Ian Richardson
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK — Apr 07 1934• Died Feb 09 2007
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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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Ian Richardson's Credits
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Great Performances
Bishop of Motopo
Play for Today
Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
Highlander: The Series
Max Leiner
BBC Play of the Month
Maximilien Robespierre
Playhouse
Richard
Theatre 625
Agatha Christie's Marple
Conway Jefferson
Chillers
Lee Mandeville
Festival
Antipholus of Ephesus
Dark City
Mr. Book
Brass
Marshall Snelgrove, QC
Strange
Canon Adolphus Black
Bleak House
Chancellor
Ike
FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Brazil
Mr. Warrenn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Bill Haydon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mr. MacKellar
102 Dalmatians
Mr. Torte
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Joseph Bell
Gormenghast
Lord Groan
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Reader
Theatre Night
General Burgoyne
Hogfather
Death
The Magician's House
Stephen Tyler
House of Cards
Francis Urquhart
From Hell
Sir Charles Warren
Mistral's Daughter
Adrien Avigdor
Private Schulz
Major Neuheim
Number 10
James Ramsay MacDonald
Becoming Jane
Richter Langlois
Civilisation
Hamlet
Cry Freedom
State Prosecutor
Troubles
Edward Spencer
B.A.P.S
Manley
To Play the King
Francis Urquhart
The Gravy Train Goes East
Michael Spearpoint
Imperium: Nero
Settimio
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Polonius
The Fourth Protocol
Sir Nigel Irvine
Joyeux Noel
The Bishop
The Final Cut
Francis Urquhart
Twist of Fate
SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Nehru
The Phantom of the Opera
Alain Choleti
The Gravy Train
Michael Spearpoint
Catherine the Great
Vorontzov
The Woman in White
Porterhouse Blue
Sir Godber Evans
M. Butterfly
Ambassador Toulon
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
Hogfather
Death
Man of La Mancha
The Padre
King of the Wind
Bey of Tunis
Whoops Apocalypse
Rear Admiral Bendish
Nero
Septimus
Marat/Sade
Jean-Paul Marat
Incognito
Turley (prosecutor)
A Knight in Camelot
Merlin
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Judge
The King and I
The Kralahome (voice)
The Woman In White
Mr. Fairlie
Gauguin the Savage
Degas
Dirty Weekend
Nimrod
Star Quality
Ray Malcolm
Charlie Muffin
Cuthbertson
Gawain and the Green Knight
Narrator (voice)
As You Like It
Le Beau
Ike
FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Wasp
The Treasure Seekers
Haig
Monsignor Quixote
Bishop of Motopo
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Ludwig Beck
Burning Secret
Edmund's Father
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Oberon
Foreign Affairs
Edwin
The Canterville Ghost
Simon de Canterville
A Royal Scandal
Narrator
Year of the Comet
Sir Mason Harwood
Twice Upon a Time
Lord Evelyn Gaylord
Churchill and the Generals
Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
The Devil's Disciple
General Burgoyne
Dæmos Rising
Narrator
Remember
Philip Rawlings
A Change of Place
Henri Chambertin
An Ungentlemanly Act
His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
Words Upon the Window Pane
Dr. Trench
3-D Halloween
Narrator
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Joseph Bell
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
Marcus Foster
The Life of Shakespeare
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The Fifth Province
Dr. Drudy
All's Well That Ends Well
Bertram
The Sign of Four
Sherlock Holmes
The Master of Ballantrae
Mr. MacKellar
Blunt
Anthony Blunt
Sorry...
Michael - 'Private View'
The Darwin Adventure
Capt. Fitzroy
The Winslow Boy
Sir Robert Morton, KC
Danton's Death
Robespierre
A Cotswold Death
Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
Slimming Down
Mr. Shrigley
Savage Play
Count
Salad Days
Uncle Zed
Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem
Dr. Joseph Bell
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
Marcus
Memorial Memorial
Francis Urquhart (voice)
Passing Through
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