Portrait of Richard Ridings

Acting

Richard Ridings

Career

Active from 1984 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
GoodWatch score78/100

Characters

2

The characters Richard Ridings played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Richard Ridings Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6
  • Showbiz
    0.4, average 1.2
  • Uncanny
    1.7, average 2.5
  • Melancholy
    4.0, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Quirky Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 66
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience (2025)
GoodWatch score 78

as Daddy Pig (voice)

Peppa's Cinema Party
Peppa's Cinema Party (2024)
GoodWatch score 55

as Daddy Pig (voice)

Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party! (2024)

as Daddy Pig (voice)

Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit (2020)

as Daddy Pig (voice)

2010s

14 titles · average score 70
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun (2019)
GoodWatch score 60

as Daddy Pig (voice)

Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year (2019)

as Daddy Pig

Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience (2017)
GoodWatch score 60

as Daddy Pig (voice)

Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show
Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show (2016)

TV show · as Grumpy McCrab

Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (2016)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Henry VIII

The Carer
The Carer (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

as Pub Landlord / Landlord

Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots (2015)

as Daddy Pig (voice)

Endeavour
Endeavour (2013)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as DI Chesney Finch

The Physician
The Physician (2013)
GoodWatch score 70

as Tough Guy

Peppa Pig: The Holiday
Peppa Pig: The Holiday (2013)

as Daddy Pig (voice)

The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat (2012)
GoodWatch score 71

as Landlord

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
GoodWatch score 78

as Buck

2000s

26 titles · average score 64
Merlin
Merlin (2008)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Halig

ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth (2005)
GoodWatch score 74

as Maurice

The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
GoodWatch score 49

as Bunst

Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist (2005)
GoodWatch score 64

as Warder

Peppa Pig
Peppa Pig (2004)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Daddy Pig (voice)

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
GoodWatch score 43

as Mr. Monza

Margery and Gladys
Margery and Gladys (2003)
GoodWatch score 73

as Terry Mason

The Pianist
The Pianist (2002)
GoodWatch score 85

as Mr. Lipa

Born and Bred
Born and Bred (2002)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as Horace Trubshaw

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Det. Supt. Dick Holland

This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000)
GoodWatch score 73

as Det. Supt. Dick Holland

1990s

22 titles · average score 67
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as André

Relic Hunter
Relic Hunter (1999)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Johnny

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
GoodWatch score 52

as La Hire

Up 'n' Under
Up 'n' Under (1998)
GoodWatch score 53

as Frank

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Trevor Nesbitt

Cruel Train
Cruel Train (1995)

as Percy Cotton

The Ink Thief
The Ink Thief (1994)

TV show · as Aloysius

Common As Muck
Common As Muck (1994)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Bernard Green

Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky (1994)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Gary Bourne

Highlander: The Series
Highlander: The Series (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Silas

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Thorpe

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Andre

1980s

19 titles · average score 67
Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf (1988)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as DNA Ship Computer (voice) / Crazed Astro

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
GoodWatch score 80

as Angelo

Out of Town
Out of Town (1988)

as Labourer

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Kevin / Jack

Matlock
Matlock (1986)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Nicky

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985)
GoodWatch score 61

as Egyptian

Dempsey and Makepeace
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Tulley's Sidekick

Fairly Secret Army
Fairly Secret Army (1984)

TV show · as Ron Boat

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Reilly: Ace of Spies
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Vanderberg

The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents... (1982)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Yob 1

Timewatch
Timewatch (1982)

TV show · as Elder Sextus

1970s

1 title · average score 75
Minder
Minder (1979)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Warren