Ian Richardson

Film Deaths[]

Marat/Sade (The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade) (1967) [Jean-Paul Marat]: Stabbed to death by Glenda Jackson in the play-within-the-play performance.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) [Polonius]: Stabbed to death through a curtain by Iain Glen, while Gary Oldman and Tim Roth are also hiding behind the curtain.
Dark City (1998) [Mr. Book]: Playing an alien parasite using a human corpse as a vessel, Ian presumably died some time prior to the start of the film. During the climax, Ian is killed a second time by being telekinetically flung into a rooftop water tank at the end of a aerial battle with Rufus Sewell, impaling Ian's body on the wreckage of the tank and exposing the parasite within to water. (Thanks to Heath)

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979 TV mini-series) [Bill Hayden]: Ian Bannen breaks his neck. (Thanks to Mac)
The Final Cut (1995 TV mini-series) [Prime Minister Francis Urquhart]: Shot in the chest by a sniper hired by Nick Brimble and Diane Fletcher; he dies in Diane's arms a few seconds later. (Thanks to Zaquarta)
The Canterville Ghost (1997 TV film) [Simon de Canterville]: Starved to death (off-screen) after being sealed in a hidden room, centuries before the story begins; he appears as a ghost throughout the movie.
Gormenghast (2000 TV mini-series) [Lord Groan]: Pecked to death/devoured by owls, after he goes into their lair in the tower (insanely believing himself to be one of the owls).