Person
Ian Richardson
Born 7 April 1934 Died 9 February 2007, aged 72 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK TMDB ↗
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.
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17age in their first credit on record (1951)
71years on screen and counting
6credits in 1997, their busiest year
110dated credits on record
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Movie credits
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Age: 88 Memorial Memorial
2022as Francis Urquhart (voice)
Age: 73 Hogfather
2007as Death
Age: 72 Becoming Jane
2007as Richter Langlois
Age: 72 Twice Upon a Time
2006as Lord Evelyn Gaylord
Age: 72 The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
2006as Marcus
Age: 71 The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
2005as Marcus Foster
Age: 71 Joyeux Noel
2005as The Bishop
Age: 71 The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005as Judge
Age: 70 Nero
2004as Septimus
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Age: 67 Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem
2001as Dr. Joseph Bell
Age: 66 From Hell
2001as Sir Charles Warren
Age: 66 102 Dalmatians
2000as Mr. Torte
Age: 65 Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000as Dr. Joseph Bell
Age: 64 The King and I
1999as The Kralahome (voice)
Age: 64 Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998as Wasp
Age: 64 A Knight in Camelot
1998as Merlin
Age: 63 Dark City
1998as Mr. Book
Age: 63 The Woman In White
1997as Mr. Fairlie
Age: 63 The Fifth Province
1997as Dr. Drudy
Age: 63 Incognito
1997as Turley (prosecutor)
Age: 63 The Canterville Ghost
1997as Simon de Canterville
Age: 62 B.A.P.S
1997as Manley
Age: 62 The Treasure Seekers
1996as Haig
Age: 62 Catherine the Great
1996as Vorontzov
Age: 60 Savage Play
1995as Count
Age: 60 A Change of Place
1994as Henri Chambertin
Age: 60 Words Upon the Window Pane
1994as Dr. Trench
Age: 59 Dirty Weekend
1993as Nimrod
Age: 59 Remember
1993as Philip Rawlings
Age: 59 M. Butterfly
1993as Ambassador Toulon
Age: 58 Foreign Affairs
1993as Edwin
Age: 58 An Ungentlemanly Act
1992as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
Age: 58 Year of the Comet
1992as Sir Mason Harwood
Age: 56 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991as Polonius
Age: 56 King of the Wind
1990as Bey of Tunis
Age: 55 The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990as Ludwig Beck
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Age: 55 The Winslow Boy
1989as Sir Robert Morton, KC
Age: 54 Burning Secret
1988as Edmund's Father
Age: 53 Cry Freedom
1987as State Prosecutor
Age: 53 The Devil's Disciple
1987as General Burgoyne
Age: 52 The Fourth Protocol
1987as Sir Nigel Irvine
Age: 52 Blunt
1987as Anthony Blunt
Age: 52 Whoops Apocalypse
1986as Rear Admiral Bendish
Age: 51 Star Quality
1985as Ray Malcolm
Age: 50 Brazil
1985as Mr. Warrenn
Age: 50 Monsignor Quixote
1985as Bishop of Motopo
Age: 50 Slimming Down
1984as Mr. Shrigley
Age: 49 The Master of Ballantrae
1984as Mr. MacKellar
Age: 49 The Sign of Four
1983as Sherlock Holmes
Age: 49 The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983as Sherlock Holmes
Age: 48 Salad Days
1983as Uncle Zed
Age: 48 Passing Through
1982as Richard
Age: 47 A Cotswold Death
1982as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
Age: 46 Gauguin the Savage
1980as Degas
Age: 45 Charlie Muffin
1979as Cuthbertson
Age: 45 Churchill and the Generals
1979as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
Age: 45 Ike
1979as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Age: 44 Sorry...
1978as Michael - 'Private View'
Age: 44 Danton's Death
1978as Robespierre
Age: 39 Gawain and the Green Knight
1973as Narrator (voice)
Age: 38 Man of La Mancha
1972as The Padre
Age: 38 The Darwin Adventure
1972as Capt. Fitzroy
Age: 34 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968as Oberon
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Age: 33 All's Well That Ends Well
1968as Bertram
Age: 32 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
1967as Jean-Paul Marat
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Age: 28 As You Like It
1963as Le Beau
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TV credits
Age: 72 Hogfather
2006as Death
Age: 71 Bleak House
2005as Chancellor
Age: 70 Agatha Christie's Marple
2004as Conway Jefferson
Age: 70 Imperium: Nero
2004as Settimio
Age: 69 Strange
2003as Canon Adolphus Black
Age: 67 Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001as Dr. Joseph Bell
Age: 65 Gormenghast
2000as Lord Groan
Age: 65 The Magician's House
1999as Stephen Tyler
Age: 63 The Woman In White
1997as Mr. Fairlie
Age: 61 The Final Cut
1995as Francis Urquhart
Age: 59 To Play the King
1993as Francis Urquhart
Age: 58 Highlander: The Series
1992as Max Leiner
Age: 57 The Gravy Train Goes East
1991as Michael Spearpoint
Age: 56 House of Cards
1990as Francis Urquhart
Age: 56 The Gravy Train
1990as Michael Spearpoint
Age: 55 The Phantom of the Opera
1990as Alain Choleti
Age: 55 Chillers
1990as Lee Mandeville
Age: 54 Twist of Fate
1989as SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg
Age: 54 Troubles
1988as Edward Spencer
Age: 53 Porterhouse Blue
1987as Sir Godber Evans
Age: 51 Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986as Nehru
Age: 51 Theatre Night
1985as General Burgoyne
Age: 50 Screen Two
1985as Anthony Blunt
Age: 50 Mistral's Daughter
1984as Adrien Avigdor
Age: 48 Brass
1983as Marshall Snelgrove, QC
Age: 48 Number 10
1983as James Ramsay MacDonald
Age: 48 The Woman in White
1982 Age: 48 The Woman in White
1982as Frederick Fairlie
Age: 47 Private Schulz
1981as Major Neuheim
Age: 47 Private Schulz
1981as Gerald Melfort
Age: 47 Private Schulz
1981as Stanley Kemp
Age: 45 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979as Bill Haydon
Age: 45 Ike
1979as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
Age: 39 Playhouse
1974as Richard
Age: 37 Eyeless in Gaza
1971as Anthony Beavis
Age: 36 Great Performances
1971as Bishop of Motopo
Age: 36 Play for Today
1970as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
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Age: 35 Plays of Today
1969as The Son
Age: 34 Civilisation
1969as Hamlet
Age: 32 NET Playhouse
1966as Antipholus of Ephesus
Age: 31 BBC Play of the Month
1965as Maximilien Robespierre
Age: 30 Theatre 625
1964No poster
Age: 29 Festival
1963as Antipholus of Ephesus
Age: 17 Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951as Mr. MacKellar