Ian Richardson

Apr 07, 1934 - Feb 09, 2007 (72 years old) in 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.

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Known For

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Agatha Christie's Marple

Conway Jefferson

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Great Performances

Bishop of Motopo

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Play for Today

Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

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Highlander: The Series

Max Leiner

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BBC Play of the Month

Maximilien Robespierre

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Playhouse

Richard

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Bill Haydon

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Bleak House

Chancellor

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Dark City

Mr. Book

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Brazil

Mr. Warrenn

Credits

Memorial Memorial 2022

Francis Urquhart (voice)

★ NR
Hogfather 2007

Death

★ 6.8
Becoming Jane 2007

Richter Langlois

★ 7.3
Twice Upon a Time 2006

Lord Evelyn Gaylord

★ 5.9
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering 2006

Marcus

★ 7.3
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt 2005

Marcus Foster

★ 8
Joyeux Noel 2005

The Bishop

★ 7.4
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby 2005

Judge

★ 5.4
Bleak House 2005

Chancellor

★ 8.2
Agatha Christie's Marple 2004

Conway Jefferson

★ 7.7
Nero 2004

Septimus

★ 6
Imperium: Nero 2004

Settimio

★ 6
Dæmos Rising 2004

Narrator

★ 5.7
Strange 2003

Canon Adolphus Black

★ 6.5
The Life of Shakespeare 2002

self

★ NR
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes 2001

Dr. Joseph Bell

★ 7.9
From Hell 2001

Sir Charles Warren

★ 6.7
3-D Halloween 2000

Narrator

★ 4
102 Dalmatians 2000

Mr. Torte

★ 5.5
Gormenghast 2000

Lord Groan

★ 7
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes 2000

Dr. Joseph Bell

★ 8
The Magician's House 1999

Stephen Tyler

★ 5.5
The King and I 1999

The Kralahome (voice)

★ 5.4
Alice Through the Looking Glass 1998

Wasp

★ 5.1
A Knight in Camelot 1998

Merlin

★ 5.4
Dark City 1998

Mr. Book

★ 7.3
The Fifth Province 1997

Dr. Drudy

★ 6
Incognito 1997

Turley (prosecutor)

★ 5.8
The Canterville Ghost 1997

Simon de Canterville

★ NR
A Royal Scandal 1997

Narrator

★ 7
B.A.P.S 1997

Manley

★ 5.2
The Woman In White 1997

Mr. Fairlie

★ 6.8
The Treasure Seekers 1996

Haig

★ 5.3
Catherine the Great 1996

Vorontzov

★ 5.7
The Final Cut 1995

Francis Urquhart

★ 7.6
Savage Play 1995

Count

★ NR
A Change of Place 1994

Henri Chambertin

★ 5.2
Words Upon the Window Pane 1994

Dr. Trench

★ NR
To Play the King 1993

Francis Urquhart

★ 8
Dirty Weekend 1993

Nimrod

★ 5
Remember 1993

Philip Rawlings

★ NR
M. Butterfly 1993

Ambassador Toulon

★ 6.6
Foreign Affairs 1993

Edwin

★ 7
Highlander: The Series 1992

Max Leiner

★ 7.4
An Ungentlemanly Act 1992

His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt

★ 5.5
Year of the Comet 1992

Sir Mason Harwood

★ 5.6
The Gravy Train Goes East 1991

Michael Spearpoint

★ 7
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead 1991

Polonius

★ 6.9
House of Cards 1990

Francis Urquhart

★ 8.1
The Gravy Train 1990

Michael Spearpoint

★ 8
King of the Wind 1990

Bey of Tunis

★ 6.4
Chillers 1990

Lee Mandeville

★ 6.2
The Phantom of the Opera 1990

Cholet

★ 7.2
The Plot to Kill Hitler 1990

Ludwig Beck

★ 6
The Winslow Boy 1989

Sir Robert Morton, KC

★ 6
Twist of Fate 1989

SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg

★ 5.8
Burning Secret 1988

Edmund's Father

★ 6.1
Troubles 1988

Edward Spencer

★ 10
Cry Freedom 1987

State Prosecutor

★ 7
Porterhouse Blue 1987

★ 7.2
The Devil's Disciple 1987

General Burgoyne

★ 6
The Fourth Protocol 1987

Sir Nigel Irvine

★ 6.3
Blunt 1987

Anthony Blunt

★ 4.8
Whoops Apocalypse 1986

Rear Admiral Bendish

★ 5.6
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy 1986

Nehru

★ 5
Star Quality 1985

Ray Malcolm

★ 5
Brazil 1985

Mr. Warrenn

★ 7.7
Monsignor Quixote 1985

Bishop of Motopo

★ 8.5
Mistral's Daughter 1984

Adrien Avigdor

★ 6.3
Slimming Down 1984

Mr. Shrigley

★ NR
Six Centuries of Verse 1984

Self - Reader

★ 6
The Master of Ballantrae 1984

Mr. MacKellar

★ 6
The Sign of Four 1983

Sherlock Holmes

★ 6.4
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1983

Sherlock Holmes

★ 6.6
Number 10 1983

★ 5
Salad Days 1983

Uncle Zed

★ NR
Passing Through 1982

Richard

★ NR
The Woman in White 1982

★ 7.5
A Cotswold Death 1982

Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

★ 7
Private Schulz 1981

Major Neuheim

★ 5.8
Gauguin the Savage 1980

Degas

★ NR
Charlie Muffin 1979

Cuthbertson

★ 5.5
Churchill and the Generals 1979

Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery

★ NR
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1979

Bill Haydon

★ 7.6
Ike 1979

FM Sir Bernard Montgomery

★ 6.2
Sorry... 1978

Michael - 'Private View'

★ NR
Danton's Death 1978

Robespierre

★ NR
Playhouse 1974

Richard

★ 7
Gawain and the Green Knight 1973

Narrator (voice)

★ 4.6
Man of La Mancha 1972

The Padre

★ 6.6
The Darwin Adventure 1972

Capt. Fitzroy

★ NR
Great Performances 1971

Bishop of Motopo

★ 5.5
Play for Today 1970

Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

★ 6.3
Civilisation 1969

Hamlet

★ 8.1
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1968

Oberon

★ 6
All's Well That Ends Well 1968

Bertram

★ NR
Marat/Sade 1967

Jean-Paul Marat

★ 6.2
BBC Play of the Month 1965

Maximilien Robespierre

★ 5
Festival 1963

Antipholus of Ephesus

★ 8
As You Like It 1963

Le Beau

★ NR
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Mr. MacKellar

★ 8.6