ 6.9
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991
as Polonius
TV★ 8.1
House of Cards
1990
as Francis Urquhart
TV★ 8.3
The Gravy Train
1990
as Michael Spearpoint
MOVIE★ 7.0
King of the Wind
1990
as Bey of Tunis
TV★ 7.3
The Phantom of the Opera
1990
as Alain Choleti
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
as Ludwig Beck
TV★ 6.7
Chillers
1990
as Lee Mandeville
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Winslow Boy
1989
as Sir Robert Morton, KC
TV★ 6.0
Twist of Fate
1989
as SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg
MOVIE★ 6.0
Burning Secret
1988
as Edmund's Father
TV★ 9.0
Troubles
1988
as Edward Spencer
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cry Freedom
1987
as State Prosecutor
TV★ 7.2
Porterhouse Blue
1987
as Sir Godber Evans
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Devil's Disciple
1987
as General Burgoyne
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Sir Nigel Irvine
MOVIE★ 5.0
Blunt
1987
as Anthony Blunt
MOVIE★ 5.7
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
as Rear Admiral Bendish
TV★ 7.5
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986
as Nehru
MOVIE★ 6.7
Star Quality
1985
as Ray Malcolm
TV
Theatre Night
1985
as General Burgoyne
MOVIE★ 7.7
Brazil
1985
as Mr. Warrenn
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Anthony Blunt
MOVIE★ 8.8
Monsignor Quixote
1985
as Bishop of Motopo
TV★ 6.0
Mistral's Daughter
1984
as Adrien Avigdor
MOVIE
Slimming Down
1984
as Mr. Shrigley
TV★ 8.0
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
as Self - Reader
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
as Mr. MacKellar
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Sign of Four
1983
as Sherlock Holmes
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983
as Sherlock Holmes
TV★ 6.1
Brass
1983
as Marshall Snelgrove, QC
TV★ 7.0
Number 10
1983
as James Ramsay MacDonald
MOVIE
Salad Days
1983
as Uncle Zed
MOVIE
Passing Through
1982
as Richard
TV★ 8.3
The Woman in White
1982
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Cotswold Death
1982
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
TV★ 5.3
Private Schulz
1981
as Major Neuheim
MOVIE
Gauguin the Savage
1980
as Degas
MOVIE★ 6.4
Charlie Muffin
1979
as Cuthbertson
MOVIE★ 9.0
Churchill and the Generals
1979
as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
TV★ 7.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
as Bill Haydon
MOVIE★ 6.8
Ike
1979
as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
TV★ 7.3
Ike
1979
as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sorry...
1978
as Michael - 'Private View'
MOVIE★ 9.0
Danton's Death
1978
as Robespierre
TV★ 7.0
Playhouse
1974
as Richard
MOVIE★ 5.0
Gawain and the Green Knight
1973
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Man of La Mancha
1972
as The Padre
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Darwin Adventure
1972
as Capt. Fitzroy
TV★ 8.0
Eyeless in Gaza
1971
as Anthony Beavis
TV★ 6.1
Great Performances
1971
as Bishop of Motopo
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
TV
Plays of Today
1969
as The Son
TV★ 8.2
Civilisation
1969
as Hamlet
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Oberon
MOVIE★ 10.0
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Bertram
MOVIE★ 6.1
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
1967
as Jean-Paul Marat
TV★ 7.3
NET Playhouse
1966
as Antipholus of Ephesus
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Maximilien Robespierre
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
TV★ 8.0
Festival
1963
as Antipholus of Ephesus
MOVIE★ 7.0
As You Like It
1963
as Le Beau
TV★ 6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mr. MacKellar