Richard Ridings is a British

United Kingdom

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 actor

Actor

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 and is best known for his portrayal of Allan Ashburn in the ITV

ITV

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 television drama Fat Friends

Fat Friends

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, and for playing Bernard Green in the BBC1 comedy-drama Common as Muck

Common As Muck

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. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Ridings was born in Henley-on-Thames, UK. He has had roles in a series of other television series and feature films, among them Clockwise

Clockwise (film)

Clockwise is a 1986 British comedy film starring John Cleese. It was directed by Christopher Morahan, written by Michael Frayn and produced by Michael Codron. The film was co-produced by Moment Films and Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment...

, The Ink Thief

The Ink Thief

The Ink Thief is a 1994 British children's TV show, shown on the ITV channel during their CITV segment. It starred Richard O'Brien and Toyah Wilcox. The series was produced by Animus Entertainment for Tyne Tees Television.-Plot summary:...

, Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf

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, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

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, Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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, and as Silas

Silas (Highlander)

Silas is a fictional character from Highlander: The Series, portrayed by actor Richard Ridings. He is an Immortal. Silas represents conquest or pestilence, as one of the Four Horsemen.-History:...

 in Highlander: The Series

Highlander: The Series

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.

In 2004, Ridings was the voice of Daddy Pig

Daddy Pig

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 in the animated children's series Peppa Pig

Peppa Pig

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. In 2005, he took the lead role in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Clement doesn't live here anymore

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, playing a sexually-obsessed overweight ghost alongside Steve Furst

Steve Furst

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 and Amanda Abbington

Amanda Abbington

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. The second series was transmitted in May, 2007.

Ridings has also provided voiceovers in video games, including the voice of Sarge in Quake III, the Mentor in Dungeon Keeper

Dungeon Keeper

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and Dungeon Keeper 2

Dungeon Keeper 2

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, Roach in Heavenly Sword

Heavenly Sword

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, and ex-lawman Giles the Farmer in Fable II, on the Xbox 360

Xbox 360

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 video game console. In 2010 he also provided the voice of Pigsy, in the video game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and of Cornell (the Dark Lord of the Lycanthropes) in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.

Most recently, Ridings played a courageous ape named "Buck" in the "Planet of the Apes" prequel, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which was released in August 2011.

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