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Ian Richardson


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  • Porterhouse Blue
  • Porterhouse Blue review by A customer from Stockport, england
    Rated - 5 stars Devilishly funny! 24 May 2005
    ... perfection by two of the greatest living television actors, in David Jason and Ian Richardson. Nobly backed up by John Sessions as the sexually deviant Zipser, this adaptati...  
  • Murder Rooms - The Photographer's Chair
  • Murder Rooms - The Photographer's Chair review by from Stirlingshire
    Rated - 3 stars Another cracking mystery 7 March 2004
    ... given in this. All in all anyone who is either a fan of Sherlock Holmes, or Ian Richardson (who is fantastic throughout this series) should watch this. You won't be disap...  
  • House Of Cards Trilogy
  • House Of Cards Trilogy review by from London, England
    Rated - 5 stars Chilling as ever... 26 July 2004
    ...igates (depending on your politics) political malevolence at its most extreme. Ian Richardson is simply magnificent as the grotesque Francis Urquhart who, in this age of tel...  

Ian Richardson - filmography


  • Hogfather on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Ian Richardson,  Shend,  Neil Pearson
    Director: Vadim Jean
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on Terry Pratchett's worldwide best selling fantasy book, Hogfather is set on the semi-medieval but strangely familiar Discworld. And the Hogfather (you know, the jolly fat man) who delivers presents to the kiddies at Christmas at the midwinter festival of Hogswatch has gone missing. But it's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 13,115 members
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  • The Life Of Shakespeare on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Ian Richardson,  Judi Dench
    Director: Alan Tibbitts
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A profile of the life and work of William Shakespeare, the world's most famous dramatist. Features archive material, period cameo scenes and music by The Shakespeare's Globe Musicians. Filmed on location in Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon and London, this programme attempts to bring ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 75 members
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  • From Hell on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Heather Graham,  Ian Holm
    Director: Albert Hughes,  Allen Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    FROM HELL is a gory detective film cloaked in Victorian-era mystique. The movie shows how the serial killer Jack the Ripper stalked the dark streets of 1888 London, slaying prostitutes and crudely dissecting their bodies. Based on the graphic novel written by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this ..read more »
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  • 102 Dalmatians on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Glenn Close,  Gerard Depardieu,  Tim McInnerny
    Director: Kevin Lima
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Glenn Close returns as the malicious fur-collecting fashion plate Cruella De Vil in Disney's 102 DALMATIANS, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1996 live-action blockbuster. Pursuading the authorities that she has been successfully rehabilitated, De Vil is released from prison, seemingly ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,667 members
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  • Gormenghast (2 discs) on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Stephen Fry,  Richard Griffiths,  Celia Imrie
    Director: Andy Wilson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mervyn Peake's epic books come to life in this large-scale BBC production. Gormenghast is a glorious castle, home to the ancient family of Groan. When Titus Groan, the new heir is born the evil kitchen-boy Steerpike threatens the dynasty and begins his ascent to power. Only Titus can stand in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,441 members
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  • The Woman in White (1997)
    Starring: Tara Fitzgerald,  Justine Waddell,  Andrew Lincoln
    Director: Tim Fywell
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two women and happy lives
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 8 members
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  • Remember on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Donna Mills,  Stephen Collins,  Derek de Lint
    Director: John Herzfeld
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    News reporter Nicky Wells is shocked when she discovers her former fiance, who apparently committed suicide just before their wedding, is alive and living in Barcelona and involved with an international terrorist gang. This discovery could cost Nicky her life. She teams up with a photographer in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 140 members
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  • Year Of The Comet on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Penelope Ann Miller,  Timothy Daly,  Louis Jourdan
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Maggie (Penelope Ann Miller) is sorting through a client's wine cellar one day when when she stumbles upon one of the oldest vintages in the world. All that is left to do is for her to deliver it to her client's buyer back in London...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 56 members
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  • An Ungentlemanly Act on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Bob Peck,  Ian Richardson,  Rosemary Leach
    Director: Stuart Urban
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A dramatised recreation of the first thirty-six hours of the Falklands conflict focusing on the actions of the Governor and his subsequent expulsion and the inability of the islanders to comprehend the fact that their island was being invaded.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 284 members
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  • The Fourth Protocol on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Pierce Brosnan,  Joanna Cassidy
    Director: John Mackenzie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From the acclaimed British director of THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY and THE HONORARY CONSUL in which Caine also starred. In THE FOURTH PROTOCOL an undercover plot to destroy NATO, the KGB plans to annihilate a peaceful English residential area and a U.S. Air Force base. Michael Caine plays John Preston, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,765 member
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  • Whoops Apocalypse on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Loretta Swit,  Peter Cook,  Michael Richards
    Director: Tom Bussmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Mix all these stars with political intrigue, Royal kidnaps, hostile invasions, nuclear bombs, British Task Forces, mad international terrorists and the SAS... and you get total mayhem. Based on the popular TV series.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 524 members
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  • Monsignor Quixote on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Alec Guinness,  Leo McKern,  Ian Richardson
    Director: Rodney Bennett
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Alec Guinness portrays the title character in this made-for-television adaptation of Graham Greene's novel--itself a meditation on Cervantes' "Don Quixote." A provincial Spanish clergyman embarks on a trip to Madrid with a rigid Communist his only company. The unlikely pair converse to pass the ..read more »
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  • Booze Cruise III - The Scattering The to Watch Now (2006)
    Starring: Neil Pearson,  Mark Benton,  Brian Murphy
    Director: Paul Seed
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 90 minutes
    Anne Reid returns as Grace, who is trying to fulfil the last wish of her deceased mother by scattering her ashes upon the Yorkshire Moors. As Dave (Mark Benton) has business in Yorkshire it seems the ideal opportunity to combine both events and he gathers his Booze Cruise team together for a fun ..read more »
    Rate this: 5 stars out of 5 100% from 1 member
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  • Booze Cruise II - The Treasure Hunt to Watch Now (2005)
    Starring: Neil Pearson,  Mark Benton,  Brian Murphy
    Director: Paul Seed
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
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    Run time: 93 minutes
    The Booze Cruisers are back and have swapped the choppy waters of the English Channel for the winding roads of the English countryside... Taking to the road on a two day charity treasure hunt, Mark Benton returns as the team's organiser Dave along with Karen Henthorn as his wife Cath. With a baby ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 78% from 6 members
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  • Whoops Apocolypse to Watch Now (1986)
    Starring: Loretta Swit,  Peter Cook,  Herbert Lom
    Director: Tom Bussmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 87 minutes
    What do yo get if you mix warped British humour with political intrigue, Royal kidnaps, hostile invasions, nuclear bombs, British Task Forces, mad international terrorists and the SAS? Total mayhem!
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 7 members
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Ian Richardson facts

5 most recent films

Becoming Jane - 3.5 stars
Hogfather - 3.0 stars
Becoming Jane - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Becoming Jane - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
The Life Of Shakespeare - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

House Of Cards Trilogy - 4.0 stars
Dark City - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Private Schulz - 3.5 stars
An Ungentlemanly Act - 3.5 stars
Porterhouse Blue - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Blunt: The Fourth Man - 1.0 stars
The Woman in White - 3.0 stars
Marat Sade - 3.0 stars
Year Of The Comet - 2.5 stars
The Life Of Shakespeare - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ian Holm - 5 times - show films
Terence Harvey - 4 times - show films
Robbie Coltrane - 4 times - show films
Johnny Depp - 4 times - show films
Jason Flemyng - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Paul Seed - 4 times - show films
Albert Hughes - 4 times - show films
Julian Jarrold - 3 times - show films
Alex Proyas - 2 times - show films
Paul Marcus - 2 times - show films