Richings is familiar to horror fans for his manic performance in heavy makeup as Three Finger in "Wrong Turn" (2003), and nearly-blind security guard Otto in Stephen King's 2004 miniseries "Kingdom Hospital". Dramatic roles include stagehand Mr. Turnbull in the 2004 film "Being Julia". He appeared as Orr, a cruel loan shark in the 2004 Canadian film "The Last Casino". In 2006, he appeared in a brief speaking role as the Mutant Theatre Organiser in "", and played a vampire killer alongside in the direct-to-DVD horror film "The Last Sect".