Richardson also went on to replay Oberon in a lukewarm film version of RSC's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) that nevertheless bore an elite company of Britain's finest pre-Dames - Judi Dench, Helen Mirren and Diana Rigg. In addition, he made his Broadway debut in said role at the very end of 1965, and recreated it to critical acclaim in Peter Brooks' film adaptation with Glenda Jackson as murderess Charlotte Corday. In 1964 Richardson played the role of the Herald before advancing to the title role of Jean-Paul Marat in the stunning, avant-garde RSC production of 'Marat-Sade'. He joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company a year later where he played Hamlet as well as John Worthing in 'The Importance of being Earnest.' In 1960 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (then called the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre) and drew excellent notices for his work in 'The Merchant of Venice,' 'Twelfth Night,' 'The Winter's Tale,' 'Much Ado About Nothing,' 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,' 'The Taming of the Shrew,' 'The Comedy of Errors' and 'King Lear', among others. Richardson's contributions to his art were honored in 1989 when he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE.) Fittingly, his family had his ashes buried beneath the auditorium of the new Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.Born the son of John and Margaret (Drummond) Richardson on April 7, 1934, he was educated at Tynecastle School in Edinburgh, and studied for the stage at the College of Dramatic Art in Glasgow, where he was awarded the James Bridie Gold Medal in 1957. I couldn't possibly comment' became a catchphrase when the series was broadcast in the 1990s.

A classical actor (and founding member in 1960 of the Royal Shakespeare Company), Richardson earned international fame as the villainous Francis Urquart in the BBC television trilogy, 'House of Cards.' Uttered in a cut-glass accent, the Machiavellian Prime Minister's sly 'You might well think that.

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