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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

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

2006
as Marcus

Désaccord parfait

2006
as Lord Evelyn Gaylord

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

2005
as Judge

Joyeux Noël

2005
as The Bishop

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

2005
as Marcus Foster

Dæmos Rising

2004
as Narrator

Imperium: Nero

2004
as Septimus

From Hell

2001
as Sir Charles Warren

102 Dalmatians

2000
as Mr. Torte

The King and I

1999
as The Kralahome (voice)

A Knight in Camelot

1998
as Merlin

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1998
as Wasp

Dark City

1998
as Mr. Book

The Woman In White

1997
as Mr. Fairlie

B.A.P.S.

1997
as Manley

Incognito

1997
as Turley (prosecutor)

The Treasure Seekers

1996
as Haig

Catherine the Great

1996
as Vorontzov

Words Upon the Window Pane

1994
as Dr. Trench

A Change of Place

1994
as Henri Chambertin

M. Butterfly

1993
as Ambassador Toulon

Dirty Weekend

1993
as Nimrod

Year of the Comet

1992
as Sir Mason Harwood

An Ungentlemanly Act

1992
as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

1991
as Polonius

King of the Wind

1990
as Bey of Tunis

The Plot to Kill Hitler

1990
as Ludwig Beck

Burning Secret

1988
as Edmund's Father

Cry Freedom

1987
as State Prosecutor

The Fourth Protocol

1987
as Sir Nigel Irvine

Monsignor Quixote

1987
as Bishop of Motopo

Whoops Apocalypse

1986
as Rear Admiral Bendish

Star Quality

1985
as Ray Malcolm

Brazil

1985
as Mr. Warrenn

The Master of Ballantrae

1984
as Mr. MacKellar

The Sign of Four

1983
as Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1983
as Sherlock Holmes

Churchill and the Generals

1981
as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery

Gauguin the Savage

1980
as Degas

Charlie Muffin

1979
as Cuthbertson

Sorry...

1978
as Michael - 'Private View'

Man of La Mancha

1972
as The Padre

The Darwin Adventure

1972

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1968
as Oberon

All's Well That Ends Well

1968
as Bertram, the Countess's son

Marat/Sade

1967
as Jean-Paul Marat