Ian Richardson

Ian Richardson

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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Movies starring Ian Richardson (69)

Memorial Memorial (2022)

Francis Urquhart (Voice)

Hogfather (2007)

Death

Becoming Jane (2007)

Richter Langlois

Twice Upon a Time (2006)

Lord Evelyn Gaylord

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering (2006)

Marcus

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (2005)

Marcus Foster

Joyeux Noel (2005)

The Bishop

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)

Judge

Nero (2004)

Septimus

Dæmos Rising (2004)

Narrator

The Life of Shakespeare (2002)

Self

From Hell (2001)

Sir Charles Warren

3-D Halloween (2000)

Narrator

102 Dalmatians (2000)

Mr. Torte

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)

Dr. Joseph Bell

The King and I (1999)

The Kralahome (Voice)

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)

Wasp

A Knight in Camelot (1998)

Merlin

Dark City (1998)

Mr. Book

The Woman In White (1997)

Mr. Fairlie

The Fifth Province (1997)

Dr. Drudy

Incognito (1997)

Turley (Prosecutor)

The Canterville Ghost (1997)

Simon De Canterville

A Royal Scandal (1997)

Narrator

B.A.P.S (1997)

Manley

The Treasure Seekers (1996)

Haig

Catherine the Great (1996)

Vorontzov

Savage Play (1995)

Count

A Change of Place (1994)

Henri Chambertin

Words Upon the Window Pane (1994)

Dr. Trench

Dirty Weekend (1993)

Nimrod

Remember (1993)

Philip Rawlings

M. Butterfly (1993)

Ambassador Toulon

Foreign Affairs (1993)

Edwin

An Ungentlemanly Act (1992)

His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt

Year of the Comet (1992)

Sir Mason Harwood

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

Polonius

King of the Wind (1990)

Bey Of Tunis

The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)

Ludwig Beck

The Winslow Boy (1989)

Sir Robert Morton, Kc

Burning Secret (1988)

Edmund's Father

Cry Freedom (1987)

State Prosecutor

The Devil's Disciple (1987)

General Burgoyne

The Fourth Protocol (1987)

Sir Nigel Irvine

Blunt (1987)

Anthony Blunt

Whoops Apocalypse (1986)

Rear Admiral Bendish

Star Quality (1985)

Ray Malcolm

Brazil (1985)

Mr. Warrenn

Monsignor Quixote (1985)

Bishop Of Motopo

Slimming Down (1984)

Mr. Shrigley

The Master of Ballantrae (1984)

Mr. Mackellar

The Sign of Four (1983)

Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)

Sherlock Holmes

Salad Days (1983)

Uncle Zed

Passing Through (1982)

Richard

A Cotswold Death (1982)

Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

Gauguin the Savage (1980)

Degas

Charlie Muffin (1979)

Cuthbertson

Churchill and the Generals (1979)

Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery

Ike (1979)

Fm Sir Bernard Montgomery

Sorry... (1978)

Michael - 'Private View'

Danton's Death (1978)

Robespierre

Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)

Narrator (Voice)

Man of La Mancha (1972)

The Padre

The Darwin Adventure (1972)

Capt. Fitzroy

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)

Oberon

All's Well That Ends Well (1968)

Bertram

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction (1967)

Jean-Paul Marat

As You Like It (1963)

Le Beau

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