Richard Ridings
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.
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Movies (33)
Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2025
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2024
Peppa's Cinema Party
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2024
Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2020
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2019
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
as Daddy Pig
2019
Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2017
The Carer
as Landlord
2016
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2015
Peppa Pig: A Christmas Compilation
Vocals (Sound)
2013
Peppa Pig: The Holiday
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2013
The Scapegoat
as Landlord
2012
Isle of Spagg
as Bob / Mel (voice)
2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
as Buck
2011
Creation
as Thatcher
2009
Faintheart
as Collin
2009
Amazing Grace
as Speaker of the House
2006
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
as Maurice
2005
Oliver Twist
as Warder
2005
The Brothers Grimm
as Bunst
2005
Frozen
as Lorry Driver
2005
Margery and Gladys
as Terry Mason
2003
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
as Mr. Monza
2003
The Pianist
as Mr. Lipa
2002
The Princess and the Pea
as King Windham/Button (voice)
2002
Puckoon
as Alex Walker
2002
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
2000
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as La Hire
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
as André
1999
Up 'n' Under
as Frank
1998
Fierce Creatures
as Hugh Primates
1997
The Wind in the Willows
as The Guard
1996
On Dangerous Ground
as Thomas Borga
1996
TV Shows (17)
Six Wives with Lucy Worsley
as Henry VIII
2016
Endeavour
as DI Chesney Finch
2013
Merlin
as Halig
2008
Roman Mysteries
as Venalicius
2007
Mayo
as Mark Castello
2006
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Peppa Pig
as Daddy Pig (voice)
2004
New Tricks
2004
The Royal
as Malcolm Hogg
2003
Born and Bred
as Horace Trubshaw
2002
Murder in Mind
as DCI Quarry
2001
Fat Friends
as Alan Ashburn
2000
Nature Boy
as Ted
2000
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
2000
Relic Hunter
as Johnny the Jackhammer
1999
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Reverend Thwackum
1997
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996