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Ian Richardson

Ian Richardson is known for acting, with popular credits including Brazil, M. Butterfly, From Hell, Dark City.

Born 07 Apr 1934 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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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.

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2022 Memorial Memorial as Francis Urquhart (voice) movie 2007 Hogfather as Death movie 2007 Becoming Jane as Richter Langlois movie 2006 Hogfather as Death tv 2006 Twice Upon a Time as Lord Evelyn Gaylord movie 2006 The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering as Marcus movie 2005 The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt as Marcus Foster movie 2005 Joyeux Noel as The Bishop movie 2005 The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby as Judge movie 2005 Bleak House as Chancellor tv 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple as Conway Jefferson tv 2004 Nero as Septimus movie 2004 Imperium: Nero as Settimio tv 2004 Dæmos Rising as Narrator movie 2003 Strange as Canon Adolphus Black tv 2002 The Life of Shakespeare as self movie 2001 Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem as Dr. Joseph Bell movie 2001 Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes as Dr. Joseph Bell tv 2001 From Hell as Sir Charles Warren movie 2000 3-D Halloween as Narrator movie 2000 102 Dalmatians as Mr. Torte movie 2000 Gormenghast as Lord Groan tv 2000 Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes as Dr. Joseph Bell movie 1999 The Magician's House as Stephen Tyler tv 1999 The King and I as The Kralahome (voice) movie 1998 Alice Through the Looking Glass as Wasp movie 1998 A Knight in Camelot as Merlin movie 1998 Dark City as Mr. Book movie 1997 The Woman In White as Mr. Fairlie movie 1997 The Fifth Province as Dr. Drudy movie 1997 Incognito as Turley (prosecutor) movie 1997 The Canterville Ghost as Simon de Canterville movie 1997 A Royal Scandal as Narrator movie 1997 B.A.P.S as Manley movie 1996 The Treasure Seekers as Haig movie 1996 Catherine the Great as Vorontzov movie 1995 The Final Cut as Francis Urquhart tv 1995 Savage Play as Count movie 1994 A Change of Place as Henri Chambertin movie 1994 Words Upon the Window Pane as Dr. Trench movie 1993 To Play the King as Francis Urquhart tv 1993 Dirty Weekend as Nimrod movie 1993 Remember as Philip Rawlings movie 1993 M. Butterfly as Ambassador Toulon movie 1993 Foreign Affairs as Edwin movie 1992 Highlander: The Series as Max Leiner tv 1992 An Ungentlemanly Act as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt movie 1992 Year of the Comet as Sir Mason Harwood movie 1991 The Gravy Train Goes East as Michael Spearpoint tv 1991 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as Polonius movie 1990 House of Cards as Francis Urquhart tv 1990 The Gravy Train as Michael Spearpoint tv 1990 King of the Wind as Bey of Tunis movie 1990 The Phantom of the Opera as Alain Choleti tv 1990 The Plot to Kill Hitler as Ludwig Beck movie 1990 Chillers as Lee Mandeville tv 1989 The Winslow Boy as Sir Robert Morton, KC movie 1989 Twist of Fate as SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg tv 1988 Burning Secret as Edmund's Father movie 1988 Troubles as Edward Spencer tv 1987 Cry Freedom as State Prosecutor movie 1987 Porterhouse Blue as Sir Godber Evans tv 1987 The Devil's Disciple as General Burgoyne movie 1987 The Fourth Protocol as Sir Nigel Irvine movie 1987 Blunt as Anthony Blunt movie 1986 Whoops Apocalypse as Rear Admiral Bendish movie 1986 Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy as Nehru tv 1985 Star Quality as Ray Malcolm movie 1985 Theatre Night as General Burgoyne tv 1985 Brazil as Mr. Warrenn movie 1985 Screen Two as Anthony Blunt tv 1985 Monsignor Quixote as Bishop of Motopo movie 1984 Mistral's Daughter as Adrien Avigdor tv 1984 Slimming Down as Mr. Shrigley movie 1984 Six Centuries of Verse as Self - Reader tv 1984 The Master of Ballantrae as Mr. MacKellar movie 1983 The Sign of Four as Sherlock Holmes movie 1983 The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes movie 1983 Brass as Marshall Snelgrove, QC tv 1983 Number 10 as James Ramsay MacDonald tv

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