
Ian Richardson
Acting
- Born:
- 1934-04-07
- Died:
- 2007-02-09
- Place of birth:
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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
Filmography
Memorial Memorial

Hogfather

Becoming Jane

Hogfather

Twice Upon a Time

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

Joyeux Noel

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

Bleak House

Agatha Christie's Marple

Nero

Imperium: Nero

Dæmos Rising

Strange

Brook by Brook
The Life of Shakespeare
Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

From Hell

3-D Halloween

102 Dalmatians
One Foot in Arthur's Seat

Gormenghast

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

The Magician's House

The King and I

Alice Through the Looking Glass

A Knight in Camelot

Dark City

The Woman In White

The Woman In White

The Fifth Province

Incognito

The Canterville Ghost

A Royal Scandal

B.A.P.S

The Treasure Seekers

Catherine the Great

The Final Cut

Savage Play

A Change of Place

Words Upon the Window Pane

To Play the King

Dirty Weekend

Remember

M. Butterfly

Foreign Affairs

Highlander: The Series

An Ungentlemanly Act

Year of the Comet

The Gravy Train Goes East

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

House of Cards

The Gravy Train

King of the Wind

The Phantom of the Opera

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Chillers
The Winslow Boy

Twist of Fate

Burning Secret

Troubles

Cry Freedom

Porterhouse Blue

The Devil's Disciple

The Fourth Protocol

Blunt

Whoops Apocalypse

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

Star Quality

Theatre Night

Brazil

Screen Two

Monsignor Quixote

Mistral's Daughter

Slimming Down

Six Centuries of Verse

The Master of Ballantrae

The Sign of Four

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Brass

Number 10

Salad Days

Passing Through

The Woman in White

A Cotswold Death

Private Schulz

Gauguin the Savage

Charlie Muffin

Churchill and the Generals

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Ike

Ike

Sorry...

Danton's Death

Playhouse

Gawain and the Green Knight

Man of La Mancha

The Darwin Adventure

Eyeless in Gaza

Great Performances

Play for Today
Plays of Today

Civilisation

A Midsummer Night's Dream
All's Well That Ends Well

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

NET Playhouse

BBC Play of the Month

Theatre 625
Festival
As You Like It

The Merv Griffin Show

Hallmark Hall of Fame