Richard Ridings
Born: 1958-09-19 in Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience as Daddy Pig (voice)
2024
- Peppa's Cinema Party as Daddy Pig (voice)
- Peppa Pig: Wedding Party! as Daddy Pig (voice)
2020
- Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit as Daddy Pig (voice)
2019
- Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun as Daddy Pig (voice)
- Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year as Daddy Pig
2017
- Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience as Daddy Pig (voice)
2016
- The Carer as Landlord
- Six Wives with Lucy Worsley as Henry VIII
2015
- Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots as Daddy Pig (voice)
2013
- Endeavour as DI Chesney Finch
- Peppa Pig: A Christmas Compilation ... (Vocals)
- Peppa Pig: The Holiday as Daddy Pig (voice)
2012
- The Scapegoat as Landlord
2011
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Buck
- Isle of Spagg as Bob / Mel (voice)
2009
- Creation as Thatcher
- Faintheart as Collin
2008
- Merlin as Halig
2007
- Roman Mysteries as Venalicius
2006
- Amazing Grace as Speaker of the House
- Mayo as Mark Castello
2005
- Oliver Twist as Warder
- The Brothers Grimm as Bunst
- Macbeth as Maurice
- Frozen as Lorry Driver
- ShakespeaRe-Told
2004
- Peppa Pig as Daddy Pig (voice)
- New Tricks
2003
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life as Mr. Monza
- Margery and Gladys as Terry Mason
- The Royal as Malcolm Hogg
2002
- The Pianist as Mr. Lipa
- The Princess and the Pea as King Windham/Button (voice)
- Puckoon as Alex Walker
- Born and Bred as Horace Trubshaw
2001
- Murder in Mind as DCI Quarry
2000
- This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
- Fat Friends as Alan Ashburn
- This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
1999
- Relic Hunter as Johnny the Jackhammer
- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc as La Hire
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell as André
1998
- Up 'n' Under as Frank
1997
- Fierce Creatures as Hugh Primates
- The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Reverend Thwackum
1996
- Dalziel & Pascoe
- The Wind in the Willows as The Guard
- On Dangerous Ground as Thomas Borga
1995
- Sorry About Last Night as Greg
- Cruel Train as Percy Cotton
1994
- Pie in the Sky as Gary Bourne
- A Pinch of Snuff as Brian Burkhill
- Common As Muck as Bernard Green
- The Ink Thief as Aloysius
1992
- Highlander: The Series as Silas
- Heartbeat as Thorpe
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Andre
- Dogboy as Diner Cook #1
1990
- King of the Wind as Jailer
1989
- Erik the Viking as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
1988
- Red Dwarf as DNA Ship Computer (voice)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Angelo
- The Yob as Yob 1
- Out of Town as Labourer
1987
- The Fourth Protocol as Skinhead
1985
- Dempsey and Makepeace as Tulley's Sidekick
- Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire as Egyptian
- Home to Roost as Millwall
1984
- The Bill
- Lassiter as German Guard
- Fairly Secret Army as Ron Boat
1983
- Reilly: Ace of Spies as Vanderberg
1982
- The Comic Strip Presents... as Yob 1
- Timewatch as Elder Sextus
1979
- Minder as Warren