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Ian Richardson

1934 - 2007

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Ian William Richardson (7 April 1934 – 9 February 2007) was a British actor from Edinburgh, Scotland. He portrayed the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards (1990–1995) television trilogy, as well as the British spy Bill Haydon in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979). Other notable screen work included a portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in two films (The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles), as well as significant roles in Brazil, M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Richardson has received more than 1,522,592 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ian Richardson is the 2,492nd most popular actor (down from 2,364th in 2019), the 2,291st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,258th in 2019) and the 317th most popular British Actor.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ian Richardson ranks 2,492 out of 9,996. Before him are Brian Keith, Leonardo Favio, Ingrid Caven, Anne Francis, Michael Nouri, and David Belle. After him are Sebastian Stan, Yvan Attal, Bud Abbott, Bernard Fox, Vidya Balan, and Louis Seigner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ian Richardson ranks 203. Before him are Sergio Balanzino, Hendrick Chin A Sen, Ralph Nader, Zilda Arns, Frank País, and Vicar. After him are Paco Ibáñez, Savely Kramarov, Ernesto Brambilla, Mahbub ul Haq, Juraj Herz, and Maurice Godelier. Among people deceased in 2007, Ian Richardson ranks 158. Before him are Darlene Conley, Claude Pompidou, Dabbs Greer, Robert Anton Wilson, Andranik Margaryan, and Bauer. After him are Fons Rademakers, Nazik Al-Malaika, Floyd Westerman, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Toulo de Graffenried, and Pierre Granier-Deferre.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Richardson ranks 2,291 out of 7,765. Before him are Patrick Troughton (1920), Richard Williamson (1940), Colin Clark (1905), John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836), Eddie Chapman (1914), and Robert Broom (1866). After him are Edward Arthur Milne (1896), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), John Stott (1921), Bernard Fox (1927), Kevin Ayers (1944), and Wilfred Owen (1893).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ian Richardson ranks 317. Before him are Ben Barnes (1981), Felicity Jones (1983), Cary Elwes (1962), Cedric Hardwicke (1893), Natalie Dormer (1982), and Patrick Troughton (1920). After him are Bernard Fox (1927), Richard Madden (1986), Frank Finlay (1926), Maryam d'Abo (1960), Delroy Lindo (1952), and Richard Armitage (1971).

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