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Occupation
  
Actor

Name
  
Ian Richardson


Role
  
Actor

Children
  
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Full Name
  
Ian William Richardson

Born
  
7 April 1934 (
1934-04-07
)
Edinburgh, Scotland

Education
  
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

Spouse
  
Maroussia Frank (m. 1961–2007)

Books
  
Bilderberg People: Elite Power and Consensus in World Affairs, KS3 Science

Movies and TV shows
  
House of Cards, To Play the king, The Final Cut, Dark City, From Hell


Died
  
9 February 2007 (aged 72) London, England

Similar
  
Miles Richardson, Diane Fletcher, Susannah Harker

Ian richardson interview with andrew marr 2006


Ian William Richardson, CBE (7 April 1934 – 9 February 2007) was a Scottish actor of film, stage and television.

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He portrayed the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards (1990–1995) television trilogy. Richardson was also a leading Shakespearean stage actor. Richardson also appeared in adverts for Grey Poupon Dijon mustard in the United States.

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Early life

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Richardson was born in Edinburgh, the son of Margaret (née Drummond) and John Richardson. He was educated in the city, at Balgreen Primary School, Tynecastle High School and George Heriot's School. He first appeared on stage at the age of fourteen, in an amateur production of A Tale of Two Cities. The director encouraged his talent but warned that he would need to lose his Scottish accent to progress as an actor. His mother arranged elocution lessons, and he became a stage manager with the semi-professional Edinburgh People's Theatre.

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After National Service in the Army (part of which he spent as an announcer and drama director with the British Forces Broadcasting Service) he obtained a place at the College of Dramatic Arts in Glasgow. After a period at the Old Rep (also known as the Birmingham Repertory Theatre), he appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), of which he was a founding member, from 1960 to 1975.

Stage work

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Although he later gained his highest profile in film and television work such as House of Cards (1990), Ian Richardson was primarily a classical stage actor. His first engagement after training was with Birmingham Repertory Theatre, where his performance of Hamlet led to an offer of a place with the RSC. He was a versatile member of the company for more than 15 years, playing villainy, comedy and tragedy to equal effect. He was The Herald in Peter Brook's production of Marat/Sade in London in 1964; in the New York City transfer he took the lead role of Jean-Paul Marat (and so became the first actor to appear nude on the Broadway stage), a performance he repeated for the 1967 film Marat/Sade.

In 1972, he appeared in the musical Trelawney, with which the Bristol Old Vic reopened after its refurbishment. It proved a great success, transferring to London, first to the Sadler's Wells Theatre and later to the Savoy Theatre. Richardson played the hero, Tom Wrench, a small-part player who wants to write about "real people". He had a song, "Walking On", lamenting his lack of scope in the company, in which he explains that as a "walking gentleman" he will be forever "walking on", whilst Rose Trelawney will go on to be a star.

While at the RSC, Richardson played leading roles in many productions for director John Barton. These included the title role in Coriolanus (1967), Cassius in Julius Caesar (1968), Angelo in Measure for Measure (1970) and Iachimo in Cymbeline. Work for other directors at Stratford included the title role in Pericles (1969), directed by Terry Hands; the title role in Richard III (1975), directed by Barry Kyle; and Berowne in David Jones' production of Love's Labour's Lost (1973). Richardson cited the role of Berowne as one of his all-time favorite parts. Richardson's Richard II (alternating the parts of the king and Bolingbroke with Richard Pasco) in 1974, and repeated in New York and London in the following year, was hugely celebrated:

A significant Shakespearean cameo role was a brief performance as Hamlet in the gravedigger scene as part of episode six, "Protest and Communication", of Kenneth Clark's Civilisation television series in 1969. This was performed at Kirby Hall in Northamptonshire with Patrick Stewart as Horatio and Ronald Lacey as the gravedigger.

On leaving the RSC, he played Professor Henry Higgins in the 20th anniversary Broadway revival of My Fair Lady (1976) and received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He also appeared on Broadway as onstage narrator in the original production of Edward Albee's play Lolita (1981), an adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's book that was not critically well received.

In 2002, Richardson joined Sir Derek Jacobi, Sir Donald Sinden and Dame Diana Rigg in an international tour of The Hollow Crown. A Canadian tour substituted Alan Howard for Jacobi and Vanessa Redgrave for Rigg. He also appeared in The Creeper by Pauline Macaulay at the Playhouse Theatre in London, and on tour. His last stage appearance was in 2006 as Sir Epicure Mammon in The Alchemist at the National Theatre in London.

Early career

In 1963, he played Le Beau in Michael Elliott's television production of As You Like It, playing alongside Vanessa Redgrave. In 1964, he played Antipholus of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors as part of the Festival television series. In 1966, he played Jean-Paul Marat in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Peter Weiss' Marat/Sade, directed by Peter Brook. In 1967, he played The Constable in A Man Takes a Drink as part of a television series entitled The Revenue Men. He played Bertram in John Barton's television version of All's Well That Ends Well in 1968, as well as playing Oberon in the Peter Hall film of A Midsummer Night's Dream. He took part in the television production of John Mortimer's A Voyage Round My Father in Plays of Today in 1969 as well as appeared in the television adaptation of The Canterbury Tales (1969).

He played one musical role on film – the Priest in Man of La Mancha, the 1972 screen version of the Broadway musical. Also in 1972, he played Anthony Beavis in the television series Eyeless in Gaza. In 1974, he played King Richard II/Bolingbroke in Richard II part of the Camera Three television series. In 1978, he played Robespierre in the BBC's Play of the Month production of Danton's Death. In 1979, he played Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery in the TV miniseries Ike

His first major role was his appearance as Bill Haydon ("Tailor") in the BBC adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979). He played the part of Bernard Montgomery in Churchill and the Generals in 1979, a BBC television videotaped play concerning the relationship between Winston Churchill and generals of the Allied forces between 1940 and 1945.

In the 1980s, he became well known as Major Neuheim in the award-winning Private Schulz and as Sir Godber Evans in Channel 4's adaptation of Porterhouse Blue. Richardson also performed the role of Sherlock Holmes for two of six planned BBC television movies, The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles, in 1983, which were both critically acclaimed. He appeared in Brazil (1985) and played Jawaharlal Nehru in the television serial, Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (1986). He portrayed Anthony Blunt, the Soviet spy and Surveyor of The King's Pictures in the BBC film Blunt: the Fourth Man (1986) opposite Anthony Hopkins as Guy Burgess. In 1988, he played Edward Spencer, the eccentric and oblivious English landowner in 1920s' Ireland in Troubles, from J. G. Farrell's award-winning novel. In 1987, he played a variation on this role, when he portrayed the Bishop of Motopo in the non-musical television film Monsignor Quixote, based on Graham Greene's modernized take on Don Quixote. He played Sir Nigel Irvine in John Mackenzie's adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's novel The Fourth Protocol (1987).

Later career

Richardson's most acclaimed television role was as Machiavellian politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC adaptation of Michael Dobbs's House of Cards trilogy. He won the BAFTA Best Television Actor Award for his portrayal in the first series, House of Cards (1990), and was nominated for both of the sequels To Play the King (1993) and The Final Cut (1995).

In 1990, he also starred in a TV production of The Winslow Boy with Emma Thompson and Gordon Jackson. He received another BAFTA film nomination for his role as Falkland Islands governor Sir Rex Hunt in the film An Ungentlemanly Act (1992), and played corrupt politician Michael Spearpoint, British Director of the European Economic Community, in the satirical series The Gravy Train and The Gravy Train Goes East. He narrated the BBC docudrama A Royal Scandal (1996).

Other roles in this period include Polonius in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), wine dealer Sir Mason Harwood in The Year of the Comet (1992), the French ambassador in M. Butterfly (1993), Martin Landau's butler in B*A*P*S (1997), a malevolent alien in Dark City (1998), The Kralahome in The King and I (1999), Cruella de Vil's solicitor, Mr. Torte, in the live-action film 102 Dalmatians (2000), and a corrupt aristocrat in From Hell (2001).

In 1999, Richardson became known to a young audience as the main character Stephen Tyler in both series of the family drama The Magician's House (1999–2000). Following this he played Lord Groan in the major BBC production Gormenghast (2000), and later that year he starred in the BBC production Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000–2001) (screened in PBS's Mystery! series in the US), playing Arthur Conan Doyle's mentor, Dr. Joseph Bell, a role he welcomed as an opportunity to play a character from his native Edinburgh. He had earlier played Sherlock Holmes in television versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) and The Sign of Four (1983). He once more returned to fantasy in the recurring role of the villainous Canon Black in the short-lived BBC cult series Strange (2003).

In 2005, he took on the role of a curiously detached Chancellor in the television drama Bleak House. He also played the Judge in the family-based film, The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005). Additionally in that year, he appeared in ITV's main Christmas drama The Booze Cruise 2, playing Marcus Foster, a slimy upper class businessman forced to spend time with "the lower classes". He returned to this role for a sequel the following Easter.

In June 2006, he was made an honorary Doctor of the University of Stirling. The honour was conferred on him by the university's chancellor, fellow actor Dame Diana Rigg.

In December 2006, Richardson starred in Sky One's two-part adaptation of the Terry Pratchett novel Hogfather (1997). He voiced the main character of the novel, Death, who steps in to take over the role of the Father Christmas-like Hogfather. The DVD of that miniseries, released shortly after his death, opens with a dedication to his memory.

His final film appearance was as Judge Langlois in Becoming Jane (2007), released shortly after his death.

During the last 15 years of his life he appeared five times on television acting opposite his son Miles Richardson, though this was usually with one or the other in a minor role.

Death

Richardson died in his sleep of a heart attack on the morning of 9 February 2007, aged 72. According to his agent, he had not been ill and had been due to start filming an episode of Midsomer Murders the following week, playing Victor Godbold, Lord Holme in the episode "Death in a Chocolate Box"; Edward Petherbridge took over the role. Richardson was survived by his wife, Maroussia Frank, an actress, and two sons. One son, Miles, is an actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Richardson's widow and his son Miles placed his ashes in the foundations of the auditorium of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, during its renovations in 2008.

Dame Helen Mirren dedicated her 2006 Best Actress BAFTA award for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in the film The Queen to Ian Richardson. In her acceptance speech she said that, without his support early in her career, she might not have been so successful, before breaking down and leaving the stage. Other tributes and reminiscences by Richardson's colleagues are offered in a memoir by Sharon Mail, We Could Possibly Comment: Ian Richardson Remembered (2009).

Awards and honours

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) among the 1989 New Year Honours.

Filmography

Actor
2011
Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes - Dr. Bell & Mr. Doyle
2007
Becoming Jane as
Judge Langlois
2006
Hogfather (TV Movie) as
Death / Narrator (voice)
2006
Twice Upon a Time as
Lord Evelyn Gaylord
2006
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering (TV Movie) as
Marcus
2005
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (TV Movie) as
Marcus Foster
2005
Bleak House (TV Mini Series) as
Chancellor
- Episode #1.15 (2005) - Chancellor
- Episode #1.9 (2005) - Chancellor
- Episode #1.5 (2005) - Chancellor
- Episode #1.3 (2005) - Chancellor
- Episode #1.1 (2005) - Chancellor
2005
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby as
Judge
2005
Joyeux Noel as
L'évêque anglais
2004
Marple (TV Series) as
Conway Jefferson
- The Body in the Library (2004) - Conway Jefferson
2004
Nero (TV Movie) as
Septimus
2004
Dæmos Rising (Video) as
Narrator
2002
Strange (TV Mini Series) as
Canon Adolphus Black
- Asmoth (2003) - Canon Adolphus Black
- Dubik (2003) - Canon Adolphus Black
- Incubus (2003) - Canon Adolphus Black
- Costa Burra (2003) - Canon Adolphus Black
- Kaa-Jinn (2003) - Canon Adolphus Black
- Zoxim (2003) - Canon Adolphus Black
- Pilot (2002) - Canon Adolphus Black
2002
JLB: The Man Who Saw the Future (TV Movie) as
Narrator
2000
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (TV Mini Series) as
Dr. Joseph Bell
- The White Knight Stratagem (2001) - Dr. Joseph Bell
- The Kingdom of Bones (2001) - Dr. Joseph Bell
- The Photographer's Chair (2001) - Dr. Joseph Bell
- The Patient's Eyes (2001) - Dr. Joseph Bell
- The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes: Part 1 (2000) - Dr. Joseph Bell
2001
From Hell as
Sir Charles Warren
2000
The Magician's House II (TV Series) as
Stephen Tyler / The Magician
- Episode #1.6 (2000) - Stephen Tyler / The Magician
- Episode #1.4 (2000) - Stephen Tyler / The Magician
- Episode #1.1 (2000) - Stephen Tyler / The Magician
- Episode #1.5 (2000) - Stephen Tyler / The Magician
- Episode #1.3 (2000) - Stephen Tyler / The Magician
- Episode #1.2 (2000) - Stephen Tyler / The Magician
2000
102 Dalmatians as
Mr. Torte
2000
Gormenghast (TV Mini Series) as
Lord Groan
- Episode #1.2 (2000) - Lord Groan
- Episode #1.1 (2000) - Lord Groan
1999
The Magician's House (TV Series) as
Stephen Tyler / The Magician
- Episode #1.1 (1999) - Stephen Tyler
- Episode #1.6 - Stephen Tyler / The Magician
- Episode #1.5 - Stephen Tyler / The Magician
- Episode #1.4 - Stephen Tyler / The Magician
- Episode #1.3 - Stephen Tyler / The Magician
- Episode #1.2 - Stephen Tyler / The Magician
1999
The King and I as
The Kralahome (voice)
1998
Alice Through the Looking Glass (TV Movie) as
Wasp
1998
The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) as
Merlin
- A Knight in Camelot (1998) - Merlin
1998
Dark City as
Mr Book
1997
The Woman in White (TV Movie) as
Mr. Fairlie
1997
The Canterville Ghost (TV Movie) as
Simon de Canterville
1997
Incognito as
Turley (Prosecutor)
1997
Highlander (TV Series) as
Max Leiner
- Sins of the Father (1997) - Max Leiner
1997
The Fifth Province as
Dr. Drudy
1997
A Royal Scandal (TV Movie) as
Narrator
1997
B*A*P*S as
Manley
1996
The Treasure Seekers (TV Movie) as
Haig
1996
The Great War: 1914-1918 (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle / David Lloyd George / General Sir Ian Hamilton / ...
- War Without End (1996) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (voice)
- Hatred and Hunger (1996) - David Lloyd George (voice)
- Total War (1996) - General Sir Ian Hamilton (voice)
- Stalemate (1996) - Colonel Alfred Knox (voice)
1995
Savage Play as
Count
1995
The Final Cut (TV Mini Series) as
Francis Urquhart
- Episode #1.4 (1995) - Francis Urquhart
- Episode #1.3 (1995) - Francis Urquhart
- Episode #1.2 (1995) - Francis Urquhart
- Episode #1.1 (1995) - Francis Urquhart
1995
Catherine the Great (TV Movie) as
Vorontzov
1994
A Change of Place (TV Movie) as
Henri Chambertin
1994
Words Upon the Window Pane as
Dr. Trench
1993
To Play the King (TV Mini Series) as
Francis Urquhart
- Chapter Eight (1993) - Francis Urquhart
- Chapter Seven (1993) - Francis Urquhart
- Chapter Six (1993) - Francis Urquhart
- Chapter Five (1993) - Francis Urquhart
1993
Dirty Weekend as
Nimrod
1993
Remember (TV Movie) as
Philip Rawlings
1993
M. Butterfly as
Ambassador Toulon
1993
Foreign Affairs (TV Movie) as
Edwin
1992
An Ungentlemanly Act (TV Movie) as
Governor Rex Hunt
1992
Year of the Comet as
Sir Mason Harwood
1991
The Gravy Train Goes East (TV Mini Series) as
Michael Spearpoint
- Episode #1.4 (1991) - Michael Spearpoint
- Episode #1.3 (1991) - Michael Spearpoint
- Episode #1.2 (1991) - Michael Spearpoint
- Episode #1.1 (1991) - Michael Spearpoint
1990
House of Cards (TV Mini Series) as
Francis Urquhart
- Chapter Four (1990) - Francis Urquhart
- Chapter Three (1990) - Francis Urquhart
- Chapter Two (1990) - Francis Urquhart
- Chapter One (1990) - Francis Urquhart
1990
Chillers (TV Series) as
Lee Mandeville
- Under a Dark Angel's Eye (1990) - Lee Mandeville
1990
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead as
Polonius
1990
The Gravy Train (TV Mini Series) as
Spearpoint
- Episode #1.4 (1990) - Spearpoint
- Episode #1.3 (1990) - Spearpoint
- Episode #1.2 (1990) - Spearpoint
- Episode #1.1 (1990) - Spearpoint
1990
King of the Wind as
Bey of Tunis
1990
The Phantom of the Opera (TV Mini Series) as
Alain Choleti
- Episode #1.2 (1990) - Alain Choleti
- Episode #1.1 (1990) - Alain Choleti
1990
The Plot to Kill Hitler (TV Movie) as
Gen. Beck
1987
Theatre Night (TV Series) as
Sir Robert Morton, KC / General Burgoyne
- The Winslow Boy (1989) - Sir Robert Morton, KC
- The Devil's Disciple (1987) - General Burgoyne
1989
Twist of Fate (TV Mini Series) as
SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Doctor Schlossberg
- Part II (1989) - SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Doctor Schlossberg
- Part I (1989) - SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Doctor Schlossberg
1988
Burning Secret as
Edmund's father
1988
Troubles (TV Mini Series) as
Edward Spencer
- Episode #1.2 (1988) - Edward Spencer
- Episode #1.1 (1988) - Edward Spencer
1987
Cry Freedom as
State Prosecutor
1987
Porterhouse Blue (TV Mini Series) as
Sir Godber Evans
- Episode #1.4 (1987) - Sir Godber Evans
- Episode #1.3 (1987) - Sir Godber Evans
- Episode #1.2 (1987) - Sir Godber Evans
- Episode #1.1 (1987) - Sir Godber Evans
1987
The Fourth Protocol as
Sir Nigel Irvine
1987
Screen Two (TV Series) as
Anthony Blunt
- Blunt (1987) - Anthony Blunt
1986
Great Performances (TV Series) as
Bishop of Motopo
- Monsignor Quixote (1986) - Bishop of Motopo
1986
Whoops Apocalypse as
RAdm. Bendish
1986
Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy (TV Mini Series) as
Nehru
- Episode #1.6 (1986) - Nehru
- Episode #1.5 (1986) - Nehru
- Episode #1.4 (1986) - Nehru
- Episode #1.3 (1986) - Nehru
- Episode #1.2 (1986) - Nehru
- Episode #1.1 (1986) - Nehru
1985
Mozart - His Life with Music (TV Series) as
Mozart's father
- Requiem (1985) - Mozart's father
- The Theatre (1985) - Mozart's father
- The Successful Years (1985) - Mozart's father
- Love and Marriage (1985) - Mozart's father
- No Vacancies (1985) - Mozart's father
- The Child Prodigy (1985) - Mozart's father
1985
Star Quality (TV Movie) as
Ray Malcolm
1985
Brazil as
Mr. Warrenn
1984
Six Centuries of Verse (TV Series) as
Reader / Performer
- Young Romantics 1800-1824 (1984)
- Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745 (1984) - Reader
- Medieval to Elizabethan 1400-1600 (1984) - Reader
- Chaucer 1340-1400 (1984) - Performer
1984
Mistral's Daughter (TV Mini Series) as
Adrien Avigdor
- Episode #1.7 (1984) - Adrien Avigdor
- Episode #1.3 (1984) - Adrien Avigdor
- Episode #1.2 (1984) - Adrien Avigdor
- Episode #1.1 (1984) - Adrien Avigdor
1984
Brass (TV Series) as
Marshall Snelgrove QC
- Episode #2.11 (1984) - Marshall Snelgrove QC
- Episode #2.10 (1984) - Marshall Snelgrove QC
1984
The Master of Ballantrae (TV Movie) as
Mr. MacKellar
1983
The Sign of Four (TV Movie) as
Sherlock Holmes
1983
The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV Movie) as
Sherlock Holmes
1983
Kisch Kisch (TV Movie) as
David
1983
Number 10 (TV Mini Series) as
James Ramsay MacDonald
- Underdog (1983) - James Ramsay MacDonald
1983
Salad Days (TV Movie) as
Uncle Zed
1982
Beauty and the Beast (TV Movie) as
Father
1982
Russian Night... 1941 (TV Movie) as
Tveritinov
1982
The Woman in White (TV Mini Series) as
Frederick Fairlie
- Episode #1.5 (1982) - Frederick Fairlie
- Episode #1.4 (1982) - Frederick Fairlie
- Episode #1.3 (1982) - Frederick Fairlie
- Episode #1.2 (1982) - Frederick Fairlie
- Episode #1.1 (1982) - Frederick Fairlie
1982
BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series) as
Richard
- Passing Through (1982) - Richard
1978
Play for Today (TV Series) as
Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith / Michael - 'Private View'
- A Cotswold Death (1982) - Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
- Sorry- (1978) - Michael - 'Private View'
1981
Grey Poupon: Pardon Me (Video short)
1981
Private Schulz (TV Series) as
Major Neuheim / Stanley Kemp / Gerald Melfort
- Episode #1.6 (1981) - Stanley Kemp
- Episode #1.5 (1981) - Major Neuheim
- Episode #1.4 (1981) - Major Neuheim
- Episode #1.3 (1981) - Gerald Melfort
- Episode #1.2 (1981) - Major Neuheim
- Episode #1.1 (1981) - Major Neuheim
1980
Gauguin the Savage (TV Movie) as
Degas
1979
A Deadly Game (TV Movie) as
Cuthbertson
1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV Mini Series) as
Bill Haydon
- Flushing Out the Mole (1979) - Bill Haydon
- Tinker Tailor (1979) - Bill Haydon
- How It All Fits Together (1979) - Bill Haydon
- Smiley Tracks the Mole (1979) - Bill Haydon
- Return to the Circus (1979) - Bill Haydon
1979
Churchill and the Generals (TV Movie) as
Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
1979
Ike: The War Years (TV Mini Series) as
Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery
- Part III (1979) - Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery
- Part II (1979) - Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery
- Part I (1979) - Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery
1979
Ike: The War Years (TV Movie) as
Field Marshall Sir Bernard Montgomery
1978
Much Ado About Nothing (TV Movie) as
Don John
1978
BBC Play of the Month (TV Series) as
Robespierre
- Danton's Death (1978) - Robespierre
1974
Camera Three (TV Series) as
King Richard II / Bolingbroke
- Richard II (1974) - King Richard II / Bolingbroke
1973
Gawain and the Green Knight as
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
1972
Man of La Mancha as
The Padre
1972
The Darwin Adventure as
Capt. Fitzroy
1971
Eyeless in Gaza (TV Series) as
Anthony Beavis
- And Calm of Mind, All Passion Spent (1971) - Anthony Beavis
- All Is Best, Though We Oft Doubt (1971) - Anthony Beavis
- Come, Come, No Time for Lamentation Now (1971) - Anthony Beavis
- With Inward Eyes Illuminated (1971) - Anthony Beavis
- O Dark, Dark, Dark, Amid the Blaze of Noon (1971) - Anthony Beavis
1969
Canterbury Tales (TV Series) as
Palamon
- The Prologue/The Knight's Tale (1969) - Palamon
1969
Plays of Today (TV Series) as
The Son
- A Voyage Round My Father (1969) - The Son
1968
A Midsummer Night's Dream as
Oberon
1968
All's Well That Ends Well (TV Movie) as
Bertram, the Countess's son
1967
The Revenue Men (TV Series) as
Second Constable
- A Man Takes a Drink (1967) - Second Constable
1967
Horizon (TV Series documentary) as
Michael Faraday
- Dynamo- the Life of Faraday (1967) - Michael Faraday
1967
Marat/Sade as
Jean-Paul Marat
1964
Festival (TV Series) as
Antipholus of Ephesus
- The Comedy of Errors (1964) - Antipholus of Ephesus
1963
As You Like It (TV Movie) as
Le Beau
Soundtrack
2010
Chuck (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Chuck Versus the Suitcase (2010) - (writer: "Feed My Frankenstein" - uncredited)
1972
Man of La Mancha (performer: "I'm Only Thinking Of Him", "The Psalm", "Finale: The Impossible Dream")
Self
2007
The Best of Masterpiece Theatre (TV Special documentary) as
Self
2006
The Whole Hog: Making Terry Pratchett's 'Hogfather' (TV Special documentary) as
Self
2006
Loose Women (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #9.9 (2006) - Self
2006
Sunday AM (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.21 (2006) - Self
2005
Drama Connections (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- House of Cards (2005) - Self
2004
Happy Birthday BBC Two (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2000
3-D Halloween (TV Movie documentary) as
Narrator
1984
Six Centuries of Verse (TV Series) as
Self - Reader
- Earlier Twentieth Century 1914-1939 (1984) - Self - Reader
- Romantics and Realists 1870-1920 (1984) - Self - Reader
- Victorians 1837-1901 (1984) - Self - Reader
- Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805 (1984) - Self - Reader
- Milton 1608-1674 (1984) - Self - Reader
- Chaucer to Ted Hughes (1984) - Self - Reader
1983
The British Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1976
Bicentennial Minutes (TV Series short) as
Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.866 (1976) - Self - Narrator
1976
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self - Actor
- Episode #15.186 (1976) - Self - Actor
1976
The Annual Theatre World Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1976
The 30th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1973
Playing the Environment Game (Documentary short) as
Narrator
1971
Shakespeare's Island (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1969
Civilisation (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Hamlet
- Protest and Communication (1969) - Hamlet
1967
The Impresarios (TV Series) as
Self
- Peter Hall (1967) - Self
1966
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Ian Richardson, Jo Anne Worley (1966) - Self
Archive Footage
2024
Outsiders (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #9.4 (2024) - Self
2023
Credlin (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #7.45 (2023) - Self (uncredited)
2018
La galerie France 5 (TV Series documentary) as
Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes contre Conan Doyle (2018) - Sherlock Holmes
2014
TV's Nastiest Villains (TV Movie documentary) as
Francis Urquhart
2013
Doctor Who: Season 26B (TV Series) as
Canon Black
- Time of the Destroyer (2013) - Canon Black
2008
14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
Self - In Memoriam
2007
Becoming Jane: Hair, Make-Up & Costume Design Featurette (Video documentary short) as
Judge Langlois (uncredited)
2006
Tory! Tory! Tory! (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Francis Urquhart
- The Exercise of Power (2006) - Francis Urquhart (uncredited)
2001
The Greatest (TV Series documentary) as
Francis Urquhart
- 100 Greatest TV Characters (2001) - Francis Urquhart (uncredited)

References

Ian Richardson Wikipedia