Ian Richardson

Born: 1934-04-07, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Died: 2007-02-09

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.

Filmography

• Great Performances (1971)
• Highlander: The Series (1992)
• Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
• Screen Two (1985)
• Playhouse (1974)
• Theatre 625 (1964)
• Gormenghast (2000)
• Dark City (1998)
• Bleak House (2005)
• Brazil (1985)
• 102 Dalmatians (2000)
• Chillers (1990)
• From Hell (2001)
• Becoming Jane (2007)
• Ike (1979)
• The Fourth Protocol (1987)
• Joyeux Noël (2005)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
• Cry Freedom (1987)
• Number 10 (1983)
• Hogfather (2007)
• Monsignor Quixote (1985)
• Burning Secret (1988)
• B.A.P.S (1997)
• The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
• The Gravy Train Goes East (1991)
• 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 (1967)
• Eyeless in Gaza (1971)
• A Knight in Camelot (1998)
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)