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Overview

Date of Death:
9 February 2007, London, England, UK more
Mini Biography:
When recalling Scots-born actor Ian Richardson, one could be amusingly... more
Trivia:
A leading player with the Royal Shakespeare Company for many seasons. more
Awards:
3 wins & 4 nominations more

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actor, Soundtrack, Self, Archive Footage
Actor:
  1. Becoming Jane (2007) .... Judge Langlois
  2. Hogfather (2006) (TV) (voice) .... Death / Narrator
    ... aka Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (UK: complete title)
  3. Désaccord parfait (2006) .... Lord Evelyn Gaylord
    ... aka Twice Upon a Time (International: English title)
  4. The Booze Cruise III (2006) (TV) .... Marcus
  5. The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (2005) (TV) .... Marcus Foster
  6. "Bleak House" .... Chancellor (5 episodes, 2005)
    ... aka Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House (USA)
        - Episode #1.15 (2005) TV episode .... Chancellor
        - Episode #1.9 (2005) TV episode .... Chancellor
        - Episode #1.5 (2005) TV episode .... Chancellor
        - Episode #1.3 (2005) TV episode .... Chancellor
        - Episode #1.1 (2005) TV episode .... Chancellor
  7. Joyeux Noël (2005) .... Bishop
    ... aka Merry Christmas (UK) (USA)
    ... aka Happy Christmas (International: English title)
  8. Greyfriars Bobby (2005) .... Judge
  9. Marple: The Body in the Library (2004) (TV) .... Conway Jefferson
    ... aka Agatha Christie's Marple (UK)
    ... aka Agatha Christie's Marple: The Body in the Library (UK: complete title)
  10. Imperium: Nerone (2004) (TV) .... Septimus
    ... aka Imperium: Nero (UK)
    ... aka Nerón (Spain)
  11. Daemos Rising (2004) (V) .... Narrator
  12. "Strange" .... Canon Adolphus Black (6 episodes, 2003)
        - Asmoth (2003) TV episode .... Canon Adolphus Black
        - Dubik (2003) TV episode .... Canon Adolphus Black
        - Incubus (2003) TV episode .... Canon Adolphus Black
        - Costa Burra (2003) TV episode .... Canon Adolphus Black
        - Kaa-Jinn (2003) TV episode .... Canon Adolphus Black
          (1 more)
  13. Strange (2002) (TV) .... Canon Black
  14. Murder Rooms: The White Knight Stratagem (2001) (TV) .... Dr. Joseph Bell
  15. Murder Rooms: The Kingdom of Bones (2001) (TV) .... Dr. Joseph Bell
  16. Murder Rooms: The Photographer's Chair (2001) (TV) .... Dr. Joseph Bell
  17. From Hell (2001) .... Sir Charles Warren
  18. Murder Rooms: The Patient's Eyes (2001) (TV) .... Dr. Joseph Bell
  19. 102 Dalmatians (2000) .... Mr. Torte
  20. "Gormenghast" (2000) TV mini-series .... Lord Groan
  21. Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000) (TV) .... Dr. Joseph Bell
    ... aka Murder Rooms: The Dark Origins of Sherlock Holmes (USA: syndication title)
  22. The Magician's House II (2000) (TV) .... Stephen Tyler / The Magician

  23. "The Magician's House" (1999) TV series .... Stephen Tyler / The Magician
  24. The King and I (1999) (voice) .... The Kralahome
  25. Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) (TV) .... Wasp
  26. A Knight in Camelot (1998) (TV) .... Merlin
  27. Dark City (1998) .... Mr. Book
  28. Incognito (1997) .... Turley (prosecutor)
  29. "Highlander" .... Max Leiner (1 episode, 1997)
    ... aka Highlander (France)
    ... aka Highlander: The Series
        - Sins of the Father (1997) TV episode .... Max Leiner
  30. The Fifth Province (1997) .... Dr. Drudy
  31. B*A*P*S (1997) .... Manley
    ... aka B.A.P.S.
  32. The Canterville Ghost (1997) (TV) .... Simon de Canterville
  33. The Woman in White (1997) (TV) .... Mr. Fairlie
  34. A Royal Scandal (1996) (TV) .... Narrator
  35. The Treasure Seekers (1996) (TV) .... Haig
  36. "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century" .... David Lloyd George / ... (3 episodes, 1996)
    ... aka 1914-1918 (UK)
        - Hatred and Hunger (1996) TV episode (voice) .... General Sir Ian Hamilton / David Lloyd George / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
        - Stalemate (1996) TV episode (voice) .... General Sir Ian Hamilton / David Lloyd George / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
        - War Without End (1996) TV episode (voice) .... General Sir Ian Hamilton / David Lloyd George / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  37. The Final Cut (1995) (TV) .... Francis Urquhart
  38. Catherine the Great (1995) (TV) .... Vorontzov
    ... aka Katharina die Große (Germany)
  39. Savage Play (1995) .... Count
  40. A Change of Place (1994) (TV) .... Henri Chambertin
    ... aka Geheimnis deiner Zärtlichkeit, Das (Germany)
    ... aka Star aux deux visages, La (Canada: French title)
  41. Words Upon the Window Pane (1994) .... Dr. Trench
  42. To Play the King (1993) (TV) .... Francis Urquhart
  43. Dirty Weekend (1993) .... Nimrod
  44. Remember (1993) (TV) .... Philip Rawlings
    ... aka Barbara Taylor Bradford's 'Remember' (USA: complete title)
  45. M. Butterfly (1993) .... Ambassador Toulon
  46. Foreign Affairs (1993) (TV) .... Edwin
  47. Year of the Comet (1992) .... Sir Mason Harwood
  48. An Ungentlemanly Act (1992) (TV) .... His Excellency, Gov. Rex Hunt
  49. "The Gravy Train Goes East" (1991) TV mini-series .... Michael Spearpoint
  50. "House of Cards" .... Francis Urquhart (4 episodes, 1990)
        - Episode #1.4 (1990) TV episode .... Francis Urquhart
        - Episode #1.3 (1990) TV episode .... Francis Urquhart
        - Episode #1.2 (1990) TV episode .... Francis Urquhart
        - Episode #1.1 (1990) TV episode .... Francis Urquhart
  51. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) .... Polonius
  52. "The Gravy Train" (1990) TV mini-series .... Michael Spearpoint (unknown episodes)
  53. King of the Wind (1990) .... Bey of Tunis
  54. The Phantom of the Opera (1990) (TV) .... Cholet
  55. The Winslow Boy (1990) (TV) .... Sir Robert Morton
  56. The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990) (TV) .... Gen. Beck
  57. "Chillers" (1 episode)
    ... aka Mistress of Suspense (UK)
        - Under a Dark Angel's Eye (????) TV episode

  58. Pursuit (1989) (TV) .... SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Doctor Schlossberg
    ... aka Twist of Fate (USA)
  59. "Under a Dark Angel's Eye" (1989) TV mini-series
  60. Burning Secret (1988) .... Mr. Tuchman
    ... aka Brennendes Geheimnis (West Germany)
  61. Troubles (1988) (TV) .... Edward Spencer
  62. Cry Freedom (1987) .... State Prosecutor
  63. Porterhouse Blue (1987) (TV) .... Sir Godber Evans
  64. The Devil's Disciple (1987) (TV) .... General Burgoyne
  65. The Fourth Protocol (1987) .... Sir Nigel Irvine
  66. "Great Performances" .... Bishop of Motopo (1 episode, 1987)
        - Monsignor Quixote (1987) TV episode .... Bishop of Motopo
  67. Whoops Apocalypse (1986) .... RAdm. Bendish
  68. "Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy" (1986) TV mini-series .... Nehru
    ... aka Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy (USA)
  69. Brazil (1985) .... Mr. Warrenn
  70. Blunt (1985) (TV) .... Anthony Blunt
    ... aka Blunt, the Fourth Man
  71. Star Quality (1985) (TV) .... Ray Malcolm
  72. "Brass" .... Marshall Snelgrove QC (2 episodes, 1984)
        - Episode #2.11 (1984) TV episode .... Marshall Snelgrove QC
        - Episode #2.10 (1984) TV episode .... Marshall Snelgrove QC
  73. The Master of Ballantrae (1984) (TV) .... Mr. MacKellar
  74. "Mistral's Daughter" (1984) TV mini-series .... Adrien Avigdor
  75. "Six Centuries of Verse" (1984) TV series (unknown episodes)
  76. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV) .... Sherlock Holmes
    ... aka Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles (UK: complete title)
  77. "Number 10" .... James Ramsay MacDonald (1 episode, 1983)
        - Underdog (1983) TV episode .... James Ramsay MacDonald
  78. The Sign of Four (1983) (TV) .... Sherlock Holmes
    ... aka Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of Four (UK: complete title)
  79. "The Woman in White" .... Frederick Fairlie (5 episodes, 1982)
        - Episode #1.5 (1982) TV episode .... Frederick Fairlie
        - Episode #1.4 (1982) TV episode .... Frederick Fairlie
        - Episode #1.3 (1982) TV episode .... Frederick Fairlie
        - Episode #1.2 (1982) TV episode .... Frederick Fairlie
        - Episode #1.1 (1982) TV episode .... Frederick Fairlie
  80. "BBC2 Playhouse" .... Richard (1 episode, 1982)
        - Passing Through (1982) TV episode .... Richard
  81. "Play for Today" .... Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith / ... (2 episodes, 1978-1982)
        - A Cotswold Death (1982) TV episode .... Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
        - Sorry (1978) TV episode .... Michael ('Private View')
  82. "Private Schulz" .... Major Neuheim / ... (6 episodes, 1981)
        - Episode #1.6 (1981) TV episode .... Stanley Kemp
        - Episode #1.5 (1981) TV episode .... Major Neuheim
        - Episode #1.4 (1981) TV episode .... Major Neuheim
        - Episode #1.3 (1981) TV episode .... Gerald Melfort
        - Episode #1.2 (1981) TV episode .... Major Neuheim
          (1 more)
  83. Gauguin the Savage (1980) (TV) .... Degas

  84. Charlie Muffin (1979) (TV) .... Cuthbertson
    ... aka A Deadly Game (USA)
  85. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" .... Bill Haydon (5 episodes, 1979)
        - Flushing Out the Mole (1979) TV episode .... Bill Haydon
        - Tinker Tailor (1979) TV episode .... Bill Haydon
        - How It All Fits Together (1979) TV episode .... Bill Haydon
        - Smiley Tracks the Mole (1979) TV episode .... Bill Haydon
        - Return to the Circus (1979) TV episode .... Bill Haydon
  86. "Ike" (1979) TV mini-series .... Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery
  87. Churchill and the Generals (1979) (TV) .... Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery
  88. "Play of the Month" .... Robespierre (1 episode, 1978)
        - Danton's Death (1978) TV episode .... Robespierre
  89. Much Ado About Nothing (1978) (TV) .... Don John
  90. Gawain and the Green Knight (1973) (uncredited) .... Narrator
    ... aka Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  91. Man of La Mancha (1972) .... The Padre
    ... aka Uomo della Mancha, L' (Italy)
  92. The Darwin Adventure (1972) .... Capt. Fitzroy
  93. Eyeless in Gaza (1971) .... Anthony Beavis

  94. "Canterbury Tales" (1969) TV series
  95. A Voyage Round My Father (1969) (TV)
    ... aka Plays of Today: A Voyage Around My Father (UK: series title)
  96. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) .... Oberon
  97. All's Well That Ends Well (1968) (TV) .... Bertram
  98. "The Revenue Men" (1 episode, 1967)
        - A Man Takes a Drink (1967) TV episode
  99. Marat/Sade (1967) .... Jean-Paul Marat
    ... aka The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (UK: complete title)
  100. Festival: The Comedy of Errors (1964) (TV) .... Antipholus of Ephesus
  101. As You Like It (1963) (TV) .... Le Beau
Soundtrack:
  1. Wayne's World (1992) ("FEED MY FRANKENSTEIN")

  2. Man of La Mancha (1972) (performer: "I'm Only Thinking Of Him", "The Psalm", "Finale: The Impossible Dream")
    ... aka Uomo della Mancha, L' (Italy)
Self:
  1. The Best of Masterpiece Theatre (2007) (TV) .... Himself
  2. The Whole Hog: Making Terry Pratchett's 'Hogfather' (2006) (TV) .... Himself
  3. "Loose Women" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
        - Episode #9.9 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  4. "Sunday AM" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
    ... aka The Andrew Marr Show (UK: new title)
        - Episode #1.21 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  5. "Drama Connections" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
        - House of Cards (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  6. Happy Birthday BBC Two (2004) (TV) .... Himself

  7. "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1976)
        - Episode dated 14 June 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Himself
  8. Playing the Environment Game (1973) .... Narrator

  9. "Civilisation" .... Hamlet (1 episode, 1969)
        - Protest and Communication (1969) TV episode .... Hamlet
Archive Footage:
  1. The 100 Greatest TV Characters (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Francis Urquhart


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Other Works:
Created The Role of Jean Paul Marat in the Royal Shakespeare Company's "Marat/Sade". more
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