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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

House of Cards

1990
as Francis Urquhart

Porterhouse Blue

1987
as Sir Evans

Eyeless in Gaza

as Anthony Beavis

The Woman in White

1982
as Frederick Fairlie

Terry Pratchett's Hogfather

2006
as The Voice of Death

Strange

2002
as Canon Adolphus Black

Gormenghast

2000
as Lord Groan

Private Schulz

1981
as Major Neuheim

Mistral's Daughter

1984
as Adrien Avigdor

The Gravy Train

1990
as Michael Spearpoint

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