Acting
Richard Ridings
Acting · Born 1958-09-19 · Henley-on-Thames, England, UK
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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FilmPeppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
2025 · Daddy Pig (voice)
FilmPeppa Pig: Wedding Party!
2024 · Daddy Pig (voice)
FilmPeppa's Cinema Party
2024 · Daddy Pig (voice)
FilmPeppa Pig: Festival of Fun
2019 · Daddy Pig (voice)
FilmPeppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
2019 · Daddy Pig
FilmPeppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
2017 · Daddy Pig (voice)
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
2016 · Henry VIII
FilmThe Carer
2016 · Landlord
Gummibär & Friends: The Gummy Bear Show
2016 · Grumpy McCrab
FilmPeppa Pig: The Golden Boots
2015 · Daddy Pig (voice)
FilmThe Physician
2013 · Tough Guy
Endeavour
2013 · DI Chesney Finch
FilmPeppa Pig: The Holiday
2013 · Daddy Pig (voice)
FilmThe Scapegoat
2012 · Landlord
FilmRise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Buck
FilmCreation
2009 · Thatcher
FilmFaintheart
2009 · Collin
Merlin
2008 · Halig
Roman Mysteries
2007 · Venalicius
FilmAmazing Grace
2006 · Speaker of the House
Mayo
2006 · Mark Castello
FilmShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005 · Maurice
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
FilmOliver Twist
2005 · Warder
FilmThe Brothers Grimm
2005 · Bunst
FilmFrozen
2005 · Lorry Driver
Peppa Pig
2004 · Daddy Pig (voice)
The Worst Week of My Life
2004 · PC Tait
New Tricks
2004
FilmMargery and Gladys
2003 · Terry Mason
FilmLara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003 · Mr. Monza
The Royal
2003 · Malcolm Hogg
FilmThe Pianist
2002 · Mr. Lipa
FilmThe Princess and the Pea
2002 · King Windham/Button (voice)
Born and Bred
2002 · Horace Trubshaw
FilmPuckoon
2002 · Alex Walker
Murder in Mind
2001 · DCI Quarry
Fat Friends
2000 · Alan Ashburn
Nature Boy
2000 · Ted
FilmThis Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000 · Det. Supt. Dick Holland
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000 · Det. Supt. Dick Holland
FilmThe Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999 · La Hire
FilmThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
1999 · André
Relic Hunter
1999 · Johnny the Jackhammer
FilmUp 'n' Under
1998 · Frank
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997 · Reverend Thwackum
FilmFierce Creatures
1997 · Hugh
FilmThe Wind in the Willows
1996 · The Guard
FilmOn Dangerous Ground
1996 · Thomas Borga
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Trevor Nesbitt
FilmSorry About Last Night
1995 · Greg
FilmCruel Train
1995 · Percy Cotton
Common As Muck
1994 · Bernard Green
The Ink Thief
1994 · Aloysius
Pie in the Sky
1994 · Gary Bourne
Comics
1993 · Tommy Karr
Highlander: The Series
1992 · Silas
FilmDogboy
1992 · Diner Cook #1
Heartbeat
1992 · Thorpe
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Andre
FilmKing of the Wind
1990 · Jailer
The Castle of Adventure
1990 · Nico
FilmErik the Viking
1989 · Thorfinn Skullsplitter
FilmWho Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Angelo
Red Dwarf
1988 · DNA Ship Computer (voice)
FilmOut of Town
1988 · Labourer
The Ritz
The Ritz
1987 · Mad Mick
FilmThe Fourth Protocol
1987 · Skinhead
Casualty
1986 · Kevin
Matlock
1986 · Nicky
FilmClockwise
1986 · Policeman at Crash
FilmBilly the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985 · Egyptian
Home to Roost
1985 · Millwall
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985 · Tulley's Sidekick
Fairly Secret Army
Fairly Secret Army
1984 · Ron Boat
The Bill
1984
FilmLassiter
1984 · German Guard
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · Vanderberg
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · Yob 1
Timewatch
1982 · Elder Sextus
Minder
1979 · Warren