Ian Richardson
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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.
Known for
Credits
Brazil (1985)
as Mr. Warrenn
Dark City (1998)
as Mr. Book
From Hell (2001)
as Sir Charles Warren
102 Dalmatians (2000)
as Mr. Torte
Becoming Jane (2007)
as Richter Langlois
Ike (1979)
as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
as Sir Nigel Irvine
M. Butterfly (1993)
as Ambassador Toulon
Joyeux Noel (2005)
as The Bishop
Cry Freedom (1987)
as State Prosecutor
Hogfather (2007)
as Death
The King and I (1999)
as The Kralahome (voice)
Brook by Brook (2002)
as Self
Burning Secret (1988)
as Edmund's Father
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
as Polonius
B.A.P.S (1997)
as Manley
Catherine the Great (1996)
as Vorontzov
Incognito (1997)
as Turley (prosecutor)
Monsignor Quixote (1985)
as Bishop of Motopo
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)
as Jean-Paul Marat
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
as Judge
Nero (2004)
as Septimus
Man of La Mancha (1972)
as The Padre
Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
as Rear Admiral Bendish
The Woman In White (1997)
as Mr. Fairlie
Memorial Memorial (2022)
as Francis Urquhart (voice)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
as Oberon
The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
as Ludwig Beck
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
as Wasp
A Knight in Camelot (1998)
as Merlin
An Ungentlemanly Act (1992)
as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
The Treasure Seekers (1996)
as Haig
The Sign of Four (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Devil's Disciple (1987)
as General Burgoyne
Passing Through (1982)
as Richard
Year of the Comet (1992)
as Sir Mason Harwood
Dirty Weekend (1993)
as Nimrod
The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
as Mr. MacKellar
Gauguin the Savage (1980)
as Degas
King of the Wind (1990)
as Bey of Tunis
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
as Dr. Joseph Bell
Sorry... (1978)
as Michael - 'Private View'
Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem (2001)
as Dr. Joseph Bell
A Change of Place (1994)
as Henri Chambertin
A Cotswold Death (1982)
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
Twice Upon a Time (2006)
as Lord Evelyn Gaylord
Remember (1993)
as Philip Rawlings
Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
as Narrator (voice)
Danton's Death (1978)
as Robespierre
Words Upon the Window Pane (1994)
as Dr. Trench
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering (2006)
as Marcus
The Winslow Boy (1989)
as Sir Robert Morton, KC
Blunt (1987)
as Anthony Blunt
Charlie Muffin (1979)
as Cuthbertson
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (2005)
as Marcus Foster
Foreign Affairs (1993)
as Edwin
A Royal Scandal (1997)
as Narrator
Star Quality (1985)
as Ray Malcolm
3-D Halloween (2000)
as Narrator
Salad Days (1983)
as Uncle Zed
The Darwin Adventure (1972)
as Capt. Fitzroy
Churchill and the Generals (1979)
as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
Slimming Down (1984)
as Mr. Shrigley
The Life of Shakespeare (2002)
as self
The Canterville Ghost (1997)
as Simon de Canterville
Savage Play (1995)
as Count
The Fifth Province (1997)
as Dr. Drudy
All's Well That Ends Well (1968)
as Bertram
As You Like It (1963)
as Le Beau
One Foot in Arthur's Seat (2000)
as Self
Dæmos Rising (2004)
as Narrator