
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

Dark City (1998)
as Mr. Book

Brazil (1985)
as Mr. Warrenn

From Hell (2001)
as Sir Charles Warren

102 Dalmatians (2000)
as Mr. Torte

Becoming Jane (2007)
as Richter Langlois

Joyeux Noel (2005)
as The Bishop

M. Butterfly (1993)
as Ambassador Toulon

B.A.P.S (1997)
as Manley

Cry Freedom (1987)
as State Prosecutor

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)
as Polonius

Ike (1979)
as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery

Hogfather (2007)
as Death

The Fourth Protocol (1987)
as Sir Nigel Irvine

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
as Wasp

The King and I (1999)
as The Kralahome (voice)

Catherine the Great (1996)
as Vorontzov

Nero (2004)
as Septimus

Man of La Mancha (1972)
as The Padre

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
as Dr. Joseph Bell

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

A Knight in Camelot (1998)
as Merlin

The Woman In White (1997)
as Mr. Fairlie

Incognito (1997)
as Turley (prosecutor)

Twice Upon a Time (2006)
as Lord Evelyn Gaylord

The Sign of Four (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes

Monsignor Quixote (1985)
as Bishop of Motopo

Burning Secret (1988)
as Edmund's Father

Year of the Comet (1992)
as Sir Mason Harwood

King of the Wind (1990)
as Bey of Tunis

The Treasure Seekers (1996)
as Haig

Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
as Rear Admiral Bendish

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
as Judge

Dirty Weekend (1993)
as Nimrod

Charlie Muffin (1979)
as Cuthbertson

An Ungentlemanly Act (1992)
as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
as Oberon

Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
as Narrator (voice)

Savage Play (1995)
as Count

The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
as Mr. MacKellar
The Winslow Boy (1989)
as Sir Robert Morton, KC

Danton's Death (1978)
as Robespierre

The Devil's Disciple (1987)
as General Burgoyne

Star Quality (1985)
as Ray Malcolm

Sorry... (1978)
as Michael - 'Private View'

Dæmos Rising (2004)
as Narrator

Foreign Affairs (1993)
as Edwin

A Royal Scandal (1997)
as Narrator

Passing Through (1982)
as Richard

Words Upon the Window Pane (1994)
as Dr. Trench

The Darwin Adventure (1972)
as Capt. Fitzroy

Salad Days (1983)
as Uncle Zed

Blunt (1987)
as Anthony Blunt

The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990)
as Ludwig Beck

Gauguin the Savage (1980)
as Degas
Memorial Memorial (2022)
as Francis Urquhart (voice)

A Change of Place (1994)
as Henri Chambertin

3-D Halloween (2000)
as Narrator
All's Well That Ends Well (1968)
as Bertram

Churchill and the Generals (1979)
as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery

Remember (1993)
as Philip Rawlings
As You Like It (1963)
as Le Beau

The Canterville Ghost (1997)
as Simon de Canterville

Slimming Down (1984)
as Mr. Shrigley

A Cotswold Death (1982)
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (2005)
as Marcus Foster
Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem (2001)
as Dr. Joseph Bell

The Fifth Province (1997)
as Dr. Drudy
One Foot in Arthur's Seat (2000)
as Self

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering (2006)
as Marcus
The Life of Shakespeare (2002)
as self





