Ian Richardson
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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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Hogfather | Death | HIT | |
| 2007 | Becoming Jane | Richter Langlois | HIT | |
| 2006 | Twice Upon a Time | Lord Evelyn Gaylord | FLOP | |
| 2006 | The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering | Marcus | HIT | |
| 2005 | The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt | Marcus Foster | HIT | |
| 2005 | Joyeux Noel | The Bishop | HIT | |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | Judge | FLOP | |
| 2004 | Nero | Septimus | FLOP | |
| 2004 | Dæmos Rising | Narrator | FLOP | |
| 2001 | From Hell | Sir Charles Warren | HIT | |
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Mr. Torte | FLOP | |
| 2000 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Joseph Bell | HIT | |
| 1999 | The King and I | The Kralahome (voice) | FLOP | |
| 1998 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Wasp | FLOP | |
| 1998 | A Knight in Camelot | Merlin | FLOP | |
| 1998 | Dark City | Mr. Book | HIT | |
| 1997 | The Fifth Province | Dr. Drudy | FLOP | |
| 1997 | Incognito | Turley (prosecutor) | FLOP | |
| 1997 | A Royal Scandal | Narrator | HIT | |
| 1997 | B.A.P.S | Manley | FLOP | |
| 1997 | The Woman In White | Mr. Fairlie | HIT | |
| 1996 | The Treasure Seekers | Haig | FLOP | |
| 1996 | Catherine the Great | Vorontzov | FLOP | |
| 1994 | A Change of Place | Henri Chambertin | FLOP | |
| 1993 | Dirty Weekend | Nimrod | FLOP | |
| 1993 | M. Butterfly | Ambassador Toulon | HIT | |
| 1993 | Foreign Affairs | Edwin | HIT | |
| 1992 | An Ungentlemanly Act | His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt | FLOP | |
| 1992 | Year of the Comet | Sir Mason Harwood | FLOP | |
| 1991 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Polonius | HIT | |
| 1990 | King of the Wind | Bey of Tunis | FLOP | |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler | Ludwig Beck | FLOP | |
| 1989 | The Winslow Boy | Sir Robert Morton, KC | FLOP | |
| 1988 | Burning Secret | Edmund's Father | FLOP | |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | State Prosecutor | HIT | |
| 1987 | The Devil's Disciple | General Burgoyne | FLOP | |
| 1987 | The Fourth Protocol | Sir Nigel Irvine | FLOP | |
| 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Rear Admiral Bendish | FLOP | |
| 1985 | Star Quality | Ray Malcolm | FLOP | |
| 1985 | Brazil | Mr. Warrenn | HIT | |
| 1985 | Monsignor Quixote | Bishop of Motopo | HIT | |
| 1984 | The Master of Ballantrae | Mr. MacKellar | FLOP | |
| 1983 | The Sign of Four | Sherlock Holmes | FLOP | |
| 1983 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes | HIT | |
| 1982 | A Cotswold Death | Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith | HIT | |
| 1979 | Charlie Muffin | Cuthbertson | FLOP | |
| 1979 | Ike | FM Sir Bernard Montgomery | FLOP | |
| 1972 | Man of La Mancha | The Padre | HIT | |
| 1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon | FLOP | |
| 1967 | Marat/Sade | Jean-Paul Marat | FLOP |