Ian Richardson
Date of birth: 1934-04-07
Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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.
Movie Credits
Brazil
1985-02-20
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydr
M. Butterfly
1993-10-01
In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling – but
From Hell
2001-02-08
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the R
Dark City
1998-02-27
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish wor
Becoming Jane
2007-03-02
Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy La
Whoops Apocalypse
1986-05-06
When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrori
The Fourth Protocol
1987-03-20
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the
Twice Upon a Time
2006-11-08
Alice d'Abanville and Louis Ruinard are two extraordinary personalities. They were the most striking
Hogfather
2007-10-12
It's the night before Hogswatch, usually a time of joy on Discworld, but there are suspicious going-
Joyeux Noel
2005-11-09
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody
A Knight in Camelot
1998-11-08
Yet another variation on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur's Court." Here, a compute
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992-06-13
Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of th
Incognito
1997-11-14
Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints fake Rembrandt picture for $500,000. The girl he meets and
The King and I
1999-03-19
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many chil
B.A.P.S
1997-03-28
Two wannabe Black American princesses aim to marry rich men, who will pay for their world's first co
Catherine the Great
1996-04-28
Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves
The Treasure Seekers
1996-12-25
Five motherless children, with the help of a famous doctor, are determined to save their financially
Dirty Weekend
1993-10-29
Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton, Bella finds she is being spied on and general
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983-11-03
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Ho
A Change of Place
1994-10-09
Kim Jameson is a university professor while Kate Jameson - also known as Dominique, Kim’s twin siste
Charlie Muffin
1979-12-11
Charlie Muffin, top British Intelligence operative, has just broken up a major Soviet spy network in
The Master of Ballantrae
1984-01-31
The Master of Ballantrae is a 1984 TV movie based on the 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.[2] It
King of the Wind
1990-05-25
In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil a
Monsignor Quixote
1985-01-01
Sir Alec Guiness stars with Leo McKern in the story of a friendship between a Catholic priest and a
The Sign of Four
1983-12-06
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson try to track down the Great Mogul, the second-largest diamond in the
Burning Secret
1988-12-23
While recuperating in a sanatorium in the mountains, a young boy becomes very close friends with an
Memorial Memorial
2022-05-15
A memorial of sorts to the plinth on St. Peter's Hill, Grantham, which stood empty for two years bef
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968-09-30
Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country house
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2000-01-05
Arthur Conan Doyle reveals the story behind Sherlock Holmes and his mysteries by telling about Dr. J
The Plot to Kill Hitler
1990-01-30
A historical recreation of the 1944 attempt by several German High Command Officers to assassinate A
Remember
1993-10-24
Nicky Wells, a TV journalist who is renowned for her hard-hitting reports from the worlds most dange
The Canterville Ghost
1997-10-31
'The Canterville Ghost' is one of the most popular choice for making a film in Oscar Wilde's works,
Year of the Comet
1992-04-24
Year of the Comet is a 1992 romantic comedy adventure film about the pursuit of the most valuable bo
Man of La Mancha
1972-12-12
In the 16th century, poet, playwright and part-time actor Miguel de Cervantes has been arrested, tog
Dæmos Rising
2004-03-31
Trapped in an isolated cottage, Captain Cavendish thinks he is seeing ghosts. The only person who mi
Ike
1979-05-03
Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other warti
Gauguin the Savage
1980-04-29
Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive se
Danton's Death
1978-04-23
Danton's Death is arguably the most dramatic and penetrating study of revolution ever written. Georg
A Royal Scandal
1997-10-10
The doomed marriage of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick.
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
2005-12-25
The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
2006-05-21
The gang return for their third adventure, this time on a trip to scatter Grace's mother's ashes on
Cry Freedom
1987-11-06
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against ap
The Darwin Adventure
1972-09-27
The story of Charles Darwin's journey on The Beagle.
All's Well That Ends Well
1968-03-06
An adaptation directed by Claude Whatham for the BBC's Theatre 625 slot. Essentially a recording of
As You Like It
1963-03-21
One of the earliest hits for the newly established RSC, Michael Elliott’s sparkling version of Shake
The Winslow Boy
1989-04-30
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents
3-D Halloween
2000-10-15
Ghost hunters are on the trail of a supernatural phenomenon and legendary figures in Scotland. The f
Star Quality
1985-11-10
Lorraine Barrie, a fading but brilliant actress with a penchant for manipulating every theatrical en
Nero
2004-05-23
As a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile his
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991-02-08
Two minor characters from the play "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unabl
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998-12-26
A modern adaptation of the classic children's story 'Alice through the Looking Glass', which continu
Blunt
1987-01-11
Anthony Blunt is an eminent Cambridge-educated art historian who is also working as a spy for the So
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005-10-29
This is the true story of a little dog that refused to leave his master's graveside in Edinburgh. Th
Churchill and the Generals
1979-09-23
The complicated relationship between Winston Churchill and the leaders of the British army during Wo
Gawain and the Green Knight
1973-06-01
The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.
Sorry...
1978-11-21
Two TV Plays by Vaclav Havel, one called 'Audience', and one called 'Private View'.
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994-06-10
In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella a
The Woman In White
1997-01-01
Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose l
The Devil's Disciple
1987-05-17
Shaw turned to the classic Victorian melodrama to focus on the insincerity of much that his audience
Marat/Sade
1967-02-22
In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the pat
102 Dalmatians
2000-10-07
Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleash
A Cotswold Death
1982-01-12
A village cricket match on the lawn of a great country house - a traditional setting for the perfect
The Fifth Province
1997-12-12
Timmy Sugrue is a persecuted guesthouse keeper and writer who lives with his mad mother in a very ra
The Life of Shakespeare
2002-01-01
Dramatically presented and narrated by the late internationally renowned actor of stage and screen I
Salad Days
1983-01-02
A boy, a girl, a tramp and a piano with the most amazing effect on people, find each other in a park
Savage Play
1995-01-01
During a rugby tour of Britain and Ireland in 1888, a young New Zealander searches for his father wh
Foreign Affairs
1993-03-17
Two couples find love and comfort in London. A reserved, but lonely aging American female college pr
Slimming Down
1984-06-30
Mr. Shrigley, a small businessman dealing in office equipment, believes that the recession happens t
Passing Through
1982-05-07
Is Richard the pub bore, or is he someone very intriguing? Arthur is a man of habit - four pints a n