Richard Ridings
Acting
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.
TV Shows(36)
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
Henry VIII
2016
Endeavour
DI Chesney Finch
2013
Merlin
Halig
2008
Roman Mysteries
Venalicius
2007
Mayo
Mark Castello
2006
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Peppa Pig
Daddy Pig (voice)
2004
New Tricks
2004
The Royal
Malcolm Hogg
2003
Born and Bred
Horace Trubshaw
2002
Murder in Mind
DCI Quarry
2001
Fat Friends
Alan Ashburn
2000
Nature Boy
Ted
2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Det. Supt. Dick Holland
2000
Relic Hunter
Johnny the Jackhammer
1999
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Reverend Thwackum
1997
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
Common As Muck
Bernard Green
1994
The Ink Thief
Aloysius
1994
Pie in the Sky
Gary Bourne
1994
Comics
Tommy Karr
1993
Highlander: The Series
Silas
1992
Heartbeat
Thorpe
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Andre
1992
The Castle of Adventure
Nico
1990
Red Dwarf
DNA Ship Computer (voice)
1988
Casualty
Kevin
1986
Matlock
Nicky
1986
Home to Roost
Millwall
1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
Tulley's Sidekick
1985
Fairly Secret Army
Ron Boat
1984
The Bill
1984
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Vanderberg
1983
The Comic Strip Presents...
Yob 1
1982
Timewatch
Elder Sextus
1982
Minder
Warren
1979
Movies(46)
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
Daddy Pig (voice)
2025
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Daddy Pig (voice)
2024
Peppa's Cinema Party
Daddy Pig (voice)
2024
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
Daddy Pig (voice)
2020
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
Daddy Pig (voice)
2019
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
Daddy Pig
2019
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
Daddy Pig (voice)
2017
The Carer
Landlord
2016
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Daddy Pig (voice)
2015
The Physician
Tough Guy
2013
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
Daddy Pig (voice)
2013
The Scapegoat
Landlord
2012
Isle of Spagg
Bob / Mel (voice)
2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Buck
2011
Creation
Thatcher
2009
Faintheart
Collin
2009
Amazing Grace
Speaker of the House
2006
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
Maurice
2005
Oliver Twist
Warder
2005
The Brothers Grimm
Bunst
2005
Frozen
Lorry Driver
2005
Margery and Gladys
Terry Mason
2003
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Mr. Monza
2003
The Pianist
Mr. Lipa
2002
The Princess and the Pea
King Windham/Button (voice)
2002
Puckoon
Alex Walker
2002
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Det. Supt. Dick Holland
2000
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
La Hire
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
André
1999
Up 'n' Under
Frank
1998
Fierce Creatures
Hugh Primates
1997
The Wind in the Willows
The Guard
1996
On Dangerous Ground
Thomas Borga
1996
Sorry About Last Night
Greg
1995
Cruel Train
Percy Cotton
1995
A Pinch of Snuff
Brian Burkhill
1994
Dogboy
Diner Cook #1
1992
King of the Wind
Jailer
1990
Erik the Viking
Thorfinn Skullsplitter
1989
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Angelo
1988
The Yob
Yob 1
1988
Out of Town
Labourer
1988
The Fourth Protocol
Skinhead
1987
Clockwise
Policeman at Crash
1986
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Egyptian
1985
Lassiter
German Guard
1984