Sir ian richardson biography

Ian Richardson in his most famous role as Francis Urquart

With his threatening, sardonic look and his cut-glass accent, Ian Richardson became a household name in the BBC's House of Cards trilogy.

As the Machiavellian Prime Minister, Francis Urquart, his line "You might well say that but I couldn't possibly comment", became something of a catchphrase when the series was broadcast in the 1990s.

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By now, Richardson had become well-known for playing upper-crust types, most notably as Bill Haydon in the BBC adaptation of John Le Carre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

Yet, he was born in Scotland to a working-class family with no acting tradition.

His father, John Richardson, worked for the biscuit company, McVitie and Price, and when Ian was growing up in Edinburgh in the 1930s, John was loading biscuits on to a horse and cart.

His father was a strict Scottish Presbyterian with very fixed views on life.

His mother, however, was the instigator of his career on the boa