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.
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Filmography
Acting (87)
Movies (47)
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
2025as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa's Cinema Party
2024as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
2024as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
2020as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
2019as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
2019as Daddy Pig
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
2017as Daddy Pig (voice)
The Carer
2016as Landlord
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
2015as Daddy Pig (voice)
The Physician
2013as Tough Guy
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
2013as Daddy Pig (voice)
The Scapegoat
2012as Landlord
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011as Buck
Isle of Spagg
2011as Bob / Mel (voice)
Faintheart
2009as Collin
Creation
2009as Thatcher
Amazing Grace
2006as Speaker of the House
The Brothers Grimm
2005as Bunst
Oliver Twist
2005as Warder
Frozen
2005as Lorry Driver
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005as Maurice
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003as Mr. Monza
Margery and Gladys
2003as Terry Mason
The Pianist
2002as Mr. Lipa
Puckoon
2002as Alex Walker
The Princess and the Pea
2002as King Windham/Button (voice)
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999as La Hire
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
1999as André
Up 'n' Under
1998as Frank
Fierce Creatures
1997as Hugh Primates
On Dangerous Ground
1996as Thomas Borga
The Wind in the Willows
1996as The Guard
Cruel Train
1995as Percy Cotton
Sorry About Last Night
1995as Greg
A Pinch of Snuff
1994as Brian Burkhill
Dogboy
1992as Diner Cook #1
King of the Wind
1990as Jailer
Erik the Viking
1989as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988as Angelo
The Yob
1988as Yob 1
Out of Town
1988as Labourer
The Fourth Protocol
1987as Skinhead
Clockwise
1986as Policeman at Crash
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985as Egyptian
Lassiter
1984as German Guard
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
as Maurice
Television (40)
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
2016as Henry VIII
Endeavour
2013as DI Chesney Finch
Merlin
2008as Halig
Roman Mysteries
2007as Venalicius
Mayo
2006as Mark Castello
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Peppa Pig
2004as Daddy Pig (voice)
New Tricks
2004
The Worst Week of My Life
2004as PC Tait
The Royal
2003as Malcolm Hogg
Born and Bred
2002as Horace Trubshaw
Murder in Mind
2001as DCI Quarry
Fat Friends
2000as Alan Ashburn
Fat Friends
2000as Alan Ashburn
Nature Boy
2000as Ted
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
Relic Hunter
1999as Johnny the Jackhammer
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997as Reverend Thwackum
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Pie in the Sky
1994as Gary Bourne
Common As Muck
1994as Bernard Green
The Ink Thief
1994as Aloysius
Comics
1993as Tommy Karr
Comics
1993as Tommy Karr
Heartbeat
1992as Thorpe
Highlander: The Series
1992as Silas
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992as Andre
The Castle of Adventure
1990as Nico
Red Dwarf
1988as DNA Ship Computer (voice)
The Ritz
1987as Mad Mick
Casualty
1986as Kevin
Matlock
1986as Nicky
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985as Tulley's Sidekick
Home to Roost
1985as Millwall
The Bill
1984 Fairly Secret Army
1984as Ron Boat
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983as Vanderberg
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982as Yob 1
Timewatch
1982as Elder Sextus
Minder
1979as Warren
Crew (1)
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