Ian Richardson Biography (1934-)

Full name, Ian William Richardson; born April 7, 1934, in Edinburgh, Scotland; son of John and Margaret (maiden name, Drummond) Richardson; married Maroussia Frank (an actress), February 2, 1961; children, Jeremy, Miles. Addresses: Manager: c/o Diamond Management, 31 Percy St., London W1T 2DD, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

April 7, 1934

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Title role, Hamlet, Birmingham Repertory Company, 1958
• John Worthing, The Importance of Being Earnest, Birmingham Repertory Company, 1958
• Adolph, Creditors, Birmingham Repertory Company, 1958
• Prince of Arragon, The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1960
• Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare Memorial TheatreCompany, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1960
• Count Malatesti, The Duchess of Malfi, Royal Shakespeare Company,Aldwych Theatre, London, 1960
• Don John, Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1961
• Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1962
• Tranio, The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1962
• Antipholus of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1962
• Doctor, The Representative, Aldwych Theatre, 1963
• Herod, The Miracles, Southwark Cathedral, 1963
• Antipholus of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors, State Theatre, New York City, 1964
• Edmund, King Lear, Aldwych Theatre, 1964
• Herald, Marat/Sade, Aldwych Theatre, 1964
• Ithamore, The Jew of Malta, 1964
• Ford, The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1964
• Antipholus of Syracuse, The Comedy of Errors, Aldwych Theatre, 1965
• Eino Silakka, Squire Puntila and His Servant Matti, Aldwych Theatre, 1965
• Jean-Paul Marat, Marat/Sade, Aldwych Theatre, then Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1965
• Member of chorus, Henry V, 1966
• Vendice, The Revenger's Tragedy, 1966-1967
• Title role, Coriolanus, 1967
• Bertram, All's Well That Ends Well, Aldwych Theatre, 1968
• Malcolm, Macbeth, Aldwych Theatre, 1968
• Cassius, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (also known as Julius Caesar), 1968
• Ford, The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1968-1969
• Title role, Pericles, 1969
• Vendice, The Revenger's Tragedy, 1969
• Angelo, Measure for Measure, 1970
• Duke of Buckingham, Richard III, 1970
• Proteus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1970
• Prospero, The Tempest, 1970
• Tom Wrench, Trelawny of the "Wells," Sadler's Wells Theatre, thenPrince of Wales Theatre, both London, 1972
• Berowne, Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1973
• Title role and Henry Bolingbroke (alternating roles with Richard Pasco),Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, 1974
• Shalimov, Summerfolk, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1974
• Ernst Scholz, The Marquis of Keith, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1974
• Iachimo, Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1974
• Berowne, Love's Labour's Lost, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1975
• Ford, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1975
• Title role, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1975
• Henry Higgins, My Fair Lady, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1976-1977
• Doctor, The Millionairess, Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, 1977
• Jack Tanner, Man and Superman, Shaw Festival, 1977
• Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1979
• Khlestakov, The Government Inspector, Old Vic Theatre, 1979
• David Garrick, The Undisputed Monarch of the English Stage, Old Vic Theatre, 1979
• Lolita, New York City, 1981
• Title role, The Miser, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, 1995
• The Magistrate, Chichester, 1997, then Savoy Theatre, London, 1998
• Major Tours
• Antipholus of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors, European cities, 1964
• Edmund, King Lear, European cities, 1964
• The Hollow Crown, Australian cities, 2002, 2003
• Also toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Japanese cities, 1970.
• Film Appearances
• Jean-Paul Marat, Marat/Sade (also known as The Persecution andAssassination of Jean-Paul Marat As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum ofCharenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade), United Artists, 1966
• Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1968
• Anthony Beavis, Eyeless in Gaza, 1971
• Captain Fitzroy, The Darwin Adventure, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
• Padre, Man of La Mancha (also known as L'uomo della Mancha), United Artists, 1972
• Narrator, Playing the Environment Game, 1973
• (Uncredited) Narrator, Gawain and the Green Knight (also known asSir Gawain and the Green Knight), 1973
• Mr. Warren, Brazil, Universal, 1986
• Rear Admiral Bendish, Whoops Apocalypse, ITC Entertainment, 1987
• Sir Nigel Irvine, The Fourth Protocol, Lorimar, 1987
• State prosecutor, Cry Freedom, Universal, 1987
• Mr. Tuchman, Burning Secret (also known as Brennendes Geheimnis), Vestron, 1988
• Bey of Tunis, King of the Wind, 1989
• Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Cinecom International, 1991
• Sir Mason Harwood, Year of the Comet, Columbia, 1993
• Ambassador Toulon, M. Butterfly, Warner Bros., 1993
• Nimrod, Dirty Weekend, 1993
• Dr. Trench, Words upon the Window Pane, Pembridge Films, 1994
• Dr. Drudy, The Fifth Province, Ocean Films/Geissendorfer Films/Strawberry Vale Films, 1997
• Manley, B*A*P*S (also known as B.A.P.S.), New Line Cinema,1997
• Turley, a prosecutor, Incognito, Warner Bros., 1997
• Mr. Book, Dark City, New Line Cinema, 1998
• Voice of the Kralahorne, The King and I (animated), Warner Bros.,1999
• Mr. Torte, 102 Dalmatians, Buena Vista, 2000
• Sir Charles Warren, From Hell, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
• Narrator, Daemos Rising, 2003
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Canterbury Tales, 1969
• James Ramsay MacDonald, Number 10, 1982
• Chillers (also known as Mistress of Suspense), 1990
• Canon Adolphus Black, Strange, BBC, 2002
• Miniseries
• Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, Ike (also known as Ike: The War Years), ABC, 1979
• Bill Haydon, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, BBC, 1979, broadcast onGreat Performances, PBS, 1980
• Major Neuheim, Gerald Melfort, Stanley Kemp, Steward on "Cuxhaven Hull" ferry, Private Schulz, BBC, 1980
• Frederick Fairlie, The Woman in White, BBC, 1982
• Adrien Avigdor, Mistral's Daughter (also known as L'amour en heritage), CBS, 1984
• Six Centuries of Verse, 1984
• Bishop of Motopo, Monsignor Quixote, 1985
• Jawaharlal Nehru, "Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1986
• Sir Godber Evans, Porterhouse Blue, Channel 4, 1986
• Dr. Franz Schlossberg, Twist of Fate (also known as Pursuit), NBC, 1989
• Under a Dark Angel's Eye, 1989
• Cholet, Phantom of the Opera, NBC, 1989
• Michael Spearpoint, The Gravy Train, 1990
• Member of parliament Francis Urquhart, House of Cards, BBC, 1990,broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1991
• Michael Spearpoint, The Gravy Train Goes East, 1991
• Philip Rawlings, Remember (also known as Barbara Taylor Bradford's Remember), NBC, 1993
• Prime minister Francis Urquhart, To Play the King, BBC, 1993, broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1994
• Francis Urquhart, The Final Cut, HBO, 1995
• Vorontzov, Katharina die Grosse (also known as Catherine the Great), Arts and Entertainment, 1995
• Voices of Arthur Conan Doyle, General Sir Ian Hamilton, and David Lloyd George, The Great War (documentary; also known as The Great War andthe Shaping of the Twentieth Century), PBS, 1996
• Lord Groan, Gormenghast, BBC, 2000
• Dr. Joseph Bell, Murder Rooms (also known as Murder Rooms: TheDark Origins of Sherlock Holmes), BBC and PBS, 2000
• Movies
• Voyage 'round My Father (also known as Plays of Today: A VoyageAround My Father), 1969
• Robespierre, Danton's Death (also known as Play of the Month: Danton's Death), BBC, 1977
• Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, Churchill and His Generals (also known as Churchill and the Generals), BBC, 1979
• Degas, Gauguin the Savage (also known as In Search of Eden), CBS, 1980
• Cuthbertson, Charlie Muffin (also known as A Deadly Game),Thames Television and Euston Films, 1983
• Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four, PBS, 1983
• Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1983
• Andrew Mackeller, The Master of Ballantrae, CBS, 1984
• Anthony Blunt (title role), Blunt (also known as Blunt, the Fourth Man), BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1985
• Ray Malcolm, "Noel Coward Stories: Star Quality" (also known as "Star Quality"), BBC, 1985, later broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1987
• General Burgoyne, The Devil's Disciple, 1987
• Edward Spencer, Troubles, 1988
• General Ludwig Beck, The Plot to Kill Hitler, CBS, 1990
• His excellency the governor Rex Hunt, An Ungentlemanly Act, BBC, 1992
• Edwin, Foreign Affairs, TNT, 1993
• Henri Chambertin, A Change of Place, 1994
• Count, Savage Play, 1995
• Mr. Haig, Treasure Seekers, Carlton Television, 1996
• Simon de Canterville, The Canterville Ghost, 1997
• Merlin, A Knight in Camelot, ABC, 1998
• Wasp, Alice through the Looking Glass, Channel 4 and HBO, 1998
• Stephen Tyler/The Magician, The Magician's House, BBC, 1999
• Stephen Tyler/The Magician, The Magician's House II, 2000
• Dr. Joseph Bell, Murder Rooms: The Patient's Eyes, BBC, 2001
• Dr. Joseph Bell, Murder Rooms: The Photographer's Chair, BBC, 2001
• Dr. Joseph Bell, Murder Rooms: The Kingdom of Bones, BBC, 2001
• Dr. Joseph Bell, Murder Rooms: The White Knight Stratagem, BBC, 2001
• Septimus, Imperium: Nero, 2004
• Specials
• Le Beau, As You Like It, BBC, 1963
• Antipholus of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors, BBC, 1964
• Bertram, All's Well That Ends Well, BBC, 1968
• Don John, Much Ado about Nothing, BBC, 1978
• "Sorry," Play for Today, BBC, 1978
• "A Cotswold Death," Play for Today, BBC, 1981
• Underdog, 1982
• Salad Days, 1982
• Sir Robert Morton, "The Winslow Boy," Great Performances, PBS, 1990
• Backstage at Masterpiece Theatre: A 20th Anniversary Special, PBS,1991
• Narrator, Renaissance, PBS, 1993
• Narrator, A Royal Scandal, PBS, 1996
• Mr. Fairlie, The Woman in White, BBC and Carlton Television, laterbroadcast on PBS, 1998
• (In archive footage) Francis Urquhart, The 100 Greatest TV Characters, Channel 4, 2001
• Canon Black, Strange, BBC, 2002
• Episodic
• Brass, Granada Television, 1983
• Max Leiner, "Sins of the Father," Highlander: The Series (also known as Highlander), syndicated, 1997
• WRITINGS
• Play Prefaces
• William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, 1976
• William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1988

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• People Weekly, February 4, 1994, pp. 87-88
• Times (London), December 12, 1993, sec. 9, p. 9