Derek Riddell
Acting • Born 1967-01-11
Biography
Derek Riddell (born 11 January 1967) is a Scottish television and theatre actor. He is best known for the portrayal of Richard Cawood in the BBC One television series Happy Valley. He is also known for Gentleman Jack, Industry and The Missing. He has guest-starred in Doctor Who, Ugly Betty, Silent Witness, Waterloo Road, and Shetland. Riddell was born in Glasgow, the son of teacher and former actress Hope Ross and former St Mirren and Berwick Rangers footballer Ian Riddell. He graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a degree in business, before training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1990.
Filmography
50 credits
A Previous Engagement
Movie • 2009
Hotel Desk Clerk
Forgiven
Movie • 2007
Stephen
The Project
Movie • 2002
Richard Loach
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie • 2005
Don
Micro Men
Movie • 2009
Nigel Searle
Bad Sugar
Movie • 2012
Father Rodrigo
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
Movie • 2024
John
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Movie • 2018
Torquil Travers
Mary Shelley
Movie • 2017
William Baxter
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
Movie • 2007
Parson
Tumshie McFadgen's Bid for Ultimate Bliss
Movie • 2004
Tumshie McFadgen
Meat the Campbells
Movie • 2005
Mr. Campbell
The Christmas Quest
Movie • 2024
Victor Grimes
Taggart
TV • 1983
The Book Group
TV • 2002
Rab
Five Days
TV • 2007
Nick Durden
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Stuart
Law & Order: UK
TV • 2009
ShakespeaRe-Told
TV • 2005
Don
Payback
TV • 2023
DCI Adam Guthrie
Trust Me
TV • 2009
Dan
A Confession
TV • 2019
Pete
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Sir Robert
Happy Valley
TV • 2014
Richard Cawood
Spooks
TV • 2002
Steven
Garrow's Law
TV • 2009
Matthew Bambridge
Undercover
TV • 2016
Paul Brightman
Crime
TV • 2021
Richie Gulliver
Urban Gothic
TV • 2000
Strathblair
TV • 1992
Alec Ritchie
Ripper Street
TV • 2012
Constantine
Casualty
TV • 1986
Jeff Marriot
Bodies
TV • 2023
Chief Inspector Calloway
Hard Sun
TV • 2018
DCS Roland Bell
The Virgin Queen
TV • 2006
Sir Walter Raleigh
W1A
TV • 2014
Clive Cook
Gunpowder
TV • 2017
King James I
Frankie
TV • 2013
Andy Peat
The Field of Blood
TV • 2011
DS Patterson
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
TV • 2008
Lachlan Weaver
Gentleman Jack
TV • 2019
Captain Sutherland
State of Mind
TV • 2007
James LeCroix, PhD
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Des McCordell
Secrets and Words
TV • 2012
John Jones
Death in Paradise
TV • 2011
Patrick Knight
Shetland
TV • 2013
Chris Brooks
The Village
TV • 2013
Bill Gibby
Industry
TV • 2020
Clement Cowan
No Angels
TV • 2004
Dr Jamie Patterson
M.I. High
TV • 2007
Edward Dixon Halliday