Ian Richardson

Ian Richardson

Birthday: 1934-04-07

Deathday: 2007-02-09

Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0007183

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

Monsignor Quixote

Score: 8.5

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

Score: 8.0

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

Score: 8.0

Brazil

Score: 7.7

Joyeux Noel

Score: 7.4

Becoming Jane

Score: 7.3

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

Score: 7.3

Dark City

Score: 7.3

Foreign Affairs

Score: 7.0

A Cotswold Death

Score: 7.0

A Royal Scandal

Score: 7.0

Cry Freedom

Score: 7.0

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Score: 6.9

Hogfather

Score: 6.8

The Woman In White

Score: 6.8

From Hell

Score: 6.7

Man of La Mancha

Score: 6.6

M. Butterfly

Score: 6.6

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Score: 6.6

King of the Wind

Score: 6.4

The Sign of Four

Score: 6.4

The Fourth Protocol

Score: 6.3

Marat/Sade

Score: 6.2

Ike

Score: 6.2

Burning Secret

Score: 6.1

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Score: 6.0

The Fifth Province

Score: 6.0

The Devil's Disciple

Score: 6.0

Nero

Score: 6.0

The Winslow Boy

Score: 6.0

The Master of Ballantrae

Score: 6.0

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Score: 6.0

Twice Upon a Time

Score: 5.9

Incognito

Score: 5.9

Catherine the Great

Score: 5.7

Dæmos Rising

Score: 5.7

Year of the Comet

Score: 5.7

Whoops Apocalypse

Score: 5.6

102 Dalmatians

Score: 5.5

Charlie Muffin

Score: 5.5

An Ungentlemanly Act

Score: 5.5

A Knight in Camelot

Score: 5.4

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

Score: 5.4

The King and I

Score: 5.4

The Treasure Seekers

Score: 5.3

A Change of Place

Score: 5.2

B.A.P.S

Score: 5.2

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Score: 5.1

Star Quality

Score: 5.0

Dirty Weekend

Score: 5.0

Blunt

Score: 4.8

Gawain and the Green Knight

Score: 4.6

3-D Halloween

Score: 4.0

Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem

Score: 0.0

Passing Through

Score: 0.0

Slimming Down

Score: 0.0

Savage Play

Score: 0.0

Salad Days

Score: 0.0

The Life of Shakespeare

Score: 0.0

Words Upon the Window Pane

Score: 0.0

Sorry...

Score: 0.0

Churchill and the Generals

Score: 0.0

As You Like It

Score: 0.0

All's Well That Ends Well

Score: 0.0

The Darwin Adventure

Score: 0.0

Danton's Death

Score: 0.0

Gauguin the Savage

Score: 0.0

The Canterville Ghost

Score: 0.0

Remember

Score: 0.0

Memorial Memorial

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Troubles

Score: 10.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Bleak House

Score: 8.1

Civilisation

Score: 8.1

House of Cards

Score: 8.1

Festival

Score: 8.0

To Play the King

Score: 8.0

Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes

Score: 8.0

The Gravy Train

Score: 8.0

Agatha Christie's Marple

Score: 7.7

Hogfather

Score: 7.6

The Final Cut

Score: 7.6

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Score: 7.6

The Woman in White

Score: 7.5

The Woman in White

Score: 7.5

Highlander: The Series

Score: 7.4

The Phantom of the Opera

Score: 7.2

Porterhouse Blue

Score: 7.2

Playhouse

Score: 7.0

The Gravy Train Goes East

Score: 7.0

Gormenghast

Score: 6.9

Strange

Score: 6.5

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Mistral's Daughter

Score: 6.3

The Merv Griffin Show

Score: 6.2

Chillers

Score: 6.2

Imperium: Nero

Score: 6.0

Six Centuries of Verse

Score: 6.0

Private Schulz

Score: 5.8

Twist of Fate

Score: 5.8

Great Performances

Score: 5.5

The Magician's House

Score: 5.5

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

Score: 5.0

Number 10

Score: 5.0