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  • The FRiday Night Movie - House of Cards (1990)

    06/12/2015 8:14:34 PM PDT · by DemforBush · 20 replies
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    Long before Frank Underwood, there was Francis Urquhart. Ian Richardson stars in this sublime political thriller from the BBC. Long-serving and highly respected Tory Chief Whip Urquhart has hopes of a spot in the new PM's Cabinet. When those hopes are dashed by the new - and rather feckless - Prime Minister Henry Colingridge (David Lyons), Urquhart begins to have his own ideas of how to run a country...
  • Actor Ian Richardson dead at 72

    02/09/2007 3:02:14 PM PST · by kiriath_jearim · 11 replies · 489+ views
    Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 2/9/07 | Nigel Reynolds
    The actor Ian Richardson, best remembered for television role as the Machiavellian chief whip Francis Urquhart in the BBC series House of Cards, died suddenly today at the age of 72. He died in his sleep at his home at Richmond, Surrey. He had not been ill and his death was a shock, his agent said. The actor was due to start filming an episode of ITV’s Midsomer Murders next week. Richardson, who started as a Shakesperian actor and went on to star in numerous films and other TV dramas, was concerned about being typecast as the scheming Urquhart, which...