Ian Richardson
Known for: Acting
Born: April 7, 1934
Died: February 9, 2007
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
72 movies · 43 TV shows, newest first
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Memorial Memorial
2022
6.8
Hogfather
2007
7.3
Becoming Jane
2007
7.6
Hogfather
2006
5.9
Twice Upon a Time
2006
7.3
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
2006
8.7
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
2005
7.3
Joyeux Noel
2005
5.7
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
8.1
Bleak House
2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
6.0
Nero
2004
6.2
Imperium: Nero
2004
6.5
Dæmos Rising
2004
7.8
Strange
2003
8.0
Brook by Brook
2002NR
The Life of Shakespeare
2002NR
Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem
2001
7.9
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001
6.7
From Hell
2001
5.5
3-D Halloween
2000
5.5
102 Dalmatians
2000NR
One Foot in Arthur's Seat
2000
7.0
Gormenghast
2000
8.0
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000
6.0
The Magician's House
1999
5.4
The King and I
1999
5.2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
5.5
A Knight in Camelot
1998
7.3
Dark City
1998
6.6
The Woman In White
1997
NR
The Woman In White
1997
6.0
The Fifth Province
1997
5.8
Incognito
1997
NR
The Canterville Ghost
1997
7.6
A Royal Scandal
1997
5.4
B.A.P.S
1997
5.6
The Treasure Seekers
1996
5.6
Catherine the Great
1996
7.6
The Final Cut
1995
8.0
Savage Play
1995
5.2
A Change of Place
1994
9.0
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994
7.8
To Play the King
1993
5.0
Dirty Weekend
1993
9.0
Remember
1993
6.6
M. Butterfly
1993
7.0
Foreign Affairs
1993
7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992
5.8
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992
5.7
Year of the Comet
1992
8.0
The Gravy Train Goes East
1991
6.9
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991
8.0
House of Cards
1990
8.3
The Gravy Train
1990
7.0
King of the Wind
1990
7.6
The Phantom of the Opera
1990
6.2
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
6.7
Chillers
19908.0
The Winslow Boy
1989
6.0
Twist of Fate
1989
5.9
Burning Secret
1988
9.0
Troubles
1988
7.0
Cry Freedom
1987
7.2
Porterhouse Blue
1987
8.0
The Devil's Disciple
1987
6.3
The Fourth Protocol
1987
5.0
Blunt
1987
5.6
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
7.5
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986
6.7
Star Quality
1985
NR
Theatre Night
1985
7.7
Brazil
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
8.8
Monsignor Quixote
1985
6.0
Mistral's Daughter
1984
NR
Slimming Down
1984
8.0
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
6.3
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
6.5
The Sign of Four
1983
6.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983
6.1
Brass
1983
7.0
Number 10
1983
NR
Salad Days
1983
NR
Passing Through
1982
8.3
The Woman in White
1982
7.0
A Cotswold Death
1982
5.3
Private Schulz
1981
NR
Gauguin the Savage
1980
6.4
Charlie Muffin
1979
9.0
Churchill and the Generals
1979
7.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
6.8
Ike
19797.3
Ike
1979
8.0
Sorry...
1978
9.0
Danton's Death
1978
7.0
Playhouse
1974
5.0
Gawain and the Green Knight
1973
6.6
Man of La Mancha
1972
7.0
The Darwin Adventure
1972
8.0
Eyeless in Gaza
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970NR
Plays of Today
1969
8.2
Civilisation
1969
6.3
A Midsummer Night's Dream
196810.0
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
6.2
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
7.3
NET Playhouse
1966
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
7.2
Theatre 625
19648.0
Festival
19637.0
As You Like It
1963
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951