Ian Richardson
Acting
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.
Born: April 7, 1934
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Known For
Troubles
In 1919, Major Brendan Archer arrives in Ireland to reunite with his fiancée, Angela Spencer. Unfortunately, the family home, The Majestic Hotel, is a decaying shadow of its former self, as is Angela. Puzzled by the changes, Archer's attentions are soon drawn to her lively friend, Sarah Devlin, a passionate Irish Nationalist. They fall in love, but the Major soon discovers some disturbing aspects about their relationship, which threatens to explode into violence, destruction, and murder.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Monsignor Quixote
Sir Alec Guiness stars with Leo McKern in the story of a friendship between a Catholic priest and a Communist Mayor. Together they travel from their remote village to Madrid and back exploring their friendship, the demands of belief and constancy of faith. This lavish production filmed entirely on location captures the wit, warmth, and vitality that make the original novel by Graham Greene a unique work of literature.
Civilisation
Sir Kenneth Clark guides us through the ages exploring the glorious rise of civilisation in western man. Beginning with the bleakness of the dark ages to the present day, we consider civilisation's articulations and expressions in some of man's finest works of art.
Bleak House
The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.
House of Cards
Frustrated at a new moderate Conservative government and deprived of a promotion to a senior position, chief whip Francis Urquhart prepares a meticulous plot to bring down the Prime Minister then to take his place.
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle reveals the story behind Sherlock Holmes and his mysteries by telling about Dr. Joseph Bell, from whom he drew his inspiration, after meeting him as a medical student in Edinburgh. This TV movie served as the pilot for the later released minisseries Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes produced by the BBC. The series then picks up with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's time as a general practitioner in Southsea, solving mysteries with the help of his mentor, Dr Joseph Bell, who is still based in Edinburgh.
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. In this episode the same characters go on a treasure hunt, and end up with their car being washed out to sea on a beach. Marcus (a businessman who deals with Dave's company) first appears in this episode.
The Gravy Train
A four-part comedy about bureaucratic bribery and corruption in the European Union.
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
If Arthur Conan Doyle based Sherlock Holmes on a real person to any degree, it was on his former professor, forensic pathologist Dr. Joseph Bell. This series recounts the fictional murder investigations that Bell might have undertaken with the assistance of young student Doyle.
Filmography
as Death
as Richter Langlois
as Death
as Lord Evelyn Gaylord
as Marcus
as Marcus Foster
as The Bishop
as Chancellor
as Conway Jefferson
as Settimio
as Septimus
as Narrator
as Canon Adolphus Black
as Dr. Joseph Bell
as Sir Charles Warren
as Narrator
as Mr. Torte
as Lord Groan
as Dr. Joseph Bell
as Stephen Tyler
as The Kralahome (voice)
as Merlin
as Mr. Book
as Dr. Drudy
as Turley (prosecutor)
as Simon de Canterville
as Narrator
as Manley
as Mr. Fairlie
as Haig
as Vorontzov
as Francis Urquhart
as Count
as Henri Chambertin
as Dr. Trench
as Francis Urquhart
as Nimrod
as Philip Rawlings
as Ambassador Toulon
as Edwin
as Max Leiner
as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt
as Sir Mason Harwood
as Michael Spearpoint
as Polonius
as Francis Urquhart
as Michael Spearpoint
as Bey of Tunis
as Cholet
as Ludwig Beck
as Lee Mandeville
as SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg
as Edmund's Father
as Edward Spencer
as State Prosecutor
as Sir Godber Evans
as General Burgoyne
as Sir Nigel Irvine
as Anthony Blunt
as Rear Admiral Bendish
as Ray Malcolm
as Mr. Warrenn
as Bishop of Motopo
as Adrien Avigdor
as Mr. Shrigley
as Self - Reader
as Mr. MacKellar
as Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
as Marshall Snelgrove, QC
as James Ramsay MacDonald
as Uncle Zed
as Richard
as Frederick Fairlie
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
as Major Neuheim
as Gerald Melfort
as Stanley Kemp
as Degas
as Cuthbertson
as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
as Bill Haydon
as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery
as Michael - 'Private View'
as Robespierre
as Richard
as Narrator (voice)
as The Padre
as Capt. Fitzroy
as Bishop of Motopo
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
as Hamlet
as Oberon
as Jean-Paul Marat
as Maximilien Robespierre
as Self
as Mr. MacKellar