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 Pig: Wedding Party! as Daddy Pig (voice)
- Peppa's Cinema Party as Daddy Pig (voice)
2020
- Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit as Daddy Pig (voice)
2019
- Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year as Daddy Pig
- Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun as Daddy Pig (voice)
2017
- Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience as Daddy Pig (voice)
2016
- Six Wives with Lucy Worsley as Henry VIII
- The Carer as Landlord
2015
- Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots as Daddy Pig (voice)
2013
- Endeavour as DI Chesney Finch
- The Physician as Tough Guy
- Peppa Pig: The Holiday as Daddy Pig (voice)
- Peppa Pig: A Christmas Compilation ... (Vocals)
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
- Mayo as Mark Castello
- Amazing Grace as Speaker of the House
2005
- The Brothers Grimm as Bunst
- Oliver Twist as Warder
- ShakespeaRe-Told
- ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth as Maurice
- Frozen as Lorry Driver
2004
- Peppa Pig as Daddy Pig (voice)
- New Tricks
2003
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life as Mr. Monza
- The Royal as Malcolm Hogg
- Margery and Gladys as Terry Mason
2002
- The Pianist as Mr. Lipa
- Born and Bred as Horace Trubshaw
- The Princess and the Pea as King Windham/Button (voice)
- Puckoon as Alex Walker
2001
- Murder in Mind as DCI Quarry
2000
- Fat Friends as Alan Ashburn
- Nature Boy as Ted
- This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
- 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
- The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Reverend Thwackum
- Fierce Creatures as Hugh Primates
1996
- The Wind in the Willows as The Guard
- On Dangerous Ground as Thomas Borga
1995
- Cruel Train as Percy Cotton
- Sorry About Last Night as Greg
1994
- Pie in the Sky as Gary Bourne
- Common As Muck as Bernard Green
- The Ink Thief as Aloysius
- A Pinch of Snuff as Brian Burkhill
1993
- Comics as Tommy Karr
1992
- Highlander: The Series as Silas
- Heartbeat as Thorpe
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Andre
- Dogboy as Diner Cook #1
1990
- The Castle of Adventure as Nico
- 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
- Home to Roost as Millwall
- Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire as Egyptian
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