Acting · Henley-on-Thames, England, UK · Born September 19, 1958
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.
MoviePeppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
2025
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MoviePeppa Pig: Wedding Party!
2024
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MoviePeppa's Cinema Party
2024
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MoviePeppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
2020
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MoviePeppa Pig: Festival of Fun
2019
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MoviePeppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
2019
as Daddy Pig
MoviePeppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
2017
as Daddy Pig (voice)
TVSix Wives with Lucy Worsley
2016
as Henry VIII
MovieThe Carer
2016
as Landlord
MoviePeppa Pig: The Golden Boots
2015
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MovieThe Physician
2013
as Tough Guy
TVEndeavour
2013
as DI Chesney Finch
MoviePeppa Pig: The Holiday
2013
as Daddy Pig (voice)
MovieThe Scapegoat
2012
as Landlord
MovieIsle of Spagg
2011
as Bob / Mel (voice)
MovieRise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
as Buck
MovieCreation
2009
as Thatcher
MovieFaintheart
2009
as Collin
TVMerlin
2008
as Halig
TVRoman Mysteries
2007
as Venalicius
MovieAmazing Grace
2006
as Speaker of the House
TVMayo
2006
as Mark Castello
MovieShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005
as Maurice
TVShakespeaRe-Told
2005
MovieOliver Twist
2005
as Warder
MovieThe Brothers Grimm
2005
as Bunst
MovieFrozen
2005
as Lorry Driver
TVPeppa Pig
2004
as Daddy Pig (voice)
TVNew Tricks
2004
MovieMargery and Gladys
2003
as Terry Mason
MovieLara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
as Mr. Monza
TVThe Royal
2003
as Malcolm Hogg
MovieThe Pianist
2002
as Mr. Lipa
MovieThe Princess and the Pea
2002
as King Windham/Button (voice)
TVBorn and Bred
2002
as Horace Trubshaw
MoviePuckoon
2002
as Alex Walker
TVMurder in Mind
2001
as DCI Quarry
TVFat Friends
2000
as Alan Ashburn
TVNature Boy
2000
as Ted
MovieThis Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
TVThis Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
2000
as Det. Supt. Dick Holland
MovieThe Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999
as La Hire
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
1999
as André
TVRelic Hunter
1999
as Johnny the Jackhammer
MovieUp 'n' Under
1998
as Frank
TVThe History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Reverend Thwackum
MovieFierce Creatures
1997
as Hugh
MovieThe Wind in the Willows
1996
as The Guard
MovieOn Dangerous Ground
1996
as Thomas Borga
MovieSorry About Last Night
1995
as Greg
MovieCruel Train
1995
as Percy Cotton
TVCommon As Muck
1994
as Bernard Green
TVThe Ink Thief
1994
as Aloysius
MovieA Pinch of Snuff
1994
as Brian Burkhill
TVPie in the Sky
1994
as Gary Bourne
TVComics
1993
as Tommy Karr
TVHighlander: The Series
1992
as Silas
MovieDogboy
1992
as Diner Cook #1
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Thorpe
TVThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Andre
MovieKing of the Wind
1990
as Jailer
TVThe Castle of Adventure
1990
as Nico
MovieErik the Viking
1989
as Thorfinn Skullsplitter
MovieWho Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
as Angelo
MovieThe Yob
1988
as Yob 1
TVRed Dwarf
1988
as DNA Ship Computer (voice)
MovieOut of Town
1988
as Labourer
MovieThe Fourth Protocol
1987
as Skinhead
TVCasualty
1986
as Kevin
TVMatlock
1986
as Nicky
MovieClockwise
1986
as Policeman at Crash
MovieBilly the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
as Egyptian
TVHome to Roost
1985
as Millwall
TVDempsey and Makepeace
1985
as Tulley's Sidekick
Fairly Secret Army
1984
as Ron Boat
TVThe Bill
1984
MovieLassiter
1984
as German Guard
TVReilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Vanderberg
TVThe Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Yob 1
TVTimewatch
1982
as Elder Sextus
TVMinder
1979
as Warren
