DT. As Urquhart faces re-election, the King organises a nationwide tour to highlight the issue of homelessness. The Premiership goes to Maxwell Stanbrook, the Environment Secretary. When Stanbrook can't find a reason to stop its construction, Urquhart gives him a lecture about following orders. A furious Urquhart is therefore passed over for promotion, so begins plotting his revenge. He then fabricates a scandal concerning Collingridge's alcoholic brother and insider trading, which forces the prime minister to resign after a short period in office, never once suspecting Urquhart's betrayal. Urquhart found out about this plan with the help of Sarah Harding, and had both Stamper and Harding assassinated with car bombs. The King (Michael Kitchen) is Urquhart's antagonist in To Play The King. House of Cards Trilogy (UK) (20) Yes Minister (5) Yes Prime Minister (4) The Thick of It (TV) (3) Doctor Who (2) Sherlock (TV) (2) Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling (2) Torchwood (1) The West Wing (1) The State Within (1) Include Characters Francis Urquhart (13) Malcolm Tucker (4) Arnold Robinson (4) Jim Hacker (3) Humphrey Appleby (3) Tim Stamper (3) Unlike her husband, who clearly feels remorse after killing, she is cold and callous, and does not seem to have a problem with arranging murders to suit their purposes. After Urquhart is killed, it is Stanbrook who prevails over harsh candidates like Arthur Bollingroke to become Prime Minister. His character in ‘House of Cards,’Tim Stamper, didn’t even exist in the book the series was based on. Ruthless and cunning, Congressman Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) stop at nothing to conquer everything. This article is about characters in the House of Cards trilogy other than Francis Urquhart. He was created as a vehicle for expositionand to have someone for the main character, Francis Urquhart, to bounce off offor the television series. Although the King cautions Urquhart that he will continue to fight his policies, he concedes and steps down from the throne, and is succeeded by his teenage son. Makepeace shuts her out of his new government, declaring that she is "pure poison" because she is too closely associated with the discredited Urquhart. Stanbrook (thanks to Urquhart's death, which granted a sympathy vote) wins a landslide majority in Parliament. Well known for his political impartiality, Billsborough is Michael Samuels' mentor. Tom Makepeace (Paul Freeman) served under Francis Urquhart as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, then as Prime Minister. Francis Urquhart After his re-election, Urquhart demands the King's abdication. Stamper wants Urquhart removed so he can replace him, while Harding is genuinely horrified that her boss and lover committed murder to take the leadership. Tim Stamper He was offered the post of Secretary of State for Education (seen as a traditional "dumping ground" post) but declined it. While Tim Stamper was included in the television series for House of Cards, he was not included within the first novel written by Michael Dobbs. He has a reputation as Urquhart's "glove-puppet" (as Tom Makepeace calls him in his statement of resignation) and is consequently nicknamed "Sooty" by both the Opposition and other Members of the Cabinet and Parliamentary Party. When Urquhart's position becomes increasingly untenable during Makepeace's leadership challenge, Booza-Pitt attempts to resign on his own terms, hoping to create the perception that he is taking a principled stand against the prime minister, but is presumably disgraced when Urquhart publishes his earlier resignation letter instead. However, he is Transport Secretary to start with and later Home Secretary, and has an affair with his Party constituency Chairman's wife. Season 5 of House of Cards was full of huge moments. Both were often slippery, dubious, and threatening, intending to create fear within opponents and advocates. In the novel, her character is very different,[citation needed] and her name is Sally Quinn. He is humiliated in a dirty trick, and Urquhart wins re-election, much to the king's displeasure. Stamper did not appear in the House of Cards novel on which the BBC series was based, though the series' author, Michael Dobbs, introduced him in its sequel, To Play the King (1993). Their relationship, of which Urquhart's wife is aware, is paternal as well as sexual; she calls him "Daddy", and is attracted to him in part because he is old enough to be her father. House of Cards Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Here are nine of the most game-changing developments that pushed the show forward. In series one episode two, she also suggests Francis begin an affair with Mattie Storin so that he may further secure her trust and loyalty, and thus better use his position to feed information to her, thereby influencing her articles. However, she appears to truly love her husband and kills him to spare him the disgrace of exposure, resignation, trial, life imprisonment, and eternal historical damnation. It was televised by the BBC from 18 November to 9 December 1990, to critical and popular acclaim. Rachel Posner. London, United Kingdom In addition to being uniquely dedicated to Francis Urquhart, Tim Stamper additionally seemed to have taken experience from him in regards to negotiation tactics. Junior whip Tim Stamper MP, played by Colin Jeavons, with Mattie Storin (Susannah Harker). Tim Stamper takes over as Party Chairman at the beginning of the novel rather than as the plot unfolds as it is Urquhart's plan to call a snap election to increase his party's parliamentary majority. However, he lost the election when an anonymous source (secretly Urquhart) leaks that Samuels, whilst at university, was near to the Communist Party and supported denuclearization and gay rights. Affiliation: Tim Stamper (Colin Jeavons) is one of Francis Urquhart's closest friends and aides. The Right Honourable Tim Stamper MP Tim Stamper (Colin Jeavons) is one of Francis Urquhart's closest friends and aides. His family later moved to Columbus, Ohio. As a result, Stamper decides to release to the police a tape incriminating Urquhart in the murders of Mattie Storin and Roger O'Neill. Tim Stamper was one of Francis Urquhart's most loyal supporters in the latter's rise to power to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. This article is about the UK series. Urquhart promotes him to Foreign Secretary as an insult to the departing Tom Makepeace. You do understand?" Corder is responsible for the assassinations of Tim Stamper and Sarah Harding, two people who had originally been Prime Minister Urquhart's most loyal supporters but who had decided to expose him with a tape implicating him in the murders of Mattie Storin and Roger O'Neill. However, over time this unscrupulous dedication began to wane, principally because of Stamper's ambition to be Prime Minister himself. Stamper confronts Francis about having a job in higher office after the election, like Home Secretary, but Francis rejects him. Deceased CO. Christopher Owen McKenzie. Corder assassinates her via a car bomb on the day after the election, on her way to meet one of the king's advisers in order, it is implied, to hand over a tape which implicates Urquhart in Mattie Storin's death. Geoffrey Booza-Pitt (Nickolas Grace) is a lesser member of Urquhart's Cabinet (mentioned at one stage as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster) in The Final Cut. Chris programmed the games, while Tim designed the graphics. In the first series, he is a Junior Whip to Urquhart as Chief Whip; in the second series, he is Chief Whip and later Chairman of the Conservative Party. Collingridge is portrayed as being a decent man and a passive, indecisive leader who relies heavily on the support of his Cabinet Ministers and trusted cronies like Francis Urquhart and Lord "Teddy" Billsborough. Claire is less duplicitous in the novel and, after Urquhart's death, is made a minister. https://houseofcards.fandom.com/wiki/Tim_Stamper?oldid=21638, While Tim Stamper was included in the television series for House of Cards, he was not included within the. Profession: Stanbrook is put in charge of preventing the construction of the Thatcher statue by Urquhart. After tracking down and killing Rachel, he returns to his Chief of Staff position. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C. Kate Mara and Corey Stoll co-star in the first original series from David Fincher and Beau Willimon. 's toady, Tim Stamper. However, Urquhart was killed before the second ballot, thus enabling Makepeace to win the election unopposed. Michael Samuels (Damien Thomas) is the Environment Secretary, aligned with the "liberal" faction. He is later revealed to be Jewish and of dubious parentage. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C. Kate Mara and Corey Stoll co-star in the first original series from David Fincher and Beau Willimon. (Corder has their cars rigged with bombs, killing them both). He was extremely loyal in House of Cards and has been very loyal so far yet he is unhappy with how he is getting treated. Tim Stamper has been very loyal to Francis Urquhart. In the end, she tries to help Makepeace destroy Urquhart, by fraudulently acquiring a paper documenting Lieutenant Francis Urquhart's killing of Evanghelos Passolides' two brothers in Cyprus in 1956, but Makepeace rejects her help, as he already has the documents. Adaptational Villainy: Tim Stamper begins the U.K. series as the Tory Junior Whip and one of Francis Urquhart's closest friends. Place of death: Bleak House (1959 TV serial) The Winged Avenger K-9 and Company Great Expectations (1981 miniseries) A Touch of Brimstone He was portrayed in the BBC TV adaptations by Ian Richardson, who won a BAFTA award for his performance. In the first contest, he loses to Collingridge; in the second, Urquhart anonymously blackmails Woolton into withdrawing by sending him an audio cassette of him having loud sex with Penny Guy, Roger O'Neill's assistant and mistress. By the good fortune of the programming gods, the broadcast of House Of Cards coincided with the downfall of Margaret Thatcher and went on to become a best-selling drama around the world. Tim Stamper, Writer: Rare Replay. About. ‘House of Cards’ Star Michael Kelly Recounts Hectic Final Season and Shooting That Closing Scene. Script error: No such module "For". Having recently succeeded his mother as monarch, he is determined to play a more active role in government, but Urquhart thwarts the new king's initial attempts. He acts as an anonymous source for many of her stories, using her to discredit his rivals in the press. In the TV version of The Final Cut, she has Francis murdered to secure their legacies and her pension. She appears to have a great deal of power over her husband, and often identifies his powers and abilities, or persuades him to use a given situation to his advantage. Doug's sense of identity is dependent on his role as Frank Underwood's right-hand man. In House of Cards, Urquhart describes Woolton as "'a lout, a lecher, an anti-Semite, a racist, and a bully'", but adds that he is "more intelligent than he seems" and should not be underestimated.[2]. Lord Theodore "Teddy" Billsborough (Nicholas Selby; named "Williams" in the novel) is the Chairman of the Conservative Party, acting as an unofficial right hand to Henry Collingridge. He featured in the 1990 television drama House of Cards by Michael Dobbs, as Tim Stamper, Tory Whip and ally of Ian Richardson's Francis Urquhart. Helstrom “The One Who Got Away” Going Through The DCAU Part Eighty-Two The Legend Of Korra Book Four “Chapter Eleven: Kuvira’s Gambit” Doctor Who “Pilot” Francis asks.). In England, Urquhart's underling, Tim Stamper, comes across as quite a weasel in the hands of actor Colin Jeavons. He has been married to Carole Stamper since 1985. Following a major dispute with Urquhart over Urquhart's proposal of a single language for Europe, Makepeace was fired from the Cabinet. Sarah Harding (Kitty Aldridge) is appointed Francis Urquhart's media adviser in To Play The King. House of Cards as a dramatized portrayal of the American legislative process was a fascinating study for my senior thesis. Name: He is a skilled insider politician, but too old to run for a leadership. House of Cards is a 1990 British political thriller television serial in four episodes, set after the end of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.It was televised by the BBC from 18 November to 9 December 1990, to critical and popular acclaim. He serves as Foreign Secretary under Henry Collingridge. As a dual major of Government and Film Studies, ... narrative with the help of Tim Stamper and Urquhart’s beloved wife Elizabeth.16 Stamper Stamper becomes obsessed with her and begins to control her life. Before he dies, she, her right eye spattered with his blood, lovingly holds him in her arms and assures him: "Francis... my dear... you're safe now. Kenneth Gilbert Harold Earle. ... Best employee ever Doug Stamper … Enraged, he resigns from the Cabinet and attacks Urquhart repeatedly from the opposition benches. KG. Status: Woolton vows that he will be back but is absent from the later sequels. Stamper appeared to have unfortunate delusions of grandeur; his plan was to force Urqhuart's resignation and replace him as Prime Minister, albeit with a deal of sadness at having to do it. Patrick Woolton (Malcolm Tierney) is a minor character in the first installment. He was created as a vehicle for exposition and to have someone for the main character, Francis Urquhart, to bounce off of for the television series. However it is Urquhart's cruel acts of throwing Stamper's loyalty back into his face that drove the latter to try and ruin his old master. British His character in ‘House of Cards,’ Tim Stamper, didn’t even exist in the book the series was based on. Young, smart and attractive, Urquhart dislikes him owing to his fast rise in the party and his Jewish background. He is known for his work on Rare Replay (2015), Donkey Kong Country (1994) and Jet Force Gemini (1999). Tim Stamper functions as the Assistant Whip for the Conservatives in the House of Commons until Urquhart succeeds at ascending to the position of prime minister and Stamper moves up … To preserve this, he will go to any lengths to serve and protect Frank. House of Cards Trilogy (UK) (3) Yes Minister (1) Yes Prime Minister (1) Include Characters Francis Urquhart (3) Tim Stamper (3) Original Characters (1) Jim Hacker (1) Humphrey Appleby (1) Arnold Robinson (1) Include Relationships Tim Stamper/Francis … The writing for this series is brilliantly adapted by Andrew Davies who's talent also extends to other BBC productions like Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice, and Bleak House. He and Urquhart frequently clashed over Europe and various domestic policies. He appears to feel no compassion for the people he kills. It is implied in To Play The King that Corder is having an affair with Mrs Urquhart. At the start of the novel (and TV adaptation) he has just led his party to victory in a general election (albeit with a very reduced majority). Urquhart blackmails Bullerby with compromising photographs, and he tries (and fails) to bribe Bullerby with an implied offer of a peerage. For the upcoming general election, Stamper has been asked to be party chairman and run Urquhart’s campaign. Michael Dobbs chose the character's name based on Matthew V. Storin, a male journalist, who was a colleague of Dobbs' at The Boston Globe in the 1970s and later became editor of The Globe (1993–2001).[1]. House of … Henry "Hal" Collingridge (David Lyon) succeeds Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister in House of Cards. Sir Bruce Bullerby (David Ryall), known as the pit bull, is proprietor and editor-in-chief of The Clarion, a UK tabloid newspaper, who appears in To Play The King and The Final Cut. Samuels is a frontrunner and ultimately Urquhart's chief rival for the Conservative leadership when Collingridge resigns. As Urquhart wins his tussle against the king, Sarah becomes more aware of some of the dubious aspects of Urquhart's administration, and Stamper makes her aware of his involvement in Mattie Storin's death. Collingridge's brief time in office proves difficult for him thanks to Urquhart, who embarrasses his boss by leaking delicate information to the press and one of the Labour Party backbenchers, Stephen Kendrick. When Prime Minister Henry Collingridge overlooks Francis for a Cabinet promotion, it is Elizabeth who encourages Francis to plot to remove Collingridge and take office himself. Before his appointment, Booza-Pitt is forced to admit to an extra-marital affair by Urquhart and, while no action is taken immediately, is made to sign a corresponding statement of resignation which Urquhart keeps in his desk as leverage against him. All of the supporting characters are marvelously cast-especially Colin Jeavons as F.U. A former Cambridge academic and journalist ("Did you write in The Economist that 'Francis Urquhart is like the shark: he has to keep moving forwards to stay alive'?" As his and Urquhart's relationship deteriorates, the King starts to raise issues against government policy, causing the government to lose popularity. Retrieved from " https://houseofcards.fandom.com/wiki/Tim_Stamper?oldid=21638 ". Woolton makes two unsuccessful bids for the leadership of the Conservative Party. House of Cards Junior whip Tim Stamper MP, played by Colin Jeavons, with Mattie Storin (Susannah Harker). Stamper was swiftly promoted to the rank of Chief Whip, and then further to Chairman of the Conservative Party. In the first House of Cards, Francis was promised a higher post like Home Secretary from Collingridge, but was rejected. Passolides was investigating the deaths of his brothers, Georgios and Euripides, whom Urquhart murdered on his tour of duty in Cyprus in 1956. An example of this is when he offered to give up his liver for a transpl… With the help of his underling, Tim Stamper (Colin Jeavons), Urquhart goes about making sure his competitors drop out of the race: Health Secretary Peter MacKenzie (Christopher Owen) accidentally runs his car over a disabled protester at a demonstration staged by Urquhart and is forced by the public outcry to withdraw, while Education Secretary Harold Earle (Kenneth Gilbert) is blackmailed into withdrawing … Stamper had long been anxious to advance in the political ranks of Westminster, and he finally received his wish when Urquhart became Prime Minister. She then went on to work for a polling company before becoming the Prime Minister's "slave", his political adviser. He stated that all he ever wished to do was to serve Urquhart, and it is clear from both House of Cards and parts of To Play the King that Stamper would have been loyal to Urquhart until the end. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. He is something of a "character", cheerfully upper-class with a slightly eccentric sense of humour, notable for wearing colourful waistcoats and bow ties. Colin Jeavons. In the novel The Final Cut, Max Stanbrook is a Minister in Francis Urquhart's government whom Urquhart promoted to Environment Secretary after the Prime Minister sacks Annita Burke. In the first instalment of the House of Cards trilogy, Stamper is an Urquhart loyalist and like Urquhart is described as being on the "hard right" of the Conservative Party. Makepeace challenged the Prime Minister for the leadership of the Conservative Party. William Chubb John Krajewski. Stamper did not appear in the House of Cards novel on which the BBC series was based, though the series' author, Michael Dobbs, introduced him in its sequel, To Play the King (1993). It was the only way, my darling. Nationality: In the novel, it is the king who decides to abdicate, against Urquhart's wishes and plans. However, Stamper had been concurrently collecting evidence of Urquhart's murder of Mattie Storin, intending to use it against the Prime Minister and have a leadership contest held, to which Stamper would hope to emerge as Britain's new Prime Minister. - Names - The Boston Globe", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_House_of_Cards_trilogy_characters&oldid=989709763, Lists of British television series characters, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from May 2014, All articles needing additional references, Articles that may contain original research from October 2008, All articles that may contain original research, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2016, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2015, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 20 November 2020, at 15:41. House of Cards. He failed to win the first ballot but managed to force a second one, and planned to use recently obtained evidence of Urquhart's criminal activities to undermine his position. After being made partially aware of Urquhart's involvement with Mattie Storin, she becomes Urquhart's lover, despite being married, and then starts to become obsessed with him. They first worked together on arcade conversion kits, which were licensed to companies, but later became developers for the ZX Spectrum home computer in the early 1980s. His equivalent from the original series is Tim Stamper. Francis Ewan Urquhart is a fictional character created by British politician and author Michael Dobbs.Urquhart is the main character in Dobbs's House of Cards trilogy of novels and television series: House of Cards (1990), To Play the King (1993) and The Final Cut (1995). Corder (Nick Brimble) serves as Francis Urquhart's bodyguard and is responsible for most of the assassinations carried out on Urquhart's behalf. DRAMA; Andrew Davies' adaptation of Michael Dobbs' novel is a delicious tale of greed, corruption and burning ambition. It is evident that Sir Bruce gained his knighthood for vigorously supporting the Government's policies ("The pit bull has bitten quite a few legs in the cause", says Stamper[citation needed]) but his support wavers when the king raises issues of compassion, and then when Makepeace makes his bid for the leadership. After reverse engineering the Nintendo Entertainment Sys… After Urquhart stops his business interests expanding, Ben Landless becomes an opponent of … Brothers Tim and Chris Stamper are British entrepreneurs who founded the video game companies Ultimate Play the Game and Rare. Tim Stamper. Yes and no. Urquhart uses Billsborough as a scapegoat for his various leaks, hinting to Mattie Storin that he is undermining Collingridge so Samuels can run for leader in the near future. He is succeeded by Urquhart, whom, in a final twist of irony, Collingridge offers to support. He is an Urquhart loyalist, and in any case lacks the credibility to be a rival, and his popular image as an amiable buffoon humiliates his predecessor. WC. Mattie Storin (Susannah Harker) is a journalist for the fictional Chronicle, who becomes romantically involved with Francis Urquhart. Elizabeth Urquhart (Diane Fletcher) (created Countess Urquhart after her husband's death), is Francis Urquhart's wife. By the end of House of Cards, Urquhart decides he can no longer trust her, and throws her off the fictitious roof garden of the House of Commons. In the book, Makepeace does not challenge Urquhart for the leadership but instead leads a popular movement to undermine the prime minister and his leadership. Rachel Posner, (played by Rachel Brosnahan) is a prostitute whom Underwood and Stamper use to bring about Russo's downfall. By To Play the King, however, he is embittered and feels that his loyalty and efforts are unappreciated when he is passed over for Home Secretary in a cabinet reshuffle despite Urquhart's promise of the appointment (ironically, Collingwood's refusal to appoint Urquhart to the Home Office had previously incited Urquhart to engineer his downfall). In the first book, she is called Miranda. In the first series, he is a Junior Whip to Urquhart as Chief Whip; in the second series, he is Chief Whip and later Chairman of the Conservative Party. Likewise, Urquhart's love for Elizabeth is shown by his last word, a gurgled, deathlike "Elizabeth". Stamper was born in Naperville, Illinois. Template:EngvarB House of Cards is a 1990 British political television drama serial in four episodes, set after the end of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His political career survives under Urquhart's successor, Maxwell Stanbrook. Collingridge finally fires Billsborough after Urquhart names him as the traitor. The version of this character in the US version of House of Cards is Doug Stamper. It is implied in the first installment of the trilogy that it is her idea, not Francis', to murder Roger O'Neill, a colleague whom Francis had been using to his advantage. Played by: A sequel, To Play The King (1993), followed the problems of Urquhart’s tenure as it came under pressure from a new, trendy monarch. At the unveiling of Margaret Thatcher's statue, Corder has Urquhart and Evanghelos Passolides killed by a sniper on a balcony above Parliament Square, just after the memorial is honoured with the song "God Save the King". The Booza-Pitt of the book is similar to the TV version in many respects. Member of ParliamentWhip (House of Cards)Chief Whip (To Play The King)Chairman of the Conservative Party (To Play The King) Unlike his brother, he never saw the appeal of settling down with a wife and children, and moved to Washington, D.C. to further his career. Ruthless and cunning, Congressman Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) stop at nothing to conquer everything. When Urquhart becomes aware of these plans, he has Corder murder Stamper and Sarah Harding, one of his own personal aides to whom Stamper had given a copy of the tape, with car bombs. Claire Carlsen (Isla Blair) is a backbencher whose ability and intelligence prompts Urquhart to appoint her Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, even though he knows she is having an affair with his rival, Tom Makepeace. Her sexual and professional relationship with Makepeace gives her the role of double agent: telling many genuine, and sometimes damaging, facts about Makepeace to Urquhart, while at the same time relating Urquhart's cold, evil traits and weaknesses to Makepeace. In his first reshuffle he makes the decision not to make any changes to the government, arguing that a massive shake-up could be misconstrued as panic. House of Cards season 3 has been out now for a week, and many fans have already binged their way through all 13 darkly lit episodes. House of Cards David Lyon as PM Henry Collingridge, with young reporter Mattie Storin (Susannah Harker). For the 2013 US adaptation of the series, see, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, "List of House of Cards trilogy characters", Learn how and when to remove this template message, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, "Matt Storin in “House of Cards”? 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