
Ian Richardson
Known for: Acting
Born: April 7, 1934
Died: February 9, 2007
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

An Ungentlemanly Act
1992

The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983

The Sign of Four
1983
Memorial Memorial
2022

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000

Danton's Death
1978

3-D Halloween
2000

Blunt
1987

A Cotswold Death
1982
The Life of Shakespeare
2002

Savage Play
1995

Slimming Down
1984

Passing Through
1982
One Foot in Arthur's Seat
2000

The Canterville Ghost
1997

Star Quality
1985

Words Upon the Window Pane
1994

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
Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem
2001

Incognito
1997

The King and I
1999

Catherine the Great
1996

The Master of Ballantrae
1984

Monsignor Quixote
1985

The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990

The Darwin Adventure
1972

Sorry...
1978

Twice Upon a Time
2006

B.A.P.S
1997

Burning Secret
1988

Remember
1993

Man of La Mancha
1972

A Royal Scandal
1997

The Fifth Province
1997

From Hell
2001

A Change of Place
1994

Charlie Muffin
1979

Year of the Comet
1992

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
2005

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
2006
The Winslow Boy
1989

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991

M. Butterfly
1993

Dark City
1998

Whoops Apocalypse
1986

The Treasure Seekers
1996

Gauguin the Savage
1980

Nero
2004

Churchill and the Generals
1979

Brazil
1985

A Knight in Camelot
1998

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968

The Woman In White
1997

The Fourth Protocol
1987
As You Like It
1963

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005

Foreign Affairs
1993

Becoming Jane
2007

King of the Wind
1990

Ike
1979

102 Dalmatians
2000

Dirty Weekend
1993

Dæmos Rising
2004
All's Well That Ends Well
1968

The Devil's Disciple
1987

Joyeux Noel
2005

Hogfather
2007

Salad Days
1983

Cry Freedom
1987

Gawain and the Green Knight
1973

Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998

Bleak House
2005

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Strange
2003

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Private Schulz
1981

The Woman in White
1982

House of Cards
1990

The Gravy Train
1990

Porterhouse Blue
1987

Civilisation
1969

Mistral's Daughter
1984

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001

Six Centuries of Verse
1984

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004

The Phantom of the Opera
1990

Imperium: Nero
2004

The Final Cut
1995

The Gravy Train Goes East
1991

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
1986

To Play the King
1993

Troubles
1988

Hogfather
2006

Highlander: The Series
1992

Play for Today
1970

Great Performances
1971

Twist of Fate
1989

Playhouse
1974

BBC Play of the Month
1965
Festival
1963

Theatre 625
1964

Brass
1983

Theatre Night
1985

Ike
1979

Chillers
1990

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979

Gormenghast
2000

Screen Two
1985

The Magician's House
1999
Plays of Today
1969

NET Playhouse
1966

Eyeless in Gaza
1971

Number 10
1983

The Woman In White
1997