Richard Ridings
Biography
Richard John Ridings (born September 19, 1958) is an English actor. He portrayed Alan Ashburn in the ITV television drama Fat Friends, Bernard Green in the BBC One comedy-drama Common as Muck, Mr. Bumble in the BBC series Dickensian, and is the voice of Daddy Pig in Peppa Pig. He trained as an actor at Bretton Hall College, then the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He is the father of singer-songwriter Freya Ridings.
Known For
All Movies (47)
- Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience2025 · as Daddy Pig (voice)
- Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!2024 · as Daddy Pig (voice)
- Peppa's Cinema Party2024 · as Daddy Pig (voice)
- Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit2020 · as Daddy Pig (voice)
- Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun2019 · as Daddy Pig (voice)
- Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year2019 · as Daddy Pig
- Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience2017 · as Daddy Pig (voice)
- The Carer2016 · as Landlord
- The Carer2016 · as Pub Landlord
- Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots2015 · as Daddy Pig (voice)
- The Physician2013 · as Tough Guy
- Peppa Pig: The Holiday2013 · as Daddy Pig (voice)
- The Scapegoat2012 · as Landlord
- Isle of Spagg2011 · as Bob / Mel (voice)
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011 · as Buck
- Creation2009 · as Thatcher
- Faintheart2009 · as Collin
- Amazing Grace2006 · as Speaker of the House
- ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth2005 · as Maurice
- Oliver Twist2005 · as Warder
- The Brothers Grimm2005 · as Bunst
- Frozen2005 · as Lorry Driver
- Margery and Gladys2003 · as Terry Mason
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life2003 · as Mr. Monza
- The Pianist2002 · as Mr. Lipa
- The Princess and the Pea2002 · as King Windham/Button (voice)
- Puckoon2002 · as Alex Walker
- This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper2000 · as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc1999 · as La Hire
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell1999 · as André
- Up 'n' Under1998 · as Frank
- Fierce Creatures1997 · as Hugh
- The Wind in the Willows1996 · as The Guard
- On Dangerous Ground1996 · as Thomas Borga
- Sorry About Last Night1995 · as Greg
- Cruel Train1995 · as Percy Cotton
- A Pinch of Snuff1994 · as Brian Burkhill
- Dogboy1992 · as Diner Cook #1
- King of the Wind1990 · as Jailer
- Erik the Viking1989 · as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit1988 · as Angelo
- The Yob1988 · as Yob 1
- Out of Town1988 · as Labourer
- The Fourth Protocol1987 · as Skinhead
- Clockwise1986 · as Policeman at Crash
- Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire1985 · as Egyptian
- Lassiter1984 · as German Guard
All TV Shows (37)
- Six Wives with Lucy Worsley2016 · as Henry VIII
- Endeavour2013 · as DI Chesney Finch
- Merlin2008 · as Halig
- Roman Mysteries2007 · as Venalicius
- Mayo2006 · as Mark Castello
- ShakespeaRe-Told2005
- Peppa Pig2004 · as Daddy Pig (voice)
- New Tricks2004
- The Royal2003 · as Malcolm Hogg
- Born and Bred2002 · as Horace Trubshaw
- Murder in Mind2001 · as DCI Quarry
- Fat Friends2000 · as Alan Ashburn
- Nature Boy2000 · as Ted
- This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper2000 · as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
- Relic Hunter1999 · as Johnny the Jackhammer
- The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling1997 · as Reverend Thwackum
- Common As Muck1994 · as Bernard Green
- The Ink Thief1994 · as Aloysius
- Pie in the Sky1994 · as Gary Bourne
- Comics1993 · as Tommy Karr
- Highlander: The Series1992 · as Silas
- Heartbeat1992 · as Thorpe
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles1992 · as Andre
- The Castle of Adventure1990 · as Nico
- Red Dwarf1988 · as DNA Ship Computer (voice)
- Red Dwarf1988 · as Crazed Astro
- Casualty1986 · as Kevin
- Casualty1986 · as Jack
- Matlock1986 · as Nicky
- Home to Roost1985 · as Millwall
- Dempsey and Makepeace1985 · as Tulley's Sidekick
- Fairly Secret Army1984 · as Ron Boat
- The Bill1984
- Reilly: Ace of Spies1983 · as Vanderberg
- The Comic Strip Presents...1982 · as Yob 1
- Timewatch1982 · as Elder Sextus
- Minder1979 · as Warren