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

• 2022Memorial Memorial — Francis Urquhart (voice)
• 2007Becoming Jane — Richter Langlois
• 2007Hogfather — Death
• Hogfather — Death
• 2006The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering — Marcus
• 2006Twice Upon a Time — Lord Evelyn Gaylord
• Bleak House — Chancellor
• 2005Joyeux Noel — The Bishop
• 2005The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby — Judge
• 2005The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt — Marcus Foster
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Conway Jefferson
• 2004Dæmos Rising — Narrator
• Imperium: Nero — Settimio
• 2004Nero — Septimus
• Strange — Canon Adolphus Black
• 2001From Hell — Sir Charles Warren
• Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes — Dr. Joseph Bell
• 2001Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem — Dr. Joseph Bell
• 2000102 Dalmatians — Mr. Torte
• 20003-D Halloween — Narrator
• Gormenghast — Lord Groan
• 2000Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes — Dr. Joseph Bell
• 1999The King and I — The Kralahome (voice)
• The Magician's House — Stephen Tyler
• 1998A Knight in Camelot — Merlin
• 1998Alice Through the Looking Glass — Wasp
• 1998Dark City — Mr. Book
• 1997A Royal Scandal — Narrator
• 1997B.A.P.S — Manley
• 1997Incognito — Turley (prosecutor)
• 1997The Canterville Ghost — Simon de Canterville
• 1997The Fifth Province — Dr. Drudy
• 1997The Woman In White — Mr. Fairlie
• The Woman In White — Mr. Fairlie
• 1996Catherine the Great — Vorontzov
• 1996The Treasure Seekers — Haig
• 1995Savage Play — Count
• The Final Cut — Francis Urquhart
• 1994A Change of Place — Henri Chambertin
• 1994Words Upon the Window Pane — Dr. Trench
• 1993Dirty Weekend — Nimrod
• 1993Foreign Affairs — Edwin
• 1993M. Butterfly — Ambassador Toulon
• 1993Remember — Philip Rawlings
• To Play the King — Francis Urquhart
• 1992An Ungentlemanly Act — His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
• Highlander: The Series — Max Leiner
• 1992Year of the Comet — Sir Mason Harwood
• 1991Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead — Polonius
• The Gravy Train Goes East — Michael Spearpoint
• Chillers — Lee Mandeville
• House of Cards — Francis Urquhart
• 1990King of the Wind — Bey of Tunis
• The Gravy Train — Michael Spearpoint
• The Phantom of the Opera — Alain Choleti
• 1990The Plot to Kill Hitler — Ludwig Beck
• 1989The Winslow Boy — Sir Robert Morton, KC
• Twist of Fate — SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg
• 1988Burning Secret — Edmund's Father
• Troubles — Edward Spencer
• 1987Blunt — Anthony Blunt
• 1987Cry Freedom — State Prosecutor
• Porterhouse Blue — Sir Godber Evans
• 1987The Devil's Disciple — General Burgoyne
• 1987The Fourth Protocol — Sir Nigel Irvine
• Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy — Nehru
• 1986Whoops Apocalypse — Rear Admiral Bendish
• 1985Brazil — Mr. Warrenn
• 1985Monsignor Quixote — Bishop of Motopo
• Screen Two — Anthony Blunt
• 1985Star Quality — Ray Malcolm
• Theatre Night — General Burgoyne
• Mistral's Daughter — Adrien Avigdor
• 1984Slimming Down — Mr. Shrigley
• 1984The Master of Ballantrae — Mr. MacKellar
• Brass — Marshall Snelgrove, QC
• Number 10 — James Ramsay MacDonald
• 1983Salad Days — Uncle Zed
• 1983The Hound of the Baskervilles — Sherlock Holmes
• 1983The Sign of Four — Sherlock Holmes
• 1982A Cotswold Death — Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
• 1982Passing Through — Richard
• The Woman in White — Frederick Fairlie
• Private Schulz — Major Neuheim, Gerald Melfort, Stanley Kemp
• 1980Gauguin the Savage — Degas
• 1979Charlie Muffin — Cuthbertson
• 1979Churchill and the Generals — Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
• 1979Ike — FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
• Ike — FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy — Bill Haydon
• 1978Danton's Death — Robespierre
• 1978Sorry... — Michael - 'Private View'
• Playhouse — Richard
• 1973Gawain and the Green Knight — Narrator (voice)
• 1972Man of La Mancha — The Padre
• 1972The Darwin Adventure — Capt. Fitzroy
• Eyeless in Gaza — Anthony Beavis
• Great Performances — Bishop of Motopo
• Play for Today — Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
• Civilisation — Hamlet
• Plays of Today — The Son
• 1968A Midsummer Night's Dream — Oberon
• 1968All's Well That Ends Well — Bertram
• 1967The 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
• NET Playhouse — Antipholus of Ephesus
• BBC Play of the Month — Maximilien Robespierre
• Theatre 625
• 1963As You Like It — Le Beau
• Festival — Antipholus of Ephesus
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Mr. MacKellar

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2002Brook by Brook — Self
• 2002The Life of Shakespeare — self
• 2000One Foot in Arthur's Seat — Self
• Six Centuries of Verse — Self - Reader
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self