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Ian Richardson

Ian William Richardson CBE was a Scottish actor who earned international fame as the villainous Francis Urquart in the BBC television trilogy House of Cards. He was also a leading player with the Royal Shakespeare Company for many seasons

English
Filmography

Becoming Jane

2007
as Richter Langlois

102 Dalmatians

2000
as Mr. Torte

From Hell

2001
as Sir Charles Warren

Dark City

1998
as Mr. Book

Brazil

1985
as Mr. Warrenn

House of Cards

1990
as Francis Urquhart

An Ungentlemanly Act

1992
as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt

Dæmos Rising

2004
as Narrator

The Phantom of the Opera

1990
as Cholet

Dirty Weekend

1993
as Nimrod

King of the Wind

1990
as Bey of Tunis

Porterhouse Blue

1987
as Sir Evans

Eyeless in Gaza

as Anthony Beavis

Churchill and the Generals

1981
as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

2005
as Judge

Words Upon the Window Pane

1994
as Dr. Trench

Joyeux Noël

2005
as The Bishop

Gauguin the Savage

1980
as Degas

Monsignor Quixote

1987
as Bishop of Motopo

Catherine the Great

1996
as Vorontzov

All's Well That Ends Well

1968
as Bertram, the Countess's son

The Fourth Protocol

1987
as Sir Nigel Irvine

Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes

2001
as Dr. Joseph Bell

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

2005
as Marcus Foster

Cry Freedom

1987
as State Prosecutor

Whoops Apocalypse

1986
as Rear Admiral Bendish

The Treasure Seekers

1996
as Haig

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1998
as Wasp

Désaccord parfait

2006
as Lord Evelyn Gaylord

M. Butterfly

1993
as Ambassador Toulon

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1968
as Oberon

The Woman in White

1982
as Frederick Fairlie

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

2006
as Marcus

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1979
as Bill Haydon

Star Quality

1985
as Ray Malcolm

Terry Pratchett's Hogfather

2006
as The Voice of Death

Strange

2002
as Canon Adolphus Black

The Plot to Kill Hitler

1990
as Ludwig Beck

Charlie Muffin

1979
as Cuthbertson

Man of La Mancha

1972
as The Padre

The Master of Ballantrae

1984
as Mr. MacKellar

Gormenghast

2000
as Lord Groan

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1983
as Sherlock Holmes

Private Schulz

1981
as Major Neuheim

Marat/Sade

1967
as Jean-Paul Marat

Imperium: Nero

2004
as Septimus

The Sign of Four

1983
as Sherlock Holmes

Mistral's Daughter

1984
as Adrien Avigdor

Burning Secret

1988
as Edmund's Father

B.A.P.S.

1997
as Manley

Year of the Comet

1992
as Sir Mason Harwood

A Change of Place

1994
as Henri Chambertin

The Darwin Adventure

1972

The Gravy Train

1990
as Michael Spearpoint

The Woman In White

1997
as Mr. Fairlie

A Knight in Camelot

1998
as Merlin

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

1991
as Polonius

Incognito

1997
as Turley (prosecutor)

Sorry...

1978
as Michael - 'Private View'

The King and I

1999
as The Kralahome (voice)

The Magician's House

1999

Guest Star

Episode Masterpiece Theater
Bleak House (1) 		2006
Episode Highlander: The Series
Sins of the Father 		1997
Episode Agatha Christie's Marple
The Body in the Library 		2004