Richard Ridings
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Festive Fun with Peppa
2026
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
2025
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa's Cinema Party
2024
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
2024
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
2020
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
2019
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
2019
as Daddy Pig
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
2017
as Daddy Pig (voice)
The Carer
2016
as Landlord
The Carer
2016
as Pub Landlord
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
2016
as Henry VIII
Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show
2016
as Grumpy McCrab
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
2015
as Daddy Pig (voice)
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
2013
as Daddy Pig (voice)
The Physician
2013
as Tough Guy
Endeavour
2013
as DI Chesney Finch
The Scapegoat
2012
as Landlord
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
as Buck
Isle of Spagg
2011
as Bob / Mel (voice)
Creation
2009
as Thatcher
Faintheart
2009
as Collin
Merlin
2008
as Halig
Roman Mysteries
2007
as Venalicius
Amazing Grace
2006
as Speaker of the House
Mayo
2006
as Mark Castello
The Brothers Grimm
2005
as Bunst
Oliver Twist
2005
as Warder
Frozen
2005
as Lorry Driver
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005
as Maurice
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Peppa Pig
2004
as Daddy Pig (voice)
New Tricks
2004
The Worst Week of My Life
2004
as PC Tait
Margery and Gladys
2003
as Terry Mason
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
as Mr. Monza
The Royal
2003
as Malcolm Hogg
The Pianist
2002
as Mr. Lipa
Puckoon
2002
as Alex Walker
The Princess and the Pea
2002
as King Windham/Button (voice)
Born and Bred
2002
as Horace Trubshaw
Murder in Mind
2001
as DCI Quarry
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
Fat Friends
2000
as Alan Ashburn
Nature Boy
2000
as Ted
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
as La Hire
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
1999
as André
Relic Hunter
1999
as Johnny the Jackhammer
Up 'n' Under
1998
as Frank
Fierce Creatures
1997
as Hugh
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Reverend Thwackum
The Wind in the Willows
1996
as The Guard
On Dangerous Ground
1996
as Thomas Borga
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Trevor Nesbitt
Cruel Train
1995
as Percy Cotton
Sorry About Last Night
1995
as Greg
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
as Brian Burkhill
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Gary Bourne
The Ink Thief
1994
as Aloysius
Common As Muck
1994
as Bernard Green
Comics
1993
as Tommy Karr
Dogboy
1992
as Diner Cook #1
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Andre
Heartbeat
1992
as Thorpe
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Silas
King of the Wind
1990
as Jailer
The Castle of Adventure
1990
as Nico
Erik the Viking
1989
as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
The Yob
1988
as Yob 1
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
as Angelo
Out of Town
1988
as Labourer
Red Dwarf
1988
as DNA Ship Computer (voice)
Red Dwarf
1988
as Crazed Astro
The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Skinhead
The Ritz
1987
as Mad Mick
Clockwise
1986
as Policeman at Crash
Matlock
1986
as Nicky
Casualty
1986
as Kevin
Casualty
1986
as Jack
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
as Egyptian
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Tulley's Sidekick
Home to Roost
1985
as Millwall
Lassiter
1984
as German Guard
The Bill
1984
Fairly Secret Army
1984
as Ron Boat
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Vanderberg
Timewatch
1982
as Elder Sextus
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Yob 1
Minder
1979
as Warren