Personal Info
Known Credits
69
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1934-04-07 (91 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also Known For
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
Acting
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 --
The Life of Shakespeare
| self
2001 --
From Hell
| Sir Charles Warren
2000 --
3-D Halloween
| Narrator
2000 --
102 Dalmatians
| Mr. Torte
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 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 Woman In White
| Mr. Fairlie
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 --
Marat/Sade
| Jean-Paul Marat
1963 --
As You Like It
| Le Beau