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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.
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The roles that explain the career.
59 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Hogfather | Death | Film |
| 2007 | Becoming Jane | Richter Langlois | Film |
| 2006 | Hogfather | Death | TV |
| 2006 | Twice Upon a Time | Lord Evelyn Gaylord | Film |
| 2005 | Joyeux Noel | The Bishop | Film |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | Judge | Film |
| 2005 | The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt | Marcus Foster | Film |
| 2004 | Imperium: Nero | Settimio | TV |
| 2004 | Nero | Septimus | Film |
| 2003 | Strange | Canon Adolphus Black | TV |
| 2002 | The Life of Shakespeare | self | Film |
| 2001 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Joseph Bell | TV |
| 2001 | From Hell | Sir Charles Warren | Film |
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Mr. Torte | Film |
| 2000 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Joseph Bell | Film |
| 2000 | One Foot in Arthur's Seat | Self | Film |
| 1999 | The Magician's House | Stephen Tyler | TV |
| 1999 | The King and I | The Kralahome (voice) | Film |
| 1998 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Wasp | Film |
| 1998 | A Knight in Camelot | Merlin | Film |
| 1998 | Dark City | Mr. Book | Film |
| 1997 | Incognito | Turley (prosecutor) | Film |
| 1997 | B.A.P.S | Manley | Film |
| 1997 | The Woman In White | Mr. Fairlie | Film |
| 1996 | Catherine the Great | Vorontzov | Film |
| 1996 | The Treasure Seekers | Haig | Film |
| 1995 | The Final Cut | Francis Urquhart | Film |
| 1994 | A Change of Place | Henri Chambertin | Film |
| 1993 | Dirty Weekend | Nimrod | Film |
| 1993 | To Play the King | Francis Urquhart | TV |
| 1993 | M. Butterfly | Ambassador Toulon | Film |
| 1993 | Foreign Affairs | Edwin | Film |
| 1992 | An Ungentlemanly Act | His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt | Film |
| 1992 | Year of the Comet | Sir Mason Harwood | Film |
| 1990 | King of the Wind | Bey of Tunis | Film |
| 1990 | House of Cards | Francis Urquhart | TV |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler | Ludwig Beck | Film |
| 1990 | The Phantom of the Opera | Alain Choleti | TV |
| 1988 | Burning Secret | Edmund's Father | Film |
| 1987 | The Devil's Disciple | General Burgoyne | Film |
| 1987 | The Fourth Protocol | Sir Nigel Irvine | Film |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | State Prosecutor | Film |
| 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Rear Admiral Bendish | Film |
| 1985 | Star Quality | Ray Malcolm | Film |
| 1985 | Brazil | Mr. Warrenn | Film |
| 1985 | Monsignor Quixote | Bishop of Motopo | Film |
| 1984 | The Master of Ballantrae | Mr. MacKellar | Film |
| 1984 | Slimming Down | Mr. Shrigley | Film |
| 1983 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes | Film |
| 1983 | The Sign of Four | Sherlock Holmes | Film |
| 1982 | A Cotswold Death | Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith | Film |
| 1982 | The Woman in White | Frederick Fairlie | TV |
| 1979 | Charlie Muffin | Cuthbertson | Film |
| 1979 | Ike | FM Sir Bernard Montgomery | Film |
| 1972 | Man of La Mancha | The Padre | Film |
| 1971 | Eyeless in Gaza | Anthony Beavis | TV |
| 1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon | Film |
| 1967 | 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 | Jean-Paul Marat | Film |
| 1963 | As You Like It | Le Beau | Film |
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