Ian Richardson
Department: Acting
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
Brazil
1985
M. Butterfly
1993
From Hell
2001
Dark City
1998
Becoming Jane
2007
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
The Fourth Protocol
1987
Twice Upon a Time
2006
Hogfather
2007
Joyeux Noel
2005
A Knight in Camelot
1998
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992
Incognito
1997
The King and I
1999
B.A.P.S
1997
Catherine the Great
1996
The Treasure Seekers
1996
Dirty Weekend
1993
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983
A Change of Place
1994
Charlie Muffin
1979
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
King of the Wind
1990
Monsignor Quixote
1985
The Sign of Four
1983
Burning Secret
1988
Memorial Memorial
2022
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990
Remember
1993
The Canterville Ghost
1997
Year of the Comet
1992
Man of La Mancha
1972
Dæmos Rising
2004
Ike
1979
Gauguin the Savage
1980
Danton's Death
1978
A Royal Scandal
1997
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
2005
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
2006
Cry Freedom
1987
The Darwin Adventure
1972
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
As You Like It
1963
The Winslow Boy
1989
3-D Halloween
2000
Star Quality
1985
Nero
2004
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
Blunt
1987
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
Churchill and the Generals
1979
Gawain and the Green Knight
1973
Sorry...
1978
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994
The Woman In White
1997
The Devil's Disciple
1987
Marat/Sade
1967
102 Dalmatians
2000
A Cotswold Death
1982
The Fifth Province
1997
The Life of Shakespeare
2002
Salad Days
1983
Savage Play
1995
Foreign Affairs
1993
Slimming Down
1984
Passing Through
1982
Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem
2001
Bleak House
2005
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Strange
2003
The Magician's House
1999
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Private Schulz
1981
The Woman in White
1982
House of Cards
1990
The Gravy Train
1990
Porterhouse Blue
1987
Civilisation
1969
Mistral's Daughter
1984
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
The Phantom of the Opera
1990
Imperium: Nero
2004
The Final Cut
1995
The Gravy Train Goes East
1991
The Woman in White
1982
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986
To Play the King
1993
Troubles
1988
Hogfather
2006
Highlander: The Series
1992
Play for Today
1970
Great Performances
1971
Twist of Fate
1989
Playhouse
1974
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Festival
1963
Theatre 625
1964
Number 10
1983
Brass
1983
Theatre Night
1985
Ike
1979
Private Schulz
1981
Private Schulz
1981
Chillers
1990
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
Gormenghast
2000