Ian Richardson

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Ian William Richardson CBE (born April 7, 1934 in Edinburgh , † February 9, 2007 in London ) was a British actor in film, television and theater.

Life

Richardson first studied at the College of Dramatic Art in Glasgow . In the 1960s he played predominantly in the ensemble of the Royal Shakespeare Company , which he left in 1970 to take on the lead role in the BBC production Eyeless in Gaza . In 1979 he played the aristocratic head of MI6 , Sir Henry Cuthbertson, in the film Charlie Muffin alongside David Hemmings and Pinkas Braun . In the mid-1970s he starred as Henry Higgins in the revival of My Fair Lady on Broadway . In 1983 he played the detective Sherlock Holmes in the films Signs of Four and The Hound of Baskerville .

Richardson became known to a wider audience as the perfidious Machiavellian politician Francis Urquhart in the multi-part television series A House of Cards (1990) and its sequels Um Kopf und Krone (1993) and The Final Cut based on the novels by Michael Dobbs. For this, Richardson was awarded the BAFTA TV Award in 1991 by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for best leading actor.

In June 1989 Ian Richardson was named Commander of the British Empire .

Ian Richardson, who died unexpectedly on February 9, 2007, had been married to Maroussia Frank since 1961. The marriage resulted in two sons. His son Miles Richardson is also an actor.

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

watch TV

  • 1979: Charlie Muffin
  • 1979: King, Queen, Ace, Spy (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) (TV miniseries)
  • 1983: The Hound of the Baskervilles (The Hound of the Baskervilles)
  • 1983: The Sign of Four
  • 1984: Heir to the Dear (Mistral's Daughter) (TV miniseries)
  • 1987: Monsignor Quixote (Monsignor Quixote)
  • 1990: Stauffenberg - Conspiracy against Hitler (The Plot to Kill Hitler)
  • 1990: The Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom of the Opera)
  • 1990: The Gravy Train (TV miniseries)
  • 1990: House of Cards (House of Cards) (TV miniseries)
  • 1993: Foreign Affairs
  • 1993: What remains is the memory (Remember)
  • 1993: To Play the King (TV miniseries)
  • 1994: The Secret of Your Tenderness (A Change of Place)
  • 1995: The Final Cut (TV miniseries)
  • 1996: Catherine the Great (Catherine the Great)
  • 1998: A Knight in Camelot (A Knight in Camelot)
  • 1998: Alice in the Mirror Land (Alice Through the Looking Glass)
  • 2004: Nero - The Dark Side of Power (Empire: Nerone)
  • 2004: Miss Marple: The Dead in the Library (Agatha Christie Marple: The Body in the Library)
  • 2007: Hogfather - Schweinsgallop (Hogfather)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical data by Ian Richardson in: In the Company of Actors: Reflections on the Craft of Acting , by Carole Zucker, Taylor & Francis, 2001, p. 124
  2. ↑ Ian Richardson in: BBC
  3. ^ Obituary for Ian Richardson in: The Independent
  4. ↑ Ann McFerran: Ian Richardson and his son Miles. . In: The Sunday Times . September 25, 2005. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Richardson, Ian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richardson, Ian William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 2007
Place of death London