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Acting
Birthday
April 7, 1934
Died
February 9, 2007
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Ian Richardson
0.6 Popularity
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
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Francis Urquhart (voice)
Memorial Memorial
2022
6.8
Death
Hogfather
2007
7.3
Richter Langlois
Becoming Jane
2007
7.5
Death
Hogfather
2006
5.9
Lord Evelyn Gaylord
Twice Upon a Time
2006
7.3
Marcus
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
2006
8.0
Marcus Foster
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
2005
7.4
The Bishop
Joyeux Noel
2005
5.4
Judge
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
8.2
Chancellor
Bleak House
2005
Credits
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Memorial Memorial
as Francis Urquhart (voice)
2022
0.0
Hogfather
as Death
2007
6.8
Becoming Jane
as Richter Langlois
2007
7.3
Hogfather
as Death
2006
7.5
Twice Upon a Time
as Lord Evelyn Gaylord
2006
5.9
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
as Marcus
2006
7.3
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
as Marcus Foster
2005
8.0
Joyeux Noel
as The Bishop
2005
7.4
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
as Judge
2005
5.4
Bleak House
as Chancellor
2005
8.2
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Conway Jefferson
2004
7.7
Imperium: Nero
as Settimio
2004
6.0
Nero
as Septimus
2004
6.0
Dæmos Rising
as Narrator
2004
5.7
Strange
as Canon Adolphus Black
2003
6.5
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The Life of Shakespeare
as self
2002
0.0
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Joseph Bell
2001
7.8
From Hell
as Sir Charles Warren
2001
6.7
3-D Halloween
as Narrator
2000
4.0
102 Dalmatians
as Mr. Torte
2000
5.5
Gormenghast
as Lord Groan
2000
7.0
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Joseph Bell
2000
8.0
The Magician's House
as Stephen Tyler
1999
5.5
The King and I
as The Kralahome (voice)
1999
5.4
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Wasp
1998
5.1
A Knight in Camelot
as Merlin
1998
5.4
Dark City
as Mr. Book
1998
7.3
The Fifth Province
as Dr. Drudy
1997
6.0
Incognito
as Turley (prosecutor)
1997
5.8
The Canterville Ghost
as Simon de Canterville
1997
0.0
A Royal Scandal
as Narrator
1997
7.0
B.A.P.S
as Manley
1997
5.2
The Woman In White
as Mr. Fairlie
1997
6.7
The Treasure Seekers
as Haig
1996
5.3
Catherine the Great
as Vorontzov
1996
5.7
The Final Cut
as Francis Urquhart
1995
7.6
Savage Play
as Count
1995
0.0
A Change of Place
as Henri Chambertin
1994
5.2
Words Upon the Window Pane
as Dr. Trench
1994
0.0
To Play the King
as Francis Urquhart
1993
8.0
Dirty Weekend
as Nimrod
1993
5.0
Remember
as Philip Rawlings
1993
0.0
M. Butterfly
as Ambassador Toulon
1993
6.6
Foreign Affairs
as Edwin
1993
7.0
Highlander: The Series
as Max Leiner
1992
7.4
An Ungentlemanly Act
as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
1992
5.5
Year of the Comet
as Sir Mason Harwood
1992
5.6
The Gravy Train Goes East
as Michael Spearpoint
1991
7.0
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
as Polonius
1991
6.9
House of Cards
as Francis Urquhart
1990
8.1
The Gravy Train
as Michael Spearpoint
1990
8.0
King of the Wind
as Bey of Tunis
1990
6.4
Chillers
as Lee Mandeville
1990
6.2
The Phantom of the Opera
as Cholet
1990
7.2
The Plot to Kill Hitler
as Ludwig Beck
1990
6.0
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The Winslow Boy
as Sir Robert Morton, KC
1989
0.0
Twist of Fate
as SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg
1989
5.8
Burning Secret
as Edmund's Father
1988
6.1
Troubles
as Edward Spencer
1988
10.0
Cry Freedom
as State Prosecutor
1987
7.0
Porterhouse Blue
1987
7.1
The Devil's Disciple
as General Burgoyne
1987
6.0
The Fourth Protocol
as Sir Nigel Irvine
1987
6.3
Blunt
as Anthony Blunt
1987
4.8
Whoops Apocalypse
as Rear Admiral Bendish
1986
5.6
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
as Nehru
1986
5.0
Star Quality
as Ray Malcolm
1985
5.0
Brazil
as Mr. Warrenn
1985
7.7
Monsignor Quixote
as Bishop of Motopo
1985
8.5
Mistral's Daughter
as Adrien Avigdor
1984
6.3
Slimming Down
as Mr. Shrigley
1984
0.0
Six Centuries of Verse
as Self - Reader
1984
6.0
The Master of Ballantrae
as Mr. MacKellar
1984
6.0
The Sign of Four
as Sherlock Holmes
1983
6.4
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sherlock Holmes
1983
6.5
Number 10
1983
5.0
Salad Days
as Uncle Zed
1983
0.0
Passing Through
as Richard
1982
0.0
The Woman in White
1982
7.5
The Woman in White
as Frederick Fairlie
1982
7.5
A Cotswold Death
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
1982
7.0
Private Schulz
as Major Neuheim
1981
5.8
Gauguin the Savage
as Degas
1980
0.0
Charlie Muffin
as Cuthbertson
1979
5.5
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
1979
0.0
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Bill Haydon
1979
7.6
Ike
as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
1979
6.2
Sorry...
as Michael - 'Private View'
1978
0.0
Danton's Death
as Robespierre
1978
0.0
Gawain and the Green Knight
as Narrator (voice)
1973
4.6
Man of La Mancha
as The Padre
1972
6.6
The Darwin Adventure
as Capt. Fitzroy
1972
0.0
Great Performances
as Bishop of Motopo
1971
5.3
Play for Today
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
1970
6.3
Civilisation
as Hamlet
1969
8.1
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Oberon
1968
6.0
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All's Well That Ends Well
as Bertram
1968
0.0
Marat/Sade
as Jean-Paul Marat
1967
6.3
BBC Play of the Month
as Robespierre
1965
5.0
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As You Like It
as Le Beau
1963
0.0
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
5.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mr. MacKellar
1951
8.6