Ian Richardson
Ian William Richardson CBE was a Scottish actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Conservative politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards (1990–1995) television trilogy, as well as the pivotal spy Bill Haydon in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979). His other notable screen work included a portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in two films, as well as significant roles in Brazil, M. Butterfly, and Dark City.
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🎬 Movies
THE BEAN
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2025
Hogfather
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2007
Becoming Jane
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2007
Twice Upon a Time
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2006
Joyeux Noel
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2005
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
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2005
Nero
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2004
The Life of Shakespeare
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2002
From Hell
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2001
102 Dalmatians
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2000
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
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2000
The King and I
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1999
A Knight in Camelot
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1998
Dark City
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1998
Incognito
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1997
B.A.P.S
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1997
The Woman In White
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1997
Catherine the Great
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1996
Dirty Weekend
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1993
Remember
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1993
M. Butterfly
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1993
Foreign Affairs
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1993
An Ungentlemanly Act
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1992
Year of the Comet
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1992
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
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1991
King of the Wind
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1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler
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1990
The Winslow Boy
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1989
Cry Freedom
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1987
The Fourth Protocol
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1987
Brazil
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1985
Monsignor Quixote
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1985
Slimming Down
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1984
The Master of Ballantrae
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1984
The Sign of Four
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1983
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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1983
A Cotswold Death
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1982
Churchill and the Generals
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1979
Ike
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1979
Man of La Mancha
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1972
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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1968
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
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1967
As You Like It
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1963
📺 TV Shows
Terry Pratchett's Hogfather
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2006
Strange
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2003
Gormenghast
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2000
Murder Rooms
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2000
House of Cards
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1990
The Phantom of the Opera
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1990
Porterhouse Blue
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1987
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
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1986
The Woman in White
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1982
Private Schulz
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1981
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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1979
Ike
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1979
