Ian Richardson
Born April 7, 1934 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Dark City
Brazil
From Hell
Becoming Jane
102 Dalmatians
Hogfather
Ike
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
M. Butterfly
The Fourth Protocol
Joyeux Noel
Cry Freedom
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
B.A.P.S
An Ungentlemanly Act
Twice Upon a Time
Monsignor Quixote
Catherine the Great
Burning Secret
The King and I
The Woman In White
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Man of La Mancha
Passing Through
Nero
The Master of Ballantrae
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
Gawain and the Green Knight
Year of the Comet
A Knight in Camelot
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Incognito
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The Devil's Disciple
Words Upon the Window Pane
The Plot to Kill Hitler
King of the Wind
TV Shows
Agatha Christie's Marple
Screen Two
Theatre 625
Highlander: The Series
The Phantom of the Opera
Playhouse
NET Playhouse
Bleak House
House of Cards
Chillers
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Mistral's Daughter
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
The Final Cut
Brass
Theatre Night
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Gormenghast
Number 10
Twist of Fate
Civilisation
Ike
Strange
Private Schulz
Hogfather
To Play the King
The Magician's House
Six Centuries of Verse
Troubles
Imperium: Nero
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
The Gravy Train Goes East
The Woman in White
Porterhouse Blue
The Gravy Train
The Woman In White
Eyeless in Gaza
More Movies
Whoops Apocalypse
Churchill and the Generals
Sorry...
The Treasure Seekers
Foreign Affairs
The Canterville Ghost
Dirty Weekend
A Change of Place
A Royal Scandal
Gauguin the Savage
The Darwin Adventure
A Cotswold Death
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
The Sign of Four
Charlie Muffin
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
3-D Halloween
Remember
Slimming Down
Danton's Death
The Fifth Province
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
Blunt
Dæmos Rising
Star Quality
Savage Play
