Ian Richardson: movies and TV shows
Ian Richardson has 117 credits in the archive: 71 films and 46 TV series, from 1951 to 2022. Highest rated: Troubles (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2022 · busiest year: 1997 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Memorial Memorial | Francis Urquhart (voice) | Film | — | 88 |
| 2007 | Becoming Jane | Richter Langlois | Film | 7.3 | 73 |
| 2007 | Hogfather | Death | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 2006 | Hogfather | Death | TV | 7.6 | 72 |
| 2006 | Twice Upon a Time | Lord Evelyn Gaylord | Film | 5.9 | 72 |
| 2006 | The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering | Marcus | Film | 7.3 | 72 |
| 2005 | Bleak House | Chancellor | TV | 8.0 | 71 |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | Judge | Film | 5.6 | 71 |
| 2005 | Joyeux Noel | The Bishop | Film | 7.4 | 71 |
| 2005 | The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt | Marcus Foster | Film | 8.7 | 71 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Conway Jefferson | TV | 7.8 | 70 |
| 2004 | Imperium: Nero | Settimio | TV | 6.2 | 70 |
| 2004 | Nero | Septimus | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 2004 | Dæmos Rising | Narrator | Film | 6.5 | 70 |
| 2003 | Strange | Canon Adolphus Black | TV | 7.8 | 69 |
| 2002 | The Life of Shakespeare | self | Film | — | 68 |
| 2001 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Joseph Bell | TV | 7.9 | 67 |
| 2001 | From Hell | Sir Charles Warren | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 2001 | Sherlock Holmes' mysteries : The White Knight Stratagem | Dr. Joseph Bell | Film | — | 67 |
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Mr. Torte | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 2000 | Gormenghast | Lord Groan | TV | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2000 | 3-D Halloween | Narrator | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 2000 | Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Joseph Bell | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2000 | One Foot in Arthur's Seat | Self | Film | — | 66 |
| 1999 | The Magician's House | Stephen Tyler | TV | 6.0 | 65 |
| 1999 | The King and I | The Kralahome (voice) | Film | 5.4 | 65 |
| 1998 | Dark City | Mr. Book | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 1998 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Wasp | Film | 5.2 | 64 |
| 1998 | A Knight in Camelot | Merlin | Film | 5.5 | 64 |
| 1997 | B.A.P.S | Manley | Film | 5.4 | 63 |
| 1997 | The Woman In White | Mr. Fairlie | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 1997 | Incognito | Turley (prosecutor) | Film | 5.8 | 63 |
| 1997 | The Woman In White | Mr. Fairlie | TV | — | 63 |
| 1997 | The Canterville Ghost | Simon de Canterville | Film | — | 63 |
| 1997 | A Royal Scandal | Narrator | Film | 7.6 | 63 |
| 1997 | The Fifth Province | Dr. Drudy | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1996 | Catherine the Great | Vorontzov | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1996 | The Treasure Seekers | Haig | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1995 | The Final Cut | Francis Urquhart | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 1995 | Savage Play | Count | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1994 | A Change of Place | Henri Chambertin | Film | 5.2 | 60 |
| 1994 | Words Upon the Window Pane | Dr. Trench | Film | 9.0 | 60 |
| 1993 | M. Butterfly | Ambassador Toulon | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1993 | To Play the King | Francis Urquhart | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1993 | Foreign Affairs | Edwin | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1993 | Dirty Weekend | Nimrod | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 1993 | Remember | Philip Rawlings | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series | Max Leiner | TV | 7.4 | 58 |
| 1992 | Year of the Comet | Sir Mason Harwood | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1992 | An Ungentlemanly Act | His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1991 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Polonius | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1991 | The Gravy Train Goes East | Michael Spearpoint | TV | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1990 | Chillers | Lee Mandeville | TV | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1990 | House of Cards | Francis Urquhart | TV | 8.1 | 56 |
| 1990 | The Phantom of the Opera | Alain Choleti | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1990 | The Plot to Kill Hitler | Ludwig Beck | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1990 | The Gravy Train | Michael Spearpoint | TV | 8.3 | 56 |
| 1990 | King of the Wind | Bey of Tunis | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1989 | Twist of Fate | SS-Sturmbannführer Doctor Schlossberg | TV | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1989 | The Winslow Boy | Sir Robert Morton, KC | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1988 | Burning Secret | Edmund's Father | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1988 | Troubles | Edward Spencer | TV | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1987 | The Fourth Protocol | Sir Nigel Irvine | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | State Prosecutor | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1987 | The Devil's Disciple | General Burgoyne | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1987 | Porterhouse Blue | Sir Godber Evans | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1987 | Blunt | Anthony Blunt | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1986 | Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy | Nehru | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1986 | Whoops Apocalypse | Rear Admiral Bendish | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Anthony Blunt | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1985 | Brazil | Mr. Warrenn | Film | 7.7 | 51 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | General Burgoyne | TV | — | 51 |
| 1985 | Monsignor Quixote | Bishop of Motopo | Film | 8.8 | 51 |
| 1985 | Star Quality | Ray Malcolm | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1984 | Mistral's Daughter | Adrien Avigdor | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1984 | Six Centuries of Verse | Self - Reader | TV | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1984 | The Master of Ballantrae | Mr. MacKellar | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1984 | Slimming Down | Mr. Shrigley | Film | — | 50 |
| 1983 | Brass | Marshall Snelgrove, QC | TV | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1983 | Number 10 | James Ramsay MacDonald | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1983 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1983 | The Sign of Four | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1983 | Salad Days | Uncle Zed | Film | — | 49 |
| 1982 | Passing Through | Richard | Film | — | 48 |
| 1982 | The Woman in White | TV | 8.3 | 48 | |
| 1982 | The Woman in White | Frederick Fairlie | TV | 8.3 | 48 |
| 1982 | A Cotswold Death | Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1981 | Private Schulz | Major Neuheim | TV | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1981 | Private Schulz | Gerald Melfort | TV | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1981 | Private Schulz | Stanley Kemp | TV | 5.3 | 47 |
| 1980 | Gauguin the Savage | Degas | Film | — | 46 |
| 1979 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Bill Haydon | TV | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1979 | Ike | FM Sir Bernard Montgomery | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1979 | Ike | FM Sir Bernard Montgomery | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1979 | Charlie Muffin | Cuthbertson | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1979 | Churchill and the Generals | Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1978 | Sorry... | Michael - 'Private View' | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1978 | Danton's Death | Robespierre | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Richard | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1973 | Gawain and the Green Knight | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1972 | Man of La Mancha | The Padre | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1972 | The Darwin Adventure | Capt. Fitzroy | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Bishop of Motopo | TV | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1971 | Eyeless in Gaza | Anthony Beavis | TV | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith | TV | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1969 | Civilisation | Hamlet | TV | 8.2 | 35 |
| 1969 | Plays of Today | The Son | TV | — | 35 |
| 1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Oberon | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1968 | All's Well That Ends Well | Bertram | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1967 | 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 | Jean-Paul Marat | Film | 6.1 | 33 |
| 1966 | NET Playhouse | Antipholus of Ephesus | TV | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Maximilien Robespierre | TV | 5.3 | 31 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | TV | 7.2 | 30 | |
| 1963 | Festival | Antipholus of Ephesus | TV | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1963 | As You Like It | Le Beau | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mr. MacKellar | TV | 8.8 | 17 |