Ian Richardson

from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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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Timeline

2022Aged 88

2007Aged 73

  • Poster for Becoming Jane

    Richter Langlois

  • Poster for Hogfather

    Death

2006Aged 72

  • Poster for The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

    Marcus

  • Poster for Twice Upon a Time

    Lord Evelyn Gaylord

2005Aged 71

  • Poster for The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

    Judge

  • Poster for Joyeux Noel

    The Bishop

  • Poster for The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

    Marcus Foster

2004Aged 70

  • Poster for Dæmos Rising

    Narrator

  • Poster for Nero

    Septimus

2002Aged 68

2001Aged 67

2000Aged 66

1999Aged 65

  • Poster for The King and I

    The Kralahome (voice)

1998Aged 64

  • Poster for Dark City

    Mr. Book

  • Poster for A Knight in Camelot

    Merlin

  • Poster for Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Wasp

1997Aged 63

  • Poster for B.A.P.S

    Manley

  • Poster for A Royal Scandal

    Narrator

  • Poster for The Canterville Ghost

    Simon de Canterville

  • Poster for Incognito

    Turley (prosecutor)

  • Poster for The Fifth Province

    Dr. Drudy

  • Poster for The Woman In White

    Mr. Fairlie

1996Aged 62

  • Poster for Catherine the Great

    Vorontzov

  • Poster for The Treasure Seekers

    Haig

1995Aged 61

  • Poster for Savage Play

    Count

1994Aged 60

  • Poster for Words Upon the Window Pane

    Dr. Trench

  • Poster for A Change of Place

    Henri Chambertin

1993Aged 59

  • Poster for Foreign Affairs

    Edwin

  • Poster for M. Butterfly

    Ambassador Toulon

  • Poster for Remember

    Philip Rawlings

  • Poster for Dirty Weekend

    Nimrod

1992Aged 58

  • Poster for Year of the Comet

    Sir Mason Harwood

  • Poster for An Ungentlemanly Act

    His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt

1991Aged 57

  • Poster for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

    Polonius

1990Aged 56

  • Poster for The Plot to Kill Hitler

    Ludwig Beck

  • Poster for King of the Wind

    Bey of Tunis

1989Aged 55

1988Aged 54

  • Poster for Burning Secret

    Edmund's Father

1987Aged 53

  • Poster for Blunt

    Anthony Blunt

  • Poster for The Fourth Protocol

    Sir Nigel Irvine

  • Poster for The Devil's Disciple

    General Burgoyne

  • Poster for Cry Freedom

    State Prosecutor

1986Aged 52

  • Poster for Whoops Apocalypse

    Rear Admiral Bendish

1985Aged 51

  • Poster for Monsignor Quixote

    Bishop of Motopo

  • Poster for Brazil

    Mr. Warrenn

  • Poster for Star Quality

    Ray Malcolm

1984Aged 50

  • Poster for The Master of Ballantrae

    Mr. MacKellar

  • Poster for Slimming Down

    Mr. Shrigley

1983Aged 49

  • Poster for Salad Days

    Uncle Zed

  • Poster for The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Sherlock Holmes

  • Poster for The Sign of Four

    Sherlock Holmes

1982Aged 48

  • Poster for A Cotswold Death

    Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

  • Poster for Passing Through

    Richard

1980Aged 46

  • Poster for Gauguin the Savage

    Degas

1979Aged 45

  • Poster for Ike

    FM Sir Bernard Montgomery

  • Poster for Churchill and the Generals

    Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery

  • Poster for Charlie Muffin

    Cuthbertson

1978Aged 44

  • Poster for Danton's Death

    Robespierre

  • Poster for Sorry...

    Michael - 'Private View'

1973Aged 39

  • Poster for Gawain and the Green Knight

    Narrator (voice)

1972Aged 38

  • Poster for The Darwin Adventure

    Capt. Fitzroy

  • Poster for Man of La Mancha

    The Padre

1968Aged 34

1967Aged 33

  • Poster for 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

    Jean-Paul Marat

1963Aged 29

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